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Bulletin Culturel December 2009 focus BLACK PEOPLE ARE HAPPY / RENDEZ-VOUS WITH HOME TORONTO FRENCH BOOK FAIR DECEMBER 10TH-13TH PHOENIX AT THE SOUND ACADEMY “Set in post-World War II Paris, but looking back to the beginnings of the modernist movement, Confessions of a Literary Archaeologist is the adventurous tale of Carl- Contents ton Lake’s lifelong treasure hunt in building what has been called “unquestionably the finest collection of research materials on modern French literature and the arts PAGE 3 - Festival anywhere outside Paris.” Drawing on his rich resources of unpublished manuscripts, PAGE 4 - Exhibition the author unveils many hitherto unknown or little-know facts about the lives and PAGE 5 - Music works of such twentieth-century luminaries as Matisse, Ravel, Gertrude Stein, Valéry, Alfred Jarry, Marie Laurencin and H-P Roché (author of Jules et Jim). Lake also gives PAGE 8 - Cinema nostalgic glimpses of Baudelaire and Rimbaud as well as revealing a completely new PAGE 9 - Television view of Toulouse-Lautrec.” * PAGE 10 - Speaking Found, won or given treasure … at these time of parties, it is the occasion for ex- changes, gifts and surprises. Firstly with the Toronto French Book Fair, then with the PAGE 11 - Theatre French touch music – Phoenix and Winner Louise – or contemporary music with PAGE 12 - Books Philippe Leroux. SEASON’S GREETINGS !! PAGE 13 - DVDs Joël Savary, Attaché Culturel *« Confessions of a Literary Archaeologist » Carlton Lake, A New Directions Book, New-York, 1990. December 2009 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 123456 INVASIONS BLACK PEOPLE PHILIPPE PHILIPPE PHILIPPE PHILIPPE UNTIL ARE HAPPY LEROUX LEROUX LEROUX LEROUX DECEMBER 2ND-6TH CROQUIS CROQUIS CROQUIS 18TH URBAINS URBAINS URBAINS EH!U FILM EH!U FILM EH!U FILM PHOENIX FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL COLLOQUE COLLOQUE FOOTBALL FOOTBALL 78910111213 BLACK PEOPLE BLACK PEOPLE BLACK PEOPLE BLACK PEOPLE BLACK PEOPLE ARE HAPPY ARE HAPPY ARE HAPPY ARE HAPPY ARE HAPPY THE TORONTO THE TORONTO THE TORONTO THE TORONTO FRENCH BOOK FRENCH BOOK FRENCH BOOK FRENCH BOOK FAIR FAIR FAIR FAIR 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WINNER LOUISE 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 News editor : Joël Savary Creative writer : Martin Colomer-Diez Audiovisual : Marie Herault-Delanoë Book : Léa Deshusses Music : Simon Grignon Sub-editor : Virginie Angelliaume 2 Festival THE TORONTO FRENCH BOOK FAIR DECEMBER 10TH-13TH regular contributor to a number of French magazines, including Le Point. Jean-Marie Périer was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1940. He made his name as a celebrity photographer in the swinging sixties. His published works include Enfant gâté (XO, 2001) and Oncle Dan (XO, 2007). He re- cently publised his photographic oeu- vre with Editions du Chêne. Laure’s Wines ateur wine-tasteur - writes in his This book was sparked by an unex- preface, these men and women are pected meeting of minds between a “wise wizards who know that no com- leading wine specialist and a photog- puter will ever be able to reproduce rapher best known for his candid the sensitive nose of a master cellar- shots of stars from the 1960s! An en- man and his instinct for all that goes chanting homage to the French pas- into shaping a wine - the sap in the sion for wine and the men and wood for the barrels, the direction of women who devote their lives to it. the wind, and the phases of the moon.” Laure Gasparotto is one of the few women to have made a name for her- A unique road trip across France by Laure Gasparotto will give two lec- self in the exclusive world of French two travellers in love with wine. Why tures at the Toronto French Book Fair. wine writing. Jean-Marie Périer is a not join them ? celebrity photographer. Together, Saturday, December 12th - 12pm they set out to explore France’s glori- Laure Gasparotto, born in Rochefort Speaking : “Le Goût et le Pouvoir” ous wine-growing regions and the in 1971, has been a wine writer lives of the men and women who and historian for fifteen years. Sunday, December 13th - 2pm work in the wineyards. They travelled She has written a number of Speaking : “Boire bien et vivre sain” from Burgundy to Bordeaux, from books on the subject, including Le Champagne to Corsica, meeting forty Goût et le Pouvoir (with co-author In french wine-growers on the way, each with Jonathan Nossiter), published by www.salondulivredetoronto.org their lives, families, secrets, and tra- Grasset in 2007. Translation rights for ditions. Their deep-rooted love of the Le Goût et le Pouvoir have been ac- terroir shines through on every page. quired by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux As Gérard Oberlé - himself a keen am- (English). Laure Gasparotto is also a 3 DECEMBER 1ST-18TH AFT SPADINA Exhibition GALERIE PIERRE-LÉON 24 SPADINA ROAD MONDAY TO THURSDAY : 9AM-9PM AND FRIDAY : 9H À 16H 9AM-4PM INVASION AT THE ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE FREE ADMISSION INVASION is a work of art com- school, a store or a library, and a prised of hundreds of elements third to be displayed at the Al- scattered throughout the city, liance française. both in public and private spaces. Its individual components are Visual artist Paul Walty is a grad- small paper insect sculptures, uate of U of T and OCAD. For the based on some of the species past 25 years, he has offered commonly found in Ontario. INVA- workshops in various schools in SION is a community arts project Ontario and Quebec. Walty is a created in partnership with member of numerous francophone Gabrielle Roy elementary school, artist centres. He is also the in which artist Paul Walty has in- president of ARCCO (Associa- vited children and adults to work tion des centres d’artistes auto- with him. Each participant must gérés et des collectifs de create three sculptures: one to l’Ontario). set up at home, one to hang in a ALL THE ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE EVENTS ARE ON: http://www.alliance-francaise.ca/fr/ca_index.php For the new 2009-2010 season, the Alliance Française in Toronto proposes several series such as Cabaret-Chanson cycle and Classiques de Poche cycle for music, Literary Thursday cycle for books, conferences, cinema and exhibitions. A rich, original and multidisciplinary pro- gram proposed in Toronto, Mississauga and North York. SAVE THE DATE ! THIERRY AGNONE EXHIBITION UNTIL DECEMBER 23RD AT THE BATA SHOE MUSEUM 4 Music PHOENIX DECEMBER 5TH Phoenix is a French alternative rock Daft Punk. band started during their childhood by Thomas Mars, Deck D'Arcy, Chris- Following their two singles "If I Ever tian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz Feel Better" and "Too Young", "United" in the suburb of Versailles, in the was released in 2000. same period that produced late-'90s bands such as Air and Daft Punk. The second album, Alphabetical, re- leased in 2004, saw the band reach Phoenix started as the backing band more mainstream success, with the for a remix of Air's "Kelly Watch the singles "Everything Is Everything" and Stars" single. Soon after, Phoenix re- "Run Run Run" reaching some alterna- leased their 2000 debut album tive pop charts. Phoenix then spent time in Berlin United. The name Phoenix was offi- during the summer of 2005, making cially chosen in 1996 when Laurent Following Alphabetical, the band use of Planet Roc studios to produce Brancowitz permanently joined the toured three continents, playing 150 their third album, It's Never Been band after the end of the short-lived dates. This tour was followed up with Like That. band Darlin' he formed with Thomas a live album, Live! Thirty Days Ago, Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de released only 30 days after the end of Early this year, the band were re- Homem-Christo, who became the tour. turning with a new album titled Wolf- gang Amadeus Phoenix, which was released on May 25, 2009. The album was recorded in Paris by Cassius's Philippe Zdar who co-produced and mixed the album. Their track "1901" was used for the theatrical trailer of the film New York, I Love You and has been fea- tured in commercials for the 2010 Cadillac SRX. "Lisztomania" was used for a Where The Wild Things Are trailer, the season premiere of Cougar Town, an episode from the first season of USA Network's Royal Pains, and was also featured in the season six finale of HBO's Entourage. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5TH 9PM SOUND ACADEMY 11 POLSON STREET TORONTO 5 PHILIPPE LEROUX : CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY MUSIC DECEMBER 2ND-6TH Toronto New Music Projects brings Nuove Synchronie Festival, the Bath French new music icon Philippe Ler- Festival, the Musica Festival, the oux to Toronto. Professor of elec- Stockholm Journées de l’ISCM, the tronic music at IRCAM in Paris, Leroux Barcelona Festival, the Lyon Musiques is a champion of post-spectral music, en Scènes Festival, the Nice Manca having been compared to Gérard Festival, the Bergen Festival, and the Grisey and Tristan Murail. His compo- Berkeley Tempo Festival. sitions explore electroacoustic sounds He received the 1994 “Hervé even when dealing with acoustic Dugardin” award, the award for “Best chamber ensembles, combining spec- New Contemporary Work of the Year” tralism with wit, and sonic stasis with for d’Aller in 1996, and the 2003 virtuosity. SACEM Composers Award. Philippe Leroux has received com- missions from the French ministry of culture, the Radio-France Philhar- Concert with the conductor M. New Music Ensemble : What is monic Orchestra, the Baden-Baden Brian Current : Spectral Music? Südwestfunk, IRCAM, Les Percussions Wednesday, December 2nd, 12pm Friday, December 4th, 8pm de Strasbourg, the Ensemble Inter- Four Seasons Centre Richard Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 contemporain, the INA-GRM, the Bradshaw Amphitheatre Bloor Street West, Toronto Ictus Ensemble, and the Musica Fes- 145 Queen Street West, Toronto tival, among others.