The Components Of Selling A Winning Painting. Lighting And Hyper Realism In Painting Richard Adam. Painter. Paris Soirees Dinner Sun 2 July

Lighting And Hyper Realism In Painting: What Are The Components Of Selling A Winning Painting?

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This Sunday 2 July At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

Richard Adam
Hyper Realist Painter

Lighting And Hyper Realism In Painting: What Are The Components Of Selling A Winning Painting? What Are the Questions That Come to Mind?

Richard will discuss his success as a Hyper Realist painter of the genre of Chuck Close and Richard Estes. He will also talk about the philosophy behind lighting in this type of painting.

Richard Adam is a graduate of the University of Paris 8 in the Philosophy of Contemporary Art and, in addition to painting, is pursuing a doctorate in that field.

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Sunday 9 July: Anne Morton, Ph. D. : Closing the Gap between Where You Are and Where You Want to Be. Then a Brief And Intense Demonstration with California Aromatherapist Sophia Sharpe. We'll float out of the apartment.

Every Wednesday at 18h30: PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Great food and wine. Contact Patricia

Wednesday 28 June.The Art and Business Of Websites: with Julie Vetter (Web Site Help) and Tom Byrne (Artistic Conception)

PARIS SOIREES EVENTS
Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.)

Paris Networking Cocktail: Julie Vetter And Tom Byrne. The Art And Business Of Websites. Weds 28 June At 18h30.

The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Speaker After the Cocktail. You Always Meet New And Interesting People!

MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

Wednesday 28 June At 18h30:

Julie Vetter, Web Site Help - http://askjv.info
Tom Byrne, Artist. Web Site Artistic Conception – arty@tombyrne.com


The Art And Business of Web Sites.

Julie:

What are successful site owners doing in terms of design, function and marketing? How do you get the results you intend? Can a person maintain a site without technical expertise? What standards should a site meet and what should it cost?

Julie Vetter is a web site coach and former manager of the web site division of a California ISP who now works independently from Paris. She relishes the triple junction of artists, computing and business that web sites cause -- a clash of worlds whose successful fusion can result in a modern work of art and a profitable Internet presence. web site: http://askjv.info

Tom:
As Julie says there are two very distinct sides to web site design. It's like the two different sides of the human brain. The art side is the creation of the atmosphere which communicates the core of the message to the viewers subconscious rather than conscious mind. This is the only way for a message to be truly received and taken on board when combined with the written message.

Tom Byrne has been a painter, illustrator and sculptor for over 20 years. Since coming to Paris he has changed tack slightly and moved into Trompe L'oeil also. His clients in Paris include Laurent Taieb the french restauranteur. He continues to do illustrations for Irish clients and has just completed SKY channels new national outdoor advertising campaign in Ireland.

http://tombyrne.com

Achieving Happiness. The Opposite Of Stress Is Love. Jeane Freer Counselor Paris Soirees Sunday 25 June At 18h30

Paris Soirees Dinner

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This Sunday 25 June At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

Jeane Freer
A Spiritual Counselor Who Uses Psychological Counselling Techniques


Achieving Happiness. The Opposite of Stress Is Love.

Jeane Freer is a spiritual counsellor and healer. In her client practice she incorporates traditional counselling techniques from a variety of disciplines (Freudian, Jungian, Gestalt, Transpersonal, etc.) with Bach Flower Remedies, visualisations, affirmations, healing, crystal work and other modalities. She also provides Metamorphic Technique sessions. She is also a professional Tarot reader and has been offering readings to clients since she began in Glastonbury.

Jeane has been practicing meditation since the 1970s to learn what It means to achieve love for her fellow human beings It has been a long journey but it has reduced stress. Jeane tries to help everyone achieve happiness by experiencing love for their fellow human beings and find real love for themselves and other people

In Paris, Jeane offers workshops in The Care and Use of Crystals and Stones, Bach Flower Remedies, Mask-Making (making a cast of your own face), and consultations. In the Fall, She will be offering a workshop on Stress.

Jeane Frear has been working with clients since 1980, first in the UK, then in the US (mainly southern California), and now in France. She is a member of the National Federation of Spiritual Healers (UK) and the Metamorphic Association (UK) as well as a qualified Remedial Massage Therapist registered with the LCSP in the UK. She can be contacted at: 01 45 55 28 72 or by email at jeane.freer@free.fr

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Every Wednesday at 18h30: PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Great food and wine. Contact Patricia

What Makes A Painter Paint? Boston Artist Gil Murray Exposes. Discusses. Paris Soirees Dinner Sunday 18 June At 18h30

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18 June At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

Gil Murray
Artist

What Makes A Painter Paint?

Paris Soirees Dinner

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This Sunday 18 June At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

Gil Murray
Artist

What Makes A Painter Paint?

Showing examples of his artwork, Artist Gil Murray will describe why he chooses his subjects and depicts them according to his particular vision. He will show paintings of Paris and other locales in France and will tell us the, ten amusing, stories "behind the paintings". For example, he might paint a particular person because of the unusual visual "story" that person tells. Or he might be impressed with the roof line of a particular building. Or he might be moved by the colors of a particular building or sky. Gil is a natural storyteller and the mixture of his stories with his paintings will be fun

Gil Murray lives in the Boston area and does commissioned watercolors of buildings. He is on the faculty of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Center for Adult Education where he gives architectural walking tours of Boston. He is also a published poet and published cartoonist.

ADDRESS:
Chez Patricia: 14 rue St Louis en l'Ile, 75004 Paris. Metros are Sully-Morland and Pont-Marie.

PARTICIPATION:
20 Euros. Thanks for having exact change in an envelope with your name outside. Please include your card.

GREAT FOOD! International Cuisine. (Southern American, French or other European. Thai..Lovingly prepared as always by Patricia)

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
If you don’t receive an email confirmation by Sunday, please call Patricia: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: parissoirees@hotmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday! Patricia

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Every Wednesday at 18h30: PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Great food and wine. Contact Patricia

PARIS SOIREES:
Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.
Visit our new website - http://www.parissoirees.com
Not yet finished but fab. Designed by T. J. Byrne (arty@tombyrne.com) (See Events then click on Future Events).

Exhibition:
Visit Jan Hanson’s Photo Exhibition: Vive La Photo June 1 - 24, Les Fous de L'Ile, 33 rue des Deu Ponts, 75004 Paris, M° Pont-Marie.

Paris Networking Cocktail.Veronique Bessonat.Business Traininig Consultant. Selling Tips:Your Company, Services, Yourself. Weds 14 June At 18h30.

The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Speaker After the Cocktail. You Always Meet New And Interesting People!

MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

Wednesday 14 June At 18h30. Our guest of honor:

Veronique Bessonat
Business Training Consultant

Selling Your Company. Selling Your Services. Selling Yourself

Veronique Bessonat began a career in sales in 1983, after studies at the Sorbonne in Economics, and has never stopped. She found sales to be the perfect way to sharpen her own business tools while teaching others to succeed. Helping others to succeed has always been one of her goals.

She has created seven portfolios of customers in the fields of banking, investments, commercial training and advertising.

From Veronique:

Companies: Usually I ask the manager how much turnover he expects after the training. We discuss the possibilities to get it. Then, I present a plan, saying that the budget must be “covered” at least 3 times by the new margin. It works. Recently, I had to make 10% more turnover in two months. We had 15% more in one month.

Individuals: I ask: how much you want to earn with your activity. And we discuss the steps to get there, and how we can make it, taking into account their personality, customers, competitors and services. And this works too, mostly because people feel that I really back them up. They feel that I want them to succeed. ADDRESS:
Chez Patricia on the Ile St. Louis: 14 rue St Louis en L'Ile, 75004 Paris. The metro is Sully Morland. or Pont-Marie

CAFE LIFE: PARIS. Cultural Historians Christine & Dennis.Graf. W. Scott Haine. Paris Soirees Dinner Sunday 11 June At 18h30

The Culture of Paris through Café Life.

This Sunday 11 June At 18h30.

Our Guests Of Honor:

Dennis & Christine Graf, W. Scott Haine, French Cultural Historians

Café Life: Paris

Christine Graf wrote "The Cafes of Paris". she and Dennis wrote "Paris by Bistro" together.

Cafes:

In an article written for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Anne Gillespie Lewis noted the Christine Graf description of the cafe-bar Lou Pascalou:

Using a mix of history, gossip, personal observation, and guidebook information, Christine Graf has done travellers a great favor with this charming guide... filled with sparkling little sequins of history and quotes from famous cafe habitues... One afternoon in a cafe gives you more of a sense of the city than visiting a dozen museums. —Los Angeles Times, on Graf's first book The Cafes of Paris.

Lou Pascalou is a bar off Menilmontant. It's also a joyous romp into the past. To get here you'll have to walk down Boulevard Menilmontant, a lively and untidy street lined with all sorts of ethnic restaurants. Ordinary people live here. Dogs bark. Children cry. Old ladies lug their packages out of the Arab grocery across the street. There is a life and a vitality here, even late at night, that you can't find in the more exclusive parts of Paris.

In their new book, Cafe Life Paris, the Grafs describe cafes in several categories. Some of the categories or themes are Great and Glamorous Places, a chapter about the legendary cafes that are as significant in Paris life as any monument; Legends of Literature and Art, including the cafe where you could once see Picasso sitting with Dora Maar, and Neighborhood Cafes like the one in the 11th where circus artists still stop by.

Paris By Bistro:

In her article Anne Gillespie Lewis pointed out that the book is more than a collection of reviews. The Grafs look at bistros in many other dimensions: by location and interest (those that attracted African-American artists, or the powerful, for example). If you're making a pilgrimage to Paris to follow in the footsteps of Hemingway and other literary lions, the Grafs book will tell you where they ate. (Hemingway wrote much of The Sun Also Rises at the bar at Closerie des Lilas, where at one point F. Scott Fitzgerald gave him the manscript of his new novel, The Great Gatsby.)

The Christine and Dennis Graf and W. Scott Haine books :are available at W.H. Smith’s, Brentano's, The Red Wheelbarrow and other English language bookstores in Paris. Click on the link to see Patricia’s favorite café: Café Marly: http://www-rocq.inria.fr/~gouet/Photos/Paris/diapo_36.html

PARIS SOIREES:

Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the Ebglish speaking and International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people. Visit our new website - http://www.parissoirees.com Not yet finished but fab. Designed by T. J. Byrne (arty@tombyrne.com)

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners and Paris Networking Cocktail events on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with expats, hip English speaking French and the International Community in a global meetup. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African- American and Black Paris themes presented in English. . There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is all about meeting people learning about the the Paris of today and creating friendships.. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees)

Exhibition:Visit Jan Hanson’s Photo Exhibition: Vive La Photo Exhibition. June 1 - 24, Les Fous de L'Ile, 33 rue des Dex Ponts, 75004 Paris, M° Pont-Marie.

VIVE LA PHOTO. San Francisco Photographer Jan Hanson. Projects Images. Remarks. Paris Soirees Dinner Sunday 4 June At 18h30

This Sunday 4 June At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

Jan Hanson
Photographer

Vive La Photo

San Francisco Photographer Jan Hanson will project and discuss her poetic images of Paris by night and mouth watering close-ups of food by day, as well as a few surprise images for good measure

During the past 25 years, Jan Hanson has been photographing her favorite things in California and France. Soon after attending a summer photography workshop in Paris in 2001, Jan launched her website and began selling photos professionally.

Jan uses Nikon film equipment and prefers to shoot the “old fashioned” way by using many manual features of the camera and not forgetting that the most important pieces of equipment are the eye and the heart. Her work emphasizes vibrant color and light, and she takes great pleasure in helping others to see what they might have walked by without noticing. Jan believes that photos should be “given” as well as “taken,” and she know she has struck a chord when the recipient’s face breaks into a wide smile or when a tear comes to their eye. Samples of her work can be seen at http://http://www.janhansonphoto.com/.

Jan also offers a line of handmade greeting cards featuring her work.

Special preview: Reserve for Vernissage June 1 17h00-20h00 of Vive La Photo with Patricia: parissoirees@hotmail.com/01 43 26 12 88 ((Exhibition June 1 - 24, Les Fous de L'Ile, 33 rue des Dex Ponts, 75004 Paris, M° Pont-Marie. Space is limited.)

ADDRESS:
Chez Patricia: 14 rue St Louis en l'Ile, 75004 Paris. Metros are Sully-Morland and Pont-Marie.

PARTICIPATION:
20 Euros. Thanks for having exact change in an envelope with your name outside. Please include your card.

GREAT FOOD! International Cuisine. (Lovingly prepared as always by Patricia)

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
If you don’t receive an email confirmation by Sunday, please call Patricia: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: parissoirees@hotmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday! Patricia

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Every Wednesday at 18h30: PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Great food and wine. Contact Patricia

PARIS SOIREES:
Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.
Visit our new website - http://www.parissoirees.com Not yet finished but fab. Designed by T. J. Byrne (arty@tombyrne.com) (See Events then click on Future Events).

Tap into Parler Paris ... written by Adrian Leeds, a long time resident of Le Marais and an American in Paris for more than 11years, brings you Mondays and Wednesdays an "insider" view on life in Paris with tips on how to maneuver the system for working, living, visiting, and particularly investing in property in Paris and France! Subscribe today: http://www.parlerparis.com

Paris Networking Cocktail. Author Christine Marsan: Violence In Society And How It Manifests Itself Within Companies.Weds 31 May At 18h30

The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Speaker After the Cocktail.



MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

Wednesday 31 May At 18h30. Our guest of honor:

Christine Marsan, Author

Violence In Society And How It Manifests Itself Within Companies.


Christine Marsan is the author of "La violence en enterprise. Comment en sortir?" (Violence in society and how it manifests itself within companies in the form of moral, sexual and psychological harassment. How to defeat or get away from it). Christine will give her talk in English Christine is also a psychologist, psychotherapist, coach, and sociological researcher in University of Paris V La Sorbonne.
From Christine:
And I love life, I am curious about life and of people and I try to explore life and find solutions for peace on a day to day basis. ADDRESS:
Chez Patricia on the Ile St. Louis: 14 rue St Louis en L'Ile, 75004 Paris. The metro is Sully Morland. or Pont-Marie

PARTICIPATION:
15 Euros in an envelope and lots of business cards (one for Patricia. Some to exchange with others).

GREAT FOOD AND WINE

RESERVATIONS PLEASE
Patricia's Tel: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: parisnetwork@hotmail.com

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PARIS SOIREES DINNERS EVERY SUNDAY AT 18h30. YOU ALWAYS MEET NEW AND INTERESTING PEOPLE. Visit http://www.parissoirees.com

Sunday 4 June. Paris Soirees Dinner At 18h30. Vive La Photo. San Francisco Photographer Jan Hanson will project and discuss her poetic images of Paris by night and mouthwatering close-ups of food by day, as well as a few surprise images for good measure. Reserve with Patricia. (Exhibition June 1 - 24, Les Fous de L'Ile, 33 rue des Dex Ponts, 75004 Paris, M° Pont-Marie . Reserve with Patricia for vernissage June 1- 17h00 – 20h00 at mailto:parissoirees@hotmail.com/01%2043%2026%2012%2088. (Space is limited.)

PARIS SOIREES:
Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.
Visit our new website - http://www.parissoirees.com Not yet finished but fab. Designed by T. J. Byrne (arty@tombyrne.com) (See Events and Future Events)

Tap into Parler Paris written by Adrian Leeds, a long time resident of Le Marais and an American in Paris for more than 10 years, brings you Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays an "insider" view on life in Paris with tips on how to maneuver the system for working, living, visiting, and investing in Paris and France! Subscribe today: http://www.parlerparis.com.
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CONCERT: THE MANY FACES OF THE SAXOPHONE. Saxophonist Dennis Shafer. Paris Soirees Dinner Sunday 28 May At 18h30

"The Many Faces of the Saxophone: from Classical to Jazz to Contemporary and Beyond."

Concert. Remarks.


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This Sunday 28 May At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

Dennis Shafer
Saxophonist

The Many Faces of the Saxophone: from Classical to Jazz to Contemporary and Beyond.

Dennis Shafer is a saxophonist of many styles. Founder of the Back Bay Saxophone Quartet and the Skyline Quintet in Boston, Dennis has spent the last two years diversifying and perfecting his musical interests in Paris. Studying with Jean-Michel Goury at the National Regional Conservatory of Boulogne-Billancourt, he has expanded his knowledge and practice of contemporary techniques of the saxophone, while also cultivating new experiences with Egyptian musicians and dancers in Paris. He will present his work and give some background on the history of the instrument to answer the question "What can the saxophone NOT do?"

Dennis will play examples of classical, contemporary, jazz, and Arab saxophone on the soprano, alto, and baritone saxophones and also will have a special guest, Per WALLMYR, Swedish jazz saxophonist.

Paris Networking Cocktail. Michele Haines: French Ex-Pat Chef/Restaurant/Gallery Owner, Photographer, Author, Humanitarian. TUESDAY 23 May at 18h30

How A French Ex-Pat Made It In America!

French Ex-Pat Michele Haines Is a Successful Restaurant And Gallery Owner, Photogaher, And Humanitarian In The US. She’ll Share Some Of The Secrets Of Her Success

TUESDAY!We’ll sample Michele’s Pate, Foie Gras, Success Stories, Photos: A purely pleasurable evening. Perfect before a Holiday!

The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Speaker After the Cocktail. You Always Meet New And Interesting People!

AND Michel Kurcfeld will interview ex-pats.

MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

TUESDAY 23 May (Exceptional Date due to Holiday 25 May)

Our guest of honor:

Michele Haines
French Ex-Pat, Chef, Restaurant and Gallery Owner, Photographer, World Traveller, Humanitarian

There are so many facets to Michele, that it’s hard to narrow it down to an evening.

This TUESDAY, we’ll focus on her skills as a French chef and her success story as a restaurant and gallery owner in the US.

We’ll sample her pates and foie gras, and look at some of her travel photos.

Afterwards, we’ll have a plat du jour.

Michele is the owner of the Spring Mill Cafe and Gallery just outside of Philadelphia.

ALSO TV: Michael Kurcfeld, Los Angeles independent TV producer: Documentary - DVDs and
TV segments, is gathering material for a TV pilot about American Ex-pats. who have created vital and unique lives abroad. He wants to meet you.

A Great and varied evening!

(This week we’re one day early on TUESDAY because of the French holiday on Thursday May 25th)

THE PLACE AT THE END OF THE WORLD: Foreign Correspondent Janine Di Giovanni. Paris Soirees Dinner Sun 21 May At 18h30

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This Sunday 21 May At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

Janine di Giovanni
Foreign Correspondent

Janine di Giovanni is one of Europe's most respected and experienced reporters, with vast experience covering war and conflict. Her reporting has been called "established, accomplished brilliance" and she has been cited as "the finest foreign correspondent of our generation".

Born in the US, she began reporting by covering the first Palestinian intifada in the late 1980s and went on to report nearly every violent conflict since then. Her trademark has always been to write about the human cost of war, to attempt to give war a human face, and to work in conflict zones that the world's press has forgotten. She is a writer for The Times of London and Vanity Fair, and has also written for The New York Times Magazine, the New Republic, the Spectator, National Geographic and many others

Di Giovanni's latest book, The Place at the End of the World, a collection of her essays, was published by Bloomsbury in January, 2006. Lat autumn, she focused on a major project on Muslims in Europe, as well as working on projects about Gaza and Tsunami orphans. She frequently lectures on human rights abuse around the world.

Janine di Gionanni is a writer for The Times of London and Vanity Fair, a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The Spectator, National Geographic and many others. She also writes columns and Op-Ed pieces for the Wall Street Journal, the International Herald Tribune and is a columnist for MilitaryWeek.com.

PARIS POETRY WORKSHOP Poets Cecelia Woloch And Lisa Pasold Present Original Works. Paris Soirees Dinner Weds 17 May At 18h30

Photo by Jennifer Huxta
This Wednesday is a Paris Soirees Dinner, not a cocktail. Paris Soirees is hosting The Paris Poetry Workshop!


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This Wednesday 17 May At 18h30.

Paris Soirees Hosts Two Poets From The Paris Poetry Workshop

Our Guests Of Honor:

Cecelia Woloch and Lisa Pasold
Poets

Cecilia Woloch is the author of Sacrifice (Cahuenga Press 1997), which was a BookSense 76 selection; Tsigan: The Gypsy Poem (Cahuenga Press 2002); and Late (BOA Editions 2003), for which she was named Georgia Author of the Year in Poetry. She conducts workshops for writers across the U.S. and around the world. She founded and directs the annual Paris Poetry Workshop. Cecilia's work was included last year in BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2005, and in Garrison Keillor's anthology, GOOD POEMS FOR HARD TIMES. She's recently been appointed to a faculty position in the creative writing program at the Unversity of Southern California.

Lisa Pasolds first book of poetry, Weave, was published in 2005 by Frontenac House, Calgary; Canada .Her work has also appeared in anthologies such as 100 Poets Against the War. She grew up in Montreal, later moved to New York, and currently lives behind Montmartre, near the flea market. Frontenac House published her second collection of poems, A Bad Year for Journalists, in 2006.

The Paris Poetry Workshop, founded by poet Cecelia Woloch, honors an expanding international community of poets writing in English, who come together from all parts of the world to generate new work, hone their craft, share and support one anothers creative endeavors.

LA-BAH-KEER:A Tribute To Josephine Baker's Centenary. Playwright, Vocalist Manda Djinn. Paris Soirees Sunday 14 May At 18h30

(This image is from a lithograph by the legendary artist of the 1920s Paul Colin. This one belongs to Manda,. I am lucky enough to own 3 original Colin lithographs myself)

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This Sunday 14 May At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

MANDA DJINN
Vocalist and Playwright

In celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Josephine (June 3, 1906), excerpts from the Manda Djinn two-character play, LA BAH-KEER. Josephine Baker, one of the first African-American musical performers to become a star in Paris and a legend of the Paris Jazz Age, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and performed in New York before arriving in Paris in 1925 . She thereafter carved a niche for herself in Europe as an international cabaret star in the1920s and 1930s.

The play touches on the three main aspects of the life of Josephine: life in Europe: her early rise to stardom, her participation in World War II as part of the French Resistance; and finally her adoption of the Rainbow Tribe (a group of orphaned children of all origins) and their installation at the Milandes Chateau in Dordogne. Manda Djinn, jazz/gospel singer and playwright, performs La Bakeer, the older, wiser, Josephine. Natalie Frederic, actress, singer, performs the younger, naive, Josephine. Manda will speak further about Josephine and her arrival in Paris at the beginning of the jazz era.

Concert: Thursday, May 25th
Manda Djinn sings cool Jazz at the Swann Bar, accompanied by Claude Carriere on piano and Stephane Boutrit on double bass. 21h00 -Midnight. 165 Bld. Montparnasse, 75006 Paris. Metro: Raspail, Vavin, Port Royal.Call 01 44 27 05 84 for reservations. Cover: 12€..

Please visit: Music to Soothe the Soul, Manda Djinn, jazz vocals: http://mandadjinn.free.fr
Pianist, Claude Carriere: http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines

Robert Salita & Lara Croft: Paris Networking Cocktail Wed 10 May.Lara Croft Gallery Visit. New Gadgets: Robert Salita, Computer Software Developer

Robert Salita and Lara Croft


Downstairs. Upstairs.

This week there are two fun events in the same evening:

Cocktails in the Ile St Louis Gallery DOWNSTAIRS in Patricia’s Building (Galerie Arludik: Lara Croft, original designs and synthetic images from her films exhibit). Then UPSTAIRS, we will have a talk on new fun and internet gadgets with Robert Salita, Computer Software Developer. Networking. Plat du Jour.

Photos of these events:

Lara Croft

a href="http://homepage.mac.com/tedwelch/pats/gadgets">Gadgets

Every Wednesday: The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Speaker After the Cocktail. You Always Meet New And Interesting People!

MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

Wednesday 10 May

Lara Croft Cocktail in the Gallery Downstairs (We meet there). Upstairs:

Our guest of honor :

Robert Salita
Computer Software Designer

"Travelling Around The World And Taking Your Professional Life With You: How To Work, Travel, and Play Better Through Gadgets (Part 2 – more new gadgets)"

Robert Salita will discuss and demonstrate electronic gadgets that have enabled him to become a full-time world traveller without leaving his office behind. The gadgets will include devices that enhance productivity, communicate, photograph, entertain and educate.

From Robert Salita:

My name is Robert Salita and I am a gadgetholic. I frequent gadget websites, google reviews, and make dream lists of gadgets. When not surfing for gadgets, I write gadget reviews. I am now ranked one of the top 5,000 Amazon reviewers, out of 500,000 participants. I am a regular poster of messages in Internet gadget forums. I was born in Chicago where I've lived most of my life. I have a BA in Computer Science from SIU - Carbondale. I've been a self employed computer software developer since 1977. The availability of the Internet has allowed me to work anywhere in the world -- and so I do. For the past 3 years, I've been continuously travelling the world. I mostly live in Paris, around 3 months a year. Other yearly destinations include Chicago, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego and Sydney.

(Please bring a pen and paper for note taking.)

Elizabeth Dewberry's Princess Diana Inspired Novel: HIS LOVELY WIFE: Paris Soirees Dinner Sunday 7 May At 18h30

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This Sunday 7 May At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

ELIZABETH DEWBERRY
Novelist and Playwright

From the novel:

…Ellen begins to hear Diana’s voice in her head, expressing unspeakable thoughts:

"People were always taking pictures of me, but every photo was taken because I was the Princess of Wales, not because I was Diana. Everywhere I went, I went because I was married to Prince Charles, people reacted to me because of that. But I knew I’d taken on a role, and I didn‘t want to let anyone down, so every morning I’d go through the papers and study the pictures, trying to figure out who the Princess of Wales was. When the media praised her for being something I wasn’t, I tried to become that, and when the media praised her for being something I was nit, I tried to become that, and when they criticized her for not being what I thought I was: self-doubt all over the place…I was the most photographed woman in the world but ninety-nine percent of these images are lies."

Amy Tan wrote:

"...With the beauty of language and nuance of gestures, she captures the unspoken yet profoundest truths between husband and wife. I predict HIS LOVELY WIFE will find a huge audience and grab those lucky readers by the heart."

Elizabeth Dewberry is the author of three previous novels, including SACRAMENT OF LIES. Her plays have been produced in a variety of venues. She lives in Tallahasee, Florida with her husband, Robert Olen Butler.

Pandora Morcas May Day Concert: Vocalist, Songwriter, Guitarist. Paris Soirees Dinner. Sunday 30 April At 18h30.

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This Sunday 30 April At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

PANDORA MORCAS
SINGER. SONGWRITER. SINGING COACH AND GUITARIST

Pandora Morcas, a multilingual singer songwriter started her showbiz career as singer and dancer for HAIR in a Greek theatre in Athens. She moved from Greece to France in 1984 and has coached hundreds of students in finding joy in singing and creating repertoire as well as accompanying on guitar Today Pandora sings every second Sunday of the month at 20.30 at Theatre de la Main d’or and gigs around Paris. She continues coaching and is in the process of setting up a weekly group singing lesson to take place in the 20th arrondissement Pandora sings Chez Adel Wednesday 26th April from 8 to 10 pm: 10 rue de la Grange aux Belles, 75010 Paris

Her style?: jazzy folky sometimes funky

Pandora: "My songs are mainly romantically orientated and/or about healing the world………. I dream about setting up an organisation to attract songs from – everywhere to help bring about planetary awareness and I have an audacious song about reminding people to use safe sex…………etc…… "

Paul Tracy, Wine Expert, Author Of Wine Thriller, RED CURRENT. Sunday 23 April. Paris Soirees Dinner

First we’ll have Introductions, then a Wine Tasting while Paul discusses RED CURRENT, his wine thriller. Then we’ll have Dinner

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This Sunday 23 April At 18h30.

Our Guest Of Honor:

PAUL TRACY
WINE EXPERT & AUTHOR
Creator Of Fine Wine World.

In 1977 Paul Tracy left the mists of London to live in France. He has spent most of the time since in the wine and spirit trade, travelling the world buying, selling, tasting, enjoying this fascinating and infuriating business. Six years ago he set up Fine Wine World - www.fine-wine-world.com - importing wines from 15 different countries, New & Old World, into France

He has just written what he refers to as an international wine thriller , RED CURRENT, which he will tell us more about on Sunday whilst we taste one or two wines from the Fine Wine World selection. Only clue ~is what's on the label really what's in the glass ??

ADDRESS:
In the Marais. At our friends's trendy and spacious apartment on rue des Rosiers. Exact address and code given upon reservation. M° St. Paul.

Pollyanna Bush Celebrates Easter. The Vocalist:Talks Of Her Album, "Dying To Be Born", And Sings. Paris Soirees Dinner Sun 16 April

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HAPPY HOUR. DINNER. PRESENTATION. DISCUSSION.

Easter Sunday 16 April at 18h30: Happy Hour is at 18h30. Then Dinner. Then the Talk.

Our guest of honor will be:

Pollyanna Bush
Vocalist

Pollyanna Bush discusses her album: Dying To Be Born and Sings.

Pollyanna says of her album:

These songs are my medicine, like homeopathic remedies that work on my soul at ever deeper and subtler levels, softening me and helping me become a more real human being. Like all remedies, some are more appropriate at times than others, and some lose their medicinal value for an individual over time? I pray that you the listener find healing value in some all or even one of these songs, and perhaps are inspired to write your own songs or develop your own brand of medicine!

Please visit www. pollyannabush.com

Tim Smith, Photographer/Engineer: New Orleans Before, After Katrina. Paris Soirees Dinner Sun 9 Apr

New Orleans and Katrina: New Orleans Life Before and After the Hurricane through Photos and Experience with N.O. Resident, Photographer and Engineer Tim Smith

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HAPPY HOUR. DINNER. PRESENTATION. DISCUSSION.

Sunday 9 April at 18h30: Happy Hour is at 18h30. Then Dinner. Then the Talk.

Our guest of honor will be:

Tim Smith
Engineer and Photographer.
Resident of New Orleans On Assignment In Paris

New Orleans Life Before and After the Hurricane through Photos and Experience

Tim Smith, resident of New Orleans, offers a slide show and a real feel for what the city was like, and is like now, after Katrina. Tim, an oil engineer is a resident of New Orleans, currently on assignment in Paris; He is also a photojournalist. He has worked all over the world.

Adrian Leeds, ¨New Orleans After Katrina¨, Sunday 2 April at 18h30

Adrian Leeds, Native New Orleanian and Resident of Paris
Editor of Parler Paris and French Property Insider Newsletters
Director of French Property Consultation Services
Author of Leeds Good Value Guide to Paris Restaurants
Co-coordinator of Parler Parlor French English Conversation Group

Adrian will share with us her personal experience revisiting New Orleans after Katrina, what the state of the city is today and how the French and the French government has helped and is still helping bring the city back to life through her personal photos, essays and experiences

ADDRESS:
In the Marais. At our friends trendy and spacious apartment on rue des Rosiers. Exact address and code given upon reservation. M° St. Paul.