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SUMMARY:(Online) Who Gets Believed? With Dina Nayeri
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nWho Gets Believed?\nwith author Dina Nayeri \nClick here to RSVP \nJoin Dina Nayeri for a discussion about themes from her upcoming book\, Who Gets Believed: Reflections on Stories and Truth. Several questions follow: 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? The discussion will explore how lying and belief are embedded into various cultures\, as well as how the culture of belief is built\, coded\, and reaffirmed over time. \nClick here to RSVP \nNayeri is the Library’s current Visiting Fellow; the Fellowship is generously sponsored by The de Groot Foundation. She is the author of The Ungrateful Refugee\, winner of the 2020 Geschwister-Scholl-Preis\, finalist for the 2021 Elle Grand Prix des Lectrices\, the 2019 Kirkus Prize\, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, and winner of the 2020 Clara Johnson Award. The recipient of many fellowships\, including\, most recently\, the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination’s Fellowship in 2019\, Nayeri’s stories and essays have been published by the New York Times\, the New York Times Magazine\, the Guardian\, the Los Angeles Times\, the New Yorker\, the Wall Street Journal\, and many others. Her debut novel\, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea was translated into fourteen languages. Her second novel\, Refuge\, was a New York Times editor’s choice. She holds a BA from Princeton\, an MBA from Harvard\, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow and Teaching Writing Fellow.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/who-gets-believed-with-dina-nayeri/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:Bad Art Night (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 12–18 \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nTalented artists\, amateurs\, and anyone who just wants to come make a big mess with paint\, clay\, glitter\, decoupage and pastels . . . you’re all invited to a night of bad art at the Library. Free your imagination and forget the rules as we compete to make the worst art possible. No need to bring anything along but your creativity. We’ll have all the supplies you need to make an original creation. \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/bad-art-night-ages-12-18/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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SUMMARY:Hibernate\, Migrate\, Adapt (ages 6–12)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6–12\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nJoin Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste and volunteers in the Children’s Library to explore animal behavior. Through trivia\, and games\, we’ll learn about the ways creatures survive the winter. \nThis event will be in-person. Face masks are required. Parents/chaperons are required to remain inside the Library for the duration of this activity. \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 REGISTER
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hibernate-migrate-adapt-ages-6-12/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211110T143000
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Outer Space (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour outdoors in a small group! This program lasts one hour\, and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English. Each Story Hour is hosted by one of our children’s librarians with the help of a Library volunteer. In the event of rain the event will be moved indoors to our Children’s Library. \nFor this Story Hour\, enjoy books all about the moon\, the stars\, and the planets in our solar system! This Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian Kirsty\, with the help of Library volunteer Mary Wessels. They will read books and lead you and your little one in songs and hand-rhymes during a live\, interactive session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, and model movement and listening for your little one. \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \n\nThis Story Hour is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Each parent/guardian is responsible for their own child\, and is expected to remain with their child for the duration of this activity. 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. \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 in its 100th year of service.   \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-outer-space-ages-3-5-2/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211110T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211110T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid & In French) Les Femmes qui font Paris
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nLa Nouvelle Parisienne\nA panel with Aline Asmar d’Amman\, Victoire de Taillac\,  \nand Lindsey Tramuta \nModerated by: Colombe Schneck \nThe fantasy of the Parisienne\, with her subtle blend of beauty and elegance\, has captured the world’s imagination for centuries. In La Nouvelle Parisienne: Les femmes et les idées qui font Paris\, Lindsey Tramuta examines and deconstructs the stereotype\, showing us that there are many ways to be a Parisienne in contemporary France. The conversation will happen in French.  \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event  \nAbout the speakers: \nLindsey Tramuta is a Paris-based journalist and author who moved to France from the United States nearly 15 years ago. Writing for numerous publications\, Tramuta has covered lesser-known topics\, uncovered new trends\, shared her travels\, and introduced readers to inspiring Francophiles. She is the author of The New Paris and The New Parisienne. \nAline Asmar d’Amman is the architect and interior designer behind Culture in Architecture\, a design studio based in Beirut and in Paris\, committed to bridging cultures while balancing the past with the present. The international firm has been at the helm of several iconic interior projects\, including the re-opening of Hôtel de Crillon in Paris and the renovation the Eiffel Tower’s gastronomic restaurant Le Jules Verne. \nAfter working for many years in the world of fashion and beauty\, Victoire de Taillac now runs Officine Universelle Buly alongside co-founder Ramdane Touhami. With boutiques in Japan\, South Korea\, Denmark\, the United Kingdom\, Taiwan\, the United States\, and Australia\, Officine Universelle Buly celebrates a history of apothecaries\, perfumeries\, and laboratories. \nThe panel discussion will be moderated by Colombe Schneck\, an award-winning writer\, journalist\, and director of documentary films. The recipient of scholarships from the Villa Medicis in Rome and the Institut Français\, Schneck is currently working on a novel that will soon be published by Grasset. She also writes a weekly column about reading for Madame Figaro.  \n*The discussion will be available both online and in-person. While the conversation will happen in-person (all panelists will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online 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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/tramuta21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211114T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211114T150000
DTSTAMP:20260526T142327
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SUMMARY:Fact or Fiction Challenge (ages 8–12)
DESCRIPTION:Ages 8-12\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nJoin Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian Kirsty for an afternoon trivia game to celebrate Non-Fiction November. Build your research skills and learn fun facts about people\, places\, and history. Then\, face the Fact or Fiction Challenge to separate the truths from falsehoods\, in our interactive trivia game. \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\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  \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/fact-or-fiction-challenge-ages-8-12/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211115T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211115T203000
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SUMMARY:(Online) Entre Nous: Anto Neosoul & Robert O'Meally
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 us for a conversation between Anto Neosoul and Robert O’Meally. \nRegister Now\nSpeakers: \nAnto Neosoul \nBorn in 1985 to a teacher (his mother) and a banker and theologian (his father)\, Neosoul is today one of Africa’s most popular soul musicians. He started to sing in primary school\, and continued to perform in secondary school as well as at the University of Nairobi\, where he studied broadcast journalism. \nAnto’s debut album “Starborn” launched Neosoul onto first a local and then a worldwide stage; he has since toured in both Africa and Europe. His performances have been described as “high on melody\, rhythm and harmonies.” Neosoul was nominated for the MTV African Music Awards in 2009. He was also nominated for two Kisima Awards for the Afro Fusion Song of the year and Best New Artist in 2012\, as well as two Groove Awards for video of the year and song of the year in 2013. \n  \nRobert O’Meally  \nO’Meally is the Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University\, where he has served on the faculty for twenty-five years. The founder and director of Columbia’s Center for Jazz Studies\, O’Meally is the author of The Craft of Ralph Ellison\, Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday\, The Jazz Singers\, and Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey. His edited volumes include The Jazz Cadence of American Culture\, Living With Music: Ralph Ellison’s Essays on Jazz\, History and Memory in African American Culture\, The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (co-editor)\, among others. For his production of a Smithsonian record set called The Jazz Singers\, he was nominated for a Grammy Award. His new books are The Romare Bearden Reader (edited for Duke University Press\, 2019) and Antagonistic Cooperation: Collage\, Jazz\, and American Fiction (Columbia University Press\, 2020). \nRegister Now
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/entrenousneosoul/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211116T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211116T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) An Evening of Jean de La Fontaine
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online) to celebrate the work of \nJean de La Fontaine\nwith Christopher Carsten and Odile Doutriaux-Mouterde  \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nJoin Evenings with an Author to celebrate Jean de La Fontaine\, a French poet whose 17th century Fables rank among the greatest masterpieces of French literature. Born in 1621 to a family of bourgeois civil servants\, La Fontaine obtained a lawyer’s diploma in 1649. As a student\, he spent most of his time in literary circles\, writing poems and stories. The Fables represent the peak of La Fontaine’s achievement. A brief discussion about La Fontaine\, as well as his most famous fables with translator Christopher Carsten will be followed by a live performance of his poetry by Odile Doutriaux-Mouterde and Carsten. Performed poems will include “The Wolf and the Lamb\,” “The Rat Who Retired From The World\,” and “La Fille\,” among others.  \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nAbout the speakers: \nChristopher Carsten \nAfter earning a BA from St John’s College\, Carsten joined the French Department at Yale University\, where he received MA and MPhil degrees in French literature.  \nSince the early 1990s\, Carsten has lived in Aix-en-Provence\, where he has taught English literature at the Université d’Aix-Marseille\, and philosophy and world literature at the private American institute\, I.A.U. Over the years\, Carsten has published various translations of La Fontaine’s fables: Fables of La Fontaine in 2005 for the University of Washington Press; 25 Fables Jean de La Fontaine in 2015 for Librairie Editions Tituli; and Wolves\, Frogs & Other Beasts in 2020 for Archétype Press.  \nOdile Doutriaux-Mouterde \nA former lawyer\, psychologist\, and a current family mediator\, Doutriaux-Mouterde has studied singing with Françoise Semellaz\, Jean-Louis Bindi and Nicole Uzan\, among others. Especially attracted to the baroque period\, Doutriaux-Mouterde obtained her CEM in baroque singing at the Conservatoire de Musique de Melun. She has also worked with Sylvie Portal\, former choir director of the Aria de Paris. \nLooking to treaties which illustrate the authentic gestures of eloquence and movement from the baroque period\, Doutriaux-Mouterde practices performance techniques from the 17th century. Specifying that her performance is not a question of reinvention\, but rather of restitution\, she practices the Fables of La Fontaine in particular. Doutriaux-Mouterde has participated twice in the Haydn Festival of La Roche-Posay. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Carsten and Doutriaux-Mouterde will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lafontaine21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Dinosaurs Galore (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour outdoors in a small group! This program lasts one hour\, and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English. Each Story Hour is hosted by one of our children’s librarians with the help of a Library volunteer. In the event of rain the event will be moved indoors to our Children’s Library. \nFor this Story Hour\, enjoy stories and songs all about dinosaurs! This Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste\, with the help of Library volunteer Mary Wessels\, and Library Intern Pallas-Amenah Morgan. They will read books and lead you and your little one in songs and hand-rhymes during a live\, interactive session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, and model movement and listening for your little one. \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\nThis Story Hour is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Each parent/guardian is responsible for their own child\, and is expected to remain with their child for the duration of this activity. 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. \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 in its 100th year of service.  
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-dinosaurs-galore-ages-3-5/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211117T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Entre Nous: Lauren Elkin & Lauren Collins
DESCRIPTION:Join The American Library in Paris\, Columbia Global Centers | Paris\, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination for the second in-person conversation of #EntreNousSeries.  \nA public transport vigil\, an observation of the world through the screen of her phone and from the height of her bus seat\, a study of the counterpoint between the everyday and the Event\, No. 91/92: A Diary of a Year on the Bus follows Elkin on her daily commutes from her apartment in the 5th Arrondissement to her teaching job in the 7th. The book\, a love letter to Paris that unfolds over the course of the 2014-15 academic year\, is also a meditation on how the city has changed in two decades\, evolving from the twentieth century into the twenty-first\, from analog to digital. \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nAbout the speakers: \nLauren Elkin’s writing on books\, art\, and culture have appeared in a variety of international publications including the London Review of Books\, the New York Times\, and Le Monde\, among many others. A scholar of literature\, Elkin has taught at New York University\, the American University of Paris\, the University of Liverpool\, and the Université de Paris-Denis Diderot. Elkin’s last book\, Flâneuse: Women Walk the City\, was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\, a New York Times Notable Book of 2017\, and a Radio 4 Book of the Week.  \nLauren Collins began contributing to the New Yorker in 2003 and became a staff writer in 2008. She is the author of When in French: Love in a Second Language\, which the Times named as one of its 100 Notable Books of 2016. She is working on a second book\, about a coup d’état perpetrated by white supremacists in Wilmington\, North Carolina in 1898\, and its effects on the city during the past 120 years. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Elkin and Collins will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/elkincollins21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211121T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211121T150000
DTSTAMP:20260526T142327
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SUMMARY:The Perfect Thank-You Letter (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:ages 12–18 \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\n\n\nLearn how to craft the perfect thank-you letter with the help of Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian Kirsty. We’ll provide all of the supplies you need to craft a heartfelt note in time to send for the Thanksgiving holiday!\n \n\n  \n\n\nAdvance registration is required. Participation in this book group is open to Library members\, and free of charge. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library before this session.\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\n\nFor questions about collections or events at the Library for Children and Teens contact Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/the-perfect-thank-you-letter-ages-12-18/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211123T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211123T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) An Ideal Presence
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nAn Ideal Presence\nwith Eduardo Berti and Daniel Levin Becker  \nClick here to RSVP for the in person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nIn 2015\, the Argentinian novelist Eduardo Berti spent several weeks in a “medico-literary” residency at the University Hospital Centre in Rouen\, France\, observing and conversing with the staff and volunteers of its palliative care department. From that experience he created this series of lightly fictionalized testimonials from nurses\, nursing aides\, doctors\, administrators\, porters\, volunteer musicians\, and the other people who make the unit tick. The result is a distinctly intimate and often poignant portrait of sickness and care\, and unflinching look at death through the eyes of the people who work with it every day—but also a profound reflection on what it means to be alive. An Ideal Presence was translated from French into English by Daniel Levin Becker and published by Fern books. \nAbout the speakers: \nEduardo Berti\, born in Buenos Aires in 1964\, is the author of a vast body of work that includes novels\, stories\, music writing\, and various unclassifiable books. He has translated authors such as Gustave Flaubert\, Jane Austen\, and Marguerite Yourcenar into Spanish\, and is the editor of a Spanish edition of Henry James’s complete stories. A member of the OuLiPo since 2014\, he lives in Bordeaux. \nDaniel Levin Becker\, born in Chicago in 1984\, is the author of Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature and the translator of\, among others\, Georges Perec’s La Boutique Obscure. He has been a member of the OuLiPo since 2009. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Berti and Levin Becker will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \nClick here to RSVP for the in person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online 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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/berti21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:Focus on Julie Flett (ages 6–12)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6–12\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nJoin Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste and volunteers to explore the books of Cree-Metis author\, illustrator\, and artist Julie Flett\, then make your own artwork inspired by her creations. All supplies will be provided by the Library. \nThis event will be in-person. Face masks are required. Parents/chaperons are required to remain inside the Library for the duration of this activity. \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. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/focus-on-julie-flett-ages-6-12/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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SUMMARY:Graphic Novel Book Club: "Heartstopper" (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:Join graphic novel fans to discuss great works with other readers.\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nJoin us for animated discussion of Alice Osman’s Heartstopper\, plus its sequel. This book club meeting will be facilitated by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager (and fantasy fan) Celeste.\n\n\n  \n\n\nAdvance registration is required for this book group. Participation in this book group is open to Library members\, and free of charge. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library before this session.\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \n\n\nFor questions about collections or events at the Library for Children and Teens contact Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/graphic-novel-book-club-heartstopper-ages-12-18/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nThe Odyssey of Angela Merkel\nwith Kati Marton and Thomas Chatterton Williams \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nThis Fall\, Chancellor Merkel\, a pillar on the international stage\, is expected to step down after a remarkable 16 years in office. This is sure to be a consequential change for Germany\, Europe\, and the world at large\, and whoever takes her place will have very large (modest\, practical) shoes to fill. With this event on the horizon\, bestselling author\, award-winning journalist\, and connected political insider Kati Marton’s biography couldn’t be better timed. \nThe Chancellor is at once a riveting political biography and an intimate human story of a complete outsider—a research chemist and pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany—who rose to become the unofficial leader of the West. Marton set out to pierce the mystery of how Angela Merkel achieved all this. And she found the answer in Merkel’s political genius: in her willingness to talk with adversaries rather than over them\, her skill at negotiating without ever compromising on what’s most important to her\, her canniness in appointing political rivals to her cabinet and exacting their policies so they have no platform to run against her\, the humility to allow others to take credit for things done in tandem\, the wisdom to stay out of the papers and off Twitter\, and the vision to take advantage of crises to enact bold change. \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nAbout the speakers: \nKati Marton is the author of True Believer: Stalin’s Last American Spy; Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America\, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World; Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History; Wallenberg; The Polk Conspiracy; and A Death in Jerusalem. She is an award-winning former NPR and ABC News correspondent. She was born in Hungary and lives in New York City. \nThomas Chatterton Williams is the author of Losing My Cool and Self-Portrait in Black and White. He is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine\, a Columnist at Harper’s\, a 2019 New America Fellow and a visiting fellow at AEI. His work has appeared in the New Yorker\, the London Review of Books\, Le Monde and many other places\, and has been collected in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing. He has received support from Yaddo\, MacDowell and The American Academy in Berlin\, where he is a member of the Board of Trustees. His next book\, Nothing Was the Same: The Pandemic Summer of George Floyd and the Shift in Western Consciousness\, will be published by Knopf. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Marton and Chatterton Williams will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hybrid-the-remarkable-odyssey-of-angela-merkel/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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