Linda Healey joins the Open Door Poets for Sunday Poetry. Open mike, so bring your verse. Jan 31, 3pm,Carrs Restaurant, 1, rue du Mont-Thabor, 1er, M° Tuileries, tel: 01.42.60.60.26 or 01.48.06.04.54 for further info on this regular event held on the last dimancheof every month. Los Angeles Poet Cecilia Woloch reads new work and poems from her latest book. A frequent visitor to Paris, Woloch performs her lyrical and passionate poetry with musical accompaniment. Cocktails and signing. Feb 5, 7:30pm, Berlitz France, 35, av Franklin D. Roosevelt, 8e, sponsored by Parler Parlor, tel: 01.40.27.97.59, 40F at the door, Brentanos Bookworm Club celebrates the film "Madeline" Feb. 6, 3pm with the film's coach Tim Holm, 37, ave. de l'Opera, 2e. Writing group meets every Sunday, Feb 7 onwards, 7-9pm, Art-Tisane gallery and teahouse, 16, rue la Vieuville, 8e, M° Abbesses, tel: 01.42.58.35.22. African-American Literary Soirees for Black History Month. Feb 7, 7pm, booksigning and dinner with Tyler Stovall Ph.D. author of "Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light." Feb 19, 7:30pm, Ethel Waters and the "Black Voice," black women vocalists. Mar 5, 7:30pm, booksigning, talk and wine with Prof. Richard Long author of Harlem Renaissance, 36, rue Jacob, 6e. For further info, call Patricia Laplante-Collins: 01.42.61.37.00. Expatriate American poet Pansy Maurer-Alvarez reads love poems to celebrate Valentine's Day, plus a selection from her collection "Dolores: The Alpine Years." Feb 11, 7pm, Tea and Tattered Pages, 24, rue Mayet, 6e, M° Duroc, tel: 01.40.65.94.35. The Live Poets' Society presents an evening of Irish poetry, with readings by Fred Johnston, Damien Lennon and Derry O'Sullivan. Feb 14, 4pm, Tigh Johnny, 55 rue Montmartre, 2e, M° Sentier/Les Halles, tel: 01.42.33.91.33, donation 25F. The Abbey Bookshop Book Club meets to discuss Margaret Atwood's novel "Surfacing," which relates a young woman's search for her father, Feb 16, 8pm, 29, rue de la Parcheminerie, 5e, tel: 01.46.33.16.24. World premier screening of Elizabeth Lennard's documentary film "Edith Wharton: A Sense of Harmony." Feb 17, 8pm, The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du General Camou, 7e, M° Ecole Militaire, tel: 01.53.59.12.60. American writer François Pointeau reads from his collection of short stories and poetry. Feb 18, 7pm, Tea and Tattered Pages, 24, rue Mayet, 6e, M° Duroc, tel: 01.40.65.94.35. American poet Edward Field reads from his work. Feb 18, 7pm, The Village Voice, 6, rue Princesse, 6e, M° Mabillon, tel: 01.46.33.36.47. American editor Ted Solotaroff reads from "Truth comes in Blows," his acclaimed memoir of growing up Jewish in New Jersey during the Depression and in the shadow of an abusive father. Feb 24, The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du General Camou, 7e, M° Ecole Militaire, tel: 01.53.59.12.60. A Writers' Workshop run by two film/theater professionals with long careers in New York, Los Angeles and Paris meets on Friday evenings. In English, Feb 19 to April 23, 7- 9pm, tel: 01.43.35.43.73 or 01.40.06.97.25. |
