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ENGLISH-SPEAKING PARIS Announcements All day hiking excursion in the countryside planned for mid-March — day to be determined. Contact: The Abbey Bookshop, 29 rue de la Parcheminerie, 6e, M° St-Michel, tel: 01 42 77 42 17 Health network international offers red cross first aid classes. Feb 24, 10am to 2pm, Room G4, The American Church in Paris, 65 quai d'Orsay, 7e, tel: 01 42 19 98 40 FACTS (Free AIDS Counseling Treatment and Support) seeks English-speaking volunteers as help line listeners, educators, publicists etc. Mar 5, 6 & 11 at 7:30pm, Mar 8 at 11am, 190 bd de Charonne, 20e, M° Philippe-Auguste, tel: 01 44 93 16 32 SOS Help Crisis Line Spring Book Sale. Mar 5, noon to 4pm, St. George’s Church, 7 rue Auguste-Vacquerie, 16e, M° Kléber, tel: 01 46 21 46 46 Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the Centre Culturel Irlandais. Mar 16, 6:30-10pm, 5 rue des Irlandais, 5e AWG Annual Wine and Spirits Auction, Mar 22, 7pm, Hôtel Royal Monceau, 37 av Hoche, 8e, M° Charles de Gaulle Étoile, reservations: 01 42 73 36 74 or awgwineauction@wanadoo.fr Toastmasters 75 speech-making club for fluent English speakers meets Feb 27 and Mar 13 & 27, 8pm, Saveurs Salées Sucrées, 12 rue Caumartin, 9e, tel: 01 45 86 68 37 “Bloom Where You’re Planted” provides newcomers with an orientation program (Mar 5), while “Bloom While You Work,” offers practical information about living and working in France (Mar 8). The American Church in Paris, 65 quai d’Orsay, 7e, M° Invalides, tel: 01 40 62 05 00
USO Paris presents “An American Contradiction in Paris,” featuring artist Kelly Moore. Mar 7-31, 20 rue de la Trémoille, 8e
Manda Djinn & Robbie Rose Feb 28, 9:30pm and the Steve Potts Quartet Mar 5, 12 & 26, 9:30pm. Les 7 Lezards, 10 rue des Rosiers, 4e, M° St-Paul, tel: 01 48 87 08 97 Paris Choral Society presents “Say It with Music,” featuring music by American composers including Bernstein, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin. Mar 9, 5:30pm & Mar 11, 8:30pm, The American Cathedral, 23 av George V, 8e, M° George V Dublin Youth Orchestra Saturday afternoon concert, Mar 15 at 2:30pm, Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 5e, M° Cardinal Lemoine, free Film Evening screenings — “Hit and Run” directed by John Comiskey (Mar 4) and Kieron Walsh’sromantic comedy set in modern-day Dublin “When Brendan met Trudy” (Mar 29), both at 7:30pm. Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 5e, M° Cardinal Lemoine, free
One World Actors Productions stages the following program... “Everything in the Garden” by Edward Albee, Feb 17, 24 & Mar 3, 9:30pm. “The Three Sillies,” a folk opera by Mike Dineen, Feb 17 & Mar 3, 8:15pm. “Sex, Drugs, and Rock’n’Roll” by Eric Bogosian (in French), Feb 24, 8:15pm. “Outward Bound” by Sutton Vane, March 10 & 17, 8:15pm. “The Lime Tree Bower” by Conor McPherson (in French), Mar 24, 8:15pm. English Theater Playhouse, Théâtre Espace Cardin, 1 av Gabriel, 8e, M° pl de la Concorde, 15E The Gare Saint Lazare Players performs adaptations of Samuel Beckett’s novels “Molloy,” “Molloy Dies” and “The Unnamable” — with Conor Lovette, directed by Judy Hegarty. Feb 26, 27, & 28, 7:30pm, Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 5e. Tickets: 10E Moving Parts hosts Sunday play readings. “Warmer than Mississippi Mud" by Manda Djinn, Mar 2, 7:30pm. “Brides of the Holy Land” by Louise Domaritius & “George, the Dragon & the Princess” by Mark Sheridan. Mar 16, 7:30pm, Carr’s Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 1er, M° Tuileries, tel: 01 44 93 59 72 Kilometer Zero presents “Lysistrata.” Mar 3, 8pm, 51 rue de Chateaudun, 9e, M° Trinité. Cost is 5E, proceeds go to charity Dear Conjunction performs Harold Pinter’s “Ashes to Ashes” directed by Christian Erickson, with Patricia Kessler and Les Clack. To Mar 16, Tue-Sat 7pm, Sun 7:30pm, Sudden Theatre, 14bis rue Ste-Isaure, 18e, M° Simplon/Jules Joffrin
Celebrating Black History Month, Jake Lamar presents his latest book “If 6 were 9.” Feb 25, 7:30pm, WHSmith, 248 rue de Rivoli, 1er, tel: 01 44 77 88 99 Author Mavis Gallant reads selections from “Paris Stories,” Feb 26, 8pm, The American Library of Paris, 10 rue du Général-Camou, 7e, M° Alma-Marceau/Ecole Militaire Owen Sheers reads excerpts from Dylan Thomas’s work, to commemorate the anniversary of the poet’s death. Mar 5, 7:30pm, WHSmith, 248 rue de Rivoli, 1er, tel: 01 44 77 88 99 Leonard Pitt, author of “Promenades dans le Paris Disparu” discusses his work. Mar 5, 8pm, The American Library of Paris, 10 rue du Général-Camou, 7e, M° Alma-Marceau/Ecole Militaire Walking tour of Paris led by author Leonard Pitt. Mar 8, 11am, followed by a book launch party. The Abbey Bookshop, 29 rue de la Parcheminerie, 6e, M° St-Michel, tel: 01 42 77 42 17 Bill Strangmeyer and Jennifer Pinard will read a selection of poems. Mar 9, 4pm, Troubadour Coffee House, 70 bd de Ménilmontant, 20e, M° Père Lachaise Dialogue Through Poetry Week and UNESCO’s World Poetry Day celebrate “Dialogue Among Civilizations” via a series of multilingual readings featuring poets Jeffrey Greene, James Baker Hall, Ellen Hinsey, Kathleen Spivack and Cecilia Woloch. Mar 21 & 22, 7:30pm. Also scheduled — an “open mike” afternoon, Mar 22, 2-4pm. La Fondation des Etats Unis, Grand Salon, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, 15 bd Jourdan, 14e, M° Cité Universitaire Thirza Vallois — author of “Romantic Paris” — discusses her latest guide. Mar 26, 8pm, The American Library of Paris, 10 rue du Général-Camou, 7e, M° Alma-Marceau/Ecole Militaire |
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 "An American Contradiction in Paris" COURTESY: KELLY MOORE |
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 Net Tipton, music. American Cathedral COURTESY : AMERICAN CATHEDRAL |
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 One World Actors Productions' "Everything in the Garden" COURTESY : ONE WORLD ACTORS PRODUCTIONS |
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