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Cultural activities
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Events
at the FNAC
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Meeting
space and Photo Gallery at the Fnac.
Debates, concerts, signings, meetings, screenings, discoveries,
exhibitions
Cultural events all year round, free of charge
and open to all.
The Meeting Space and Photo Gallery of the Fnac Forum are located
on level -1 of the Forum des Halles, access by escalator from
Porte Berger and Porte Lescot.
For more information, the complete programm is available at
the Fnac information desk or on www.fnac.com.
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Centre
Les Halles-Le Marais
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Association
Forum Animation Loisirs
6-8 place Carrée, Porte Saint-Eustache, level -3
Tel: 01 40 28 18 48
Fax: 01 40 26 34 18
E-mail: falforum@club-internet.fr
10am-9pm, Monday-Friday. 1-7pm Saturday.
Closed Sunday and throughout August.
Almost forty activities covering all areas are available here:
audiovisual creation (classes in video editing, production,
reporting, musical creation and animation); music (introduction
to music, percussion and flute); theatre; fine arts (graphics,
drawing, painting and modelling); handicrafts (do-it-yourself,
gardening, framing, fashion design, dressmaking); gastronomy
(cooking, cake-making, oenology); writing workshops; English
and Italian lessons for all levels. Children can learn magic
and conjuring, and there is chess and bridge for adults. The
Centre also offers lessons and courses in computing (notably
introduction to the creation of Web sites) for children, teenagers
and adults. Finally, the following sports are available: keep-fit,
stretching, tai chi chuan, qi gong, yoga and dance (modern jazz
and hip hop).
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Paris
Music Library
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Porte Saint-Eustache, level -3
Tel: 01 55 80 75 30
Fax: 01 40 26 65 16
Noon-7pm, from Tuesday to Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Devotees of the most varied types of music doubtless know this
music library which is the largest public French establishment
devoted to music. The lending service offers members a choice
of 35,000 CDs, 5000 audio cassettes, 8000 books, 10,000 music
scores and 2000 video cassettes. As for the on-site reference
section, it presents an exceptional collection including nearly
120,000 audio documents (30,000 CDs, 80,000 records and 800
video cassettes). The listening room has 36 individual carrels.
The documentation centre, appreciated by students and researchers
alike, offers visitors 500 journals and 1000 specialist works.
The Paris Music Library is also renowned for its specialized
dance collection, unique in France.
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Maison
des Ateliers
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Workshop
activities Terrasse Lautréamont, corner of Rue Pierre-Lescot
- Rue Rambuteau, level +1
Tel: 01 42 33 45 54
2-6.45pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
9.30am-12.15pm and 2-6.45pm, Wednesday.
Closed Saturday, Sunday and during school holidays.
Run by the ADAC (Association pour le développement de
lanimation culturelle).
Website: http://www.adacparis.com
Exhibitions, fashion shows, and above all workshop activities
take place here: music, tapestry, stained-glass window making,
drama, fine arts (drawing, painting, Chinese painting, portrait
painting) as well as workshops for making and manipulating puppets.
Numerous application programs for new technologies are taught
here: Internet (design of Web sites, HTML, Dreamweaver, Flash...),
DTP. (XPress, Photoshop, Illustrator) and word processing (Word).
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Bibliothèque
d'arts graphiques
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Terrasse
Lautréamont, 91 Rue Rambuteau, level +1
Telephone: 01 42 33 19 50
1.30-6.30pm, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
10am-12.30pm and 1.30-6pm, Wednesday and Saturday.
Closed Sunday and Monday.
This specialized youth library belongs to the Parisian library
network and has a collection of 23,000 written, audio (cassettes
and CDs) and audiovisual documents at its disposal.
Youngsters between the ages of 0-15 can consult the works at
the library, or borrow them if they are members. Events (story-telling,
performances, videos, games, workshops) are organized here,
on subscription, for school groups and individuals, depending
on availability.
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