The Library will be closed on the following days in May:
Wednesday 1 May – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
An astronomer asks: how have humans across history, from astrophysicists to poets, written about the moon?
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour full of songs, stories, and fun!
Jake Lamar brings us into the gritty and exhilarating highs and lows of the 1930s Harlem jazz scene in a discussion of his celebrated crime novel, Viper’s Dream.
This interactive program features songs, rhymes and stories in English for very young children.
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
A special discussion, preview, and performance of the Opéra Comique's Breaking the Waves, joined by the composer, librettist, and star performer of the show.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour full of songs, stories, and fun!
A mysterious portrait in a Mumbai museum led journalist Livia Manera Sambuy on a search across the globe for information about a princess lost to history. Discover the remarkable life of Amrit Kaur.
Meeting seven of Critical Conversations, an expert-led discussion series. This season: a reflection on how to lead a contemplative, vital, and unmediated life in an ever-faster digital world.
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
Sing along with popular children's songs, and surprise creations.
Join fellow aspiring writers in a relaxed and creative setting where you can share your ideas, get feedback and work on your technique.
Explore the application and admissions process for universities in the U.S. and how best to prepare.
Jami Attenberg discusses life in transit, the creative process, and finding a home in herself in new memoir I Came All This Way to Meet You.
After a three year hiatus, the San Francisco-based performing arts company Word for Word will be returning to Paris with their performance of HOME by author George Saunders.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour full of songs, stories, and fun!
As enrollment in English and history classes at universities falls, literary study has begun to find professional outlets outside of academia. Are the humanities in crisis?
This interactive program features songs, rhymes and stories in English for very young children.
In-person at the Brooklyn Center for Fiction, Dorothee Elmiger and Kate Zambreno discuss translation: how to translate, who gets to translate, for whom to translate, and how stories are told.
Teen Advisory Group (TAG) members provide valuable feedback and share ideas about the Library’s teen programs, services, and collections.
Participate in movie trivia at the start of the evening, then settle in with popcorn and enjoy a film screening
Explore all aspects of film-making, including script-writing, camera work, directing, acting, editing and more!
Three translators reflect upon their movements between different languages and times in a discussion of Cecile Wajsbrot’s new, Virginia Woolf-inspired work, Nevermore.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour full of songs, stories, and fun!
Two experts in menopause discuss the science behind it, the reality of experiencing it, and the importance of broaching the subject.
This interactive program features songs, rhymes and stories in English for very young children.
How is the environmental crisis an economic problem? What solutions are available? Three climate experts discuss the relationship between climate justice and capital.
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
What is to be done about African art in European museums? How can restitution happen? What museums and nations are responsible for acting? In conversation with Rachel Donadio, two experts on the subject discuss.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour full of songs, stories, and fun!
This interactive program features songs, rhymes and stories in English for very young children.
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
Join other writers to explore ways to create a gripping mystery story.
Explore all aspects of film-making, including script-writing, camera work, directing, acting, editing and more!
The Library will be closed on the following days in May:
Wednesday 1 May – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
Friends of the Library (50€ – 249€) will receive invitations to unique, donor-only programs.
Folio Society (250€ – 1 999€) supporters will be invited to the annual Book Award ceremony, as well as donor-only programs.
Gutenberg Society (2 000€ – 9 999€) patrons will have the opportunity to host a dinner with an Evenings with an Author sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg speaker, as well as all the benefits listed above.
Ex Libris Lux Society (10 000€ and above) sponsors will be invited to an annual dinner with Ex Libris Lux donors and Library leadership, as well as all the benefits listed above. They will also be invited to an exclusive cocktail dînatoire with our Gala speaker.
A charitable gift from your estate is simple to implement and is easy to change if you should need to access the assets during your lifetime. If you would like to include a gift to the Library in your will, ask your estate planning attorney to add this suggested wording to your will or living trust. Please make sure to use the Library’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as: The American Library in Paris Inc.
Unrestricted Gift: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc, (insert dollar amount) Dollars* to be used for its general purposes.
Residuary Bequest: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc , (insert percentage amount) percent of the residue of my estate to be used for its general purposes.