Past Events 2025
Past Events 2025
Athenian Opera Dinner |Tuesday | December 9, 2025 | 7:00 pm
National Arts Club |15 Gramercy Park South | New York, NY 10003
The Athena Music Foundation introduces new and diverse audiences to the power and beauty of opera and classical music by presenting thrilling performances showcasing great artistic talent in intimate and imaginative public and private venues.
In 2021 they held a French Gala at the National Arts Club, presenting an all French program surrounded by an exhibition of works by Andy Warhol. They returned in 2022.
This year, another French program, finishing up with some holiday classics, which delighted our members and guests. A great way to close out our 2025 season.
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The River Club
447 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022
We were delighted to see over 60 members and guests at our 85th Anniversary Gala Cocktail Dînatoire.
We honored the late Myron Hurwitz, longest serving president of the club, who steered it for 21 years from 1976 to 1997.
Caroline served as Honorary Consul General of France for New Jersey, was named Chevalière in the Ordre national du mérite in 2001. She was sponsored as a club member by Myron Hurwitz.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 7:00 pm
Café Un, Deux, Trois, 123 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
Speaker Domitille Marchal Lemoine, Executive Director of Friends of Fondation de France
Friends of Fondation de France enables American giving to trusted nonprofits in France, Europe and around the world.
Friends of Fondation de France, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 13-3966503) established in 2000 to provide an easy, trustworthy and cost-effective way for American individuals, families, corporations and foundations to give to nonprofits around the world.
They strive to build a better world and create a more just society by facilitating giving to education, health and medical research, culture, the environment and social programs. You choose the cause – they make it happen.
Learn more information about how they work, and download their presentation.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 6:30 to 9:00 pm
Post Bastille Sail
Classic Harbor Line, 62 Chelsea Piers, Manhattan
Members and guests enjoyed a Post-Bastille sail with a complimentary glass of wine, great jazz, stunning views, and wonderful photo opportunities!
Francis Dubois led a rousing chorus of La Marseillaise!
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 7:00 pm
A woman leaves her coastal Greenland village to translate the works of an elderly Provençal poet and finds her life irrevocably changed in this tender, romantic, and evocative novel set in a French village.
Prior to writing novels, Elizabeth was the personal finance columnist for Cosmopolitan magazine and a full-time freelance writer for national magazines including Glamour, Self, Victoria, Working Woman, and Institutional Investor. She has served on the boards of the National Humanities Center and the Center for Fiction. She received a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She lives in New York City.
She also recently joined the Paris American Club.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 7:00 pm – New Member Reception, Château Village
The President and Board of Directors of the Paris American Club
thank you for joining and are delighted to welcome you to the
New Member Reception
Tuesday, May 20th at 7:00 pm
Château Village, 1 Minetta STREET, 2E Door code 005
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 7:00 pm
Dinner with Elaine Sciolino
Café Un, Deux, Trois | 123 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
Elaine Sciolino, a contributing writer for The New York Times in Paris, is the author of “Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World’s Greatest Museum,” to be published in April 2025. She returns to the club after her fascinating and entertaining talk in December 2019 on her book “THE SEINE: The River That Made Paris.”
The Louvre is the most famous museum in the world, attracting millions of visitors every year with its masterpieces. In Adventures in the Louvre, Elaine Sciolino immerses herself in this magical space and helps us fall in love with what was once a forbidding fortress.
Exploring galleries, basements, rooftops, and gardens, Sciolino demystifies the Louvre, introducing us to her favorite artworks, both legendary and overlooked, and to the people who are the museum’s lifeblood: the curators, the artisans producing frames and engravings, the builders overseeing restorations, the firefighters protecting the aging structure.
We were delighted to welcome her back for her engaging presentation.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Awards
Mino Brasserie | 225 West 12th Street (at Greenwich Ave) New York, NY 10011
We honored the Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation scholarship recipients in the presence of French Vice Consule Générale Myriam Gil. View the video here.
While we support the fund each year, you may make a direct donation here.
This year’s recipients include:
William Boucher – Senior in the Dual Degree Program between Columbia University School of General Studies and Sciences Po, majoring in economics and government
Niki Kapasouris – Master’s student at the Stevens Institute of Technology, majoring in financial engineering
Esha Modi – Dual Degree Program between Columbia University School of General Studies and Sciences Po, studying financial economics, sociology, and politics
Mohammad Shipon – Master’s student the Stevens Institute of Technology majoring in financial engineering
Shaowen (Carol) Weng – Graduate degree in business intelligence and analytics at the Stevens Institute of Technology
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Thursday, March 20, 2025, 7:00 pm | Dinner with Nicholas D. Lowry
National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003
Nicholas D. Lowry is President and Principal Auctioneer of Swann Auction Galleries, and is also the Director of Swann’s Vintage Posters Department. Nicholas joined Swann—the family business—in 1995.
In 2001 Nicholas was named President of Swann. As one of the world’s foremost authorities on vintage posters, he has spent nearly 25 years serving regularly as poster appraiser on the PBS television show Antiques Roadshow.
He currently sits on the Board of Governors of The National Arts Club, in New York City, for whom he is also Chairman of the Fine Arts Committee and is a member of the Advisory Board of New York’s Poster House Museum where he was also a founding patron. In addition, Nicholas is actively involved with many worthy causes, and in a non pandemic era presides over as many as 20 charity auctions a year.
Nicholas holds a BA in History from Cornell University, 1990.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | 7 pm
Dîner amical Chez Francis |411 Park Avenue South (at E. 29th Street), New York, NY 10016
Members and friends joined for a casual 3-course dinner with wine, of course.
We were impressed with the food and service. We shall return.
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January 7, 2025 | 7 pm | Dinner and Annual Meeting on the State of the Club
National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South (East 20th St) New York, NY 10003
A presentation on the State of the Club, also available on the homepage of the website, ended on an even sweeter note with Galettes des Rois. Members really enjoyed engaging with each other in a festive spirit.
Cathy was la reine at the board meeting on Monday, we had to sample the galettes before serving them to you on Tuesday.
Calendar of Meetings 2025
| Date | Event | Speaker/Topic | Venue |
| Jan 7 | Dinner | Annual Meeting: State of the Club and Guest Speaker Author Lila Azam Langaneh | NAC |
| Feb 11 | Dinner | Dinner | Chez Francis |
| Mar 20 | Dinner | Speaker Nicolas Lowry, CEO of Swann Gallery & expert on Antique Roadshow | NAC |
| April 15 | Apéro | Après-work Apéro 6-7:30 & Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Awards | Mino Brasserie |
| April 22 | Dinner | April in Paris, Author Elaine Sciolino | Cafè Un, Deux, Trois |
| May 20 | Reception | New Members 2024 & 2025 | Château Village |
| June 3 | Dinner | Speaker Elizabeth Birkelund, author of A Northern Light in Provence | NAC |
| June 8 | Brunch | Roland Garros Men’s Finals | Monte’s Trattoria |
| Sunday, July 13 | Fête | Bastille Day Celebration Visit our booth. | Madison Ave (btw 59 & 63rd) & Central Park |
| July 15 | Sail | Post-Bastille Cruise | Classic Harbor Line 62 Chelsea Piers |
| Sept 16 | Dinner | Speaker Domitille Marchal Lemoine, Executive Director of Friends of Fondation de France | Café Un, Deux, Trois |
| Oct 7 | Magique | Dîner à la magique! | Monte’s Trattoria |
| Oct 14 | Apéro | Casual Apéro | Café Un, Deux, Trois |
| Nov 11 | Cocktail | Soirée d’automne 85th Anniversary with Vice Consul General Myriam Gil | River Club |
| Dec 9 | Dinner | The Athenian Opera Singers | NAC |
