Short Stories

Paris Lit Up open mic (PLU) Every Thursday in English (other languages too – when in Rome, speak French) at the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide (103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020). If you would like to read, dance, sing or otherwise express yourself, sign up is open and free to all, starting at 20.00-ish. We go until we drop or run out of performers! In any language. Or no language at all. No limits, just respect. Plus, each week featured performers from around the world are invited to strut their stuff before our rowdy but respectful audience. For this week's special guest, see: www.facebook.com/ParisLitUp Not in Paris? Join us online at "PLU Live on Zoom"! Every Wednesday from 9pm CET. Just like an open mic, but we chat a bit too. Always the same link, hosts rotate: http://tiny.cc/PLUopenmic

👋 Qui veut intégrer un groupe d'amis en cours de constitution pour faire des sorties et activités ensemble sur Paris et la région parisienne ? Voici quelques exemples de sorties proposées dans ce groupe : ❇️ apéro, afterwork, bars, restaurants, brunch, pique-nique ❇️ ciné, concert, théatre, musée ❇️ sports (tennis, initiation au golf, hiit, running, escalade, etc.) ❇️ jeux de société (poker, loup garou...) et en plein air (mollky, pétanque...) ❇️ week-end ❇️ et tout ce que tu pourras proposer. 💥💥 Ouverture, respect et bienveillance sont les valeurs qui animent le groupe 💥💥 Si tout cela te parle, inscris toi à notre groupe "Sorties et rencontres amicales - Paris" pour être informé(e) de toutes les sorties, il vient tout juste d'être créé sur Meetup et nous serons heureux de faire ta connaissance lors d'une prochaine sortie 👋 Ne te fie pas au nombre de participants sur Meetup, nous sommes sur plusieurs sites et Meetup est le dernier sur lequel nous avons ouvert un compte. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* BIEN LIRE ATTENTIVEMENT CI-DESSOUS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* **NB : INUTILE DE CLIQUER SUR "Participer" SUR CETTE FICHE.** Inscris toi juste au groupe et clique sur "Participer" uniquement sur les activités / sorties qui ont lieu de façon sure et certaine et qui sont toutes précédées des symboles 💥💥 devant leur titre. **Si dans le titre de la sortie il n'y a pas les symboles 💥💥 c'est que la sortie n'est pas confirmée.** Nos sorties (et celle d'autres utilisateurs) sont également publiées sur l'application gratuite de rencontres amicales Weezem : 👉 Appstore : [https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/weezem/id1547233803](https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/weezem/id1547233803) 👉 Google Play : [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weezemapp](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weezemapp) Tu peux aussi t'inscrire au groupe Whatsapp Weezem ici pour être informé(e) de nos futures sorties 👉 [https://chat.whatsapp.com/BoYNpq9JUyFB6RbIIDjblC](https://chat.whatsapp.com/BoYNpq9JUyFB6RbIIDjblC) A très vite. Patrice

Dans ce récit littéraire d’une infinie beauté, c’est toute la puissance romanesque de la grande autrice indienne du Dieu des petits riens que nous retrouvons avec délice. Arundhati Roy revient sur son enfance dans le Sud de l’Inde, élevée avec son frère par Mary, mère célibataire et combative, adulée de toute la région pour avoir monté une école. Personnalité publique adorée donc, mais mère atroce et abusive une fois la porte refermée, cette figure maternelle double fut toute sa vie son refuge et son orage. Discussion autour d'un diner. Venez en ayant lu l'œuvre du jour. Chaque participant paie sa consommation.

**Inscription obligatoire via ce lien :** https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/1982077287523?aff=oddtdtcreator Sans mémoire, la conscience se fragmente. Explorer cette mémoire n’est pas se tourner vers le passé, mais retrouver des repères pour agir avec justesse aujourd’hui. Car c’est en se souvenant de ce qui a été essentiel que la conscience peut s’aventurer vers l’avenir. Une invitation à comprendre la mémoire non comme nostalgie, mais comme force de construction. * **Horaire** : 20h * **Tarif** : 2 entrées pour 10€ **Nous retrouver : 12 rue Falguière, 75015 Paris (métro Falguière ou Montparnasse)**

Join Paris Chamber Choir for a friendly choral workshop in the heart of Paris. This event is open to anyone curious about singing in a choir, whether you are a complete beginner or already have musical experience. During the workshop, you will discover vocal warm-ups, collective singing, listening between voice parts, and the joy of creating harmony with others. The evening will include: • A short introduction to Paris Chamber Choir • Vocal warm-ups and simple singing exercises • A choral singing experience with the group • Time to meet the artistic director and choir members • A friendly moment to ask questions about joining the choir You do not need to prepare anything in advance. Just come with comfortable clothing, an open mind, and your love for music. The workshop will take place at MPAA La Canopée, Salle 1, in central Paris. We look forward to singing with you! The registrition has to be done from the official website: [Paris-Chamber-Choir](https://parischamberchoir.netlify.app/fr)

Hi everyone, for June we will be reading **Taiwan Travelogue** by **Yang Shuang-zi.** We'll be meeting on Thursday, June 18th at a member's apartment. On the day of, please bring snacks and/or drinks to share with everyone if you can. **If you are able to host the group, please send me a message.** As always, make sure you update your RSVP if plans change. See you soon! Reza, Lindsay, and Lorraine P.S. We created a WhatsApp channel to facilitate communication around book club events, voting, etc. You can join here if you'd like: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/ILxho9jrEST2VGhhtIATm5](https://chat.whatsapp.com/ILxho9jrEST2VGhhtIATm5)

Deux expositions sont à découvrir en ce moment à la Maison Européenne de la Photographie : - Une exposition collective réunissant 36 artistes issu(e)s de la Collection d'entreprise Neuflize OBC et des collections de la MEP. Pensée comme un abécédaire accessible à tous les publics, La **Photographie en toutes lettres tisse** des correspondances inattendues entre les œuvres. Chaque association ouvre une porte, contredit les évidences et invite chacun·e à construire sa propre lecture, entre réminiscences intimes et imaginaires partagés. - La première rétrospective consacrée à l’artiste française **Camille Vivier**, figure de la photographie contemporaine. À travers un ensemble d’œuvres où dialoguent corps, formes sculpturales et présences troublantes, un univers à la fois sensuel et énigmatique se déploie, traversé de références multiples et d’échos visuels inattendus. Je vous donne rendez-vous jeudi 18 juin, dès 19h45 devant l'entrée de la MEP pour un début de visite à 20h. Merci de venir muni(e) de votre billet (créneau 20h) : [https://maison-photographie.tickeasy.com/fr-FR/produits](https://maison-photographie.tickeasy.com/fr-FR/produits) Veuillez, je vous prie, vous assurer de vos intentions de participation. En cas d'empêchement, merci de décocher votre participation. À l'issue de la visite, nous irons boire et/ou manger dans une brasserie des alentours. D'ici là, belles escapades à tous et à très vite ! Charlotte

Un atelier d'écriture créative pas tout à fait comme les autres ! Ici, on accorde une place d'honneur à la magie, à l''intuition, à l'inconscient, aux émotions et surtout, au pouvoir du symbole de nous mouvoir... en gros, à l'invisible et à tout ce qui dépasse le simple raisonnement afin de toucher à une écriture plus vraie, plus ancrée, plus alignée. Le Arcanes du Tarot, dans le cadre de cet atelier, servent d'outils d'inspiration poétique, narrative et/ou introspective. Tu aimes écrire ? Tu as des projets d'écriture en développement ou en suspension ? Tu as des blocages lors de l'écriture ? Tu te sens seule lorsque tu écris ? Tu écris de la poésie, de la fiction, de l'auto-fiction, ou tu tiens un journal intime ? Si l'une de ces questions te parle, alors ça tombe bien : tu es au bon endroit ! Au programme : ❓ Le thème et la question du jour 🃏 Tirages ✍🏻 Écriture guidée Viens t'inspirer et peut-être même trouver ta voix ou... ta voie. Ou les deux ! ;) À apporter : 📒🖋️ : carnet et stylo. Et c'est tout ! Je recommande vivement à 🚫NE PAS apporter son ordi - l'écriture manuscrite ✍🏻 est la meilleure façon de se connecter à soi-même. D'ailleurs, un des buts de cet atelier est d'offrir une pause des écrans ! À très vite ! Natalia ☺️

## Details Hello writers, we are happy to meet you in our new permanent home: Bohème Coworking, located at 21 rue Sedaine in the 11th arrondissement. When you arrive, just tell the friendly folks at La Boheme reception that you are with the writing group. They will give you a little wooden knick-knack with the wifi codes and a number that they use to determine the cost based on time spent (it's 3,80 € per hour, paid at the end). ***Now, about Ready-Set-Write! ..*.** Ready Set Write! is a regular meeting of motivated writers who grab a beverage, then shut up and write. ***What it is:*** An opportunity for writers to get together and do short, intense bursts of writing. We write for 45-ish minutes, take a 15 minute break, rinse & repeat. ***What it is NOT:*** neither a forum for critiquing each other's work, nor shameless self-promoting your projects or groups. You pay for the time you spend, and have access to coffee, tea, and wifi. **AND FINALLY ...** * Register in advance, and only if you will join us in-person. * Update your RSVP if you cannot make it. * Please be respectful and considerate with our writing colleagues. ***Stay tuned for location updates!***

Bonjour à tous ! Tu danses déjà la salsa et tu as envie de passer au niveau supérieur ? Rejoins notre cours de salsa portoricaine On 1, niveau intermédiaire ! Ici, on va travailler la technique, l’aisance dans les déplacements et la précision des mouvements, tout en explorant des figures plus complexes. C’est l’occasion d’approfondir ta maîtrise de la danse dans une ambiance chaleureuse et conviviale. Si tu as déjà les bases, ce cours est fait pour toi ! 👉 Le cours d’essai est proposé au tarif de **5€**. **INSCRIPTION COURS D'ESSAI :** [https://latinflow.fr/sinscrire-maintenant](https://latinflow.fr/sinscrire-maintenant) ### 📅 **PLANNING DES COURS :** 🔹 **Studios Micadanses** (Paris 4e) *15 rue Geoffroy l’Asnier – M° Saint-Paul / Hôtel de Ville / Pont Marie* **Mardi :** * 21h-22h : Salsa Portoricaine On2 – Débutant+/Inter **Mercredi :** * 19h-20h : Tonicité & Souplesse – Tous niveaux * 20h-21h : Bachata – Débutant * 21h-22h : Bachata – Inter/Avancé 🔹 **Loft Lechapelais (Paris 17e)** *6 rue Lechapelais – M° La Fourche / Place de Clichy / Rome* **Samedi :** * 14h-15h : Salsa On1 – Inter * 15h-16h : Salsa On1 – Débutant * 16h-17h : Bachata – Débutant Toutes les salles sont spacieuses et équipées de miroirs. ### 📲 **INFOS & RÉSERVATIONS :** * Tél : 06 27 48 50 88 * Email : yous.dance@gmail.com * Insta : @yous.dance / @cami.danse * Facebook : [Yous.dance](https://www.facebook.com/yous.dance) * Site : [https://latinflow.fr/](https://latinflow.fr/)

* Let's get together with a coffee or drink and discuss this book :) * Address to be announced. * **You will need to confirm your attendance. I will reach out to you personally by message a week before the event.** About the book: Near a village high in the Pyrenees, Domènec wanders across a ridge, fancying himself more a poet than a farmer, to “reel off his verses over on this side of the mountain.” He gathers black chanterelles, attends to a troubled cow. And then storm clouds swell, full of electrifying power. Reckless, gleeful, they release their bolts of lightning, one of which strikes Domènec. He dies. The ghosts of seventeenth-century witches gather around him, taking up the chanterelles he’d harvested before going on their merry ways. So begins this novel that is as much about the mountains and the mushrooms as it is about the human dramas that unfold in their midst. When I Sing, Mountains Dance, winner of the European Union Prize, is a giddy paean to the land in all its interconnectedness, and in it Sola finds a distinct voice for each extraordinary consciousness: the lightning bolts, roe deer, mountains, the ghosts of the civil war, the widow Sió and later her grown children, Hilari and Mia, as well as Mia’s lovers with their long-buried secrets and their hidden pain. Irene Solà animates the polyphonic world around us, the fierce music of the seasons, as well as the stories we tell to comprehend loss and love on a personal, historical, and even geological scale. Lyrical, elemental, and mythic, hers is a fearlessly imaginative new voice that brilliantly renders both our tragedies and our triumphs. [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693608-when-i-sing-mountains-dance?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=yfOBAzMp5q&rank=2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693608-when-i-sing-mountains-dance?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=yfOBAzMp5q&rank=2)

Hello writers, we are happy to meet you in our new permanent home: Bohème Coworking, located at 21 rue Sedaine in the 11th arrondissement. When you arrive, just tell the friendly folks at La Boheme reception that you are with the writing group. They will give you a little wooden knick-knack with the wifi codes and a number that they use to determine the cost based on time spent (it's 3,80 € per hour, paid at the end). ***Now, about Ready-Set-Write! ..*.** Ready Set Write! is a regular meeting of motivated writers who grab a beverage, then shut up and write. ***What it is:*** An opportunity for writers to get together and do short, intense bursts of writing. We write for 45-ish minutes, take a 15 minute break, rinse & repeat. ***What it is NOT:*** neither a forum for critiquing each other's work, nor shameless self-promoting your projects or groups. You pay for the time you spend, and have access to coffee, tea, and wifi. **AND FINALLY ...** * Register in advance, and only if you will join us in-person. * Update your RSVP if you cannot make it. * Please be respectful and considerate with our writing colleagues. ***Stay tuned for location updates!*** [Events in Paris, FR](https://www.meetup.com/find/fr--paris/)

Atelier d'écriture pour adultes. Thème : ma madeleine de Proust. Animé par une professionnelle. Sur inscription, 15€, matériel inclus

Coucou les égarés ! Pour le mois de juin, je vous propose la lecture de "Le Dernier Voeu", de Andrzej Sapkowski. On se retrouvera à l'étage de l'Indiana Café de Montparnasse, pour en discuter autour d'un dîner, comme d'habitude. À bientôt !

The topic for June is "Roadtrip" Speak Easy: true stories, told live. The idea is simple: an audience, an open microphone, and great stories. Hilarious, gripping, poignant- it's up to you. Audiences are invited to come to listen or come to tell as folks from all corners of Columbus offer their stories live on stage! Held at Wild Goose Creative's warm, intimate space, this night of tales occurs on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm. Please arrive early if you want to tell, as we generally only have room for a limited number of tellers, and the sign-up sheet has a tendency to fill up fast. Formed around the idea that people need stories--they're what hold and draw us together--SpeakEasy celebrates the strangeness and commonness of being human. And in a world of smartphones, Facebook, Twitter, and more . . . it gives people a real, breathing, in-person way to connect. The night is geared for true stories of all kinds, taking the best tales told around kitchen tables, in darkened pubs, on the street corner, and at late-night parties and giving them an audience. Speak Easy is also a great outlet for performers, writers, and artists looking to share their favorite stories and perfect their skills. We strongly encourage tellers to please tell the story rather than read it so we keep within the spirit of good storytelling and stay engaged with the audience. All are welcome. Hang around after the show for a drink and build community!

Greetings writers! Come down and join your fellow wordsmiths for one hour of uninterrupted writing time in the upper level of the Market District Supermarket in Upper Arlington. The main entrance of the shopping center opens onto stairs/elevator leading up to the 2nd floor cafe section where we will have a table displaying a sign with the Shut Up & Write logo. Writing is largely a solitary craft. Practicing with others in a community setting may be the thing you need to fire your own routine. We’ll meet on Wednesday evenings, starting the clock at 6:30, following a brief period of introductions. This is solid writing time and all inclusive. Any project is acceptable, be it fiction, non -fiction, work or homework assignment. All is welcome and will remain private to you. The market boasts a Starbucks, a full service bar and various affordable food options. Parking is plentiful, free Wifi is provided as well as outlets for charging your devices, though they are somewhat limited, so plan accordingly. Show up as early as you like, or stay late. This group tends to socialize some, both before and after the alloted time, but this is not mandatory to you. Feel free to come and go as you please and late arrivals are welcome. The cafe may be noisy on occasion so headphones/ earbuds are reccommended as you see fit. Please try to RSVP if possible so that we may grab enough seats for all—the venue can be busy at times. Feel free to message me privately wth any questions and/ or concerns you may have. Happy writing!

We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator. Join us on Saturday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking! • What we'll do Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10AM on Saturday mornings. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. SCHEDULE: 10:00 - SESSION 1: quick intros. 10:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour. 11:10 - chat / take off / keep writing. OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11A-11:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you! • What to bring Whatever you need to be able to write! Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible. See you at The Café on Saturday!

Welcome to Drunken Philosophy, a casual, curious, social discussion club. Come grab a drink and a seat at The Oracle. **Optional topic for this meetup: Where is everybody?** In 1950 the physicist Enrico Fermi was talking about aliens over lunch and asked a question that still has not gone away: if the universe is so vast and so old, and even a fraction of those billions of stars have planets, where is everyone? By the numbers the galaxy should be crowded with civilizations. Instead we look up and hear silence. That gap between "they should be everywhere" and "we see no one" is the Fermi Paradox. One of the most unsettling answers is the idea of a **Great Filter**: somewhere on the road from dead chemistry to a galaxy-spanning civilization, there is at least one step that is almost impossible to get past. Maybe the filter is behind us. Maybe life starting at all, or simple cells becoming complex, or intelligence ever evolving, is the freak accident, and we already cleared the hard part. Or maybe the filter is ahead of us, and advanced civilizations reliably wipe themselves out before they spread. Here is the part that messes with people. If we ever found life somewhere else, even pond scum on Mars, most people would call it the greatest discovery in history. But it might be the worst possible news. It would mean life is common, the early steps are easy, and the hard step is still in front of us. So the eerie silence overhead might actually be the best sign we could ask for. **Questions to wrestle with:** * Is it better to be alone? Would you rather we find alien life and learn we are not special, or find nothing and quietly improve our odds of surviving? * Where do you bet the filter sits, behind us or ahead of us, and why? * If it is ahead of us, what is it? Nuclear war, climate collapse, AI, something we cannot even picture yet? And can we do anything about a filter we cannot see coming? * Two principles pull opposite ways here. The principle of mediocrity (the Copernican principle, Sagan's "no privileged place in the universe") says we are ordinary, so what happened on Earth probably happened everywhere, which makes the silence scream louder. The anthropic principle says of course we find ourselves somewhere life was possible, since we could not observe anything else, so our being here may say almost nothing about how common life is. Which lens do you trust, and does the silence still demand an answer once you account for observer selection? * And if we did confirm life out there and had to accept we are not special, what would that do to belief in a higher power, and would shedding (or keeping) that belief help or hurt our odds of pulling together as one species? * Does any of this change how you live, or how humanity should be spending its time and money right now? As always the prompt is optional. Come for the conversation, stay for the drinks, and bring your own questions.