Nuit de l’Imagination: Neighbors

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Between 3 – 6 p.m., registered participants may enter Reid Hall without specific timed entry.

Registered participants for the headline performance are welcome to enter Reid Hall from 6 p.m. Please note that access will not be permitted after doors close at 7:15 p.m.

This event will be held in English

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Co-sponsored by the Columbia Global Paris Center and Institute for Ideas and Imagination

Celebrating Neighbors, this year’s Nuit de l’Imagination is hosting events for children and adults that explore what it means to live together. Throughout the afternoon, Reid Hall will host activities for children and families, including a concert, theater workshop, and an art exhibition presenting the work of children from local schools. Partner yoga, community games, and hands-on activities will all explore notions of migration and solidarity.

In the evening, the Nuit de l’Imagination will feature two events: a keynote address by the author and historian Marina Warner, followed by a collective musical experience created by Ursula Kwong-Brown and Daniel Erdberg. The Nuit will end with a reception catered by Les Cuistots Migrateurs.

Nuit de l’Imagination

Organized by the Columbia Global Paris Center and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, each year the Nuit de l’Imagination chooses a theme of global importance (Climate in 2023, Boredom in 2024, Neighbors in 2025) as a celebration of the work and collaborations that define Reid Hall.

Program

Activities | 3 – 6 p.m.
For families and kids (ages 5+)
A goûter will be provided, courtesy of the Reid Hall Caféothèque

Specific time slots for activities to be announced.

• Braderie (flea market) by Utopia 56, with all proceeds supporting emergency funds for displaced individuals
• Children’s concert by the 1991 Project, an association which supports Ukrainian musicians

• Children’s theater performance, “Rémi Do et Gagaboum – Le La des villes et le La des champs” by the compagnie Regarde il neige
• Partner yoga for children with Ulrika Dezé of Yogamini
• Community games by SOS Méditerranée, a European, maritime-humanitarian organisation for the rescue of life at sea

Art exhibits | 3 – 8:30 p.m.

• Multimedia work by French artist Marie-Laurence Lamy, including drawings from her childhood in the Montparnasse neighborhood, at the Reid Hall Caféothèque
• Work by Congolese artist Mega Mingiedi Tunga in the Grande Salle Ginsberg-LeClerc
• “Sauver, Protéger, Témoigner” photo exhibition by SOS Méditerranée. Note: Activities take place in the Salle de Conférence from 3 – 6 p.m., with the exhibition best viewed from 6 – 7 p.m. or during the post-performance reception.

Participants are invited to join us for a pre-reception featuring cocktails by Cravan and a playlist by Christian Mazzalai of the band Phoenix.

Headline performance | 7pm – 8.30pm

• Presentation by author and historian Marina Warner on “Home”
• Collective musical performance by Daniel Erdberg and Ursula Kwong-Brown

Reid Hall, the Columbia Global Paris Center, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination are not responsible for the views and opinions expressed by their speakers and guests.

This event will take place in Reid Hall’s Grande Salle Ginsberg-LeClerc, built in 1912 and extensively renovated in 2023 thanks to the generous support of Judith Ginsberg and Paul LeClerc.