The Sawmill Sessions' two-day workshop will end with a jam session, allowing the participants to practice their newly acquired skills. This concert will also be a great opportunity for Bluegrass and Old-Time lovers to enjoy a relaxed Sunday afternoon of music. Free admission. Join the event on Facebook...
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For the third consecutive year, the FEU will host two of the Sawmill Sessions' Blue Grass and Old-Time workshops. The first session will take place on the weekend of October 21 and 22 and include banjo, guitar, dobro, fiddle, singing, harmonica and mandolin classes. This will be...
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The FEU is delighted to welcome the American pianist Lara Downes. This concert is a musical tribute to Langston Hughes and the dream of an America that "never has been yet, and yet must be"...
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For Sheryl Sandberg, “the most important career choice you’ll make is who you marry”. Should we agree or not, as anyone who is part of a dual career couple can attest, succeeding at both love and work is easier said than done. In this session, Jennifer...
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Created by Tight Eyez and Mijo in the ghettos of California in the mid-1990s, Krump is an energetic dance with hip-hop, mime and African dance influences. Expressive on the level of the movements of the body and of the face, Krump tells in a sublimated...
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Ahead of Thierry Jolivet's reception at the Théâtre de la Cité internationale at La Famille royale, this meeting around American literature of the 20th and 21st centuries will be an opportunity to place the novelist's work in the broader context of contemporary American literary creation,...
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In the United States, patchwork has been reflective of the nation since its beginnings. The Log Cabin motif, inspired by the first pioneers' log cabins, is one of the earliest examples of this folk art practice. The infinite variations it has undergone since the time...
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For the third consecutive year, the FEU is delighted to welcome two Contra Danse events. When English/French/Irish/Scottish set dancing crossed the Atlantic to New England, it evolved into a new style called contra dancing. Recently, this style has evolved further, picking up speedand taking elements from swing...
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JG Thirlwell will be bringing his Cholera Nocebo project to Paris on September 28 at the Fondation des Etats Unis Cultural Center. The show will be presented by the University of Chicago Center in Paris. Cholera Nocebo is a 50 minute electro-acoustic presentation, performed in surround...
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