Thomas Venclova, a Lithuanian Poet in the Heart of Europe

Wednesday 27 June 2018 at 7 p.m
Tomas Venclova was born in Klaipeda in 1937. After engaging in dissident activities, he left the Lithuanian Soviet Republic in 1977 for the USA, where he long taught literature at Yale University. He now lives in New Haven (CT) and in Vilnius.  He is the author of numerous essays, a translator of poetry, a defender of human rights, but first of...

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Guided tour of the show Boris Vian | En avant la musique !

Saturday 23 June 2018 at 3 p.m
Free with your admission ticket | No reservations required

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A literary and musical evening “La prochaine fois, je vous chanterai Boris Vian” by Philippe Meyer

Friday 22 June 2018 at 7 p.m
Writer, columnist, radio host and amused observer of the way the wide world spins, Philippe Meyer deploys his unmistakable talents as a raconteur to probe and perform the texts and music of a Boris Vian, the multifaceted artist he has long been familiar with and a true brother in spirit. La prochaine fois je vous chanterai Boris Vian (Next Time I’ll...

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Fête de la musique on a theme by Boris Vian

Thursday 21 June 2018 at 7 p.m
Pianocktail A musicodelirious performance around a marvelous instrument that concocts cocktails to the sound of melodies, dreamed up by Boris Vian in his novel L’écume des jours, constructed by the ingenious Nicolas Schenkel, and played by his sister Géraldine. They also call it the pianococktail. With this piano, which is fitted out with several...

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Guided tour of the show Boris Vian | En avant la musique !

Sunday 17 June 2018 at 3 p.m
Free with your admission ticket | No reservations required

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Literary concert – SOLD OUT –

Saturday 16 June 2018 at 7 p.m
Denis Podalydès remplace Jean-Louis Trintignant pour le concert littéraire « Poèmes libertaires sur une musique de Piazzolla interprétée par Daniel Mille et son quatuor » Nous sommes désolés d’annoncer que Jean-Louis Trintignant a dû, pour des raisons de santé, renoncer à sa venue à la Fondation Jan Michalski le samedi 16 juin. Le concert...

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Musical show opening with Alain Goraguer Trio and Jelly Bump

Friday 15 June 2018 at 6.30 p.m
Alain Goraguer Trio The discreet hero of numerous stars – the arranger of hits by France Gall, Brigitte Bardot, Juliette Gréco, Jean Ferrat, Georges Moustaki, and Isabelle Aubret, to mention just these few – Alain Goraguer made a name for himself alongside Henri Salvador and later Boby Lapointe. With Boris Vian he signed and sealed a fruitful collaboration...

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Atelier du polar avec Leonardo Padura – IN SPANISH TRANSLATED IN FRENCH – SOLD OUT –

Sunday, June 3 at 5pm
– SOLD OUT – LES ATELIERS DU POLAR INVITENT… LEONARDO PADURA Les Ateliers du polar, créés par la Fondation Jan Michalski et Le Temps, proposent quatre rencontres par année avec les plus grands auteurs de polars. Comment enquêtent-ils ? Comment écrivent-ils ? Quelles sont leurs sources ? Le temps d’une soirée,...

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Theo Hakola concert

Thursday 31 may 2018 at 6 p.m
Born in 1954, Theo Hakola was raised in Spokane, Washington. After Antioch College in Ohio and the London School of Economics and a time as political organizer (U.S. Committee for a Democratic Spain, New York, 1975), he settled in Paris in 1978 where he started a band (Orchestre Rouge – two albums) followed by another one (Passion Fodder – five...

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Special Opening

Ascension Day Thursday 10 May & Pentecost Monday 21 May
The Jan Michalski Foundation will be exceptionally open on: Ascension Day Thursday 10 May : 9am-6pm Pentecost Monday 21 May : 9am-6pm   The exhibition Etel Adnan ǀ La fulgurance du geste will be also open until Monday 21 May!

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