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SUMMARY:Music Together with Stacey Pavesi Debré (ages 0–5)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today\, it’s common for us to simply listen to music rather than create it ourselves. But actively making music—with our voices and our bodies—is important to children’s overall development. Since 1987\, Music Together\, has introduced millions of children\, parents\, and teachers to the joys of music-making and the powerful benefits of having music in their lives. In our family workshops children and parents learn together through active exploration and live\, meaningful interaction. So\, take out the earbuds and pick up the instruments we were all given at birth—ourselves! Each child (aged 0–5) should accompany one of their favorite grownups. \nAbout Stacey Pavesi Debré:  An American in Paris since 2014\, Stacey has been passionate about music and learning her whole life. She studied piano and string bass\, joined choirs\, orchestras\, a capella groups and musical theaters\, and worked as a vocalist in Japan and a singing bartender in NYC. In 2017\, Stacey founded Bébé Music Box to bring Music Together’s award-winning music and movement classes to families and schools in Paris. Our weekly mixed-age family classes are a fun\, dynamic\, and inspiring way for families to connect through music. Plus\, because music learning supports all learning\, the benefits for our young music-makers extend well beyond class. For more information about Bébé Music Box family classes or to contact Stacey\, visit www.bbmusicbox.com. To read more about music’s magical effects on children\, visit www.musictogether.com.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704560469856{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Caregivers must remain with their children for the duration of this program. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSemRsKQSk3vfmH4a4n4dWb1o8uCFndphAUsqoLvJZBHksJFig%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/music-together-with-stacey-pavesi-debre-march-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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SUMMARY:The Vocabulary of U.S. College Admissions with College Goals (ages 14–adult)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Given the demands of the American university application process\, students interested in pursuing higher education in the U.S. are well advised to begin preparing early in their high school career for its demands\, perhaps even before they embark on their final two years of study toward the French bac or IB. In this presentation with guests from College Goals\, teens and their parents will explore the application and admissions process for US colleges and universities and how best to prepare. What do families need to know for their students to be successful and satisfied by the university search and application process? How can students produce a strong and interesting U.S. university application? In the first of a series of presentations on aspects of the American college application process\, College Goals’ counselor\, Andrea van Niekerk will discuss the concepts\, language\, and protocols students need to be aware of if they hope to apply to US institutions. \n  \nAbout Andrea van Niekerk: Andrea served for a decade as Associate Director of Admission\, with a focus on international applicants\, and as Freshman Academic Adviser at Brown University\, and as Residential Fellow in a dorm at Stanford. Still based in Silicon Valley\, she now works with both American and international families as part of College Goals. Andrea has over 20 years of experience in college admission and academic advising. She is a member of NACAC\, HECA and WACAC. \n About College Goals: College Goals is a university admission consulting practice specializing in counseling families interested in higher education opportunities in the US and in English-medium universities around the world. The team of counselors collectively offers decades of professional experience in higher education. College Goals provides expert counsel and support throughout the college search and application process\, including choice of appropriate institutions\, test requirements\, recommendations and interviews\, essay writing\, and the preparation of distinguished applications. Find out more at www.collegegoals.com \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1709040324351{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nThis event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. \nQuestions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfgcIGP0rZo_SWHrWiAjd6nMTwIqnsfk6jZLIlD-bpeh4Z61g%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/the-vocabulary-of-u-s-college-admissions-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240322T190000
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SUMMARY:Teen Night: Write Your Short Story with Amy Plum (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Begin your own original short story during this interactive writing workshop. Novels\, and short stories are distinct art forms. Each has common elements\, and we will discuss them and begin our own short stories together\, with time to share for those who want feedback. The workshop includes Amy’s tips on how to write a story with credible characters\, believable setting\, and fully rounded plot in less than 1000 words. \nAbout Amy Plum: Amy Plum is the author of Die for Me\, an international bestselling Young Adult series set in Paris. Her books have been translated into thirteen languages. Her second series is a duology After the End and Until the Beginning\, which she describes as “a faux-post-apocalyptic\, road trip\, adventure\, romance\, thriller with a bit of magic.” Her third series is the Dreamfall duology: Dreamfall and Neverwake. Amy grew up in Birmingham\, Alabama before venturing further afield to Chicago\, Paris\, London and New York. An art historian by training\, she can be found on most days either daydreaming or writing (or both) in a Parisian café. To find out more about Amy\, and writing classes in Paris\, visit her website.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1708509321833{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nThis event is free for Library members\, and 15€ per teen for non-members. Advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. After-hours events for teens\, such as Teen Nights\, require a signed permission slip\, which can be downloaded here. One permission slip is needed per academic year (September–July). \nQuestions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSdPFOcdO3xYdlnbmtB1G8cBSgFFubRLpscVQM5Rj52JbSfoQw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/write-your-short-story/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240322T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240322T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
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SUMMARY:History Tour: 1920s Edition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Did you know that Gertrude Stein had a penchant for pulpy mystery novels? Or that Hemingway attempted to secure a job at the Library for his drinking buddy? \nThe American Library in Paris invites you to register for a 1920s-focused History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-3-22-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240321T110000
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SUMMARY:Toddler Time (ages 1–3)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Stories featured during our Toddler Time programs include short picture books and board books\, such as Chicka Chicka\, Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault\, illustrated by Lois Ehlert\, which will be included in this 21 March event. \nOur Toddler Time is for children ages 1–3 and their caregivers\, and lasts 30 minutes. The program is entirely in English\, as are all of our events for children and teens. No translation will be provided. This session will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads. Each child must be accompanied by an adult chaperone\, and chaperones are required to remain with their children for the duration of the program. Parents and caregivers are expected to sit with their children beside them\, or in their laps\, and participate in the program.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067496511{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSe5p-It_aytRBUr-Z8D4FuOgFeschsC2NGB5KfI9U35CzQwAA%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/toddler-time-21-march-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240320T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240320T203000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240215T161526Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The State of the Arts with Missy Mazzoli\, Royce Vavrek\, and Nia Franklin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join Cultural Fellows Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek in conversation with Composer-in-Residence Nia Franklin as they consider art in\, about\, and for the twenty-first century. In this exclusive roundtable bringing together three major figures of the new artistic generation\, we will consider the ongoing vitality of art\, and the challenges artists\, and art institutions\, face. They will examine the performing arts in dialogue with contemporary writing\, the socio-political stakes of artistic practice\, the role of the artist in relation to modernity\, and the capacity of art to give shape to the future.  \nAbout the speakers: \nNia Imani Franklin is a composer and singer whose music has been performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra\, Friction Quartet\, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra\, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra\, and many others. Previous Composer-in-Residence tenures include Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara\, California and Festival Napa Valley where she was awarded the Darioush and Shahpar Khaledi Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Classical Music. Her 2021 project\, “Extended”\, featured an assortment of all-original RnB songs\, and her orchestra piece\, “Chrysalis Extended”\,  which has 3.7 million views on her TikTok profile. \nGrammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli was deemed “one of the more consistently intentive\, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York). Mazzoli was the Mead Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 2018-2021\, and from 2015-2018 she was the Composer-in-Residence with Opera Philadelphia. Mazzoli’s music has been performed internationally by Kronos Quartet\, Norwegian National Opera\, eighth blackbird\, pianist Emanual Ax\, Opera Philadelphia\, LA Opera\, New York City Opera\, the Detroit Symphony\, the LA Philharmonic\, the American Composers Orchestra\, the Boston Symphony\, JACK Quartet\, cellist Maya Beiser\, violinist Jennifer Koh\, Dublin’s Crash Ensemble\, the Sydney Symphony\, and many others. In 2018 she made history as one of the first two women to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera.  \nRoyce Vavrek is an Alberta-born librettist and lyricist who has been called “the indie Hofmannsthal” (The New Yorker) and “one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world” (CBC Radio). His opera “Angel’s Bone” with composer Du Yun was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. Upcoming commissions include “Agnes” for Icelandic Opera (with Daníel Bjarnason)\,“Lincoln in the Bardo” for The Metropolitan Opera (with Missy Mazzoli)\, “Fanny andAlexander” for La Monnaie (with Mikael Karlsson)\, “Indians on Vacation” for EdmontonOpera/Against the Grain (with Ian Cusson) and “My Family // Cambodia\, 1975” (with Vivian Fung) supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers 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. \nPlease note\, clocks moved forward in the US on 10 March\, but do not move forward in France until 31 March: If you are attending a virtual or hybrid program from a US time zone\, the time difference will be one hour less between 10 March and 31 March\, and will return to normal on 31 March. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/reverberationsroundtable24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240320T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240320T153000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240312T115425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240319T114541Z
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Feelings (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For this Story Hour\, we’ll read stories about emotions such as Jenny Mei is Sad by Tracy Subisak (pictured here)\, as well as songs and rhymes. Sometimes children have a hard time understanding and expressing their feelings\, but there are a lot of children’s books to start discussions about feelings. Use the Library’s online catalog and do a subject search for “emotions juvenile fiction” to find more stories about emotions. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided. \nThis participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. This Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads and Children’s and Teens’ Services Intern Amber Auer. They will read books and lead you and your little one in songs and hand-rhymes during a live\, interactive session. Plan to join in\, sing along\, move around\, and model movement and listening for your little one. We ask that all caregivers put away their phones and other electronic devices for the duration of this program. With your help\, we hope to foster a lifelong love of reading in children![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704817042485{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]  \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSewRplb7U95CIaZjnsXsvLjEEUR3ZabFrz1pd7iIfCnAv6R2g%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/feelings-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240319T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240319T203000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240215T153419Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Selby Wynn Schwartz on The Female Khoros
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What if women’s lives and relationships were at the center of history? What kinds of stories would we have access to – stories of love between women and of female subjectivity – if our historical record were not dominated by male voices?  \nIn her debut novel\, After Sappho\, Selby Wynn Schwartz recovers biographical fragments about queer feminist women from history and weaves them together with imagined details. Schwartz breathes life into the stories of these writers\, philosophers\, and artists\, melding their voices together to create a kaleidoscope of women’s experience. Much of the book is written in the voice of a collective\, female “we” – what one NPR reviewer calls “the first person choral.” Join us at the Library for a conversation with Schwartz about women’s history\, Sapphic lineage\, and After Sappho’s genre-bending fusion of fiction and biography. \nAbout the speaker: \nSelby Wynn Schwartz is the author of After Sappho (Galley Beggar Press)\, which was longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and shortlisted for both the 2023 Orwell Prize in Political Fiction and the 2023 James Tait Black Prize in Fiction. Her novella A Life in Chameleons received the 2021 Reflex Press Novella Award; in summer 2024\, she will be a Fellow at the Maison Dora Maar in Ménerbes. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nA New York Times review of After Sappho describes Schwartz’s project as “erudite and chatty\, grounded in scholarship yet freed from any masculinist impulse for certainty or linear cohesion.” Read the review here. \nBe sure to check out an excerpt from After Sappho before the event![/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speaker 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. \nPlease note\, clocks moved forward in the US on 10 March\, but do not move forward in France until 31 March: If you are attending a virtual or hybrid program from a US time zone\, the time difference will be one hour less between 10 March and 31 March\, and will return to normal on 31 March. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Read along with the Library! If you want to prepare ahead of this event\, copies of After Sappho will be on sale one week in advance\, as well as after the event. Stop by Member Services to purchase your copy. Books are generously provided by Smith&Son. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/wynnschwartz24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240316T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240316T170000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240214T152156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T155316Z
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SUMMARY:An Opera Masterclass with Cultural Fellows Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join Grammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli and Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Royce Vavrek for a one-day masterclass exploring theatrical writing for the voice.  \nParticipants will share musical and text excerpts with the group and have the chance to receive feedback from two of New York City’s most celebrated opera and musical theater creators. All artists working in contemporary opera\, musical theater\, art song\, and performance art are welcome to apply. \n\nComposers should submit a score (if applicable) and/or documentation of one or two works that include voice. Audio files\, video\, youtube and Soundcloud links accepted.\nLyricists and Librettisits should submit up to 10 pages of a libretto\, or a collection of up to five stand-alone lyrics.\n\nRequirements: \n\nOpen to all ages and experience levels\nClass will be conducted in English\n\nAdvance application is required. Please submit an application by filling out the form at the bottom of this page. The deadline for applications is 15 March 2024.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]About the artists:  \nGrammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli was deemed “one of the more consistently intentive\, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York). Mazzoli was the Mead Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 2018-2021\, and from 2015-2018 she was the Composer-in-Residence with Opera Philadelphia. Mazzoli’s music has been performed internationally by Kronos Quartet\, Norwegian National Opera\, eighth blackbird\, pianist Emanual Ax\, Opera Philadelphia\, LA Opera\, New York City Opera\, the Detroit Symphony\, the LA Philharmonic\, the American Composers Orchestra\, the Boston Symphony\, JACK Quartet\, cellist Maya Beiser\, violinist Jennifer Koh\, Dublin’s Crash Ensemble\, the Sydney Symphony\, and many others. In 2018 she made history as one of the first two women to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera.  \nRoyce Vavrek is an Alberta-born librettist and lyricist who has been called “the indie Hofmannsthal” (The New Yorker) and “one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world” (CBC Radio). His opera “Angel’s Bone” with composer Du Yun was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. Upcoming commissions include “Agnes” for Icelandic Opera (with Daníel Bjarnason)\,“Lincoln in the Bardo” for The Metropolitan Opera (with Missy Mazzoli)\, “Fanny andAlexander” for La Monnaie (with Mikael Karlsson)\, “Indians on Vacation” for EdmontonOpera/Against the Grain (with Ian Cusson) and “My Family // Cambodia\, 1975” (with Vivian Fung) supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: \nAdvance application is required. Please submit your applications by 9 March 2024.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/opera-masterclass24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240316T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240316T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240306T161617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T161748Z
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SUMMARY:100 Books to Read Before You Grow Up (ages 0–12)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Answer trivia\, play games\, and solve puzzles as you learn about 100 books to read before you grow up! Participants will leave with a full list of 100 titles recommended for children of all ages by our Children’s and Teens’ Services staff. \nThis event will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads with the help of Library volunteers. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided. All participants must be able to understand\, speak\, and write in English in order to participate in this program. Children ages 0–6 must have a chaperone with them for the duration of this activity. Children between the ages 6–12 may participate in Library programs on their own\, while their chaperone remains inside the Library\, however chaperones are encouraged to join in the event.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067596052{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSd7hIjlxLOlIyBT7wIAcMRoTN5X837zi8aE4hJaLgtRKaPMiA%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/100-books-to-read/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240315T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240315T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240205T114934Z
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SUMMARY:History Tour: 1920s Edition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Did you know that Gertrude Stein had a penchant for pulpy mystery novels? Or that Hemingway attempted to secure a job at the Library for his drinking buddy? \nThe American Library in Paris invites you to register for a 1920s-focused History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-3-15-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240314T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240314T203000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
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SUMMARY:(In Person Only) Strange Dreams: An Evening of Music with Cultural Fellows Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Following the success of their hit opera Breaking the Waves\, which made its French debut at Opéra Comique last season\, American composer Missy Mazzoli and Canadian/American librettist Royce Vavrek return to Paris as American Library in Paris Cultural Fellows. In this exclusive preview concert\, Mazzoli and Vavrek will present their compositions and speak about current projects. Soprano Amelia Watkins will perform arias from Mazzoli and Vavrek’s last four operas\, and the creators will discuss their approach to musical storytelling in the 21st century\, an approach that expands the operatic tradition to include stories of cult leaders\, female explorers\, suburban loneliness and much more. \nThe Cultural Fellows will be accompanied by Benjamin Alunni\, Amelia Watkins\, and Fernando Palomeque. \nAbout the artists:  \nGrammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli was deemed “one of the more consistently intentive\, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York). Mazzoli was the Mead Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 2018-2021\, and from 2015-2018 she was the Composer-in-Residence with Opera Philadelphia. Mazzoli’s music has been performed internationally by Kronos Quartet\, Norwegian National Opera\, eighth blackbird\, pianist Emanual Ax\, Opera Philadelphia\, LA Opera\, New York City Opera\, the Detroit Symphony\, the LA Philharmonic\, the American Composers Orchestra\, the Boston Symphony\, JACK Quartet\, cellist Maya Beiser\, violinist Jennifer Koh\, Dublin’s Crash Ensemble\, the Sydney Symphony\, and many others. In 2018 she made history as one of the first two women to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera.  \nRoyce Vavrek is an Alberta-born librettist and lyricist who has been called “the indie Hofmannsthal” (The New Yorker) and “one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world” (CBC Radio). His opera “Angel’s Bone” with composer Du Yun was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. Upcoming commissions include “Agnes” for Icelandic Opera (with Daníel Bjarnason)\,“Lincoln in the Bardo” for The Metropolitan Opera (with Missy Mazzoli)\, “Fanny andAlexander” for La Monnaie (with Mikael Karlsson)\, “Indians on Vacation” for EdmontonOpera/Against the Grain (with Ian Cusson) and “My Family // Cambodia\, 1975” (with Vivian Fung) supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. \nWhile maintaining a major presence in the contemporary music repertoire Benjamin Alunni loves devoting himself to creation. He regularly performs on the stage of several leading stages such as IRCAM-Centre Pompidou\, le Théâtre de la Monnaie I De Munt\, Théâtres du Luxembourg\, l’Opéra Comique\, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence\, Lincoln Center\, Gulbenkian Foundation… He began his professional career in Baroque music – Christophe Rousset\, Skip Sempé\, Raphaël Pichon… He has been performing regularly with Les Arts Florissants and William Christie since the revival of the mythical production of Lully‘s Atys. His love for crossing genres have led him to work with choreographers such as Thomas Lebrun – Centre Choreography National de Tours in which he performed at Festival d’Avignon\, Palais de Chaillot and while touring France and Asia. Confluence(s) Benjamin’s first solo album – Klarthe records – is dedicated to French melody inspired by Jewish cultures. He is the vocal coach for the Classe Libre at Le Cours Florent in Paris. To find out more\, please visit benjaminalunni.com \nDubbed “The divine Ms. Watkins” by the New York Times\, soprano Amelia Watkins has performed with leading orchestras and opera companies in the United States\, Canada\, Asia and Europe. Since her European debut at the Leipzig Gewandhaus\, she has appeared with such organizations as the Los Angeles Opera\, New York City Opera\, the Estates Theatre/National Theatre Prague\, the Brooklyn Academy of Music\, Carnegie Hall\, Weill Hall\, Lincoln Centre\, the Tanglewood Music Festival\, the Verbier Festival\, The National Arts Centre\, the Prototype Festival and with Musica Viva in Hong Kong. Embracing musical styles from Bach to Berio and beyond\, Amelia specializes in the works of living and experimental composers. Amelia has been featured in recording on the multi Grammy-nominated album Vocabularies with Bobby McFerrin\, Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Song From The Uproar\, Albany Record’s New Growth\, and Cantaloupe Record’s Acquanetta\, and various commercial and indie film scores. ameliawatkins.com \nConductor and pianist (Buenos Aires\, 1990)\, Fernando Palomeque is one of the most recognized Argentine musicians of his generation. He has graduated from the National Conservatory of Music of Paris in the DAI (Post-Master) and obtained his master degree in conducting at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Dusseldorf (Class : Rüdiger Bohn) In addition\, he did a specialization in conducting contemporary repertoire with Jean-Philippe Wurtz at the Conservatory of Strasbourg. His engagement with new music\, led him to work with some of the most important ensembles in the world such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain\, Ensemble Musikfabrik\, Klangforum Wien and Ensemble Modern. Until 2024\, he will be part of the Young Promising Conductors project of Ulysses Network. Recently\, he received the 3rd Prize at the III International Conducting Competition “Città di Brescia.” \n  \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nMissy and Royce’s opera Breaking the Waves was described as “among the best 21st-century operas yet.” (Opera News) Rewatch their appearance at the American Library in Paris last year to speak about staging the show at Opéra Comique and offer a preview performance.  \nMissy has been nominated for three Grammy awards\, most recently for her 2023 album Dark with Excessive Bright. Listen to an excerpt. \nMissy and Royce are currently working on an operatic adaptation of Lincoln in the Bardo\, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera\, and slated to premiere at the Met in 2026. Read about this historic commission.  \nIn 2016\, alongside composer Ellen Reid\, Missy founded Luna Composition Lab\, a mentorship program for young female\, nonbinary and gender nonconforming composers. Discover their work. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The performance will be in person at the Library only. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/mazzoli_vavrek24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240313T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240313T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Journeys in Sound and Sight with Dimitris Lyacos and Vanessa Onwuemezi
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us for an evening of exchange between two contemporary writers: Dimitris Lyacos\, author of the highly-esteemed Poena Damni trilogy and Vanessa Onwuemezi\, Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris.   \nConsidered a front-runner for a Nobel Prize in literature\, Lyacos is known for the drifting\, dreamlike quality of his work. Across his considerable oeuvre\, he turns a post-modern eye upon time-honored themes and motifs\, including the demarcation between body and spirit\, and the tensions between life and death. With blistering language and hallucinatory settings\, Lyacos creates worlds that sometimes verge upon the dystopian. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages\, making Lyacos among the most-translated contemporary Greek writers. \nOnwuemezi is both a poet and a prose fiction writer. In her work\, she\, too\, deals with sweeping themes: themes like language\, loss\, and family. During her time as a Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris\, Onwuemezi will conduct research into Antillean poetry and philosophy\, which will form the foundation for her next project. \nAt the Library\, in a conversation moderated by Nafkote Tamirat\, Lyacos and Onwuemezi will come together to explore the overlaps and divergences between their poetic approaches. Their conversation will center upon topics like style\, rhythm\, setting\, and musicality. \nAbout the speakers: \nDimitris Lyacos’s Poena Damni trilogy is one of the best-selling and most highly regarded works of contemporary European literature. Renowned for combining\, in a genre-defying form\, themes from literary tradition with elements from ritual\, religion\, philosophy and anthropology\, Poena Damni reexamines grand narratives in the context of some of the enduring motifs of the Western Canon\, most notably violence\, mental illness\, the scapegoat and the return of the dead. Developed as a work in progress over the course of three decades\, the trilogy has been translated in more than 20 languages and has given rise to musical\, visual and theatre projects. Lyacos in an entrant in Who’s Who\, the database of the most prominent individuals across all fields of human activity and he is also considered as Greece’s most likely candidate for a Nobel Prize in Literature. Chapter G from the trilogy’s prequel Until the Victim Becomes our Own was published in MAYDAY while chapters D\, L and V are forthcoming in Image Journal\, River Styx and Chicago Review later on this year. \nVanessa Onwuemezi is a London-based writer and poet. Her short story “At the Heart of Things” won The White Review’s Short Story Prize in 2019. Another of her stories\, titled “Green Afternoon\,” was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2022. Onwuemezi published her debut short story collection\, Dark Neighbourhood\, with Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2021. The collection was named one of The Guardian’s Best Books of 2021; it was also shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize and for the Edge Hill Prize in 2022. \nNafkote Tamirat (she/her) is a novelist\, short story writer\, teacher\, and translator. A graduate of Yale University and Columbia University\, Nafkote studied translation at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales\, where she translated the Amharic-language play\, Yekermo Sew by Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin\, which was later performed by the Masrah Ensemble at the Triangles Festival-in-Progress in Beirut. Her first novel\, The Parking Lot Attendant\, was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She’s currently working on her second novel\, which is about the Ethiopian diaspora in the US\, but also exiled giants living in time-loop prisons. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nTo get a sense of Dimitris Lyacos’s vertiginous poetic style\, check out this excerpt from his book Z213: Exit. \nVanessa Onwuemezi came to the Library in 2022 to discuss her widely-acclaimed short-story collection\, Dark Neighbourhood. In case you missed it: you can watch a recording of the program here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers 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. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lyacos-onwuemezi24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240313T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240313T153000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240228T155211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T155739Z
UID:63445-1710340200-1710343800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Story Hour: Go Green (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For this Story Hour\, we’ll read stories featuring green characters and creatures\, and books that are green\, such as Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (pictured here)\, as well as songs and rhymes. \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads and Children’s and Teens’ Services Intern Amber Auer. 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. We ask that all caregivers put away their phones and other electronic devices for the duration of this program. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704817042485{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]  \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScIWiOLxG4Q067u4LVT3PCzZWUsknzXWpKqUnbLjq6xIJZSOQ%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/go-green-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240312T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240312T203000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240213T164216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T162833Z
UID:62406-1710271800-1710275400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(In Person Only) Save Haven: A Performance by Composer-in-Residence Nia Franklin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nMiss America 2019 sings jazz standards\, spirituals\, and music of her own from her 2021 EP\, Extended. Nia will be accompanied by Julie Sévilla-Fraysse on the cello and Anastasia Calmus on the piano. \n\nAbout the performer:  \nNia Imani Franklin is a composer and singer whose music has been performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra\, Friction Quartet\, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra\, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra\, and many others. In 2024 Nia was named the inaugural Composer-in-Residence for the American Library in Paris where she will perform this spring. Previous Composer-in-Residence tenures include Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara\, California and Festival Napa Valley where she was awarded the Darioush and Shahpar Khaledi Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Classical Music.  \nUpon finishing her Lincoln Center fellowship in New York City\, she earned the jobs of Miss New York 2018 and Miss America 2019 where she devoted her service to arts education advocacy. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nIn September of 2021 Nia released her EP\, “Extended”\, which featured an assortment of all-original RnB songs\, and her orchestra piece\, “Chrysalis Extended”\,  which has 3.7 million views on her TikTok profile. Listen to a preview. \nIn July 2022\, Nia premiered her choral piece\, “Polaris”\, which celebrates Juneteenth having recently become a national holiday in the United States. Festival Napa Valley commissioned this piece and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City performed it live. See a recording.   \nIn 2019\, she founded Compose Her – an initiative whose ongoing objective is to empower women in music. Discover this organization.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The performance will be in person at the Library only. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/franklin24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240310T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240310T153000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240129T144238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240308T093905Z
UID:61898-1710079200-1710084600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Mysteries\, Secrets\, and Lies: Karen McManus Talks about Writing Thrillers
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us as we explore social issues in fiction\, the unreliable narrator\, plotting mysteries\, and more. For this event\, novelist Karen McManus will be interviewed by a panel of teen Library members\, who will address her writing process\, the importance of young adult literature\, and the complex characters found in McManus’s twisty young adult thrillers. Following the interview\, there will be time for a Q&A. \nAspiring writers can find tips from Karen McManus on the craft here. \nAbout Karen M. McManus: Karen McManus is a #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of young adult thrillers. Her work includes the One of Us Is Lying series\, which was turned into a television show on Peacock and Netflix\, as well as the standalone novels Two Can Keep a Secret\, The Cousins\, You’ll Be the Death of Me\, and Nothing More to Tell. Karen’s critically acclaimed\, award-winning books have been translated into forty-two languages and have sold more than seven million copies worldwide. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707929359750{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nThis event is free for Library members\, and 15€ per person for non-members. Advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. \nDoors will open at 13h00 for this event. Seating is available on a first-come\, first-serve basis. Books will be available for purchase at the Library before the signing while supplies last. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes. \nQuestions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSd9L6z9u1pVvWWqecfxp3Qv1ZdseOTWc-7-tdpIj-7V-93urw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/mysteries-with-mcmanus-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240309T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240309T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240301T155358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240302T132456Z
UID:63535-1709982000-1709985600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Counting Kindness with Hollis Kurman (ages 0–12)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Enjoy a reading of Counting Kindness: Ten Ways to Welcome Refugee Children with author Hollis Kurman\, then participate in an activity based on the book. After the reading\, there will be a time for a Q&A with the author. \nThe activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided. All participants must be able to understand and speak English in order to participate in the program. Children between the ages 6–12 may participate in Library programs on their own\, while their chaperone remains inside the Library. \nAbout Hollis Kurman: Hollis Kurman is the author of Counting Kindness: Ten Ways to Welcome Refugee Children (US) ( illustrated by Barroux)\, which was endorsed by Amnesty International. Her poems (one of which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize) have been published in multiple journals. In addition to her writing\, Ms. Hollis moderates a wide range of events and is Chairperson of the Ivy Circle Netherlands. She has served as a member of the Supervisory Boards of Save the Children NL\, and she is a member of the Human Rights Watch Global Advisory Council for Women’s Rights and she is a contributing Editor on the Board of Barrow Street Books in NY. You can find out more about Hollis Kurman on her website. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067596052{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScepicd9Ri0qXNsX2ITGjUxCheis2sQdoHrItkBdIRXjd6Mfg%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/counting-kindness-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T210000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240224T164801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240224T164801Z
UID:63267-1709924400-1709931600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Teen Night: Classic Movie Night (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vote on the classic film to you’d like to watch when you register for this event. Participate in movie trivia and a game at the start of the evening\, then settle in with popcorn and enjoy a screening in the Library’s comfortable reading room. We’ll discuss the film as a group at the end of the night. This event will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads\, Children and Teens Services Intern Amber Auer. \nDrinks and light snacks will be provided\, as well as lots of popcorn.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1708793443090{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nThis event is free for Library members\, and 15€ per teen for non-members. Advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. After-hours events for teens\, such as Teen Nights\, require a signed permission slip\, which can be downloaded here. One permission slip is needed per academic year (September–July). \nQuestions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSeLQwMZUeR9zK5UX3_zX98zEtbXH24lKbzkdAS3kCegrr3IhA%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/classic-movie-night-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240205T114453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T114656Z
UID:62153-1709895600-1709899200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:History Tour: 1920s Edition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Did you know that Gertrude Stein had a penchant for pulpy mystery novels? Or that Hemingway attempted to secure a job at the Library for his drinking buddy? \nThe American Library in Paris invites you to register for a 1920s-focused History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-3-8-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240307T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240307T203000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20231010T151947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T174334Z
UID:56846-1709838000-1709843400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Critical Conversations Meeting Five: The Wonders of Emergence\, An Introduction to Complexity
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How can we better understand the way large groups of people think together? Simple models can be surprisingly effective in helping us understand many processes we think of as complex. We will explore some thought-provoking examples\, culminating in the wonders of the Mandelbrot set. We will also tease some examples of the dark side of emergence— known as “emergent dysfunctions”— and how to prevent them. \nReadings to prepare: \n\n“What is Complexity Science?” (article) \n“Introduction to Complexity: What are Complex Systems?” (video)\n\n Some details: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical  Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\,  reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, migration\, and technology. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live.  \nPlease note\, this event and all event in the Critical Conversations series require advance registration and payment. Please register here by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.  \nPlease write to programs@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions or thoughts.  \nAbout Critical Conversations: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\, reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, and migration. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live. \nAbout the Critical Conversations 2023-24 leaders: \nProf. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence (Morocco) and lectures in advocacy at Sciences Po-Paris. Trained in classics and community organizing\, he served as mobilization strategist for the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He served as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress (2009-2011)\, organized on six U.S. presidential campaigns\, and has worked to advance democratic innovation at the European Commission and in India\, Tunisia\, Egypt\, Uganda\, Senegal\, Czech Republic and Ukraine. He is author of Cicero and the People’s Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic\, from Cambridge University Press\, and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance. \nProf. Mark Klein is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence\, serves as a professor and Senior Scientific Advisor at the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence\, and Chief Scientist at HiveWise Inc\, a startup in the collective intelligence space. His research draws from such fields as artificial intelligence\, social computing\, economics\, operations research\, and complexity science to develop and evaluate computer technologies that enable greater ‘collective intelligence’ in large groups faced with complex decisions. He has over 180 publications in these areas\, and has served on the editorial boards of many prominent journals and conferences related to AI and social computing. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/cc5_2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240307T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240307T113000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240221T161139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161139Z
UID:63165-1709809200-1709811000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Toddler Time (ages 1–3)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Stories featured during our Toddler Time programs include short picture books and board books\, such as Little Cloud by Eric Carle\, which will be included in this 7 March event. \nOur Toddler Time is for children ages 1–3 and their caregivers\, and lasts 30 minutes. The program is entirely in English\, as are all of our events for children and teens. No translation will be provided. This session will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads. Each child must be accompanied by an adult chaperone\, and chaperones are required to remain with their children for the duration of the program. Parents and caregivers are expected to sit with their children beside them\, or in their laps\, and participate in the program.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067496511{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSdPyi0wW7vGVR2bp5f8F9MIeE1z2CFgKDmOIQq_2mjEm4ai0w%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/toddler-time-march-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240306T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240306T153000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240228T120840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T114128Z
UID:63435-1709735400-1709739000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Story Hour: Bees and Butterflies (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For this Story Hour\, we’ll read stories about bees\, butterflies\, and a few other insects too. Each Story Hour program features short picture books such as These Bees Count by Alison Fermento\, illustrated by Sarah Snow (pictured here)\, as well as songs and rhymes. \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads and Children’s and Teens’ Services Intern Amber Auer. 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. We ask that all caregivers put away their phones and other electronic devices for the duration of this program. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704817042485{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]  \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfZWJ0vSBnNhnTUZ7u00k8-WEeOB-VlTyy8cVfax_lBgC3pgA%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bees-and-butterflies-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240302T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240302T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240228T164007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T164118Z
UID:63449-1709377200-1709380800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Grammar Games (ages 8–12)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During this event\, we’ll learn about the building blocks of English grammar\, including the parts of speech\, spelling\, punctuation\, and more. We’ll play grammar games together. As a group\, we’ll discuss story structures and how grammar rules can make stories stronger. \nParticipants in this workshop will also receive information about the Library’s 2024 Young Authors Fiction Festival. \nThis event will be hosted by Children and Teens Services Manager Celeste Rhoads with the help of Library volunteers. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided. All participants must be able to understand\, speak\, and write in English in order to participate in this program. Children between the ages 8–12 may participate in Library programs on their own\, while their chaperone remains inside the Library.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067596052{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSflcAm03CBTkJIhSncq_R0PaDlLLcLb1nXLjYGTg0XELv7xHw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/grammar-games-ages-8-12/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240301T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240301T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240205T115430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T115430Z
UID:62168-1709290800-1709294400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 104-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-3-1-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240229T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240229T203000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240124T151346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T151346Z
UID:61371-1709235000-1709238600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Lessons from Language with Brian Dillon
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever read a single sentence that sticks with you\, or seen a piece of art that lingers in the back of your mind years later? How do our encounters with literature and art become parts of us–features of our personal and collective cultural consciousness?  \nWriter\, critic\, and art-lover Brian Dillon revels in the pleasures of the word. In his quest to understand and experiment with these pleasures\, Dillon has published four books with Fitzcarraldo Editions. Essayism\, a consideration of the craft of the essay\, demands that we consider “a type of writing so hard to define its very name means a trial.” Suppose a Sentence collects essays inspired by single\, striking sentences in literary history. Affinities asks why things are drawn together\, and we drawn to things. Refusing the position of the critic as distanced from the creative process\, Dillon insists upon the simple joy of reading\, looking\, learning\, and making. Personal\, poetic\, and reflective\, each book is a new try at writing. Join Dillon in celebrating major and minor moments in art and literature\, marveling at the mechanics of prose and the lessons we can glean from it. \nAbout the speaker: \nBrian Dillon was born in Dublin in 1969. His books include Suppose a Sentence\, Essayism\, The Great Explosion (shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize)\, Objects in This Mirror: Essays\, I Am Sitting in a Room\, Sanctuary\, Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochondriac Lives (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize) and In the Dark Room\, which won the Irish Book Award for non-fiction. His writing has appeared in the Guardian\, New York Times\, London Review of Books\, the New Yorker\, New York Review of Books\, frieze and Artforum. He has curated exhibitions for Tate and Hayward galleries. He lives in London.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nA review in The Guardian describes Dillon’s latest book\, Affinities\, as “an invitation to look together\,” or “to attend closely in the company of someone else.”  Read the review here.  \nDillon’s book Suppose a Sentence is a series of essays\, each of which examines a single sentence in a work of literature. Read an excerpt from the book (a contemplation of a sentence by Charlotte Brontë) here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]About Fitzcarraldo February at the Library: \nThis program is part of Fitzcarraldo February\, a series of events at The American Library in Paris featuring authors who have recently published books with the London-based independent publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions.  \nKnown for their distinctive blue and white covers\, and esteemed for their highly selective catalogue\, Fitzcarraldo is the leading publisher of innovative\, boundary-pushing literature. Founded in 2014 with the mission to publish only twenty-two works per year\, the publishing house has already established itself as champion of the most exciting and ambitious literary voices of our time\, including four Nobel Prize-winning writers: Svetlana Alexievich (2015)\, Olga Tokarczuk (2018)\, Annie Ernaux (2022)\, and Jon Fosse (2023). The Library is delighted to welcome Marie Darrieussecq\, Thea Lenarduzzi\, Claudia Durastanti\, Vanessa Onwuemezi\, Kirsty Bell\, and Brian Dillon\, all of whose work explores the frontiers of genre\, form\, and craft\, challenging us to rethink what writing can do. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speaker 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. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/dillon24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240228T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240228T203000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240124T143819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T150847Z
UID:61704-1709146800-1709152200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(In Person Full) (Hybrid) Magazine Launch: Journal
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Why does poetry matter? Although some may speak of the demise of poetry\, what we’re seeing instead is a revitalization\, which testifies to its ongoing urgency as an art. More than ever\, we are in need of dialogue\, of initiating new discussion\, and of activating the language that poetry creates. The magazine Journal participates in this situation by placing poets of different languages in conversation through the space of the page.  \nEdited by the poet and artist Jim Dine and poet and translator Vincent Broqua\, Journal is a new poetry magazine that seeks to publish poets internationally. The Library is delighted to host the launch of the first issue\, with contributions from sixteen authors who write (and translate) in different languages: from Brazilian Portuguese to Persan as well as French\, English and Dutch. Celebrating a wide spectrum of voices who are political\, lyrical\, conceptual\, visual\, comic\, and more\, it represents the liveliness of poetry today with a renewed sense of its vitality. \nJoin contributors Jim Dine\, Hugo Pernet\, Ghazal Mosadeq\, Elke de Rijcke\, Vincent Broqua\, and Dan Clarke for a reading and discussion of the need for poetry of the present.  \nJournal publishes international poetry in translation or not. It seeks to further and invent conversations. The cover is by Daniel Clarke.  \nThis launch is organized in partnership with Double Change\, the Franco-American poetry association. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nFounded in 2000 in order to juxtapose\, unite and reunite the poetries of France and the United States in a bi-national forum\, Double Change looks to represent a diverse\, eclectic spectrum of poetic activity in both countries. Discover their poets. \nFamed artist and poet Jim Dine\, editor and contributor to Journal\, has had more than 300 solo exhibitions over his career\, including retrospectives at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the New York MOMA. His work is in permanent collections including Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the the Centre Pompidou\, the National Gallery of Art\, the Guggenheim\, and the London Tate Gallery. Listen to Dine in conversation at the Morgan Library & Museum and read an interview in Forbes. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers 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. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1706107974102{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/launchjournal24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240228T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240228T153000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240109T163414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T163414Z
UID:60542-1709130600-1709134200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Story Hour: True Stories (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For this Story Hour\, we’ll read true stories of adventures\, inventions\, and more. Each Story Hour program features short picture books such as The Girl Who Built An Ocean: An Artist\, An Argonaut\, and the True Story of the World’s First Aquarium by Jess Keating\, Michelle Mee Nutter (pictured here)\, as well as songs and rhymes. \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads and Children’s and Teens’ Services Intern Amber Auer. 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. We ask that all caregivers put away their phones and other electronic devices for the duration of this program. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704817042485{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]  \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSd6zibGbENTj-OXXsoA7idKCtwsNecIyekGIXNfSmUoUOQ3Dg%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/true-stories-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240227T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240227T203000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240124T142053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T132441Z
UID:61698-1709062200-1709065800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:SOLD OUT Everyday Antiblackness in France: An Evening with Trica Keaton (In Person Only)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How do Black people experience race and racism differently in the United States and in France?  How do the distinct histories\, cultures\, and political systems of each country produce different versions of antiblackness? What (and who) gets sidelined or pushed out of the picture in French notions of universalism and republicanism? And how do Black people in France\, in their everyday lives and relationships\, expose the cracks in the logic of French universalism? \nTrica Keaton delves into these questions in her book #You Know You’re Black in France When . . . : The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness. Her work draws from current events\, French political and social history\, critical scholarship about race and Blackness\, and her own experiences\, offering an insightful commentary on the contradictions that haunt conversations about race in France. #You Know You’re Black in France When . . . : The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness was shortlisted for The American Library in Paris’s 2023 Book Award.  \nTrica will be in conversation with Patrick Banks. \nAbout the speakers: \nTrica Keaton is a professor and an interdisciplinary social scientist in the department of African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College with affiliations in the departments of Sociology and Film and Media Studies. Her publications include #You Know You’re Black in France When…: The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness. \nPatrick Banks is the founder of The Californien\, a consultancy specializing in advising and collaborating with artists\, creatives\, and entrepreneurs in the areas of strategy\, cultural production\, and business development. Before relocating to Paris\, Patrick had a successful career in the legal field and real estate development in the cities of New Orleans and San Francisco.  Patrick’s diverse professional background and passion for the arts drive his commitment to empowering and elevating the global creative community through The Californien.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nTrica Keaton wrote a historical overview of the word “race” in a book called Keywords for African American Studies.  Read it here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be In-person only and will not be recorded. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/keaton24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240224T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240224T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240120T221240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T152434Z
UID:61396-1708772400-1708776000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Series: Computer Crafting for Kids with Linda Liukas (ages 6–12)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If computer code is the Lego block of our time—a tool of creation—how do we teach curiosity\, joy\, and wonder to our kids? Try this workshop on crafts\, computers and creativity led by Hello Ruby founder Linda Liukas \nThe activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided. All participants must be able to understand and speak English in order to participate in the program. Children between the ages 6–12 may participate in Library programs on their own\, while their chaperone remains inside the Library. \n  \nAbout Linda Liukas: Linda Liukas is the author of the Hello Ruby books on coding for kids. From Helsinki\, Finland\, she brings a playful Nordic perspective to the sometimes serious world of computer science. Translated into nearly 40 languages\, this children’s picture book series asks: What else is there to technology education than “Learn to code”? Linda is currently building a playground to Helsinki where you can learn about how computers work without a single screen. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067596052{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSdL5TcdUlwVdZ5R1Z9VhQuyMTCeBttfC2Y23f0kbsQAwC7IvQ%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/computer-crafting/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240223T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240223T210000
DTSTAMP:20260521T070652
CREATED:20240221T095225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T095235Z
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SUMMARY:Teen Night: Hero's Journey with Amy Plum (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever wondered what makes an epic story? Join us as we analyze classic tales of the hero’s quest\, then do writing of our own. \nAbout Amy Plum: Amy Plum is the author of Die for Me\, an international bestselling Young Adult series set in Paris. Her books have been translated into thirteen languages. Her second series is a duology After the End and Until the Beginning\, which she describes as “a faux-post-apocalyptic\, road trip\, adventure\, romance\, thriller with a bit of magic.” Her third series is the Dreamfall duology: Dreamfall and Neverwake. Amy grew up in Birmingham\, Alabama before venturing further afield to Chicago\, Paris\, London and New York. An art historian by training\, she can be found on most days either daydreaming or writing (or both) in a Parisian café. To find out more about Amy\, and writing classes in Paris\, visit her website. \n  \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1708509321833{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nThis event is free for Library members\, and 15€ per teen for non-members. Advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. After-hours events for teens\, such as Teen Nights\, require a signed permission slip\, which can be downloaded here. One permission slip is needed per academic year (September–July). \nQuestions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScw4_rDzmmeHTS0lomGSbdhERkI3t48_qcRIlyXkLv8bjm0bQ%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/heros-journey-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Teens
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