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More pictures of our March 28 events with Viggo Mortensen at Columbia Maison Française / Columbia University in the City of New York !

We enjoy this opportunity to send our warmest thanks to Viggo Mortensen for his generous commitment !

Columbia Maison Française added 19 new photos to the album: Viggo Mortensen Q&A Far from Men and reading Albert Camus — at Columbia Maison Française.

Q&A with Viggo Mortensen and Madeleine Dobbie after the screening of Far from Men

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"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus video courtesy of Keena Gonzalez. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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And this is how "Camus : A Stranger in the City" started...

Warm thanks to Ben Sidran, Leo Sidran, Alexis Cuadrado, John Ellis and Peter Straub for the unique performance, it was easy to picture ourselves happy that night at Barbès (Brooklyn) !

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Ben Sidran live at Barbes in Brooklyn, NY March 26, 2016 Based on Albert Camus' "The Myth Of Sisyphus" Ben Sidran: piano and voice Peter Straub: spoken word ...
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2 Camus lovers + 2 brilliant spirits = 1 amazing conversation.

Adam Gopnik (The New Yorker) and Robert Zaretsky (University of Houston) in conversation on Camus, Mid-Manhattan Library, New York Public Library (NYPL), April 14, 2016.

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On the occasion of "Camus : A Stranger in the City", a festival commemorating the 70th anniversary of Albert Camus' one and only trip to the U.S.A., Adam Gop...
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The entire evening (reading + discussion) with Viggo Mortensen at Columbia is now available online. Thanks to Columbia Maison Française and Columbia University in the City of New York for the beautiful edit !

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00:20 Introduction by Shanny Peer, Director of the Maison Française 05:35 Introduction by Alice Kaplan, Professor of Yale University 11:50 Reading of 'The Hu...
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For those who missed our April 10 event at Bowery Poetry Club, and for those who were there but would like to see it again : enjoy !

Including Stephen Petrus, Eric Andersen, David Amram, Cheryl Prashker-Drummer, Robert Aaaron and Adam Amram.

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On the occasion of "Camus : A Stranger in the City", a festival commemorating the 70th anniversary of Albert Camus' one and only trip to the U.S.A., historia...
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The Danish-American actor reënacts the lecture “The Crisis of Humankind,” which the writer gave during his 1946 visit to New York.
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For those who could not attend the "Far from Men" screening at Columbia Maison Française on March 28th, see Viggo Mortensen's introduction of the film + post-screening Q&A !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE3Ux2on5B0

00:14 Introduction by Shanny Peer 02:20 Introduction by Viggo Mortensen 05:20 Q&A with Viggo Mortensen and Madeleine Dobie March 28, 2016 a Q&A with lead act...
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Images from Graduate Center, CUNY of our evening with Patti Smith and Kevin Baker.

CUNY GRADUATE CENTER Public Programs added 7 new photos to the album: Patti Smith on Camus - 4/19/16 — with Camus: A Stranger in the City and 2 others at Graduate Center, CUNY.

Check out photos of our evening with Patti Smith as part of the festival Camus: A Stranger in the City! The legendary musician-writer-artist read from Albert Ca...mus's works, talked about his influence on her work and life with novelist Kevin Baker, and performed a surprise a cappella version of her song Wing; she was introduced by Eric Lott of the Ph.D. Program in English, The Graduate Center, CUNY

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Thank you PEN America for posting these wonderful photos from our event with Elizabeth Hawes. It was an evening to remember!

PEN America added 83 new photos to the album: The Life & Work of Albert Camus.

Last week, PEN America was delighted to co-present a talk and Q&A on the Life & Work of Albert Camus with the Center for the Study of Transformative Lives at Ne...w York University.

This event, featuring Elizabeth Hawes, author of biography 'Camus: A Romance,' and historian and curator Stephen Petrus, is part of a series of events commemorating the 70th anniversary of Albert Camus’ first and only trip to the United States and New York City. Many thanks to all who attended, and to Elizabeth Hawes for speaking about her pursuit of Camus, and his impact on readers.

More information about Camus: A Stranger in the City, a city-wide series of events can be found at facebook.com/CamusNYC2016.

All photos courtesy Nicola Bailey Photography

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Patti Smith and Kevin Baker at Graduate Center, CUNY speaking of Camus.

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Patti Smith in songbird form performing "Wing" her original ode inspired by Camus.

Thanks to Graduate Center, CUNY for hosting such an incredible night.

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Anticipation is mounting! #PattiSmith will be starting soon at Graduate Center, CUNY.

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Our last event is tomorrow evening. And though it's sold out we hope to share images with you soon. Thank you CUNY GRADUATE CENTER Public Programs and to all of you who have followed us on this memorable journey.

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CUNY GRADUATE CENTER Public Programs is at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Tomorrow night! We welcome the legendary Patti Smith to the GC as part of the festival Camus: A Stranger in the City. (Photo: Jesse Dittmar)

Thanks to National Sawdust for hosting Eric Andersen's memorable concert last night ! What a venue ! What a line-up ! David Amram, Steve Addabbo, Michele Gazich, Robert Aaron, Steve Jagoda, Ronald Guttman & Eric all together on stage to celebrate Camus and his works : unique !

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A sweet memory of our last Sunday event at The Bowery Poetry Club with Eric Andersen & David Amram. These two will be on stage together again tonight for Eric's concert at National Sawdust. Tickets available here : http://bit.ly/1SPEfLt

See you tonight, show starts at 9.30pm !

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