The real Adam Gopnik – loving France, little kings, and the one question he’s never been asked
© Photo credit, Brigitte Lacombe. As I interviewed inimitable New Yorker writer and Francophile Adam Gopnik in his Upper East Side apartment, my mind blinked at the normalcy of this abnormal experience. His impossibly happy Havanese dog named Butterscotch greeted me excitedly at the door. He explained why pushing out a book is like pushing out […]
The best French events in New York | April
Benjamin Clementine, Anglo-French singer-songwriter. | Lectures & Conferences Tuesday, April 7, 6-7:30 pm Beyond Piketty (and Before the Deluge): Natural Capital in the Twenty-First Century Panel discussion | sponsored by Columbia’s Maison Française and Alliance Program Read more A distinguished panel will discuss natural capital from the perspectives of a physicist turned economist, geochemist, architect/urban […]
March Events | French in New York
A scene from “An American in Paris” (© 2014 Angela Sterling) | Lectures & Conferences Thursday, March 5, 6-7:30 pm French Cinema, A State Affair: History of Cinema and Public Policies from World War II to the Digital Age Discussion (in French and English) | hosted by Columbia University’s Maison […]
France must act now or lose what it means to be French
“France, tu seras heureuse lorsque tu es guérie enfin des individus.” (France, you will be happy once you are finally cured of individuals.) | Anacharsis CLOOTS, Appel au genre humain, December 1793 National identity is more than a feeling. It must be based on shared core values, a common history, and a sense that who […]
February Events | French in New York
| Lectures & Conferences Tuesday, February 17, 7:00 pm “Reading Patrick Modiano” A conversation with Mark Polizzotti, David R. Godine, Sam Sacks, and Sal Robinson Read more Albertine 972 Fifth Avenue New York, NY Events @ Albertine _________________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, February 18, 12:30 pm “Qui est Charlie ? Press freedom, radicalism […]
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