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SUMMARY:Fall Scavenger Hunt (ages 6–12)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6–12\n \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP \nMeet Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste and volunteers in the Children’s Library to get started and find out a few tips and tricks and to find out the rules for this seasonal scavenger hunt\, then head into the stacks and the neighborhood on a fall adventure to collect clues. \nThis event will be in-person. Masks are required. Parents/chaperons are required to remain with children under ages 12 for the duration of this activity. This scavenger hunt will last about one hour\, and is a self-guided activity. Much of the event will take place outside\, so bring along an umbrella if it looks like rain. All scavenger hunts must be completed by 14h00. \n\nThis event is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Parents and other caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n\nIf you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n CLICK HERE TO RSVP
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/fall-scavenger-hunt-ages-6-12/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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SUMMARY:(In-Person) Entre Nous: Alice Barbe & Dina Nayeri
DESCRIPTION:Join a conversation between writers Alice Barbe and Dina Nayeri\, the inaugural in-person (Reid Hall\, 4 Rue de Chevreuse\, 75006 Paris) event of our new #EntreNousSeries. Click here to reserve your free ticket now!\n\n\n\n\n\n••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nAlice Barbe \nAlice Barbe is the co-founder of the international organization Singa and a former Fellow of the Barack Obama Foundation. Barbe works on topics related to migration\, engagement\, and citizen mobilization\, and collaborates regularly with Columbia World Projects\, Thinkers & Doers and the Institut Montaigne. She is the author of the recently-published On ne naît pas engagé\, on le devient\, published by Éditions de l’Observatoire. Barbe wonders: How can we draw inspirations from those we call “migrants”? How can we create new solutions that will give rise to a new generation of citizens? \n••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nDina Nayeri \nDina Nayeri is the author of two novels and a book of creative nonfiction\, The Ungrateful Refugee (2019)\, winner of the Geschwister Scholl Preis and finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, among other distinctions. Her work has been published in over twenty countries and has appeared in the New York Times\, the Guardian\, the Washington Post\, the New Yorker\, Granta\, and many other publications. Dina Nayeri was a 2019-2020 Fellow at the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination at Reid Hall. Nayeri is the American Library in Paris’s Fall 2021 Visiting Fellow sponsored by The de Groot Foundation. During her time at the Library\, Nayeri will work on her upcoming book\, Who Gets Believed: Reflections on Stories and Truth. The work explores the following questions: How does truth shift to accommodate insiders of class\, faith\, and culture? How does an idea become true or a person credible? What does it mean to believe? \n••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nIMPORTANT: ON-SITE INFORMATION REGARDING COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, in order to enter Reid Hall\, 4 Rue de Chevreuse\, 75006 Paris\, all guests must provide a pass sanitaire with proof of either full vaccination or a negative Covid test taken within the previous 72 hours. Thank you for your understanding. Seating is limited.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/barbenayeri21/
LOCATION:Reid Hall\, 4 Rue de Chevreuse\, Paris\, Paris\, 75006\, France
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211007T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211007T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T151323
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SUMMARY:Let's Talk About Bilingualism [Virtual event]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nJoin us for a virtual event in collaboration with the Association of American Women in Europe (AAWE)! \nBeth Austin\, president of AAWE\, will talk about the new edition of the AAWE Guide to Education in France\, then the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads will interview neuroscientist Anjali Morard about bilingualism and the brain\, as well as ways to support bilingual children. The event will wrap up with an audience Q&A. \nAbout Anjali Morard: Anjali Morard has a bachelor’s degree in human biology and a master’s degree in psychology from Stanford University and a doctorate in psychology and behavioral neuroscience from McGill University. Her research interests include perception of all things auditory\, including emotion in music and speech. Since her arrival in Paris in 2010\, she has been increasingly interested in bilingualism and its neuroscientific basis from an intellectual as well as a personal perspective\, raising three bilingual kids of her own. She is currently a freelance writer and editor\, specializing in scientific and children’s literature. \nAbout AAWE: The Association of American Women in Europe is a bi-cultural community of American women primarily in France and in Europe and around the world. AAWE offers activities for all stages of life\, with the goal of fostering an environment that enables members to create bonds\, develop supportive networks and lifelong friendships. AAWE is a vibrant\, active\, diverse and multi-generational association. The 9th edition of the trusted AAWE Guide to Education in France is an essential reference guide to bilingual education. The guide includes bilingual and international schools\, private and public schools\, extension programs offering Wednesday English lessons for bilinguals\, and boarding schools. Covering preschool through secondary schooling\, topics range from questions to ask when choosing a school\, to understanding the different options available\, with expanded French/English glossaries and a section of model “notes to the teacher.” \nThis event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nIf you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \nWe are an independent\, nonprofit organization. With your continued support\, we are able to provide over 200 programs each year for ages 0-18. If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution\, and programs such as this one\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lets-talk-about-bilingualism-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:Teen Night: Halloween Decorating Party  (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 12–18 \nHelp us set the mood for Halloween\, and get to know other teens in the community! \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nGet in the mood for Halloween by helping to decorate the Library\, then make some of your own decorations to take home. We’ll have all the supplies you need! \n\n\n  \nAdvance registration is required for this event. Participation in teen events is free for Library members. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library. A signed permission slip is required to attend this event.\n \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nQuestions about collections and programs for teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n  \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/teen-night-halloween-decorating-party-ages-12-18/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211009T110000
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SUMMARY:Creating Scary Characters: A Writing Workshop (ages 8–12)
DESCRIPTION:For Library members ages 8-12 \nWork on your own original short story\, and create compelling villainous characters\, with help from other young writers\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nWe’ll look at classic and contemporary villains from English-language literature\, and discuss the characters together. Then\, we’ll look at examples of interesting and fully-developed characters before creating our own. Participants will also get advance information about the Library’s 2022 Young Authors Fiction Festival.  \n\n\nParticipants are encouraged to register for our workshop on creating short stories\, which will be held on 25 September. \nAdvance registration is required for this event. Participation in this event is free for Library members. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library. Parents and other caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \n \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/creating-characters-a-writing-workshop-ages-8-12/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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SUMMARY:Ghosts of the Library (ages 6-12)
DESCRIPTION:Ages 6-12\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for games and learn fun and spooky facts about the Library‘s history. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nThe American Library in Paris has been operating for 101 years! In that time we’ve had three buildings and a lot of interesting things have happened. \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nDid you know that the Library remained open during most of World War II when Paris was occupied by the Nazi’s and secretly delivered books to its Jewish members? \nDid you know that many famous authors (and musicians and actors!) have visited\, spoke at or wrote for the Library? \nDid you know the Library has a secret passageway? \nDo you know any fun facts about people who have worked in the Library in the past and about the people that work here now? \nDo you know the Library collection has lots of spooky stories and scary books? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nFind out about all of these\, and much more\, as we explore the Library‘s history (and Paris’s history) with interactive games and help create a timeline of the life of the Library. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is for Library members only and registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\nCaregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nIf you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/ghosts-of-the-library-ages-6-12/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211013T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211013T203000
DTSTAMP:20260526T151323
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211011T180812Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) A New Era of US Foreign Policy
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author to discuss \nA New Era of US Foreign Policy\nwith journalists Robin Wright\, Steven Erlanger & Serge Schmemann \nDoes the retreat from Afghanistan mark the end of the American era\, or else the start of a new one? Join us for an in-person and online discussion about President Biden’s attempt to reset America’s place in a new decade of global collaboration\, with a particular focus on Biden’s exit from Afghanistan and recent alliance with Great Britain and Australia. Robin Wright (the New Yorker)\, Steven Erlanger (the New York Times) and Serge Schmemann (the New York Times)\, drawing on their collective knowledge and long international careers\, will tune in virtually for a moderated discussion. \nThe event will take place online (panelists will be tuning in virtually)\, and the Library will project the conversation onto a screen in the Reading Room for a live viewing experience. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \n••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises. \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hybrid-a-new-era-of-us-foreign-policy/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211016T120000
DTSTAMP:20260526T151323
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SUMMARY:DIY Halloween Decorations (ages 6–12)
DESCRIPTION:The American Library in Paris presents: the annual Halloween Extravaganza\, with a DIY Decoration event on Saturday 16 October.\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nMake your own Halloween decorations to take home and keep\, or help decorate the Library. We’ll have all the supplies you need to make a few fun\, seasonal decorations for the fall. \n\n\nAdvance registration is required for this event. Participation is free for Library members. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library.  \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\nQuestions about the Halloween Extravaganza? Contact the Children’s and Teens’ Services Department: 01 53 59 12 69 or send an email to Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/diy-halloween-decorating-ages-6-12/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211019T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211019T203000
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SUMMARY:(Online) Torrey Peters on Detransition\, Baby
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nDetransition\, Baby\nwith author Torrey Peters \nClick here to RSVP \nPeters’ electrifying and provocative debut\, Detransition\, Baby\, follows three women – transgender and cisgender –whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires around gender\, motherhood\, and sex. Equipped with original\, witty and visceral prose\, Peters explores love\, the evolving shape of the modern family\, as well as the trans experience in all of its complex messiness. Described as a “deeply searching novel that resists easy answers\,” Detransition\, Baby enters the canon of trans culture with aplomb. \nClick here to RSVP \nReese almost had it all: a loving relationship with Amy\, an apartment in New York City\, a job she didn’t hate. She had scraped together what previous generations of trans women could only dream of: a life of mundane\, bourgeois comforts. The only thing missing was a child. But then her girlfriend\, Amy\, detransitioned and became Ames\, and everything fell apart. Now Reese is caught in a self-destructive pattern: avoiding her loneliness by sleeping with married men. \nAmes isn’t happy either. He thought detransitioning to live as a man would make life easier\, but that decision cost him his relationship with Reese–and losing her meant losing his only family. Even though their romance is over\, he longs to find a way back to her. When Ames’s boss and lover\, Katrina\, reveals that she’s pregnant with his baby–and that she’s not sure whether she wants to keep it–Ames wonders if this is the chance he’s been waiting for. Could the three of them form some kind of unconventional family–and raise the baby together? \nTorrey Peters is the author of the novel Detransition\, Baby\, published by Random House\, which was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. She is also the authors of the novellas Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones and The Masker. She has an MFA from the University of Iowa and a Masters in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth. Peters rides a pink motorcycle and splits her time between Brooklyn and an off-grid cabin in Vermont. For the past few years\, Peters has been part of a trans literary movement based on trans people sharing their work among each other without barriers. \n \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/online-torrey-peters-on-detransition-baby/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211020T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211020T203000
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SUMMARY:(Online) Entre Nous: Joyce Maynard & Joyce Carol Oates
DESCRIPTION:The American Library in Paris\, Columbia Global Centers | Paris\, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination are pleased to present Entre Nous. At the intersection of art and academia\, France and the United States\, the conversation series featuring academics\, authors\, journalists\, filmmakers\, and visual artists. \nJoin acclaimed writers Joyce Carol Oates and Joyce Maynard–in public conversation for the first time–to mark the publication of their latest books in French\, Où vivaient les gens heureux and Petit oiseaux du ciel\, by Éditions Philippe Rey. They will discuss the evolution of literary trends and politics over the years and what it means to be a woman writer now. This event is dedicated to the memory of translator and editor Christiane Besse. \nRegister Now\nSpeakers: \nJoyce Maynard is a reporter\, columnist\, performer\, as well as the author of eighteen books\, including the New York Times bestselling novel\, Labor Day and To Die For\, Under the Influence and the memoirs\, At Home in the World and The Best of Us. A fellow of the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo\, Maynard published her latest novel\, Count the Ways\, a story of a marriage and a divorce\, and the children who survived it\, in July\, 2021. \nJoyce Carol Oates published her first book in 1963\, and has since published 58 novels\, a number of plays and novellas\, and many volumes of short stories\, poetry\, and non-fiction. She has won many awards for her writing\, including the National Book Award\, two O. Henry Awards\, the National Humanities Medal\, and the Jerusalem Prize. Oates is the Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor Emerita in the Humanities at Princeton University\, where she taught for over thirty years. \nRegister Now\n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/online-entre-nous-joyce-maynard-joyce-carol-oates/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211026T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211026T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Henry Kissinger: The Diplomat of the Century
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person) to discuss \nHenry Kissinger: The Diplomat of the Century\nwith diplomat Gérard Araud and journalist Elaine Sciolino \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nHenry Kissinger: Le diplomate du siècle (2021) is the story of a young Jewish boy born in Germany in 1923. The story begins as Kissinger\, along with his family\, fled from Nazism to New York. Equipped with luminous intelligence\, an industrious ethic\, and an overly playful character\, Kissinger was able to navigate all situations from the streets of the Bronx to greens of Harvard University to the corridors of the White House. First National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State to President Nixon\, Kissinger played a central role in world history. He was central\, for example\, to the end of the Vietnam War\, the opening up of China in 1972\, the détente with the USSR and the Yom Kippur War. He had many successes in the Middle East and Russia\, but also setbacks in Chile and Cambodia. An outstanding negotiator\, he was as much admired as he was detested. \nThough Kissinger left office more than forty years ago\, he still exerts influence as many great contemporary leaders – Putin\, Xi Jinping\, Modi\, Macron – look to his legacy for guidance. With an insider’s gaze\, Gérard Araud\, a diplomat himself\, retraces the trajectory of a man unloved by Americans\, a man of spirit\, and a man of Realpolitik who regulated global power to guarantee world peace. \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nAbout the speakers: \nGérard Araud \nAraud is a French diplomat\, who served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He previously held many positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Notably\, he was Director for Strategic Affairs\, Security and Disarmament\, Ambassador of France to Israel\, Director General for Political Affairs and Security\, as well as Representative of France to the United Nations in New York. Over the course of his career\, Araud has developed specialized knowledge in two key areas: Middle East and security issues. He was\, for instance\, the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. \nSince his retirement in 2019\, he has served as trustee of the International Crisis Group and as Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Atlantic Council in Washington DC. He is a columnist for the French weekly Le Point\, for the French TV channel BFM TV and for the National French Radio France Inter. He has frequently been interviewed as an expert on foreign affairs by CNN International\, the BBC\, as well as other English-language news outlets. \nElaine Sciolino  \nSciolino is a contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times\, based in France since 2002. Her latest book\, The Seine: The River That Made Paris\, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and a Barnes & Noble nonfiction book-of-the-month selection. Her previous book\, The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs\, published in 2015\, was a New York Times best seller. Sciolino was decorated chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 2010 for her “special contribution” to the friendship between France and the United States. \nThe conversation\, a part of the Library’s Evenings with an Author series\, is sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg. \nIMPORTANT: ON-SITE INFORMATION REGARDING COVID-19 \nA pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. \nVisitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/kissinger21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:(Online) Lauren Oyler on Fake Accounts
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nFake Accounts\nwith author Lauren Oyler \nClick here to RSVP \nA “sharp\, brilliant interrogation of the way we live now\,” Fake Accounts\, Oyler’s debut novel\, follows  a woman who discovers her boyfriend is an anonymous internet conspiracy theorist. Capturing the “neurotic spirit of a generation\,” the way social media has reconfigured the way we relate to the world\, this dense\, funny and fierce work takes place in New York and Berlin\, with a brief detour to Washington\, D.C. \nClick here to RSVP \nOyler’s essays on books and culture have appeared in the New Yorker\, the New York Times Magazine\, the New York Times Book Review\, the London Review of Books\, Harper’s\, the Guardian\, New York Magazine’s The Cut\, Bookforum\, the Baffler\, the New Republic\, and elsewhere. From 2015 to 2017\, Oyler was an editor at Broadly\, the women’s site at Vice. Before that\, she was a freelance copy editor\, among other things\, in Berlin. In addition to Fake Accounts she has co-written two books with Alyssa Mastromonaco and has ghostwritten for other people as well.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/online-lauren-oyler-on-fake-accounts/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211029T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211029T210000
DTSTAMP:20260526T151323
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SUMMARY:Zombie Fashion Show (ages 12–adult)
DESCRIPTION:The American Library in Paris presents: the annual Halloween Extravaganza\, with a Zombie Fashion Show on 29 October! \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO ATTEND THE SHOW. \nThe American Library in Paris will turn into a hot spot for the undead the evening of Friday 29 October. The event will feature zombie trivia\, a screening of an original film by the Library’s Master Shot Film Club\, a reading by Amy Plum (who will share a zombie battle scene from her novel Die for Me)\, and a Zombie catwalk show (a.k.a. a costume contest for the best of the undead).The audience will select the most rotten of the zombies after zombie contestants crawl the catwalk. \n\n\nTo participate in the event as part of the audience\, registration is required. Register early\, as space is limited! \n\nContestants may REGISTER HERE. To enter as a zombie fashion show contestant\, fill out this form online by 15 October. Each zombie contestant will have 2 minutes to walk the catwalk in their undead attire. Fashion show prizes will be awarded in the following categories: \n\nLiterary Zombie Masterpiece\nMost Creative Zombie Attire\nUndead Zombie Champion\n\n\nAdvance registration is required for this event. Participation is free for Library members. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library.  \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO ATTEND THE SHOW. \n\nQuestions about the Halloween Extravaganza? Contact the Children’s and Teens’ Services Department: 01 53 59 12 69 or send an email to Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/zombie-fashion-show-ages-12-adult/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211030T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211030T190000
DTSTAMP:20260526T151323
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SUMMARY:Costume Contest (all ages) (Virtual/In-person)
DESCRIPTION:The American Library in Paris presents: the annual Halloween Extravaganza\, with a virtual costume contest\, Halloween trivia\, and fun on Saturday 30 October.\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nJoin us for a virtual celebration\, trivia\, and a costume contest! Log in from wherever you are in the world and join in the fun! The event will begin at 18h00\, and will be streamed live from The American Library in Paris in front of a small on-site audience. If you would like to attend the in-person event\, read through all of the information on this page. \nSubmit your costume photos by 15h00 on 30 October to be included in the show (information below). \n\nYou may send in your photos all month long! Submit photos to: kidsandteens@americanlibraryinparis.org (Subject: “Costume Contest Photo.” Include the child’s name and the title of their costume in the body of the email). \nPrizes will be awarded in these categories: \nReally Funny Costume \nReally Pretty Costume \nReally Scary Costume \nGreat Book-Inspired Costume \nGreat Superhero Costume \nGreat Classic Halloween Costume \nGreat Animal Costume \nGreat Costume Incorporating a Mask \nReally Creative Costume \nGreat Parent Costume \n\n\nTeens and adults are also encouraged to attend our Zombie Fashion Show on Friday 29 October. \n\n\nAdvance registration is required for this event. Participation is free for Library members. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library. If you want to join us for the in-person event\, click on the word “institution” on this page.\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\nQuestions about the Halloween Extravaganza? Contact the Children’s and Teens’ Services Department: 01 53 59 12 69 or send an email to Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/virtual-costume-contest-all-ages/
CATEGORIES:Kids,Teens
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