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PARIS - AUP - Student Film Festival 
| 3h d'atelier Collation Mini spectacle |
35€ |
Déroulement de l'atelier :
- explication d'un numéro de close up avec objets usuels ( cartes, foulards, pièces..)
- apprentissage
- mise en application
- adaptation individuelle
- entraînement
- mise en scène
L'objectif est de permettre à chacun de repartir en maîtrisant un numéro et de faire ses premiers pas dans le monde merveilleux de la magie.
Inscription avant le 28 avril
Groupe limité à 20 personnes
Grand parking
PARIS - Union of Oversea Voters - Voter registration for Americans 
Your Name Tony Paschall
Your Email Info@UnionOfOverseasVoters.org
City Paris
Date Saturday
Date 5th
Date May
Starting Time 14h00
Ending Time 17h00
Type of event Public Service Event
Organized by : Union of Overseas Voters
Subject U.S. citizens, register to vote and request your absentee ballots for the 2012 elections now!
Speaker
Location "Shakespeare & Company Bookshop
37 rue de la Bûcherie
75005 Paris"
Price & Registration free
Contact information Tony Paschall info@UnionOfOverseasVoters.org
More information - Internet link / website address WeVote.fr
More information : "The Union of Overseas Voters will assist United States citizens who wish to register to vote and get absentee ballots for the upcoming Presidential and Congressional elections.
On 6 November 2012, the U.S. will elect its President, Vice-President, the entire U.S. House of Representatives, and one-third of the U.S. Senate. A number of gubernatoral races will also be decided, as well as those for state offices around the country.
All U.S. citizens overseas who will be 18 years of age on Election Day can file a voter registration application and request ballots. To ensure you receive ballots for all the elections in which you are eligible to vote, we strongly advise you to request absentee ballots as soon as possible after the first of January every calendar year.
If you haven't registered to vote, or requested your absentee ballots for 2012, now is the time to do it!"
PARIS - Union of Oversea Voters - Voter registration for Americans
PARIS - Emory Alumni France - oting in a Polarized Era: The Outlook for the 2012 Presidential and Congressional Elections
Event title: Voting in a Polarized Era: The Outlook for the 2012 Presidential and Congressional Elections
Event date: May 5, 2012 6:30 PM WET
Event end date: May 5, 2012 9:00 PM WET
Location: L'Hôtel Le Bristol - 112 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré - 75008 Paris
Description:
Join Emory alumni and friends for a lecture on the upcoming 2012 presidential election, featuring Alan Abramowitz, Emory University’s Alben W. Barkley professor of political science.
Americans are divided and parties polarized as critical decisions must be made for this year’s presidential and congressional elections. With control of the House, Senate and White House at stake, and sharp differences between Democrats and Republicans on issues ranging from taxes and spending to abortion and gay rights, the 2012 elections promise to be both contentious and exciting. Dr. Alan Abramowitz will discuss how recent political science research may shed light on this year’s races.
Alan Abramowitz is a nationally recognized author and expert on U.S. elections and voting behavior. His latest book, The Polarized Public: Why American Government is so Dysfunctional, deals with the underlying causes of polarization and gridlock in American politics.
Please click here for directions for the event.
If you have questions about this event or encounter difficulties registering online, please contact Allie Hill by email at allie.hill@emory.edu
PARIS - American Cathedral - Gospel Dream concert
Gospel Dream concert
PARIS - American Cathedral - LAGV concert
PARIS - Expats Soirees Dinners - Special Guest: FLEACE WEAVER,FOUNDER, BLACK GIRL TRAVEL,
SPECIAL FUN GUEST(S) PRESENTS IN ENGLISH AT DINNER!.
For Expats of all origins, French and Visitors.
Sunday 6 May - 19h00 .
Special Guest: FLEACE WEAVER,FOUNDER, BLACK GIRL TRAVEL, (www.blackgirltravel.com)
,"SWIRLING AROUND THE WORLD: THE HEART OF MY SUCCESS" Travel the world. Come back and open up your life. Fleace explains how.)
At one of our favorite upbeat Latin Quarter restaurants!!
€24 includes a fun dinner & dessert and free flowing wine. A fun presentation and meeting fun, new international people Reserve with Patricia on parissoirees@gmail.com (With your telephone number. Thanks) or 33 6 43 79 35 18 No text messages please. Thanks.www.parissoirees.com
PARIS - Expats Soirees Dinners - Special Guest: FLEACE WEAVER,FOUNDER, BLACK GIRL TRAVEL,
PARIS - AUP - The Adventures of Arabic Abroad: Literary Texts in European Translation
The AUP Community is invited to a lecture entitled "The Adventures of Arabic Abroad: Literary Texts in European Translation."
On Monday, May 7, at 10:00am, in G31.
There has been growing interest in recent years in Arabic literature in English and French translation, as well as the ways in which classical and modern works of Arabic literature have crossed linguistic and cultural boundaries. The Department of Comparative Literature and English and the Masters in Cultural Translation present a breakfast seminar with translator Richard Jacquemond for a discussion of these issues.
Richard Jacquemond is professor of Modern Arabic Language and Literature at the Université d’Aix-Marseille, where he is chair of the Department of Oriental Studies. He has translated many works of modern Arabic literature into French and is the author of works on Arabic literature and translation in English, French and Arabic.
For more information: dtresilian@aup.fr
PARIS - AUP - The Adventures of Arabic Abroad: Literary Texts in European Translation
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - 7Play Reading
7Play Reading
14:00hrs
The next play reading will take place hopefully under the trees at the ‘Villa Ombreuse’ in Liz’s garden. We will be reading ‘Dancing at Lunghasa’ by Brian Friel. Please ring Una to let her know if you are coming, as Liz is absent for a while. Refreshments will be offered.
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - 7Play Reading
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - “French Sauces” Cooking Course with Three Course Dinner
For three enchanted evenings Chef Sofi will lead cooking lessons in English with an accent on recipes and demonstrations for three types of “Very French” sauces and their derivatives. Following the cooking demonstration, this culinary experience includes a 3-course dinner in a Croix Rousse restaurant which boasts ‘the best view over Lyon and all the way to the Mont Blanc!’.
The restaurant will be opened EXCLUSIVELY for American Club members and guests for an in-depth initiation into the secrets of French cooking.
—Scroll down to see each menu and for the Registration Form—
Cooking Lessons and Three Course Dinner by Les Ateliers de Sofi 
Location: Croix Rousse restaurant – details emailed to you upon reservation and payment
Dates: April 30, May 7, May 14
Cost:
Member Price – 50 euros per session with dinner or 150 euros for the series of 3 sessions with dinner
Non-member Price – 60 euros per session with dinner or 180 euros for the series of 3 sessions with dinner
Timing: 6:00 p.m. for distribution of recipes; Courses start at 6:15 p.m. (late comers will receive a personal update upon arrival).
Dinner: 8:00 p.m.
Please send checks made out to the American Club of Lyon to:
American Club of Lyon
BP 2060
69226 LYON
Cedex 02
Upon reservation, the exact location of the restaurant will be emailed to you. To reserve your place fill out the request form below by April 15. All payments must be received by the Wednesday before the session. If you’d like to join us for the dinner portion only and receive all the recipes, you must follow the same booking procedure as above; all the costs remain the same. Need more details? Contact event coordinator Jennifer Gaff.
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - “French Sauces” Cooking Course with Three Course Dinner
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Coffee Chat
Get together for a cafe, a delicious donut, and English conversation with American Club members and our fellow Lyonnais. No need to RSVP for this event.
Bring a friend -Everyone is welcome!
Each Tuesday morning
Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
at Times Donuts, 34 rue Sainte-Helene, Lyon 69002
Event Organizer: Sam Finocchio
SETE (34) - Bridge
Detail: Every Tuesday from 13h30 to 16h00
Join other anglophones for "social" bridge in English regardless of your level. Contact Jacob for more information tel 0685124866 or email jacob.wibom@gmail.com
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Conversation group for University students
Conversation group for University students
Every Tuesday
5pm-6pm
"An English break" is a weekly rendez-vous for students that takes place at "My Favourite Place", 4 rue de l'Espine. Free activity for library member
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Conversation group for University students
PARIS - NYU Paris - REPETITION OUVERTE : The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Le Collectif Fusion, les collèges Martin Luther King (Villiers-leBel 95), Stéphane Mallarmé (Paris 17ème) et
New York University in France vous présentent :
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
The Things to fear was the Thing that made her beautiful, and not us.
The Bluest Eye (L’oeil le plus bleu), by Toni Morrison
Built around an excerpt from The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, this performance is the
product of an encounter. For the past four months, students from the collège Martin
Luther King in Villiers-le-Bel, the collège Stéphane Mallarmé in Paris, and NYUParis
have met to explore the meaning of the novel, its American context and its relevance to
contemporary France. A montage of dance, video, acted and spoken text, the spectacle
is also built around students’ reflections about their experience and the observations
they have gained from this exchange. If Pecola, 12 years old, the heroine of the novel,
submits to the sorrow and racism she sees around her, other voices raise the promise of
resistance, the possibility of a regenerated world
L’équipe artistique :
Martine De Koninck, Isabelle Dufau, Farida Ouchani, Naïma Belabbas, Evelyne Mendy, Loïc
Nys, Germain Cagnac
L’équipe pédagogique :
Beth Epstein, Maya Judd, Guillaume Pagès, Greg Bowen, Odile Chenut, Hélène Fessenmeyer,
Béatrice Métayer, Nathalie Armstrong-Boursier, Asmahane El Moktari, Sarah Sauton.
Les danseurs et les danseuses :
Kévin Elatré, Mélyne Fabèle, Flora Fabèle, Ophélie Fabèle, Amandine Froye, Steven
Kayenga, Paméla Kenmoé.
Les acteurs et les actrices :
Hira Ahmed, Sara Alwan, Nicolas Arnold, Samira Berouaken, Elsa Berthelot, Alistair
Blacklock, Jeadyne Clotan, Audrey Frischman, Prescillia Guannel, Priska Guannel, Anastasia
Moryakova, Laetitia Ngando, Nneka Ojini, Andrew Olshevski, Sophie Osmond-Naule, Meike
Radler, Arjur Sawhney, Niruja Shaseeharan, Jason Texier, Laureen Wilfong.
Entrée libre, dans la limite des places disponibles
Réservation : 01 39 87 53 / 06 26 54 40 23
REPETION OUVERTE : 8 mai 19h30
Résidence Lucien Paye
45 Bis Boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris
M° : Cité Universitaire
SPECTACLE : 11 mai 20h30
Maison de Quartier Boris Vian
4, rue Scribe
95400Villiers-Le-Bel
M° : Villiers-Le-Bel -
Gonesse - Arnouville
PARIS - NYU Paris - REPETITION OUVERTE : The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Permanence in Chateau Gontier
Permanence in Chateau Gontier
March 7th, April 4th, May 9th & June 6th
2:30 to 4:30 followed by coffee and sometimes home-baked goodies!
The volunteer team of the English-language Library offers a book table and two conversation groups at "Le Carré" in Chateau Gontier one Wednesday a month. Membership card is 22 euros to borrow books and conversation group costs 20. Many thanks to the Le Carré staff for all of their support.
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Permanence in Chateau Gontier
LYON (69) - France Ameriques Rhone Alpes - M!Jean Jacques VINCENT domaine Château-Fuissé Influence de la viticulture française en AMERIQUE
Mercredi 9 mai 2012 à 18 h 00
M!Jean Jacques VINCENT domaine Château-Fuissé
Influence de la viticulture française en AMERIQUE
PARIS - NYU Paris - «They write in French. They write in English. They write in the borders» Lecture with Lyonel Trouillot, Haitian writer
As part of our long year theme « The Francophone Americas:
Perspectives on Haiti» and the NYU Paris/BNF Cycle «They
write in French. They write in English. They write in the
borders»
Lecture with Lyonel Trouillot, Haitian writer
Novelist and poet, Lyonel Trouillot was born in 1956 in the Haitian capital of Port-auPrince. When he was fourteen, his family moved to the United States, but five years later
he returned to Haiti. Although he began his studies with law, he was very quickly noticed
for his writing. Having published numerous poems and critical texts in several Haitian
and Diaspora newspapers and scholarly journals, he is also the co-founder of Haitian
magazines such as Langaj, Les cahiers du vendredi and Lire Haiti. He has taught at both
the high school and university level and today, he still gives courses at the Ecole Normale
Supérieure de l’Université d’Etat d’Haïti. He is the editor-in-chief of the magazine Cultura
and the daily newspaper Le progressiste haïtien.
As part of a programme to acquaint our students and the French public with contemporary literature both
in English and French, New York University in France, in association with the Bibliothèque Nationale François
Mitterrand, has launched a series of encounters in which Anglophone and Francophone writers are invited to
discuss their work before an audience of students and Parisians. Held in the auditorium of the Bibliothèque
Nationale, these sessions are simultaneously interpreted to both the authors and the audience with the help
of interpreters furnished by UNESCO. The sessions are chaired by the journalist and documentary filmmaker
Marie-Dominique Montel. An actor is also on hand to read extracts from the writers’ work.
Marie-Dominique Montel is a television and radio
journalist (Europe 1, France Télévision, France
Musique). She has produced many documentaries
(La naissance de l’Ange bleu, Le cinéma selon Dali...)
for television, one of which was a series on English
(Graham Greene, T.E. Lawrence, Arthur Conan Doyle)
as well as French authors (Choderlos de Laclos, Aimé
Césaire, Jacques Charbonne).
Paul Marchadier began his theatre career by taking
courses with Jean-Louis Bihoreau and Jean-Laurent
Cochet at the Conservatory. He has performed plays
written by a wide range of authors: Racine, Ribes,
Pagnol, Labiche. He then joined the PHENIX Troupe
and traveled around France in a caravan performing
and singing. He divides his time between France and
Italy and performs in street and children plays as
well as organizes workshops for children and adults.
Lastly, in 2008 he had the honor to join Jean-Claude
Penchenat’s troupe (Troupe du Campagnol).
9 mai 18h30
Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
Petit auditorium
Quai François Mauriac
M° : Bibliothèque François
Mitterrand
Entrée libre, dans la limite des places disponibles
Rsvp: rsvp.nyuinfrance@nyu.edu
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Happy Hour
Happy Hour
Need an after work cocktail? A little libation? Meet friends for Happy Hour at one of Lyon’s charming wine bars, Vin ‘Temps, in the 1st arrondissement.
Date: May 9 and May 23
Time: 7 p.m. till 9 p.m.
Location: Vin Temps, 2 Rue des Capucins, 69001 (near Place Des Terreaux)
Event Coordinator: Léa Miche
Happy Hour locations will change monthly. We welcome your suggestions for your favorite watering hole in your neighborhood. Contact Léa Miche for more information or to suggest a future location.
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - French Drinks Sète
Event: French Drinks
Date(s): 11/04/2012, 09/05/2012, 13/06/2012
Location: FRENCH DRINKS SETE
etail: Join other Anglophones for a glass of wine and speak french regardless of your level at the cosy lounge bar at the Hotel de Pari
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - French Drinks Sète
PARIS - US, UK & Canada Education Info Sessions
Over the course of three evenings in May, the 9th, 16th, and 23rd, guest speakers from the Canadian Cultural Center (9/5), US Fulbright Commission (16/5) and British Council (23/5) will give presentations about their respective systems of higher education. Representatives of distinguished universities will also be on site to answer questions and to talk with prospective students and their families.There is no cost to attend and a reception will follow each event. We ask that guests confirm their attendance either by visiting Caliper or by writing us atcontact@caliperadmissions.com.
The content of these sessions will be extremely beneficial to international families based in and around Paris - please feel free to share this announcement to members of your network. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us either by email atcontact@caliperadmissions.com or by phone a 01.45.62.37.24 .
PARIS - American Library - Evenings with an Author: Judith Rock
Wed 09 May 2012 - 19h30
Evenings with an Author: Judith Rock
Judith Rock presents The Eloquence of Blood, book two of her The Charles du Luc Historical Mystery series.
The Paris Charles saw from his window on his first night at the Jesuit college was not our Paris. But it was a city already very old, and I think that when “he kissed his hand to sleeping Paris”, he felt its mysterious magic.” – extracted from Judith Rock’s website
In the second installment of her historical mystery series, Rock places The Eloquence of Blood in 1686 Paris. The book opens with the death of Martine Mynette as she tries to prove her relation to the last surviving Mynette heir, claiming the inheritance that the family had planned to donate to the Jesuit school, Louis le Grand. Charles du Luc, the series’ protagonist, takes on solving the murder, focusing on the Jesuits implicated in the crime.
About the author
Judith Rock’s eclectic career path has informed and inspired her writing. She is a modern dancer and choreographer, and founder of Body and Soul Dance Company in Berkeley, CA. She was an assistant professor of dance at at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, and became half of the tap-dance-and-talk duo A Loose Association with cabaret performer Tom Knudsen. Following her cabaret experience she was a police officer for several years. She also has a doctorate in Theology and Art from the Graduate Theological Union, and her doctoral research became the root of her Charles du Luc Historical Mystery Series.
Learn more about Judith Rock on her website
PARIS - American Library - Evenings with an Author: Judith Rock
PARIS - Mona Bismarck American Center for Art & Culture - The Varian Fry Project: A Workshop Performance in the Word for Word style
Wednesday, May 9 at 7:30 pm
The Varian Fry Project: A Workshop Performance in the Word for Word style
For 17 years, San Francisco's Word for Word Performing Arts Company has been bringing fully staged theater productions of great short stories to Paris: now Word for Word Artistic Director Susan Harloe, along with Christopher Mack, collaborates with La Compagnie Razno at the MonaBismarck American Center on The Varian Fry Project, based on Varian Fry's wartime autobiography, Surrender on Demand.
An American journalist who witnessed firsthand the rise of fascism while traveling in Germany in the late 1930s, Varian Fry immediately realized the consequences for the outspoken anti-Nazis, artists and intellectuals, and specifically Jews.
In 1940, Varian Fry went to Marseille to help liberate 200-some refugees, with a few thousand dollars, thinking it would take him no more than a month. Upon arrival, he saw such great need that he remained with other international rescue workers, forging passports, organizing prison breakouts, leading escapes through the Pyrenees, laundering money; in short, everything humanly possible to help refugees escape the threat of detention and certain death. Despite the constant threat of his own arrest, Varian Fry refused to leave Marseille until he was forcibly expelled to the United States in 1941. In that time, he aided nearly 2000 men and women in their escape from the Nazi regime, among them Marc Chagall, Andre Breton, Jacques Lipchitz, Andre Masson, Hannah Arendt, and Max Ernst.
Varian Fry is one of only three Americans to be honored as Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem, in Israel.
Directed by: Susan Harloe and Christopher Mack
Stage Manager: Clarence Tokley
With Antoine Brin, Heike Brunner, Raphael Caraty, Laura d'Arista, Julia Douny, Spencer Evans, Gendell Hernandez and Jean Loup Lamarche.
Numbers are limited. To reserve, please send an email to rsvp@monabismarck.org
Performance in English followed by cocktail.
Cost: 20 € at the door.
PARIS - CRAZY HORSE (V.O.)
CRAZY HORSE (V.O.)
Entrez dans les coulisses du temple mondial de la sensualité, le Crazy Horse...
Pour son 39e film, Frederick Wiseman lève le rideau d’une troisième institution française après la Comédie Française et le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris. Au cœur du plus avant-gardiste des cabarets parisiens, la caméra du documentariste américain suit le metteur en scène Philippe Decouflé et Ali Mahdavi, directeur artistique, qui réinventent les numéros de la célèbre revue de danseuses nues. Découvrez la vie du Crazy, des répétitions aux représentations publiques...
Mercredi 9 mai à 20h30.
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - Coffee Morning Sète
Event: COFFEE MORNING
Date(s): 03/05/2012, 10/05/2012, 17/05/2012, 21/05/2012
Detail: Join other anglophones for a coffee and a chat every Thursday morning at the lovely Brasserie Victor Hugo (next to the Theater on boulevard Victor Hugo). It is a great opportunity to exchange books, magazines and provide useful tips and information to newcomers.
From 9h30 to 11h00.
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - Coffee Morning Sète
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Morning Coffee in Marseille
10Morning Coffee in Marseille
10:00 – 12:00hrs
Come and join us for a coffee and afterwards we can go for a gentle walk in the surrounding area. If you would like to come, please contact Marietta.
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Morning Coffee in Marseille
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Book Discussion Group
Book Discussion Group
10:30hrs
Slowly we continue to discuss the Nobel Prize winners for literature in our group. Having already read books by Pamuk, Le Clézio, Buck, Vargas Llosa, Doris Lessing, Coetzee, Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and Saramago, this month we are reading Herta Müller. I don’t know if her name rings a bell with you (it doesn’t with me!) but in 2009 she was awarded this most prominent literature prize. I have read four books of hers with the Dutch literature group and I would like to share her special prose and Romanian background with you.
Herta Müller (b.1957) is a Romanian-born German novelist and essayist. She has written widely about dictatorship in her native country and the unmoored life of the political exile. The Swedish Academy described her while announcing her award as someone “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the disposed”. Her prize came on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism in Europe. She is the first German writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature since Günter Grass in 1999, the thirteenth writing in German (since the prize was given in 1901) and the twelfth woman! Just five of her nineteen works have been translated into English.
Ms. Müller was born and raised in the German-speaking town of Nitzkydorf in Romania. Her father served in the Waffen-SS during WW II and her mother was deported to the Soviet Union in 1945 and sent to a work camp in what is now Ukraine. As a university student studying German and Romanian literature, Ms. Müller opposed the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu and joined Aktionsgruppe Banat, a group of dissident writers who sought freedom of speech. In 1982 she wrote her first work, a collection of short stories, while working as a translator for a factory. The stories were censored by the Romanian authorities and Müller was fired from the factory after refusing to inform for the Securitate secret police. While she was working as a kindergarten teacher, the uncensored manuscript of ‘Niederungen’ (Nadirs) was smuggled to Germany and published there to instant critical acclaim. This, and early other works, depicted life in a small village and describes the repression faced by its residents. Her later novels including ‘The Appointment’ and ‘The Land of the Green Plums’ approach allegory as they graphically portray the brutality suffered by modest people living under totalitarianism.
We will discuss ‘Herztier’ (Heart-Beast) translated as ‘The Land of the Green Plums’. According to Larry Wolff, reviewing the book for The New York Times, the poetic quality of the language is essentially connected to its author's objective: “the author seeks to create a sort of poetry out of the spiritual and material ugliness of life in Communist Romania.”. It’s not an easy read, because it is largely, but not entirely, devoid of humor. It is the story of a group of young people in Ceausescu’s time who, having left their impoverished villages for university in search for education and camaraderie, find their hopes quickly dashed. The narrator and her friends feel the impact of an impressive regime, constant surveillance, harassment, humiliating interrogations and police brutality. Eventually, the friends betray each other and themselves.
This is a highly autobiographical account (to the point where you can wonder how confidently you can actually declare it a work of fiction) as apparently the book was written in response to the news of the possible Securitate organized deaths of two of her friends. I found the prose simple, blurred to the point where at times we are left unsure as to what exactly is going on which is quite understandable in a country that has been driven mad by fear. The mood of the novel is more important than the plot. It’s a moving and disturbing master piece and we can be lucky that we are living in a free country, where we can discuss freely the upcoming elections.
Let Holly or me know what you will bring for our pot luck lunch, perhaps a Kartoffel Salat (potato) or Bratwurst?
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Book Discussion Group
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Café Français
Café Français- NOW on Thursdays, 11:00-12:30 starting March 29
Would you like to improve your French conversation skills in a casual and relaxed atmosphere? Or would you like to lend your expertise to others learning French? Then join us as fellow member Fabienne leads our discussion group and provides insight into the lovely yet challenging French language.
PLEASE NOTE our new location and time starting on THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012:
Le Bistrot des Arts
20 rue Auguste Comte
69002 Lyon
metro stop: Bellecour – exit rue Victor Hugo
Bring a friend-Everyone is welcome!
Event Coordinator: Fabienne Nicolas
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Fêtes Consulaires
MARSEILLE (13) - MAABN Mediterranean Anglo-American Business Network - LANGUAGE APERO
LANGUAGE APERO 10/05 – Aix
Featuring MAABN sponsor The Real Land Group
Hosted at the Château de la Pioline, Les Milles
(Please note in your diaries – this Language Apero is on a Thursday, not Tuesday, due to the May 8 public holiday)
The Real Land Group (www.real-land.com) was established in 1997 and has built a solid reputation as a specialist office developer in the UK and Southern France.
Today, all new operations are in France -where recent developments account for more than 30,000 m² of office space – with the 2012 programme due to provide almost 12,000 m² of new offices in the Bouches-du-Rhone and Var départements.
Typical development project values range from €5 M to €20 M
The group’s success has been achieved by creating a uniform, quality product, usually within established business parks, and by working with a closely-knit and trusted network of local and international professionals.
The group holding company is registered in London but all operations in France are managed from the French head office at La Ciotat.
Where
Chateau de la Pioline
260 rue Guillaume Vair
Les Milles
13146 Aix en Provence
MARSEILLE (13) - MAABN Mediterranean Anglo-American Business Network - LANGUAGE APERO
RENNES (35) - Institut Franco-Américain - Naissance et baptême breton de la marine de guerre américaine :: conférence
Naissance et baptême breton de la marine de guerre américaine :: conférence
jeudi 10 mai - 18h30
Du Granite State au Granit Breton… C’est à Quiberon, le 14 février 1778, qu’est saluée pour la première fois au monde la bannière étoilée, emblème des États-Unis.
A l’aide de navires et de marins bretons, la Continentale Navy, ancêtre de l’US Navy, entre dans la légende maritime.
Eric Sinou-Bertault, délégué régional de la Société Française d’Histoire maritime et membre de la North American Society for Oceanic History vient de publier un livre sur cette page méconnue de l’histoire navale.
Il dédicacera cet ouvrage à l’issue de la conférence.
Entrée libre et gratuite
Renseignements : 02 99 79 89 23 | contact@ifa-rennes.org
BORDEAUX (33) - Association Bordeaux-USA - Harvey Morgan to discuss ‘Francization’, or How my life has changed by living in France
May 10th – Harvey Morgan will moderate a panel of Anglophones to discuss ‘Francization’, or How my life has changed by living in France. There will be questions on a variety of topics, including diet/eating habits, politics, fashion/clothing, work or not, leisure activities, world views, and much, much more. Come and add your experience to our melting pot!
PARIS - WHSmith - Mary McAuliffe will present and sign her book Clash of Crowns
On Thursday 10th May at 7pm, Mary McAuliffe will present and sign her book Clash of Crowns: William the Conqueror, Richard Lionheart, and Eleanor of Aquitaine - A Story of Bloodshed, Betrayal, and Revenge.
Conflict between England and France was a fact of life for centuries, but few realize that its origins date from the time of the Vikings, when a Norse chieftain named Rollo established himself and his progeny in Normandy. In this compelling and entertaining history, Mary McAuliffe takes the reader back to those dark and turbulent times when Rollo’s descendants, the dukes of Normandy, asserted their dominance over the weak Frankish monarchy—a dominance that became especially threatening after Duke William conquered England in 1066, giving him a royal crown.
Despite this crown, William the Conqueror and his royal successors remained dukes of Normandy, with feudal obligations to their overlord, the king of France. This naturally fostered an ongoing hostility between the French and English crowns that, as McAuliffe convincingly shows, became ever more explosive as the strength and territorial holdings of the English monarchs grew. Conflict erupted regularly over the years, and Eleanor of Aquitaine’s desertion of one camp for the other only added fuel to the long-simmering feud.
McAuliffe takes the reader back to this dramatic era, providing the fascinating background and context for this “clash of crowns.” She offers colorful insights into Richard Lionheart and Eleanor of Aquitaine as well as lesser-known French and English monarchs, especially Philip II of France. Philip (later called Philip Augustus) proved a determined opponent of Richard Lionheart, and their cut-throat rivalry not only created fatal divisions within the Third Crusade, but also culminated in an explosive faceoff at Richard’s newly built Château-Gaillard, the seemingly impregnable gateway to empire. The outcome would shape the course of English and French history for centuries to come.
PARIS - WHSmith - Mary McAuliffe will present and sign her book Clash of Crowns
PARIS - Village Voice Book - Corinne Alexandre-Garner, Georges Hoffmann, Marc Parent and Frédéric Jacques Temple will discuss the life and work of Lawrence Durrell
Thursday, May 10th at 7pm
Corinne Alexandre-Garner, Georges Hoffmann, Marc Parent and Frédéric Jacques Temple will discuss the life and work of Lawrence Durrell
The Village Voice Bookshop has the pleasure of inviting you to meet Corinne Alexandre-Garner, editor of Dans l'ombre du soleil grec for La Quinzaine littéraire, Louis Vuiton, Georges Hoffman, director of l'Agence Hoffmann and author and producer of the film A Parisian Friendship, Marc Parent, literary agent and former Buchet-Chastel editor for Petite musique pour amoureux, and Frédéric Jacques Temple, novelist, poet, French translator and biographer of Henry Miller, and author of the film directed by Daniel Costelle Chez Lawrence Durrell. The panel will discuss the life and work of Lawrence Durrell in celebration of the author's centenary. The evening will be followed by a screening of the two films, A Parisian Friendship and Chez Lawrence Durrell at the Action Christine cinema.
Lawrence Durrell was born in 1912 in India. His first authentic literary work was The Black Book, published in Paris in 1938 under the aegis of Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin. «In the writing of it I first heard the sound of my own voice», he later wrote. The novel was praised by T.S. Eliot who would publish his first collection of poems in 1943. From his years spent in Greece he drew a number of books on Cyprus, Rhodes and the other Greek islands but he is most famous for The Alexandria Quartet, inspired by a wartime sojourn in Egypt and completed in Southern France where he settled permanently in 1957. Out of his new dwelling would come a final masterpiece, The Avigon Quintet. Durrell’s first novel, Pied Piper of Lovers, was published in France in 2012 by Buchet-Chastel under the title, Petite musique pour amoureux, in a translation by Annick Le Goyat.
Drawing from Durrell’s paintings, travel writing, poetry and letters, notably his correspondance with Henry Miller, a lifelong friend, Dans l’ombre du soleil grec – edited and prefaced by Corinne Alexandre-Garner – gives the reader insight to the rich and complex work of one of the last century’s major authors whose sensuous and solar writing not only describes the beauty of beloved places but also contrasting inner-landscapes.
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PARIS - EMILY DICKINSON, LA BELLE D'AMHERST
EMILY DICKINSON, LA BELLE D'AMHERST
Du mardi au samedi à 19h
Du 10 mai au 7 juillet 2012
Nom de la compagnie : Zipporah Films
Auteur : William Luce , en accord avec Don Gregory
Mise en scène : Fred Wiseman
Avec : Nathalie Boutefeu
Au crépuscule de sa vie, Emily Dickinson poétesse américaine de la moitié du 19eme siècle, recluse dans sa maison natale du Massachusetts, se remémore les figures familiales, amicales et amoureuses qui ont marqué son existence. Le documentariste américain Frederik Wiseman et l'actrice Nathalie Boutefeu, tenterons d'éclairer au cours d'un monologue parsemé de poèmes, le mystère de sa vie et la beauté si moderne de ses écrits, découverts et publiés après sa mort.
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Crédit photo: Couchot 2012
PARIS - American Library - A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES with Judith Merians: The Shawshank Redemption
Thu 10 May 2012 - 19h30
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES with Judith Merians: The Shawshank Redemption
How does story telling in words differ creatively from story telling in films? A Night at the Movies will compare excerpts from books and plays with scenes from the film versions of the literary works. Each spring and each autumn scenes from a different and popular book/play and its film version will be featured and each selection will exemplify a different aspect of filmic story telling. Judith Merians will explain why films require their own creative conventions and how filmmakers employ visual and aural techniques to enhance and deepen the tale with as few words as possible. And to add to the enjoyment Judith will fill you in on some of the behind-the-scenes history of the evening's film. No RSVP required, just drop on in and join us for a Night at the Movies.
Stephen King masterfully writes of the bleakness in ordinary life and the horror that arises in everyday places. In The Shawshank Redemption the Shawshank prison is the hell on earth in which the story of two convicted murderers and unlikely friends, Andy and Red, unfolds. How did King and the director Frank Darabont, create empathy in the readership and audience with two such characters in this claustrophobic setting? Discover the subtext of the story in which Andy, the force of hope, arrives in a forsaken place, changes it, and moves on. He is the classic mythic figure.About Judith Merians
Judith Merians has been an entertainment attorney and business executive for the Hollywood Studios and independent production companies for 27 years. She has taught the business, finance, and legal aspects of filmmaking at the University of California Los Angeles Extension Film School for 12 years and in film schools around the world and has spoken at many film conferences including the Cannes Film Festival and the American Film Market seminars. She is currently a consultant to independent filmmakers and film school professor.
PARIS - American Library - A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES with Judith Merians: The Shawshank Redemption
PARIS - NYU Paris - «The Francophone Americas : Perspectives on Haiti» Haiti, a Living Portrait, theater director : Cécile Cotté
As part of our long year theme «The Francophone Americas :
Perspectives on Haiti»
Haiti, a Living Portrait, theater director : Cécile Cotté
This play combines a group of texts written by contemporary Haitian authors. It will recount
this country’s history which is simultaneously grandiose—the only successful slave revolt,
the first black republic—and tragic—colonization, numerous dictatorships, and the 2010
earthquake…
A group of wandering clowns will tell these stories. Soothsayers and jokers, they mock
society, themes of power and religion, as well as ridicule the world. They parody humanity
but also create space for tragedy. These clowns belong to madness, to the madness that
is necessary for the safeguarding of truth.
Conception et mise en scène : Cécile Cotté
Création musicale et accessoires : Stéphane Scott
Costumes : Mimie Tack
Avec : Elisa Angevin, Virginie Brinker, Mi Jung Kim, Minjae Kim, Amy Scrupsky, Sophie Thunberg,
Anastasia Trinh, Hayley Voland. étudiants de NYU in France.
10 mai 20h00
Résidence Lucien Paye
45 Bis Boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris
M° : Cité Universitaire
Entrée libre, dans la limite des places disponibles
Rsvp: rsvp.nyuinfrance@nyu.edu
PARIS - LA DERNIÈRE LETTRE (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
LA DERNIÈRE LETTRE (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
En 1941, dans une petite ville d'Ukraine, Anna Semionovna écrit une lettre à son fils, physicien célèbre parti travaillé dans un institut de sciences soviétique. Médecin, russe et juive, elle évoque, par des saynètes vécues, des détails, son mariage malheureux, la naissance de son fils, l'arrivée des Nazis, l'incrédulité criminelle de certains Juifs, sa judéité, etc. Ce sera sa dernière lettre. Quelques jours plus tard, elle est assassinée par les soldats allemands.
Jeudi 10 mai et mercredi 16 mai à 20h30. La séance du mercredi 16 sera suivie d'une rencontre avec Frederick Wiseman.
PARIS - LA DERNIÈRE LETTRE (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
TOULOUSE (31) - Am Cham - Matinale AMCHAM Finance Task Force - Salle AUDOUY - CCI Toulouse
- Friday, May 11th, 2012 at 8.30 - Matinale AMCHAM Finance Task Force - Salle AUDOUY - CCI Toulouse. Please register on : http://www.weezevent.com/MATINALE-BAROMETRE-AMCHAM---LANCEMENT-TASK-FORCE-FINANCE
TOULOUSE (31) - Am Cham - Matinale AMCHAM Finance Task Force - Salle AUDOUY - CCI Toulouse
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Coffee House
Coffee House
Every Friday
9am-11am
This is a special moment when the community gathers together to talk about everything and anything (...in English of course...) and sip fair trade coffee and tea. Coffee House is open to library members. Just drop in, no need to reserve!
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Coffee House
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Talk on the Hundred Years War and the Black Prince
Talk on the Hundred Years War and the Black Prince
May 11th
10am
Peter Hoskins will talk about the Black Prince, the Hundred Years War, and research for his book "In the Steps of the Black Prince", during which he walked 2,100 kilometres retracing the campaign before the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. Peter Hoskins was interviewed on BBC Radio 4, click here to listen. Free and open to the public
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Knit and Natter
Knit and Natter
Every Friday
10am
Come along and bring your knitting,
Have a natter while you're sitting,
Or learn to knit with wool provided,
Needles loaned and stitches guided.
Knitted garments are trés chic
So be in vogue and start this week.
Knit and natter is a free activity open to all members and takes place on Fridays from 10-11am
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Knit and Natter
GRENOBLE (38) - Working Women’s Network Grenoble - WWNG Social / Informal Networking
PARIS - AUP Arts Arena - United Nations Associations Film Festival
United Nations Association Film Festival
Time: 11 May, 6:30 pm
Location: Door Studios
Category: Film
Film Festival
VALUES: Planned Waste___Creation of or from? National___Security or Transparency? Gross National___Product or Happiness?
The United Nations Film Festival and its traveling film festival celebrate the power of films and videos dealing with human rights, the environment, globalization, war and peace. The Arts Arena is proud to present this festival for the third year. Director and founder of UNAFF Jasmina Bojic will be present, as will several of the filmmakers. Five films will be screened, including the Academy Award nominated Waste Land.
11 May 2012 18h30
12 May 2012 15h00
Screenings | Panels | Reception
PARIS - AUP Arts Arena - United Nations Associations Film Festival
PARIS - BOXING GYM (V.O.) / CINÉ-DÉBAT XAVIER LEHERPEUR (EN PRÉSENCE DE FRED WISEMAN)
BOXING GYM (V.O.) / CINÉ-DÉBAT XAVIER LEHERPEUR (EN PRÉSENCE DE FRED WISEMAN) LE 11 MAI À 20H30.
Austin, Texas. Richard Lord, ancien boxeur professionnel, a fondé son club de boxe Lord's Gym, il y a seize ans. Des personnes d'origines et de classes sociales et d’âge différents s'entrainent dans ce gymnase : hommes, femmes, enfants, docteurs, avocats, juges, hommes et femmes d'affaires, immigrants, boxeurs professionnels ou aspirants professionnels côtoient de simples amateurs et des adolescent en quête de force et d'assurance.Le gymnase est une illustration du "melting pot" à l'américaine où les gens s'entrainent, se parlent, se rencontrent...
Vendredi 11 mai à 20h30: la séance sera suivie d'un débat avec Frederick Wiseman animé par Xavier Leherpeur (critique cinéma). Séance supplémentaire le dimanche 20 à 20h30.
PARIS - BOXING GYM (V.O.) / CINÉ-DÉBAT XAVIER LEHERPEUR (EN PRÉSENCE DE FRED WISEMAN)
PARIS - NYU Paris - The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Le Collectif Fusion, les collèges Martin Luther King (Villiers-leBel 95), Stéphane Mallarmé (Paris 17ème) et
New York University in France vous présentent :
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
The Things to fear was the Thing that made her beautiful, and not us.
The Bluest Eye (L’oeil le plus bleu), by Toni Morrison
Built around an excerpt from The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, this performance is the
product of an encounter. For the past four months, students from the collège Martin
Luther King in Villiers-le-Bel, the collège Stéphane Mallarmé in Paris, and NYUParis
have met to explore the meaning of the novel, its American context and its relevance to
contemporary France. A montage of dance, video, acted and spoken text, the spectacle
is also built around students’ reflections about their experience and the observations
they have gained from this exchange. If Pecola, 12 years old, the heroine of the novel,
submits to the sorrow and racism she sees around her, other voices raise the promise of
resistance, the possibility of a regenerated world
L’équipe artistique :
Martine De Koninck, Isabelle Dufau, Farida Ouchani, Naïma Belabbas, Evelyne Mendy, Loïc
Nys, Germain Cagnac
L’équipe pédagogique :
Beth Epstein, Maya Judd, Guillaume Pagès, Greg Bowen, Odile Chenut, Hélène Fessenmeyer,
Béatrice Métayer, Nathalie Armstrong-Boursier, Asmahane El Moktari, Sarah Sauton.
Les danseurs et les danseuses :
Kévin Elatré, Mélyne Fabèle, Flora Fabèle, Ophélie Fabèle, Amandine Froye, Steven
Kayenga, Paméla Kenmoé.
Les acteurs et les actrices :
Hira Ahmed, Sara Alwan, Nicolas Arnold, Samira Berouaken, Elsa Berthelot, Alistair
Blacklock, Jeadyne Clotan, Audrey Frischman, Prescillia Guannel, Priska Guannel, Anastasia
Moryakova, Laetitia Ngando, Nneka Ojini, Andrew Olshevski, Sophie Osmond-Naule, Meike
Radler, Arjur Sawhney, Niruja Shaseeharan, Jason Texier, Laureen Wilfong.
Entrée libre, dans la limite des places disponibles
Réservation : 01 39 87 53 / 06 26 54 40 23
REPETION OUVERTE : 8 mai 19h30
Résidence Lucien Paye
45 Bis Boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris
M° : Cité Universitaire
SPECTACLE : 11 mai 20h30
Maison de Quartier Boris Vian
4, rue Scribe
95400Villiers-Le-Bel
M° : Villiers-Le-Bel -
Gonesse - Arnouville
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Master Photography Workshop
ATELIER PHOTO
| 3 heures de stage de 9h30 à 12h30 | 55€ |
votre appareil reflex
Il comprend
- la théorie sur les notions de base - la mise au point, la vitesse, l'ouverture et la sensibilité
- comment passer du mode 'automatique' aux modes manuels ou semi-automatiques selon la situation
- une mise en pratique de la théorie, avec des exercices à l'extérieur et des commentaires et consignes du formateur pour chaque participant
Chaque participant doit amener un appareil photo qui permet les réglages mentionnés ci-dessus.
Inscription avant le 6 mai.
Nombre de participants : 6 à 8
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Master Photography Workshop
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - Pot Luck
Event: Seaman's Club Pot luck
Date(s): 12/05/2012, 09/06/2012
Detail: Bring along a dish (sweet or savoury) and meet new friends at the Seaman's Club near the St Louis Church in Sète. Every 2nd Saturday of the month from 12h00 to 14h00
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - Pot Luck
PARIS - American Library - Reading in the digital age: two book discussions and a film screening
Sat 12 May 2012 14h00 - 19h00
Reading in the digital age: two book discussions and a film screening
As a library community, all of us have an interest in the future of reading. The information revolution and the Internet have called into question the most basic assumptions about how knowledge is disseminated, accessed, archived, protected, created, understood, exploited….
Members of the American Library in Paris will have a chance to discuss these questions in one month’s time during an afternoon symposium on reading in the digital age. It’s all happening on the afternoon of Saturday 12 May. Fittingly, first we will read books and talk about them, and then we will watch something on a screen and then talk about it.
14h00 – 15h15: A discussion of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr This short book is a quiet and passionate lament for the decline in reflection and concentration that the author claims is the byproduct of the new screen culture. It grew out of an Atlantic Monthly article. Excerpts from The Shallows have also been published by Wired magazine, National Public Radio, National Geographic, and Gizmodo.
15h30 – 16h45: A discussion of The Googlization of Everything, by Siva Vaidhyanathan. Despite its trivializing title, this is a serious study of just how pervasive and permanent – and possibly dangerous – Google itself has become as a planetary information utility. Something about the shorter version. Listen to the interview with Siva Vaidhyanathan on Spark, hosted by Nora Young or watch a video of a presentation given by Siva Vaidhyanathan at Stanford University hosted on YouTube.
- 17h00 – 19h00: A screening of Connected: An Autoblography about Love, Death, and Technology, a documentary by Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain. A highly personal and critically praised exploration of the new technological world. After the 80-minute screening, participants are invited for refreshments and a chance to finish the afternoon’s conversations. Learn more about the film online.
All three discussions will be led by Charles Trueheart, the Library director, and others.
PARIS - American Library - Reading in the digital age: two book discussions and a film screening
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Dog Show
Dog Show
14:00hrs
Hi dogs! This message is for you. We’re looking forward to seeing you next month provided your owners are well behaved, friendly and you keep them on leads. We will let you have full details of venue, competitions etc. in the April issue.
The Dog Show Committee
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Dog Show
PARIS - AUP Arts Arena - United Nations Associations Film Festival
United Nations Association Film Festival
Time: 11 May, 6:30 pm
Location: Door Studios
Category: Film
Film Festival
VALUES: Planned Waste___Creation of or from? National___Security or Transparency? Gross National___Product or Happiness?
The United Nations Film Festival and its traveling film festival celebrate the power of films and videos dealing with human rights, the environment, globalization, war and peace. The Arts Arena is proud to present this festival for the third year. Director and founder of UNAFF Jasmina Bojic will be present, as will several of the filmmakers. Five films will be screened, including the Academy Award nominated Waste Land.
11 May 2012 18h30
12 May 2012 15h00
Screenings | Panels | Reception
PARIS - AUP Arts Arena - United Nations Associations Film Festival
PARIS - American Center for the Arts dorothy’s gallery - Vernissage : Confrontations
Confrontations
Vernissage le samedi 12 mai, 18-21h
Exposition jusqu’au 27 mai 2012
Cyril Angelidis peinture numérique urbaine
Aliska Lahusen peinture et sculpture minimaliste
Alain Quemper portraits de légendes
Jeune photographie contemporaine
La couleur vibre à la dorothy’s gallery
Confrontations témoigne de la volonté de l’American Center for the Arts, dorothy’s gallery de décloisonner les genres et les techniques en art contemporain.
L’espace d’exposition s’ouvre à une variété de pratiques et de sensibilités différentes, suscitant d’étonnantes conversations entre les genres et les générations, entre artistes confirmés et en début de carrière, entre peinture numérique, photographie et sculpture.
Des explosions de couleurs de Cyril Angelidis à la méditation géométrique d’Aliska Lahusen, en passant par l’instant photographique, l’exposition propose un véritable parcours en images, en contrastes et en formes : photos contemporaines, portraits de légendes des années 1960, digigraphie, « Iphonography », photomontages, polaroids et sérigraphies se croisent pour échanger leurs visions d’un monde contemporain tour à tour joyeux, ludique, électrique, paisible méditatif, ou fantastique.
Avec : Cyril Angelidis, Aliska Lahusen, Alain Quemper, Paula Rosa, Nathalie Seroux, Romain Darnaud, Aurélie Jouan.
PARIS - American Center for the Arts dorothy’s gallery - Vernissage : Confrontations
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Chili Cook Off
PARIS - LA DANSE, LE BALLET DE L'OPÉRA DE PARIS (V.O.)
LA DANSE, LE BALLET DE L'OPÉRA DE PARIS (V.O.)
Frederick Wiseman, pionnier du cinéma documentaire, a installé sa caméra durant douze semaines au coeur de l'Opéra de Paris. Des ateliers de couture aux représentations publiques où brillent les étoiles, ce film nous entraine dans les coulisses de la prestigieuse institution et nous montre le travail de tous ceux qui donnent corps au quotidien à des spectacles d'exception.
Samedi 12 mai et vendredi 18 mai à 20h30.
PARIS - American Library - Monthly Used Book Sale Weekend
The Library's intake of books from purchases and donations regularly exceeds our shelf space, and managing a supple, constantly reinvigorated collection is in the capable hands of Simon Gallo, our seasoned collections manager.
The Library's regular book sales are one way we discard books as we keep our collection lean and help fund purchases of new books to add to the collection. Expand your collection of mystery novels, childrens books or gardening how-to's and in turn help the Library continue to renew the permanent collection.
PARIS - Drawing at the Orsay Museum / Discovering Degas and the Nude
PARIS - American Cathedral - LAGV concert
Dimanches musicals concert
Sunday, May 13, 2012, 4 – 5pm
church
Atlantic Ensemble (from Vanderbilt University)--violin, viola, cello. Classical program to be announced. Entry free; donations accepted for the artists.
PARIS - Expats Soirees Dinners - " THE MAGIC SPELL OF PARIS " DAVID BURKE AUTHOR, FILMMAKER
SPECIAL FUN GUEST(S) PRESENTS IN ENGLISH AT DINNER!.
For Expats of all origins, French and Visitors.
" THE MAGIC SPELL OF PARIS "
DAVID BURKE
AUTHOR, FILMMAKER
(SHARES HIS EXPAT EXPERIENCES)
13 MAY, 19H
Special Guest: DAVID BURKE, Filmmaker, Author. (www.writersinparis.com)
"THE MAGIC SPELL OF PARIS" David recounts vast and memorable expatriate experiences in Paris
PARIS - Expats Soirees Dinners - " THE MAGIC SPELL OF PARIS " DAVID BURKE AUTHOR, FILMMAKER
PARIS - TITICUT FOLLIES (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
TITICUT FOLLIES (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
Dimanche 13 mai et mardi 22 mai à 20h30. La séance du mardi 22 sera suivie d'une rencontre avec Frederick Wiseman.
PARIS - TITICUT FOLLIES (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Marseille Book Club
Marseille Book Club
14:00 – 16:00hrs
If you would like to come, please contact Marietta. The cost will 4€ each to cover costs. May’s book is ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ by Mark Haddon and June’s is ‘The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress’ by Beryl Bainbridge.
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Marseille Book Club
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - “French Sauces” Cooking Course with Three Course Dinner
For three enchanted evenings Chef Sofi will lead cooking lessons in English with an accent on recipes and demonstrations for three types of “Very French” sauces and their derivatives. Following the cooking demonstration, this culinary experience includes a 3-course dinner in a Croix Rousse restaurant which boasts ‘the best view over Lyon and all the way to the Mont Blanc!’.
The restaurant will be opened EXCLUSIVELY for American Club members and guests for an in-depth initiation into the secrets of French cooking.
—Scroll down to see each menu and for the Registration Form—
Cooking Lessons and Three Course Dinner by Les Ateliers de Sofi
Location: Croix Rousse restaurant – details emailed to you upon reservation and payment
Dates: April 30, May 7, May 14
Cost:
Member Price – 50 euros per session with dinner or 150 euros for the series of 3 sessions with dinner
Non-member Price – 60 euros per session with dinner or 180 euros for the series of 3 sessions with dinner
Timing: 6:00 p.m. for distribution of recipes; Courses start at 6:15 p.m. (late comers will receive a personal update upon arrival).
Dinner: 8:00 p.m.
Please send checks made out to the American Club of Lyon to:
American Club of Lyon
BP 2060
69226 LYON
Cedex 02
Upon reservation, the exact location of the restaurant will be emailed to you. To reserve your place fill out the request form below by April 15. All payments must be received by the Wednesday before the session. If you’d like to join us for the dinner portion only and receive all the recipes, you must follow the same booking procedure as above; all the costs remain the same. Need more details? Contact event coordinator Jennifer Gaff.
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - “French Sauces” Cooking Course with Three Course Dinner
PARIS - American Cathedral - Cathedral Art Show
Cathedral Art Show
PARIS - France Ameriques & France-Fulbright Alumni Table Ronde : Dépression et médicaments : de la prescription systématique de psychotropes comme réponse à la souffrance dans les pays industrialisés
David Cohen, professeur de sciences psychologiques et sociales, Florida International University,
Miami, titulaire de la Chaire Tocqueville-Fulbright 2011-12*, accueilli à l’Université de Poitiers
Pascal-Henri Keller, professeur de psychopathologie, Université de Poitiers
François Gonon, neurobiologiste et chercheur CNRS, Université Bordeaux-2
Dominique Torrès-Goubert, pédopsychiatre, médecin-chef du CMPP de Ville d'Avray
Modérateur : Guy Hugnet, Journaliste
(*La Chaire Tocqueville-Fulbright a été créée en 2005 par la Commission franco-américaine (Fulbright Commission) avec un
financement du Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche et du Département d'Etat Américain. Elle permet à
des institutions françaises d'accueillir pendant un semestre un chercheur américain de premier plan. )
Dépression et médicaments :
de la prescription systématique de psychotropes comme réponse à la souffrance dans les
pays industrialisés
le lundi 14 mai 2012 à 18 h 30
PARIS - France Ameriques - Récital de piano : Leonardo Hilsdorf
Lundi 14 mai 18h30
Récital de piano : Leonardo Hilsdorf
Emotions Musicales : à la découverte de nouveaux jeunes talents
Récital de piano de Leonardo Hilsdorf
le lundi 14 mai 2012 à 18h30
dans les salons de France-Amériques 9 avenue Franklin Roosevelt 75008 Paris
Recognized as an exponent of the new generation of Brazilian pianists, Leonardo
Hilsdorf has performed extensively throughout Brazil, the United States, Canada,
Germany, France and Norway. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the
University of Sao Paulo in the class of Eduardo Monteiro in 2008.
Programme :
J. Haydn: Sonata HOB:XVI 50 in C Major
Allegro – Adagio - Allegro Molto
S. Rachmaninoff: Sonate n.2 op. 36
Allegro Agitato - Non allegro-Lento - Allegro Molto
J. S. Bach: French Suite n.5 BWV 816
Allemande – Courante – Sarabande - Gavotte - Bourrée - Loure - Gigue
I. Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de Petroushka
Danse Russe - Chez Petroushka - La semaine Grasse
PARIS - France Ameriques - Récital de piano : Leonardo Hilsdorf
PARIS - HIGH SCHOOL (V.O.)
HIGH SCHOOL (V.O.)
Frederic Wiseman nous plonge dans une université américaine afin d’observer comment les professeurs et les étudiants interagissent ensemble.
Lundi 14 mai et samedi 19 mai à 20h30.
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Coffee Chat
Get together for a cafe, a delicious donut, and English conversation with American Club members and our fellow Lyonnais. No need to RSVP for this event.
Bring a friend -Everyone is welcome!
Each Tuesday morning
Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
at Times Donuts, 34 rue Sainte-Helene, Lyon 69002
Event Organizer: Sam Finocchio
SETE (34) - Bridge
Detail: Every Tuesday from 13h30 to 16h00
Join other anglophones for "social" bridge in English regardless of your level. Contact Jacob for more information tel 0685124866 or email jacob.wibom@gmail.com
PARIS - Parler Paris apres-midi - The Poetry of Paris - Poet and teacher Cecilia Woloch
Tuesday 15th May - 15h00 to 17h00
Type of event Presentation and Networking
Organized by : Parler Paris Après Midi
Subject : The Poetry of Paris - Poet and teacher Cecilia Woloch will read from her own work and the work of other poets inspired by Paris, poetry in which the city itself features prominently.
Speaker Cecilia Woloch, Poet and Teacher
Location : "Upstairs at La Pierre du Marais, on the corner of rue des Archives and rue de Bretagne, 75003 Paris
Métro Lines 9, 3 et 11, stations Temple, République or Arts et Métiers"
Price & Registration Free - you only pay for your drinks or food
More information : http://www.adrianleeds.com/events/apres-midi
PARIS - Parler Paris apres-midi - The Poetry of Paris - Poet and teacher Cecilia Woloch
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Conversation group for University students
Conversation group for University students
Every Tuesday
5pm-6pm
"An English break" is a weekly rendez-vous for students that takes place at "My Favourite Place", 4 rue de l'Espine. Free activity for library member
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Conversation group for University students
GRENOBLE (38) - Working Women’s Network Grenoble - Professional Development Seminars : Project Management Tips and Tools
RENNES (35) - Institut Franco-Américain - cZappa en BD :: exposition bédéistique
Zappa en BD :: exposition bédéistique
15 mai au 2 juin 2012
vernissage le 15 mai à 18h30
Zappa en BD est un projet qui rassemble des auteurs de différents horizons esthétiques et géographiques en proposant des interprétations originales en BD de la vie et de l'oeuvre de Frank Zappa. Le leitmotiv : Interpréter plutôt qu’ illustrer.
Véritable work in progress, le projet s'enrichit d'exposition en exposition grâce à de nouveaux auteurs et artistes venus des quatre coins du monde pour rejoindre le collectif Zappa. D'origine bédéistique, le collectif reste ouvert à d'autres disciplines artistiques (photo, vidéo, sculpture ...).
Chaque exposition est unique, avec de nouvelles contributions exposées, une scénographie originale et un vernissage musical en hommage à Frank Zappa.
Mardi 15 mai à 18h30, le vernissage en musique : "Plutôt que de jouer la musique de Frank Zappa, nous avons préféré illustrer ce que les différentes phases de sa production évoquaient chez nous.
Le parcours musical que nous proposons pour ce vernissage voyagera donc de la période R&B de Zappa à ses expériences de musique concrète en passant par le jazz-rock."
Les interprètes issus de la scène rennaise : Roland Bafius, batterie, samples et voix / François Coquet, saxophone et voix / Benoît Delaune, guitare et voix / Benoit Heringuez, basse / J., ordinateur et voix
Entrée libre - Renseignements : 02 99 79 89 23 | contact@ifa-rennes.org
Mardi au vendredi : 13h30 - 19h / samedi : 13h30 - 18h
Visites commentées [anglais/français] : mediation@ifa-rennes.org
RENNES (35) - Institut Franco-Américain - cZappa en BD :: exposition bédéistique
MARSEILLE (13) - MAABN Mediterranean Anglo-American Business Network - What will be the impact on US and GB tourism to the area?
Marseille-Provence, European Capital of Culture in 2013
What will be the impact on US and GB tourism to the area?
Conference/debate Thursday 15 May 2012
The Anglo-American Community, strongly anchored in Marseille-Provence, represents an extensive network of professionals and companies in many different areas of activity. One such area is tourism, with Anglo-American involvement in the hotel and restaurant trades, transport (from the cruise business to airlines to local services), tour operators, travel agencies and e-tourism. Another is the world of the creative industries and cultural events.
Marseille-Provence, European Capital of Culture 2013 will attract numerous visitors from abroad, many of them English-speaking with large contingents from the USA and Great Britain. Some will have been here before, others will be first-timers here for the 2013 programme. They will be flying in, driving in or arriving by high-speed train; they will be staying in the region’s hotels, eating in Provençal restaurants and generally using local amenities. They will be attending the many exhibitions and events being put on in different parts of the territory throughout the year.
The MAABN, together with the British and American consulates, is raising the debate around a number of important questions:
- What is the 2013 programme and how will it appeal to the Anglo-American community?
- What is the history of US and GB tourism in the area?
- In what ways will 2013 bring in new Anglo-American visitors? What promotional actions are planned?
- How is the city and the surrounding territory organising itself to receive these tourists?
- Will the airport introduce new services in 2013, both in terms of destinations and reception/welcome?
The MAABN is delighted to welcome speakers from:
- The Marseille-Provence 2013 European Capital of Culture team
- The Regional Tourist Board for the PACA region
- Bouches-du-Rhône Tourism
- The Marseille Tourist Office
- The CCI Marseille-Provence and its Esprit Client team
- Marseille-Provence Airport
British Consul Simon Taylor and US Consul Philip Richards will also be present along with other guests.
Practical information:
Conference: In English, with Q&A in English or French
Date & time: Thursday 15 May 18.30 – 21.00
Venue: La Bo[a]te, 35 rue de la Paix Marcel Paul, 13001 Marseille
(parking: Cours d’Estienne d’Orves)Admission: Members € 5, non-members € 10 (payment at the door)
RSVP mandatory (places are limited) to: contact@maabn.fr
The Marseilles-Provence region’s representative of
The MAABN (Mediterranean Anglo-American Business Network) was founded in Marseille by company directors, consultants and economic development agencies and has developed an international platform promoting corporate exchanges and business networking in the Marseille-Provence region.
The MAABN has the support of both the US and British Consulates in Marseille and is the Marseille-Provence region’s representative of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry and AmCham (American Chamber of Commerce in France). The MAABN organises a monthly English speaking business networking event, the “Language Apero”, as well as conferences throughout the year.
The MAABN also supports and promotes a number of its sponsors’ and partners’ corporate and cultural events across the region.
For more information: www.maabn.fr / contact@maabn.fr
Visit http://themaabn.ning.com and discover the only English speaking business community webspace in Provence.
GRENOBLE (38) - Working Women’s Network Grenoble - WWNG's Exclusive Seminar: Fifteen Seconds to Convince
PARIS - AUP - Soirée « Le Temps des femmes »
The Department of French Studies and Modern Languages en partenariat avec la Coordination française pour le Lobby Européen des Femmes (CLEF) organise le mardi 15 mai de 17h à 20h dans le Grand Salon une soirée rencontre intitulée « Le temps des femmes ». Cette soirée mettra en évidence l’excellence de parcours féminins et rendra hommage à l’émission de la journaliste Sylvie Andreu diffusée sur France Culture au cours de l’été 2011.
La soirée se déroulera autour de deux tables rondes. La première « Femmes et culture » sera animée par Sylvie Andreu et réunira entre autres les réflexions de Céleste Schenk, présidente de The American University of Paris, Christine Taubira, femme politique et députée de Guyane, et Sandrine Treiner, directrice adjointe de France Culture. La deuxième « Femmes et stéréotypes » sera animée par Brigitte Martel-Baussant, secrétaire générale de la CLEF et réunira les réflexions de Régine Robin, sociologue, Catherine Vidal, neurobiologiste, Natacha Chetcuti, sociologue et docteur en anthropologie sociale et Marie Hélène Therre, présidente de l’Association des Femmes Ingénieurs.
La conclusion de la soirée sera apportée par Dominique Baudis, Défenseur des droits. La soirée se terminera autour d’un cocktail.
Pour plus de renseignements, contacter Dominique Mougel: dmougel@aup.edu
Mardi 15 mai 17:00-20:00, Grand Salon, 31 avenue Bosquet, 75007 Paris
PARIS - American Club Paris - “Experiencing Golf Poetry Read golf poetry out loud"
Leon S. White, PhD
Tuesday, May 15 -7 :00 pm
“Experiencing Golf Poetry
Read golf poetry out loud, It will lower your score; And if one poem doesn’t do it, Read two or three more!
A Little Golf History.” The first reference to golf is found in an Act of the Scottish Parliament in 1457 that bans the game! But the origins of the game are unknown. However, this didn’t stop an anonymous 19th century poet from giving us a charming version of the story in verse.
The earliest poem to include a reference to golf was published in Edinburgh in 1638. An Edinburgh medical student penned the first instructional golf poem in his diary in 1687. Furthermore, the first separately printed golf book was a 358-line mock-heroic poem first published in 1743.
For the last six years Leon White has been collecting poetry about golf, written by golfers¬ - a little known area of the golf literature. As his collection of poems increased, it became evident that reading these verses constituted a new way to experience all the attributes of the game. “I wanted to share what I had discovered with golf enthusiasts worldwide, so first I began developing a book and then I started writing a Blog. The book, Golf Course of Rhymes – Links between Golf and Poetry Through the Ages, with a Foreword by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., was published in 2011 and is available on Amazon.com. The Blog continues.”
Talk will be followed by a cocktail
Venue: AMERICAN GOLF STORE – 35 bis rue de l’abbé Grégoire -75006 Paris –www.americangolfparis.com - 7.00 PM to 9.00 PM. (Discount to American Club members on golf items in the shop)
Last minute payments will not be accepted
Price: Members 20€ / Guests 25€
On-line registration: http://www.americanclubparis.
Reply before 4.30 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012.
Reservations with payment. No payment at the door.
I /We will attend the talk on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 7.00 p.m.
Event No. 343 Golf Poetry
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PARIS - American Club Paris - “Experiencing Golf Poetry Read golf poetry out loud"
PARIS - American Center for the Arts dorothy’s gallery - Séraphine Haeussling – Experte à United Nations of Environnment Program, Paris Burning or drowning? Le défi du changement climatique 3
Mardi 15 mai 2012 , 19h-21h – Conférence
Présentation Séraphine Haeussling – Experte à United Nations of Environnment Program, Paris
Burning or drowning? Le défi du changement climatique 3
PARIS - American Library - AAWE @ The Library - How are languages learned?
Tue 15 May 2012 - 19h30
AAWE @ The Library - How are languages learned?
What is the difference between acquiring a language and learning a language formally? What do first and second language learning have in common? What does “bilingual” mean? If you're living in a multilingual household and want to know more, curious about language acquisition or teach in a multilingual classroom, this evening is for you.
During our open discussion we'll explore the great variety of learning situations from “picking up” a language to learning in a classroom and examine the diverse factors involved, including attitude towards the language and what makes for successful learning.
Incorporated into the conversation will be the various perspectives - your own learning and experience, information gleaned from the field of language acquisition and applied linguistics, as well as 40 years of language teaching expertise. This promises to be a rich discussion, full of provocative questions, and perhaps, just a few definite answers.
About Jacqueline Garçon
Jacqueline (Jackie) Garçon has worked in teacher education for over twenty years, including TEFL certificates programs and Master-level programs in the U.S. and France. She has taught EFL/ESL and French at the University of California, Harvard University and in France for 40 years, holding Masters Degrees in French and in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages). Jackie has published articles and given numerous workshops on teaching/ learning languages, teacher education and using literature. She has been involved in applied linguistics and second language acquisition research as guides to language learning in and outside the classroom. Four years ago she founded the association, Languages & Lifelong Learning
PARIS - American Library - AAWE @ The Library - How are languages learned?
PARIS - American Library - AAWE & MESSAGE : How are languages learned?
Tue 15 May 2012 - 19h30
AAWE & MESSAGE @ The Library - How are languages learned?
What is the difference between acquiring a language and learning a language formally? What do first and second language learning have in common? What does “bilingual” mean? If you're living in a multilingual household and want to know more, curious about language acquisition or teach in a multilingual classroom, this evening is for you.
During our open discussion we'll explore the great variety of learning situations from “picking up” a language to learning in a classroom and examine the diverse factors involved, including attitude towards the language and what makes for successful learning.
Incorporated into the conversation will be the various perspectives - your own learning and experience, information gleaned from the field of language acquisition and applied linguistics, as well as 40 years of language teaching expertise. This promises to be a rich discussion, full of provocative questions, and perhaps, just a few definite answers.
About Jacqueline Garçon
Jacqueline (Jackie) Garçon has worked in teacher education for over twenty years, including TEFL certificates programs and Master-level programs in the U.S. and France. She has taught EFL/ESL and French at the University of California, Harvard University and in France for 40 years, holding Masters Degrees in French and in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages). Jackie has published articles and given numerous workshops on teaching/ learning languages, teacher education and using literature. She has been involved in applied linguistics and second language acquisition research as guides to language learning in and outside the classroom. Four years ago she founded the association, Languages & Lifelong Learning
PARIS - American Library - AAWE & MESSAGE : How are languages learned?
PARIS - American Library - Art on View: Painted Words - From Page to Picture
Tue 15 May 2012 - Sun 17 June 2012
Art on View: Painted Words - From Page to Picture
As a writer, I’ve been fascinated—captivated—by words and letters since I was a child. For me, they have a vivid, palpable quality—you can almost taste them sometimes. I try and incorporate this into my writing, be it poetry or prose, essay or interview. In the past few years, I started drawing images in the margins of my notebook (I still write a lot out longhand), trying to sketch out what I’m attempting to write. A painter friend said, “Why not add color? Pick up some paints and give it a try. See what happens.” I tried. And then again. And I liked it—a lot.
“Painted Words: From Page to Picture,” is the result of this passionate project.
About the Artist
Heather Hartley is author of Knock Knock (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2010) and Paris Editor for Tin House. Her poems, essays, and interviews have appeared in or on PBS NewsHour, The Guardian, The Rumpus, and other venues and anthologies including The Best Nonrequired American Reading and Food and Booze: A Tin House Literary Feast. She has curated Shakespeare and Company Bookshop’s weekly reading series and has taught creative writing at the American University of Paris. She’s been painting for many years—working on translating words into colors.
PARIS - American Library - Art on View: Painted Words - From Page to Picture
PARIS - HOSPITAL (VO) Documentaire de Frederick Wiseman
HOSPITAL (V.O.)
La plongée sidérante dans un hopital américain. Ce documentaire montre comment la guérison des patients peut être affectée par des questions financières et des problèmes structurels.
Mardi 15 mai et lundi 21 mai à 20h30.
AIX EN PROVENCE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Lunch in Aix
Lunch in Aix
12:30hrs
After reading Catherine Tunnacliffe's restaurant review, I decided to try once again one of her recommendations. I remember trying the pasta restaurant that used to be here several years ago, just after I arrived. I never returned!!!! Please see her restaurant review in April 2012 for full details. Please contact me by Monday 14th May to reserve your place. Look forward to seeing you.If you have a favourite restaurant that you would like to share or would like to organise a lunch, please let me know.
AIX EN PROVENCE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Lunch in Aix
SAUMUR (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Permanence in Saumur
Permanence in Saumur
March 21st, April 18th, May 16th & June 20th
The English-language Library offers a book table and activities at the mediathèque in Saumur one Wednesday a month from 2 to 6 p.m. For more details, contact Liz Hanaway.
The Saumur bookclub will be discussing "The Man who would be King" by Rudyard Kipling.
SAUMUR (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Permanence in Saumur
GRENOBLE (38) - France Etats-Unis Grenoble - Spring Garden Party
As is the case every year, at the height of springtime, you are invited to participate to our Spring Garden Party, which will occur:
Wednesday May 16th, at the Restaurant-Hôtel "Les Skieurs", in Le Sappey en Chartreuse, from 7:00 PM
In an exceptional setting, far from city noise, you will spend a very enjoyable evening. This year we will celebrate springtime with our friends from Alliance Française de Grenoble!
You will find enclosed the detailed program of the evening, as well as the booking instructions. You will note that advance booking is required, as soon as possible, and in any case no later than May 16th. You should therefore make your decision quickly, to join us for this great Spring G arden Party!
See you soon, I hope...on May 19th!
Pat
GRENOBLE (38) - France Etats-Unis Grenoble - Spring Garden Party
PARIS - US, UK & Canada Education Info Sessions
Over the course of three evenings in May, the 9th, 16th, and 23rd, guest speakers from the Canadian Cultural Center (9/5), US Fulbright Commission (16/5) and British Council (23/5) will give presentations about their respective systems of higher education. Representatives of distinguished universities will also be on site to answer questions and to talk with prospective students and their families.There is no cost to attend and a reception will follow each event. We ask that guests confirm their attendance either by visiting Caliper or by writing us atcontact@caliperadmissions.com.
The content of these sessions will be extremely beneficial to international families based in and around Paris - please feel free to share this announcement to members of your network. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us either by email atcontact@caliperadmissions.com or by phone a 01.45.62.37.24 .
PARIS - American Library - Evenings with an Author: Alice Kaplan
Wed 16 May 2012 - 19h30
Evenings with an Author: Alice Kaplan
Alice Kaplan discusses her book, Dreaming in French, tracing the stories of three women studying abroad in Paris: Jacqueline Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis, how each of these women found their way to the city, what they found there, and how their year-abroad experiences influenced the rest of their lives.
About the author
Alice Kaplan is the John M. Musser Professor of French at Yale University. Previous to this position she was the Gilbert, Louis and Edward Lehrman Professor of Romance Studies and Professor of Literature and History at Duke University. She was also the founding director of the Center for French and Francophone Studies at Duke.
Other books by Kaplan are Reproductions of Banality: Fascism, Literature, and French Intellectual Life (1986); French Lessons: A Memoir (1993); The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach (2000); and The Interpreter (2005). Kaplan has also translated a number of works from French to English, including Lous Guilloux's novel OK, Joe, Evelyne Bloch-Dano's Madame Proust: A Biography, and three of Roger Grenier’s books: Piano Music for Four Hands, Another November, and The Difficulty of Being a Dog.
Read a review of Dreaming in French by the University of Chicago Press
PARIS - American Library - Evenings with an Author: Alice Kaplan
PARIS - LA DERNIÈRE LETTRE (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
LA DERNIÈRE LETTRE (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
En 1941, dans une petite ville d'Ukraine, Anna Semionovna écrit une lettre à son fils, physicien célèbre parti travaillé dans un institut de sciences soviétique. Médecin, russe et juive, elle évoque, par des saynètes vécues, des détails, son mariage malheureux, la naissance de son fils, l'arrivée des Nazis, l'incrédulité criminelle de certains Juifs, sa judéité, etc. Ce sera sa dernière lettre. Quelques jours plus tard, elle est assassinée par les soldats allemands.
Jeudi 10 mai et mercredi 16 mai à 20h30. La séance du mercredi 16 sera suivie d'une rencontre avec Frederick Wiseman.
PARIS - LA DERNIÈRE LETTRE (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - Coffee Morning Sète
Event: COFFEE MORNING
Date(s): 03/05/2012, 10/05/2012, 17/05/2012, 21/05/2012
Detail: Join other anglophones for a coffee and a chat every Thursday morning at the lovely Brasserie Victor Hugo (next to the Theater on boulevard Victor Hugo). It is a great opportunity to exchange books, magazines and provide useful tips and information to newcomers.
From 9h30 to 11h00.
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - Coffee Morning Sète
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Café Français
Café Français- NOW on Thursdays, 11:00-12:30 starting March 29
Would you like to improve your French conversation skills in a casual and relaxed atmosphere? Or would you like to lend your expertise to others learning French? Then join us as fellow member Fabienne leads our discussion group and provides insight into the lovely yet challenging French language.
PLEASE NOTE our new location and time starting on THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012:
Le Bistrot des Arts
20 rue Auguste Comte
69002 Lyon
metro stop: Bellecour – exit rue Victor Hugo
Bring a friend-Everyone is welcome!
Event Coordinator: Fabienne Nicolas
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Pizza and Board Games
PIZZA AND BOARD GAMES
When: The English-Language Library organizes an evening of pizza and board games every third Tuesday of the month, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Price: 6 € (covers pizza and non-alcoholic beverages), 3€ for native English speakers and under 16. Open to members and non-members.
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Pizza and Board Games
MONTPELLIER - SETE (34) - French Drinks
Event: FRENCH DRINKS MONTPELLIER
Date(s): 05/04/2012, 19/04/2012, 03/05/2012, 17/05/2012
Category: Members
Location: Montpellier - to be announced
Detail: Join Christophe and other Anglophones for a glass of wine and chat in FRENCH regardless of your level. Christophe selects a new venue every month which is a unique way to discover Montpellier and some of the famous Herault wines. contact Christophe for more info tel 0637331584 email chris.garnier@rocketmail.com
BORDEAUX (33) - Association Bordeaux-USA -Kevin Schwarz for 'l'apero' and maybe a sing-a-long.
May 17th – If you're in town, join our very own Kevin Schwarz for 'l'apero' and maybe a sing-a-long. Bring a little snack to share (hey, don't forget a bit of the vine as well!), an instrument ~ a guitar, a tambourine, a harmonica...your voice will do!?
BORDEAUX (33) - Association Bordeaux-USA -Kevin Schwarz for 'l'apero' and maybe a sing-a-long.
BORDEAUX (33) - Association Bordeaux-USA - Check the Tv7 website
Also on May 17th – For those of you who attended our Thanksgiving Dinner in 2011, you'll remember there were a reporter & camera man from Tv7 who joined us for part of the evening. The results of the day spent with our very own Kathryn Larcher & the evening with the rest of us, will be shown at different times through out the day on May 17th. Check the Tv7 website ( http://www.tv7.com/ ) for the schedule. Who knows, maybe you'll have your 15 seconds of fame!
BORDEAUX (33) - Association Bordeaux-USA - Check the Tv7 website
PARIS - JUVENILE COURT (V.O.)
JUVENILE COURT (V.O.)
Frederick Wiseman nous ouvre les portes d’un tribunal pour enfants à Menphis et nous fait découvrir l’extrême variété des cas traités par les juges : consommation de drogues, possession d’armes, viol, etc…
Jeudi 17 mai à 20h30.
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Coffee House
Coffee House
Every Friday
9am-11am
This is a special moment when the community gathers together to talk about everything and anything (...in English of course...) and sip fair trade coffee and tea. Coffee House is open to library members. Just drop in, no need to reserve!
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Coffee House
MONTPELLIER - SETE (34) - RAMBLE HERAULT
Event: RAMBLE HERAULT
Date(s): 18/05/2012, 22/06/2012
Location: Rambling HERAULT
Detail: Every third Friday of the month, a short 2 or 3 hour hike is organized to take you to discover the amazing landscapes of the region. Contact Brian Edwards for details on the next hike. bedwards734@gmail.com
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Knit and Natter
Knit and Natter
Every Friday
10am
Come along and bring your knitting,
Have a natter while you're sitting,
Or learn to knit with wool provided,
Needles loaned and stitches guided.
Knitted garments are trés chic
So be in vogue and start this week.
Knit and natter is a free activity open to all members and takes place on Fridays from 10-11am
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Knit and Natter
PARIS - PAN : Paris Alumnae/i Network - Wine Tasting: Jura and Savoy regions
Friday, May 18, 2012 – 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Wine Tasting: Jura and Savoy regions
Paris 7
Located between Burgundy and Switzerland, this cool climate wine region, the smallest in surface in France and undoubtedly also the most complicated, produces wines with some similarity to Burgundy. Jura wines are distinctive and unusual wines, made from grape varieties such as Savagnin, Poulsard, Trousseau, and Chardonnay. We will be tasting our usual 5 or 6 bottles, guided by our wine expert whom we met originally on a tour at the Musée du Vin in Paris.
To sign up please contact Mary Ann Rivet at marivet08@orange.fr
PARIS - LA DANSE, LE BALLET DE L'OPÉRA DE PARIS (V.O.)
LA DANSE, LE BALLET DE L'OPÉRA DE PARIS (V.O.)
Frederick Wiseman, pionnier du cinéma documentaire, a installé sa caméra durant douze semaines au coeur de l'Opéra de Paris. Des ateliers de couture aux représentations publiques où brillent les étoiles, ce film nous entraine dans les coulisses de la prestigieuse institution et nous montre le travail de tous ceux qui donnent corps au quotidien à des spectacles d'exception.
Samedi 12 mai et vendredi 18 mai à 20h30.
PARIS - Adrian Dearnell Concert - Jazz
Adrian Dearnell en concert avec un superbe duo de chanteurs: Marc Thomas et Fanny Werner, avec Ahmet Gulbay au piano, à 21h le vendredi 18 mai au Café Universel (voir flyer en PJ).
Voici des extraits vidéo de cette même formation (sans Fanny qui sera notre invitée exceptionnelle pour le concert de vendredi):
http://www.youtube.com/
J'espère vous retrouver nombreux pour ce concert gratuit, autour des grands duos du répertoire swing jazz, dans un lieu toujours aussi vibrant, et avec plein d'autres invités surprise le 18 mai.
A très bientôt j'espère,
Adrian Dearnell
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - TWEENS FARM EXPERIENCE
Event: TWEENS FARM EXPERIENCE
Date(s): 19/05/2012
Location: Farm near Marseillan
Detail: Tweens and parents will be welcomed at a farm to pick cherries and learn about organic farming. contact Heather for more info. momfliberty@gmail.com
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - TWEENS FARM EXPERIENCE
CANNES (06) - American Club of the Riviera - Lunch during the 65rd Cannes Film Festival
May - Saturday, 19 May 2012 - Lunch during the 65rd Cannes Film Festival
Lunch during the 65rd Cannes Film Festival
Belle Plage Restaurant - Bd Jean Hibert - 06400 CANNES
Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 12H00
Our May event will permit you to enjoy the atmosphere of the Cannes Film Festival, and to have an excellent lunch with Club members and guests at the Belle Plage Restaurant on the Cannes beach which many of you enjoyed for the last few years
Cannes is very animated during the Festival from May 16-27, 2012 and the atmosphere can perhaps be best enjoyed on foot. The Croisette beach restaurants are either privately booked or excessively expensive, so we have chosen one on the Plage du Midi, just beyond the Old Port across from the Square Mistral (see map enclosed). The walk to the Palais des Festivals is an easy and pleasant one along the sea and the port.
We will gather for aperitifs at 12 noon to facilitate your travel and parking on what should be a festive day. Chef Christian Bel will seduce your gourmet senses with an exquisite menu accompanied by a well chosen selection of wines. We will have the honor of welcoming a seasoned and successful film producer as our guest speaker.
- Menu :
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MENU
- Directions Belle Plage in Cannes :
CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS
Price :
| Members : | €uros 49,00 |
| Guests : | €uros 59,00 |
IMPORTANT: Due to restaurant policies we need to receive your check and reservation no later than Friday, May 11, 2012. Cancellations past this date are subject to payment !
For further information, please call Burton Gintell at 06.20.40.11.28 or Jennie Dallery at 07 60 07 03 45
CANNES (06) - American Club of the Riviera - Lunch during the 65rd Cannes Film Festival
PARIS - American Library - Urban Sketching with Tom Byrne
Sat 19 May 2012 - 13h30
Urban Sketching with Tom Byrne
One of the things which I love to do in Paris is urban sketching, drawing in the streets and cafes. The streets of Paris offer unrivalled opportunities to capture incredible architecture in 
historical and comfortable surroundings. Adults and children are welcome.
For people who want to join us, there is no pressure to create anything in particular. Just take part. I'll do a few demonstrations and anyone who wants to focus on more serious drawing techniques can stick close by. The main thing is to go out and do it. People feel more comfortable doing this in a group so that's what we will have.
About Tom Byrne
Painting is and has been the over riding motivation in my life. To create and explore using the medium of paint and sometimes sculpture, are my main drives. We experience the world through light, colour and form. The mysterious element of reflected light passing through our eyes, to our brain, transforming our understanding of the world. Other senses are effected in the same way and most people take these things for granted. As an artist I pause to study these things and the way that they interact with me, others, nature and energy. I express the impressions I receive in paint and sculpture so that others might also pause to understand what has passed and is.
Learn more about Tom Byrne and his exhibit You are "how" you read on display Tuesday 03 April - Sunday 13 May. Access to the exhibit is free for Library members, as well as users with a Library day or week pass. Visit the membership page for details.
PARIS - Union of Oversea Voters - Voter registration for Americans
Your Name Tony Paschall
Your Email Info@UnionOfOverseasVoters.org
City Paris
Date Saturday
Date 19th
Date May
Starting Time 14h00
Ending Time 17h00
Type of event Public Service Event
Organized by : Union of Overseas Voters
Subject U.S. citizens, register to vote and request your absentee ballots for the 2012 elections now!
Speaker
Location "Shakespeare & Company Bookshop
37 rue de la Bûcherie
75005 Paris"
Price & Registration free
Contact information Tony Paschall info@UnionOfOverseasVoters.org
More information - Internet link / website address WeVote.fr
More information : "The Union of Overseas Voters will assist United States citizens who wish to register to vote and get absentee ballots for the upcoming Presidential and Congressional elections.
On 6 November 2012, the U.S. will elect its President, Vice-President, the entire U.S. House of Representatives, and one-third of the U.S. Senate. A number of gubernatoral races will also be decided, as well as those for state offices around the country.
All U.S. citizens overseas who will be 18 years of age on Election Day can file a voter registration application and request ballots. To ensure you receive ballots for all the elections in which you are eligible to vote, we strongly advise you to request absentee ballots as soon as possible after the first of January every calendar year.
If you haven't registered to vote, or requested your absentee ballots for 2012, now is the time to do it!"
PARIS - Union of Oversea Voters - Voter registration for Americans
PARIS - American Cathedral - Gospel Dream concert
PARIS - HIGH SCHOOL (V.O.)
HIGH SCHOOL (V.O.)
Frederic Wiseman nous plonge dans une université américaine afin d’observer comment les professeurs et les étudiants interagissent ensemble.
Lundi 14 mai et samedi 19 mai à 20h30.
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Hike
Hike
10:00hrs
Venue: Sainte VictoireWe shall meet on the car park which is on the road leading from Aix to Saint Antonin, a short distance after Le Tholonet. From the car park we shall start our hike taking the red-marked easy path which will take us to the summit. There are no particular difficulties along the way, but bear in mind the fact that the summit is at 900 metres altitude approx. We shall have our picnic lunch at the summit where suitable and then take the same path down to the car park. Please bring sufficient food and water and wear proper hiking gear.
For any further information please call me.
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Family Ramble
Family Ramble
10:30hrs
Venue: Etang de Berre, Saint-ChamasThe May family ramble in Saint-Chamas will be another new destination for the group.
There is no major difficulty on the ramble so the walk is perfect for all ages and, of course, well-behaved doggies as they are very welcome. We will be walking by the Etang de Berre through a natural bird reserve and salt water lakes. If we are lucky enough we will see pink flamingos nesting among the bushes. Have your cameras handy as the views of pink flamingos are amazing! The pathway is wide and flat but it will be preferable to wear sturdy shoes as we will sometimes be walking on stony ground.
Also we are fair weather walkers, so if it is raining the ramble will keep for another time. However, in May the weather in Provence can be hot. In that case be sure to bring plenty of water, as well as your picnic lunch and perhaps something to share with other ramblers.
It is not necessary to sign up, but if you need a lift please phone Annie a few days beforehand.
We want to start the walk at 10:45hrs, so please allow enough time to arrive (about 45mins from Aix as a guide) park and sort out your picnic things. We leave on time (in fairness to everyone) and do not wait for latecomers.
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Family Ramble
PARIS - American Cathedral - LAGV concert
PARIS - Expats Soirees Dinners - "WHY OH WHY DO I LOVE PARIS ? " TEMPLE TSENES-HILLS PHOTOGRAPHER, WRITER, DESIGNER, EDUCATOR
Special Guest: TEMPLE TSENES-HILLS:PHOTOGRAPHER, WRITER, DESIGNER, EDUCATOR. (Temple's shop: www.sistah.etsy.com) (Temple's blog: www.pourlamourdeparis.
PARIS - AFMO - Impressionism & Modern Paris
Monday, May 21, 9:00 am Impressionism & Modern Paris
COST: Members Free; One guest $25/20€
Led by Orsay Curator, Sylvie Patry
Auguste Renoir Moulin de la Galette, detail © Musée d’Orsay
Modern Paris, the Paris we know today, was designed at the height of Impressionism. The Orsay’s specialist in Impressionism and Renoir, Sylvie Patry will take you back in time to the days when Auguste Renoir and his best friend Claude Monet sought to capture so directly the burgeoning metropolis of Paris, with its new trains, factories, and streets, filled with construction. Sylvie would especially like to share the life of Renoir behind the painting Le Moulin de la Galette. Sylvie has been a major contributor to the the development of the Orsay’s collection as well as curator of such exhibitions as , Fernand Hodler (1853–1918) and, in 2006, Maurice Denis (1870–1943). She has written extensively on Denis, Renoir, neo-Impressionism, and Fantin-Latour. Sylvie was a Scholar in Residence at the Clark Institute, Williamstown, MA., in 2008 researching the late career of Renoir.
PARIS - American Club Paris - “Une Française à Hollywood” Mémoires by Leslie Caron
MONDAY, May 21, from 12.30 p.m. to 2.00 p.m.
“Une Française à Hollywood”
Mémoires by Leslie Caron
Interviewed by journalist and writer ALAN RIDING
One of the best-loved stars of classic American cinema tells all in this wry, funny, and poignant memoir
Born in Paris, France to a French father and an American mother, Leslie Caronbegan her career as a dancer at the age of 9 – joigned Roland Petit’s Ballets des Champs-Elysées at 16. Gene Kelly was searching for a dancer to co-star opposite him in the musical feature An American in Paris and spotted Caron performing in a ballet. She got the job and landed a contract with MGM. Caron went on to star in more than 45 features, including the lead role in the beloved classic Gigi (1958) alongside other French stars Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jordan. Her performance earned her a Golden Laurel Award for Top Female Musical Performance.
Caron made a smooth transition from musicals to dramas and won Oscar nominations and two BAFTAS, as well as a Golden Globe awards for her touching performances in Lili (1953) and The L-Shaped Room (1962). She has worked steadily throughout the years both in Hollywood and Europe, in features such as Daddy Long Legs (1955) with Fred Astaire, Fanny (1961) with Maurice Chevalier, Father Goose (1964) with Cary Grant, Chocolat(2000) with Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche , Le Divorce (2002) a Merchant-Ivory film - and in TV movies such as Murder on the Orient Express(2001) and The Last of the Blond Bombshells. She has also won the Emmy (1907) for best dramatic actrice in the TV series « Law and Order, SVU » in the episode Recall.
She last appeared as Mrs Armfeldt, in « Little Night Music » at the Châtelet Theatre, in 2010 -
Venue: Cercle de l’Union Interalliée 33 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré – 75008 Paris
from 12.30 to 2.00 PM. Last minute payments will not be accepted
Price: Members 55 € / Guests 65 €
On-line registration: http://www.americanclubparis.
PARIS - American Club Paris - “Une Française à Hollywood” Mémoires by Leslie Caron
PARIS - Am Cham - Legal English Training Program
Legal English Training Program
21 may 2012, 18h-21h, every Monday from May 21, 2012
Registration deadline is May 1, 2012
Subject : Training Program helping lawyers and law student pass the ILEC and learn legal english Speakers : Stephanie Schantz Participants : Lawyers, Legal Support Staff, Students, Members and Non-members of AmCham Location : American Chamber of Commerce in France, 77 rue de Miromesnil, 75008 Paris, France Conditions : Registration deadline is May 1, 2012
ILEC is world’s first and only international recognized test of legal English. It was developed by Cambridge University. ILEC tests the ability of lawyers to use English for professional purposes. The exam is based on realistic tasks of the kind that legal practitioners would be expected to encounter in their daily working lives. For more information about ILEC, see www.legalenglishtest.org.
Week 1: Introduction, the Practice of Law
Week 2 Company Law: Formation, Management, Capitalization
Week 3: Fundamental Changes in a Company and Case Study No. 1
Week 4: Contract Formation and Contract Remedies
Week 5: Contracts: Assignment and Third party Rights and Case Study No. 2
Week 6: Employment Law and Sale of Goods
Week 7: Real Property Law and Intellectual Property Law
Week 8: Negotiable Instruments
Week 9: Debtor- and Creditor Law and Competition Law
Week 10: Transnational Commercial Law
Course Information:
WHO: Lawyers, Legal Support Staff, Students, Members and Non-members of AmCham
WHEN: Every Monday evening for 10 Weeks (18:00- 21:00)
WHERE: American Chamber of Commerce in France, 77 rue de Miromesnil, 75008 Paris, France
AmCham Members: 1500 EUR H.T. for the 30 hour program
Plus the cost of “International Legal English” by TransLegal in collaboration with Amy Krois-Lindner
Use your DIF! This program is eligible to be a part of your professional training budget.
Lawyers can earn up to 30 hours of La Formation Continue Obligatoire des Avocats
To register, email us at info@legallingua.com. Registration deadline is May 1, 2012.
Stephanie Schantz is an American lawyer and founder of Legal Lingua with over 10 years experience in the legal field. She received her Juris Doctorate (JD) from the University of Wisconsin Law School and a Bachelors Degree (BA) in government from Franklin andMarshall College. Additionally, she studied at Sciences Po and La Sorbonne in Paris, France. Since moving to Paris, Stephanie has lectured at Sciences Po, New York University Law School and the University of Paris II (Pantheon-Assas).
PARIS - France Ameriques - Monsieur Bernard Chevallier, ancien directeur du Domaine de La Malmaison et du Bois Préau « Joséphine, une Impératrice américaine »
Nicole TORDJMAN, historienne d’Art
Présidente de la Section Art et Culture
ont le plaisir de vous inviter à une conférence de
Monsieur Bernard Chevallier
Conservateur honoraire du Patrimoine,
ancien directeur du Domaine de La Malmaison et du Bois Préau
« Joséphine, une Impératrice américaine »
Monsieur Bernard Chevallier évoquera dans cette conférence illustrée la vie
mouvementée et extraordinaire de cette jeune femme, née à la Martinique,
dans une famille de la petite aristocratie et qui deviendra, par son mariage avec
Napoléon Bonaparte, Impératrice de France, tout en restant d'ailleurs attachée
à son île des Caraibes. Ne disait elle pas elle-même "je suis américaine"!
En grande partie sous son influence et grâce à son sens esthétique et son gout
du beau, le Premier Empire fut une période où création et savoir faire
connurent une grande effervescence dans tous les domaines : mobilier, soieries
tissées ou brodées, arts décoratifs.
La Manufacture de soieries Prelle, héritière de riches traditions de soierie
lyonnaise s'emploie, avec l'association pour la restauration du Mobilier
Napoléonnien à restaurer dans le Château de La Malmaison le Salon doré qui
fut le cadre de la rencontre avec le Tsar. Une première phase de
restauration s'est achevée avec le retissage des chaises au gros de Tours jaune
à médaillon et bouquets de lilas.
le lundi 21 mai à 18h30
à France-Amériques 9 avenue Franklin Roosevelt 75008 – Paris
La conférence sera suivie d’un verre amical
PARIS - Mona Bismarck American Center for Art & Culture - Art, Gender & the Women’s Museum
Monday, May 21 at 7:30 pm:
Art, Gender & the Women’s Museum
A talk by Susan Fisher Sterling, PhD, Director of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington,
DC. Co-organized by the MBAC in collaboration with Les Amis du National Museum of Women in the
Arts.
Talk followed by reception. Cost: 20 € at the door.
Numbers are limited. To reserve, please send an email to: rsvp@monabismarck.org.
PARIS - Mona Bismarck American Center for Art & Culture - Art, Gender & the Women’s Museum
PARIS - HOSPITAL (VO) Documentaire de Frederick Wiseman
HOSPITAL (V.O.)
La plongée sidérante dans un hopital américain. Ce documentaire montre comment la guérison des patients peut être affectée par des questions financières et des problèmes structurels.
Mardi 15 mai et lundi 21 mai à 20h30.
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Coffee Chat
Get together for a cafe, a delicious donut, and English conversation with American Club members and our fellow Lyonnais. No need to RSVP for this event.
Bring a friend -Everyone is welcome!
Each Tuesday morning
Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
at Times Donuts, 34 rue Sainte-Helene, Lyon 69002
Event Organizer: Sam Finocchio
SETE (34) - Bridge
Detail: Every Tuesday from 13h30 to 16h00
Join other anglophones for "social" bridge in English regardless of your level. Contact Jacob for more information tel 0685124866 or email jacob.wibom@gmail.com
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Conversation group for University students
Conversation group for University students
Every Tuesday
5pm-6pm
"An English break" is a weekly rendez-vous for students that takes place at "My Favourite Place", 4 rue de l'Espine. Free activity for library member
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Conversation group for University students
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Pizza and Board games
May 22nd & June 19th.
Pizza and Board games is scheduled one Tuesday a month from 6-8 pm. Cost is 6 euros (covers pizza and non-acholic drinks, 3 euros for native English speakers and children under 16). No reservations necessary, just come and enjoy!
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Pizza and Board games
PARIS - Harvard Angels - Eric VERKANT - 4ème année, 17ème session !
Prochaine soirée le mardi 22 mai à 18h30
Invité d’honneur : Eric VERKANT, OSEO Directeur de l’innovation et Directeur Adjoint Paris IDF
Eric VERKANT interviendra sur le thème : « 10 ans de création d’entreprises Innovantes : l’approche d’OSEO ».
LIEU : RESTAURANT ASIAN
30 avenue George V - 75008 Paris
INSCRIPTION AVEC REGLEMENT ONLINE SUR http://www.amiando.com/
INSCRIPTION AVEC REGLEMENT PAR CHEQUE SUR bit.ly/dF1fH6
N’oubliez pas ‘Envoyer’ pour valider en fin de page
PROGRAMME
18h30 Accueil, mixing & mingling
19h00 4 présentations d’entrepreneurs espacées d’une pause rafraîchissante
20h30 Guest Speaker
20h45 Aperitif
21h00 Diner d’échanges
Participation de 50€
Online sur http://www.amiando.com/JDWEOHR
Ou par chèque à l’ordre de HBS Club France
9 avenue Franklin Roosevelt - 75008 Paris
60€ sur place
APPEL A PROJETS
Vous souhaitez présenter un projet qui est le votre ou dont vous avez connaissance ?
Nous contacter sur harvardangelsfrance@gmail.com ou par téléphone.
PARTICIPANTS
Le nombre de places étant limité, merci de vous inscrire au plus vite afin de faciliter l’organisation de l’événement.
Chaque alumnus(a) peut, et est encouragé(e) à venir accompagné(e) d’invité(e)s « extérieur(e)s » investisseurs potentiels.
SPONSORING
Nous remercions le Boston Consulting Group pour son soutien. Vous souhaitez vous aussi contribuer et associer votre société et son image à nos actions et événements ? Nous contacter sur harvardangelsfrance@gmail.com ou par téléphone.
PARIS - Harvard Angels - Eric VERKANT - 4ème année, 17ème session !
LYON (69) - Am Cham - Leadership & Storytelling - John Sadowsky
May 22, 2012
Time: 18h30
Place: CCIR 32 quai Perrache 69002 Lyon
Keynote speaker: John Sadowsky
How did Steve Jobs, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. all become effective leaders? Were they born leaders? Were they Charismatic? What is Leadership and what does a leader do?
AmCham Rhone-Alpes and CCIR invite you to a Conference-Debate, “Leadership & Storytelling”, presented by John Sadowsky, author of the book, “Email, social marketing, and the art of storytelling”.
Discover the art of storytelling and how it can greatly influence presentations and improve leadership practices.
With over 20 years of Experience, John Sadowsky examines the common misconceptions of leadership, explains the characteristics of leaders, shares the ‘Golden Rules’, and demonstrates how leadership can be learned.
Discover more about John Sadowsky here.
Cost: Free. Registration is required.
Contact: Natacha Lalande : rhone-alpes@amchamfrance.net
LYON (69) - Am Cham - Leadership & Storytelling - John Sadowsky
PARIS - AUP - In Search of Ourselves: The Political Psychology of Identity
AUP Working Paper Series presents Richard Ned Lebow (James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government at Dartmouth University) who will speak on “In Search of Ourselves: The Political Psychology of Identity.”
On Tuesday May 22, at 18h30, in C12.
For more information please contact: wpseries@aup.edu
PARIS - AUP - In Search of Ourselves: The Political Psychology of Identity
PARIS - AUP - In Search of Ourselves: The Political Psychology of Identity
AUP Working Paper Series presents Richard Ned Lebow (James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government at Dartmouth University) who will speak on “In Search of Ourselves: The Political Psychology of Identity.”
On Tuesday May 22, at 18h30, in C12.
For more information please contact: wpseries@aup.edu
PARIS - AUP - In Search of Ourselves: The Political Psychology of Identity
PARIS - Village Voice Book - Susan Cahill author of Hidden Gardens of Paris
PARIS - Village Voice Book - Susan Cahill author of Hidden Gardens of Paris
PARIS - American Library - Evenings with an Author: David Herlihy
Tue 22 May 2012 19h30
Evenings with an Author: David Herlihy
Bicycle: The History has been dubbed the definitive history of the bicycle. In it Herlihy explores the invention of the bicycle, its evolution through history, and how it has shaped our world.
About the author
David V. Herlihy is the author of The Lost Cyclist and Bicycle: The History, winner of the 2004 Award for Excellence in the History of Science. A leading authority in his field, he has been interviewed by numerous television, radio, and newspaper personalities in the U.S. and abroad, and his work has appeared in a wide variety of general interest and specialty magazines. He is responsible for the naming of a bicycle path in Boston after Pierre Lallement, the original bicycle patentee, and for the installation of a plaque by the New Haven green where the Frenchman introduced Americans to the art of cycling in 1866.
Read The New York Times review of Bicycle: The History or a summary of the book from the Yale University Press.
PARIS - American Library - Evenings with an Author: David Herlihy
PARIS - TITICUT FOLLIES (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
TITICUT FOLLIES (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
Dimanche 13 mai et mardi 22 mai à 20h30. La séance du mardi 22 sera suivie d'une rencontre avec Frederick Wiseman.
PARIS - TITICUT FOLLIES (V.O.) / EN PRÉSENCE DE FREDERICK WISEMAN
LYON (69) - Am Cham - MAKING MEMORABLE PRESENTATIONS
Lyon,
MAKING MEMORABLE PRESENTATIONS
As the adage goes, ‘’it’s not what you say but how you say it’’.
Making a long-lasting impact with convincing messages that stick is much more
than another powerpoint presentation.
TRAINER
Bradley STOCK, AmCham Rhône-Alpes – Auvergne Regional Chairman
Founder of Ozarks – Agir en Anglais
Bradley Stock has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience in the consulting industry, with
a particular focus on senior executive coaching in cross-cultural business performance.
As Regional Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce since 2002 (in Alsace Lorraine from
2002 to 2006 and in Rhône-Alpes Auvergne since 2007), he is often led to speak on businessrelated issues at international conferences.
TRAINING CONTENT
This education program enables participants to enhance presentation skills
in terms of techniques, delivery and wording. A good message must be
expressed in the right way to achieve the desired results.
The course contents are a solid mix of theory and practice. The contents
include the presentation of best practices for:
presentation techniques and stress management
key language and corporate wording
use of voice, stance and body language
Participants will use concrete cases and, by the end of the day, will be capable
of making more memorable presentations that enable them to deliver key
messages more effectively.
Personalized coaching on individual performance is also an integral part of this
course.
Format :
1-day seminar
9am to 5pm
Dates :
May 23, 2012
June 22, 2012
Training fees :
AmCham Membres : €375
Non-members : €485
Venue :
AmCham Training Center
Included :
Training material
Lunch
This training course may
be included in your Annual
training Plan Budget.
SETE (34) - GUIDED TOUR THEATRE MOLIERE
Event: GUIDED TOUR THEATRE MOLIERE
Date(s): 23/05/2012
Category: Members
Location: THEATRE MOLIERE SETE
Detail: FREE guided tour offered to AGLR members only. Discover this jewel of a theater currently being renovated with a guide and enjoy the stroll to the Chai Skalli where the theater has been temporarily relocated during the renovations. YOur guide will be happy to speak to you about the history, the architecture, etc. RSVP by May 15th Nancy 0613231035 nancy.mcgee@ymail.com
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Backstage at the Zoo!
Le Zoo du Parc de la Tête d'Or comme vous ne l'avez jamais vu !
A partir de 14h30, petits et grands pourront découvrir les coulisses du zoo pendant 1h30 en allant à la rencontre des animaux et de leurs soigneurs.
| 1H30 de visite des coulisses Rencontre avec les soigneurs Goûter dans le Parc |
10€ pour les enfants 12€ pour les adultes |
Cette visite s'adresse à tous les petits curieux à partir de 6 ans accompagnés de leurs parents ou grands parents.
Un goûter sera ensuite pris dans le parc.
Inscriptions avant le 18 mai
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Evening Drink in Marseille
Evening Drink in Marseille
18:00 – 20:00hrs
Come and join us for an evening drink under shady trees. If you would like to come, please contact Marietta.
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Evening Drink in Marseille
PARIS - AUP - David McCullough: The Greater Journey
David McCullough: The Greater Journey
On Wednesday, May 23, at 18:30 in the Grand Salon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian, and 2012 AUP Honorary Degree recipient, David McCullough, will give a talk about his latest book, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris.
Cited as one of Amazon’s Best Books of 2011, “it is the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work,” writes publisher Simon & Shuster.
The event is open to members of the AUP community and invited guests. The lecture will be followed by a cocktail.
AIX EN PROVENCE (13) - Seminar & Cocktail : US & UK citizens - international pensions and investments
Aix-en-Provence, 13100
Date 23rd May
Starting Time 18h30
Ending Time 20h30
Type of event Seminar & Cocktail
Organized by : deVere Group
Subject US & UK citizens - international pensions and investments
Speaker "Speakers of: STM Fidecs - Life,Trusts & Pensions - J.P.Morgan - deVere Group"
Location "Chateau Hotel de la Pioline
13100 Aix-en-Provence"
Price & Registration free, registration online on www.devere-group.com/seminars/SeminarContactUs.aspx?seminarPk=96
Contact information Brigitte Rupp, mobile 0607 14 30 54, email brigitte.rupp@devere-group.com
More information - Internet link / website address www.devere-group.com
Any extra information, please add it here "Exclusive investments for Americans in France
Thanks to deVere's strategic alliances with leading financial institutions, we are now able to offer exclusive investments for Americans living in France.
Join the informative seminar to learn more about how to protect your wealth whilst living abroad, with bespoke tax-efficient solutions.
"
PARIS - France Ameriques Jeunes - Sylvie Bénard Directrice de l’environnement LVMH : ‘‘L’impact des politiques environnementales des multinationales face à la crise de l’environnement ’’
FRANCE-AMERIQUES JEUNES
présente
Conférence- Débat de Sylvie Bénard
Directrice de l’environnement LVMH
Ingénieur agronome dont une année à Cornell University, elle crée en 1992 la direction de l’environnement
de groupe LVMH
‘‘L’impact des politiques environnementales des multinationales face à la crise de
l’environnement ’’
La conférence sera suivie d’un cocktail
Mercredi 23 mai 2012 de 19h à 22h
9-11 avenue Franklin Roosevelt 75008 – Paris (Métro Franklin Roosevelt, parking rue François Ier)
Tarif membre: 10 euros Tarif non membre: 15 euros
Inscription :
www.france-ameriques.org rubrique FA Jeunes
ou
en envoyant un email contact.faj@gmail.com et en réglant par chèque à l’ordre de France-Amériques
Pour toutes informations complémentaires: contact.faj@gmail.com
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Happy Hour
Happy Hour
Need an after work cocktail? A little libation? Meet friends for Happy Hour at one of Lyon’s charming wine bars, Vin ‘Temps, in the 1st arrondissement.
Date: May 9 and May 23
Time: 7 p.m. till 9 p.m.
Location: Vin Temps, 2 Rue des Capucins, 69001 (near Place Des Terreaux)
Event Coordinator: Léa Miche
Happy Hour locations will change monthly. We welcome your suggestions for your favorite watering hole in your neighborhood. Contact Léa Miche for more information or to suggest a future location.
PARIS - France Ameriques & Kellogg - Recruiters panel, leveraging local recruiters to focus on the French marketplace
Mercredi 23 mai - 19h
Recruiters panel, leveraging local recruiters to focus on the French marketplace
Matthew Temple - Director, Alumni Career Services, Kellogg School of Management
PARIS - US, UK & Canada Education Info Sessions
Over the course of three evenings in May, the 9th, 16th, and 23rd, guest speakers from the Canadian Cultural Center (9/5), US Fulbright Commission (16/5) and British Council (23/5) will give presentations about their respective systems of higher education. Representatives of distinguished universities will also be on site to answer questions and to talk with prospective students and their families.There is no cost to attend and a reception will follow each event. We ask that guests confirm their attendance either by visiting Caliper or by writing us atcontact@caliperadmissions.com.
The content of these sessions will be extremely beneficial to international families based in and around Paris - please feel free to share this announcement to members of your network. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us either by email atcontact@caliperadmissions.com or by phone a 01.45.62.37.24 .
PARIS - American Library - WICE : Writers on Writing with Cyrus Cassells
Wed 23 May 2012 - 19h30
WICE @ The Library - Writers on Writing with Cyrus Cassells
We are delighted to welcome poet, translator, film critic, and actor, Cyrus Cassells to the Writers on Writing Series.
In his newest celebrated collection of poetry, Cyrus Cassells brings an unfathomable historical past to a compassionate, personal level. Released in April of 2012, Crossed-Out Swastika is an illuminating homage to young people who endured the tragedies of World War II in Europe. The set of stories, both historical and semi-fictional, are pieced together to acknowledge human challenges and express the survivors’ tremendous bravery. Join us in conversation to hear about Cassell’s inspiration for this unique project, his philosophy and rich experience as a writer, and insights into the creative process.
Praise for Crossed-Out Swastika:
Cyrus Cassells is a passionate poet whose poems touch the core of human connection through which can flow union with the infinite.
-- Library Journal
About Cyrus Cassells
Cyrus Cassells was born in Dover, Delaware. He grew up in the Mojave Desert north of Los Angeles, California. He is the author of four acclaimed books of poetry: The Mud Actor, Beautiful Signor, More Than Peace and Cypresses, Soul Make a Path through Shouting, for which he was nominated for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. His fifth book, The Crossed-Out Swastika, will be released in April 2012 from Copper Canyon Press. Among his many honors are a Lannan Literary Award, a Lambda Literary, the William Carlos Williams Award, two NEA grants, and a 1995 Pushcart Prize. He is a Professor of English and teaches for the MFA writing program at Texas State University-San Marcos.
PARIS - American Library - WICE : Writers on Writing with Cyrus Cassells
PARIS - Paris Power Networking - Aligning business strategy with consumers highest values & aspirations By MARGOT ESTHER BORDEN, Founder - Integral Perspectives
POWER NETWORKING PRESENTS:
MINDFULNESS AND BUSINESS
Aligning business strategy with consumers highest values & aspirations
By MARGOT ESTHER BORDEN, Founder - Integral Perspectives
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 7:30pm
Location: Le Secret, 16 avenue de Friedland, 75008 Paris: MAP
REGISTRATION: €30 (Select "Business Reception"). MEMBERS: €15 ("Member Discount")
1st Beverage and hors d'oeuvres are included.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND:
• Learn how mindfulness has the potential to transform the way you think and the actions you perform towards a positive, sustainable goal.
• Meet Power Networking partners, Henley Johnson and Margot Borden
• Connect with international business owners and entrepreneurs
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Margot Esther Borden is a psychotherapist, author and consultant living in Paris, France. The core of her work revolves around transforming consciousness so that it stems from our deepest, inner self. In turn, this transforms our attitudes and actions giving them such qualities as congruence, inspiration, collaboration, respect for people and planet; win-win reasoning and actions.
Her work as an international consultant consists of market research both internally, to identify the soul of the organization and align all levels and aspects of the organization to its highest unifying qualities and externally, with consumer groups. Her model is based on integral psychology, a soul-based psychology inspired from ancient Eastern wisdom, rather than traditional marketing which is based on the ego-centered approach of depth psychology. The result of her work leads to companies and brands contributing to raising consciousness and fulfilling humankind’s deep, noble needs rather than just the surface needs. The latter leads to restlessness and frustration and the former leads to peace, well-being and harmony. Some by-products of her work are sustainable development and CSR: www.TheIntegralPerspective.com.
REGISTRATION: €30 (Select "Business Reception"). MEMBERS: €15 ("Member Discount")
PARIS - Fondation des Etats-Unis - PONT concert featuring Nick ZOULEK, saxophone, Maison des Etudiants Canadiens
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Evening Book Group
Evening Book Group
20:30hrs
I am hosting a book discussion group in the evening at my place in Aix. Everyone is invited to present something cultural, which interested them during the month: art, cinema, politics, literature or society. We will consider these topics in the light of multiculturalism - American, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Indian, Chinese..... I suggest that you read ‘Lost Memory of Skin’, by Russell Banks. If you would like to join us, please contact me.
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Evening Book Group
PARIS - Fondation des Etats-Unis - PONT concert featuring Nick ZOULEK, saxophone, Maison des Etudiants Canadiens
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - Coffee Morning Sète
Event: COFFEE MORNING
Date(s): 03/05/2012, 10/05/2012, 17/05/2012, 21/05/2012
Detail: Join other anglophones for a coffee and a chat every Thursday morning at the lovely Brasserie Victor Hugo (next to the Theater on boulevard Victor Hugo). It is a great opportunity to exchange books, magazines and provide useful tips and information to newcomers.
From 9h30 to 11h00.
SETE (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - Coffee Morning Sète
PARIS - Fondation des Etats-Unis - PRIVATE GROUP TOUR, Théâtre des Champs Elysées
Thursday, May 24th at 10am: PRIVATE GROUP TOUR, Théâtre des Champs Elysées
We still have spaces available for this incredible opportunity to visit one of the most legendary concert halls in Europe. The dates are as follows:
- Thursday, May 24th at 10am
- Monday, June 4th at 10 am
- Tuesday, June 5th at 10 am
The group needs to be at least 15, and can accomodate up to 30. Entrance is free for members of the FEU community. So come one, come all!
RSVP: culture@feusa.org
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Café Français
Café Français- NOW on Thursdays, 11:00-12:30 starting March 29
Would you like to improve your French conversation skills in a casual and relaxed atmosphere? Or would you like to lend your expertise to others learning French? Then join us as fellow member Fabienne leads our discussion group and provides insight into the lovely yet challenging French language.
PLEASE NOTE our new location and time starting on THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012:
Le Bistrot des Arts
20 rue Auguste Comte
69002 Lyon
metro stop: Bellecour – exit rue Victor Hugo
Bring a friend-Everyone is welcome!
Event Coordinator: Fabienne Nicolas
LYON (69) - France Ameriques Rhone Alpes - Visite guidée de l'EXPOSITION : UN JOUR, J'ACHETAI UNE MOMIE.....
Jeudi 24 MAI 2012 à 11 h 30 à 12 h 30
Visite guidée de l'EXPOSITION UN JOUR, J'ACHETAI UNE MOMIE.....
Emile Guimet et l'Egypte antique
Musee des Beaux Arts de Lyon
Palais Saint Pierre 20 place des Terreaux LYON 69001
Rendez vous à 11 h 20 devant l'entrée de l'exposition
Inscription auprès de Mme Seris 06.82.31.38.90 (accompagnée cheque 13 euros)
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Pot Luck Lunch
Pot Luck Lunch
spacer24 May, Thursday
12:30hrs
May’s Pot Luck Lunch will be chez Una and Robin.
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Pot Luck Lunch
MONTPELLIER (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - Book Discussion
Event: Book Discussion
Date(s): 24/05/2012
Location: Le Bookshop in Montpellier
Detail: will be discussed from 14h30 to 16h00 at Le Bookshop 4 rue du Bras de Fer in Montpellier
MONTPELLIER (34) - Anglophone Group of Languedoc Roussillon - Book Discussion
CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) - Cercle d’Etude et d’Amitie France-USA - Monsieur l’Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis : « Visions of Leadership »
- Jeudi 24 mai à 17 heures, Monsieur l’Ambassadeur exposera en anglais « Visions of Leadership » devant des étudiants de l’ESC dans l’amphithéâtre de CCI Formation, rue Jean Claret à La Pardieu (Clermont-Ferrand).
Par événement, je vous demande de vous pré-inscrire par mail ( contact@france-usa.fr ) AVANT DIMANCHE SOIR auprès du Cercle d’Etude et d’Amitié France-USA en indiquant les noms, prénoms et nationalité de chaque personne qui serait présente.
GRENOBLE (38) - Working Women’s Network Grenoble - Mireille Derain, cofounder of greytogreen
On 24 May, the WWNG professional spotlight will be on Mireille Derain, cofounder of greytogreen, an international network of coaching, consulting and training companies. Mireille will share greytogreen's unique approach to leadership training, which builds a bridge between personal and organizational development.
Come find out how you can consciously change your mindset to allow your own communication skills, creativity and performance to flourish.
When: Thursday 24 May, 6:45pm - 9pm
Where: Grenoble Ecole Management
GRENOBLE (38) - Working Women’s Network Grenoble - Mireille Derain, cofounder of greytogreen
PARIS - AmCham - The Role of Women (and many men) in AmCham France History
The Role of Women (and many men) in AmCham France History
24 may 2012, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Reservations must be received by close of business Friday, May 18. Cancellations and refunds cut-off: close of business Friday, May 18.
Subject : A Professional Women's Committee Event Speakers : Philippe Rochefort Participants : This is a forfait event for President’s Council, Corporate, Affiliate, Entrepreneur & Non-Profit Members Other Members: € 20 – Non Members & Guests: € 40 Location : AmCham France - 77 rue de Miromesnil 75008 Paris Conditions : Reservations must be received by close of business Friday, May 18. Cancellations and refunds cut-off: close of business Friday, May 18.
AmCham’s Professional Women's Committee invites you to hear about:
The Role of Women (and many men) in AmCham France History
QUESTION: How influential have women been in AmCham France History?
ANSWER: Not very (with some rare exceptions) but...
...this is a great starting-off point for learning the fascinating history of
THE OLDEST U.S. BUSINESS ORGANIZATION OUTSIDE THE U.S.!
Philippe Rochefort, AmCham France's De Facto Historian, will offer facts, figures, anecdotes and answers to questions about where, when and how all our wonderful opportunities for networking, lobbying and info sharing got their start.
(And he will in fact highlight some key Chamber women along the way!)
We look forward to sharing with you what promises to be a very interesting evening!
Shari Leslie Segall, Chair, Professional Women’s Committee
The Professional Women's Committee, founded in 1997, organizes speaker and networking events.
For info on the new Women Leaders Program: http://www.amchamfrance.org/
PARIS - AmCham - The Role of Women (and many men) in AmCham France History
RENNES (35) - Institut Franco-Américain - Soudain l'été dernier : ciné-débat
Soudain l'été dernier : ciné-débat
jeudi 24 mai - 18h30
Réalisé par Joseph L. Mankiewicz [1959]
avec Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift - Durée: 1h54
A la Nouvelle-Orléans de 1937, une riche veuve, Violet Venable, propose de financer l'hôpital public si l'un de ses praticiens, le docteur Cukrowicz, accepte de pratiquer une lobotomie sur sa nièce Catherine Holly.
La pièce de toutes les transgressions.
Intervenant : Pascal Montéville, professeur de Civilisation (Culture et Société en France) à S.Y.A. Rennes. Dans le cadre de l'association cinéphile Panoramiques qu'il avait "co-fondée", il a eu l'occasion de participer au ciné-club de l'IFA dans les années 80, avant de partir quelques années aux U.S.A.. Il a une particulière fascination pour Mankiewicz.
Tarif : 3/5 euros
Informations et réservations : 02 99 79 89 22 | biblio@ifa-rennes.org
En partenariat avec Clair Obscur
RENNES (35) - Institut Franco-Américain - Soudain l'été dernier : ciné-débat
BORDEAUX (33) - Association Bordeaux-USA - Kathryn Larcher will help us discover Henry David Thoreau (1817-1865)
May 24th – Our very own, Kathryn Larcher will help us discover Henry David Thoreau (1817-1865), American philosopher and poet-naturalist, author of “Walden” and “Civil Disobedience”, who created the idea of non-violent resistance. He did not just write about, but also lived according to his beliefs. Come discover a man who influenced many great political thinkers like JFK, Martin Luther King Jr., Tolstoy and Ghandi. And come find out why he wrote “Let every sheep keep its own skin”.
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Dining Out
Dining Out
Has dining in the fabulous restaurants of Lyon become your new hobby? And do you want to discover some of the well-known restaurants that the locals frequent? Then we have just the event for you! “Dining Out” will reserve a table for participants to enjoy a lunch or dinner together in one of the local restaurants.
Date : May 24 at noon
Location: La Confluence
Please RSVP by May 17 to reserve your place at the table. Details will be emailed to you.
Event Coordinator: Haleh Vignon
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - The writer Claire Le Cam and the Editions Isabelle Sauvage
The writer Claire Le Cam and the Editions Isabelle Sauvage
May 24th
7pm
Join the library and the non-profit "Chant des Mots" for a reading in French by the writer Claire le Camwho will also be talking about the publishing house Isabelle Sauvage. Free and open to the public.
PARIS - American Library - WICE @ The Library - Writers on Writing with Cyrus Cassells
Thu 24 May 2012 19h30
WICE @ The Library - Writers on Writing with Cyrus Cassells
We are delighted to welcome poet, translator, film critic, and actor, Cyrus Cassells to the Writers on Writing Series.
In his newest celebrated collection of poetry, Cyrus Cassells brings an unfathomable historical past to a compassionate, personal level. Released in April of 2012, Crossed-Out Swastika is an illuminating homage to young people who endured the tragedies of World War II in Europe. The set of stories, both historical and semi-fictional, are pieced together to acknowledge human challenges and express the survivors’ tremendous bravery. Join us in conversation to hear about Cassell’s inspiration for this unique project, his philosophy and rich experience as a writer, and insights into the creative process.
Praise for Crossed-Out Swastika:
Cyrus Cassells is a passionate poet whose poems touch the core of human connection through which can flow union with the infinite.
-- Library Journal
About Cyrus Cassells
Cyrus Cassells was born in Dover, Delaware. He grew up in the Mojave Desert north of Los Angeles, California. He is the author of four acclaimed books of poetry: The Mud Actor, Beautiful Signor, More Than Peace and Cypresses, Soul Make a Path through Shouting, for which he was nominated for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. His fifth book, The Crossed-Out Swastika, will be released in April 2012 from Copper Canyon Press. Among his many honors are a Lannan Literary Award, a Lambda Literary, the William Carlos Williams Award, two NEA grants, and a 1995 Pushcart Prize. He is a Professor of English and teaches for the MFA writing program at Texas State University-San Marcos.
PARIS - American Library - WICE @ The Library - Writers on Writing with Cyrus Cassells
PARIS - Room to Room - How was your life changed by school?
CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) - Cercle d’Etude et d’Amitie France-USA - Monsieur l’Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis sera accueilli par le Président de la CCI
- Jeudi 24 mai à 20 heures, Monsieur l’Ambassadeur sera accueilli par le Président de la CCI et son bureau, à son arrivée au Château Royal de St Saturnin pour la soirée organisée par les Caisses d’Epargne d’Auvergne Limousin.
Par événement, je vous demande de vous pré-inscrire par mail ( contact@france-usa.fr ) AVANT DIMANCHE SOIR auprès du Cercle d’Etude et d’Amitié France-USA en indiquant les noms, prénoms et nationalité de chaque personne qui serait présente.
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Coffee House
Coffee House
Every Friday
9am-11am
This is a special moment when the community gathers together to talk about everything and anything (...in English of course...) and sip fair trade coffee and tea. Coffee House is open to library members. Just drop in, no need to reserve!
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Coffee House
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Knit and Natter
Knit and Natter
Every Friday
10am
Come along and bring your knitting,
Have a natter while you're sitting,
Or learn to knit with wool provided,
Needles loaned and stitches guided.
Knitted garments are trés chic
So be in vogue and start this week.
Knit and natter is a free activity open to all members and takes place on Fridays from 10-11am
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Knit and Natter
CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) - Cercle d’Etude et d’Amitie France-USA - Monsieur l’Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis rencontrera l’American Citizen Community
- Vendredi 25 mai, à 10 heures, Monsieur l’Ambassadeur rencontrera l’American Citizen Community à l’Ecole Bilingue Internationale.
Pour chacune de ces manifestations, le nombre de places n’est pas illimité et l’inscription est obligatoire.
Par événement, je vous demande de vous pré-inscrire par mail ( contact@france-usa.fr ) AVANT DIMANCHE SOIR auprès du Cercle d’Etude et d’Amitié France-USA en indiquant les noms, prénoms et nationalité de chaque personne qui serait présente.
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Personalized Shopping with Maïte Despréaux : Luxury Shops
Personalized Shopping with Maïte Despréaux
The American Club of Lyon is thrilled to announce its partnership with personal shopping service Bulles de Mode for a series of events tailored to give participants an insider’s look at Lyon’s lively shopping scene. Founder Maïte Despréaux will lead shopping expeditions on Friday afternoons in February, March, April and May targeted towards uncovering the city’s best-hidden discount, vintage, silk and luxury stores. Each visit will conclude with friendly conversation at a local café.
To book, e-mail bullesdemode@gmail.com or phone Mrs. Despréaux at 06 99 29 42 60.
Look for the dedicated American Club webpage on www.bullesdemode.com password: AMCLUB
Shopping Dates:
February 10 and February 24, and April 6 – Outlet Shopping in Lyon, 2:00 p.m.
March 16 and March 30 – Vintage Clothing Shops, 2:00 p.m.
April 27 – Silk Shops and Silk Printing, 2:00 p.m.
May 25 – Luxury Shops, 2:00 p.m.
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Personalized Shopping with Maïte Despréaux : Luxury Shops
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Book Club
The Bookclub
May 25th
2:30pm
The Bookclub will discuss "The Sense of an Ending" by Julien Barnes. Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life.
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Book Club
MONTPELLIER - SETE (34) - Cooking fun with Bénédicte
Event: Cooking fun with Bénédicte
Date(s): 25/05/2012, 29/06/2012
Location: Cooking fun in a member's home
Detail: Every last Friday of the month, Benedicte gives a cooking lesson followed by lunch in a member's home. The number of participants is limited to 7 max and a fee of 7 euros is requested to cover cost of goods for the meal. Contact Benedicte to reserve by email or phone b.pastourel@hotmail.fr, 0467486009 or 0960355565
MARSEILLE (13) - Association France Etats-Unis - Sortie en car, visite du CEA de CADARACHE
Vendredi 25 Mai 2012 : Sortie en car, visite du CEA de CADARACHE le matin, puis, déjeuner au "Château" et l'après-midi visite du chantier d'ITER.
MARSEILLE (13) - Association France Etats-Unis - Sortie en car, visite du CEA de CADARACHE
PARIS - American Cathedral - LAGV concert
May 27 at 4pm, Guray BASOL, piano Works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Liszt. Free entry
MONTPELLIER - SETE (34) - Film review
Event: Film Discussion
Date(s): 28/05/2012, 25/06/2012
Category: Members
Detail: Join us at the cosy bookstore for a cup of tea and a discussion about the film of the month. (announed by email and on our website home page)
The last Monday of every month from 14h00 to 15h30, rue du Bras de Fer in Montpellier.
contact Marlene our film expert to confirm tel 06 76 89 11 27 or email marlene.jose.abrams@gmail.com
PARIS - Am Cham - Legal English Training Program
Legal English Training Program
21 may 2012, 18h-21h, every Monday from May 21, 2012
Registration deadline is May 1, 2012
Subject : Training Program helping lawyers and law student pass the ILEC and learn legal english Speakers : Stephanie Schantz Participants : Lawyers, Legal Support Staff, Students, Members and Non-members of AmCham Location : American Chamber of Commerce in France, 77 rue de Miromesnil, 75008 Paris, France Conditions : Registration deadline is May 1, 2012
ILEC is world’s first and only international recognized test of legal English. It was developed by Cambridge University. ILEC tests the ability of lawyers to use English for professional purposes. The exam is based on realistic tasks of the kind that legal practitioners would be expected to encounter in their daily working lives. For more information about ILEC, see www.legalenglishtest.org.
Week 1: Introduction, the Practice of Law
Week 2 Company Law: Formation, Management, Capitalization
Week 3: Fundamental Changes in a Company and Case Study No. 1
Week 4: Contract Formation and Contract Remedies
Week 5: Contracts: Assignment and Third party Rights and Case Study No. 2
Week 6: Employment Law and Sale of Goods
Week 7: Real Property Law and Intellectual Property Law
Week 8: Negotiable Instruments
Week 9: Debtor- and Creditor Law and Competition Law
Week 10: Transnational Commercial Law
Course Information:
WHO: Lawyers, Legal Support Staff, Students, Members and Non-members of AmCham
WHEN: Every Monday evening for 10 Weeks (18:00- 21:00)
WHERE: American Chamber of Commerce in France, 77 rue de Miromesnil, 75008 Paris, France
AmCham Members: 1500 EUR H.T. for the 30 hour program
Plus the cost of “International Legal English” by TransLegal in collaboration with Amy Krois-Lindner
Use your DIF! This program is eligible to be a part of your professional training budget.
Lawyers can earn up to 30 hours of La Formation Continue Obligatoire des Avocats
To register, email us at info@legallingua.com. Registration deadline is May 1, 2012.
Stephanie Schantz is an American lawyer and founder of Legal Lingua with over 10 years experience in the legal field. She received her Juris Doctorate (JD) from the University of Wisconsin Law School and a Bachelors Degree (BA) in government from Franklin andMarshall College. Additionally, she studied at Sciences Po and La Sorbonne in Paris, France. Since moving to Paris, Stephanie has lectured at Sciences Po, New York University Law School and the University of Paris II (Pantheon-Assas).
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Coffee Chat
Get together for a cafe, a delicious donut, and English conversation with American Club members and our fellow Lyonnais. No need to RSVP for this event.
Bring a friend -Everyone is welcome!
Each Tuesday morning
Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
at Times Donuts, 34 rue Sainte-Helene, Lyon 69002
Event Organizer: Sam Finocchio
SETE (34) - Bridge
Detail: Every Tuesday from 13h30 to 16h00
Join other anglophones for "social" bridge in English regardless of your level. Contact Jacob for more information tel 0685124866 or email jacob.wibom@gmail.com
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Conversation group for University students
Conversation group for University students
Every Tuesday
5pm-6pm
"An English break" is a weekly rendez-vous for students that takes place at "My Favourite Place", 4 rue de l'Espine. Free activity for library member
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Conversation group for University students
RENNES (35) - Institut Franco-Américain - Donald Ray Pollock :: rencontre littéraire
mardi 29 mai - 18h30
Evénement !
"Un livre violent, obsédant, déchirant et vraiment excellent" , selon le Washington Post.
Donald Ray Pollock sera à l'Institut franco-américain pour une causerie et signature autour de la présentation de son roman.
La ruralité de l'Ohio habitée par la religion et la sauvagerie.
Le Diable, tout le temps est paru aux Éditions Albin Michel le 29 février 2012.
Entrée libre
Renseignements : 02 99 79 89 23 | contact@ifa-rennes.org
RENNES (35) - Institut Franco-Américain - Donald Ray Pollock :: rencontre littéraire
PARIS - American Library - Evenings with an Author: Laurel Zuckerman and Best Paris Stories
Tue 29 May 2012 19h30
Evenings with an Author: Laurel Zuckerman and Best Paris Stories
Laurel Zuckerman, editor of Paris Writers News, will present the anthology Best Paris Stories, which features a constellation of talented authors including Lisa Burkitt, Nafikote Tamirat, Marie Houzelle, Jim Archibald, Jane Verwijs, Bob Levy, Jo Nguyen, and Editorial Committee Prize winner Julia Litchtblau.
Please join us for an evening of lively discussion. What makes a great short story? How best to capture the multitudinous facets of a great city like Paris? How will changes in publishing impact the short story? Are we on the threshold of a new Golden Age? Meet exciting new writing talent, as well as select editors and judges, in a stimulating and joyous setting.
About the authors
Best Paris Stories features the wond
erfully eclectic winning submissions from the international Paris Short Story Contest, hosted by Paris Writers News, and selected and judged by eminent personalities from Paris literary life. The editor, Laurel Zuckerman is the author of Sorbonne Confidential and Les Rêves Barbares du Professeur Collie. Her essays and interviews have appeared in Le Point, Le Monde, Le Monde de l'Education, The Guardian, The Times, Hommes et Commerces, and Cahiers Pédagogiques as well as on France 24, TF1, RFI, and the BBC. A former logistics IT specialist, she is marshalling new publishing and social media technologies to bring Best Paris Stories to readers worldwide.
Learn more about the writers in Best Paris Stories on its website and Laurel's blog for more information.
PARIS - American Library - Evenings with an Author: Laurel Zuckerman and Best Paris Stories
PARIS - American Cathedral - LAGV concert
May 29 at 20h30, Buena Vista University Choir. Works by Haydn, Casals, Mendelssohn, Rutter, Uzee, Brown. Free entry
PARIS - AmCham - Effective board meetings in a cross-cultural environment
Effective board meetings in a cross-cultural environment
30 may 2012, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Reservations must be received by close of business Friday, May 25. Cancellations and refunds cut-off: close of business Friday, May 25.
Subject : An AmCham France and The Paris Business School of Business Partner Event Speakers : George Nurdin - Dean of the Paris School of Business and Desmond McGetrick - Senior Consultant at the Paris School of Business Participants : This is NOT a forfait event All AmCham Members: € 30 – Non Members & Guests: € 50 Location : AmCham – 77 rue de Miromesnil 75008 Paris Conditions : Reservations must be received by close of business Friday, May 25. Cancellations and refunds cut-off: close of business Friday, May 25.
Board meetings and presentations must be powerful, short and memorable in order to achieve the required result; we are here to help. Hidden agendas, cultural differences and a more general lack of communication can often mean failure for international organizations with several branches and a broad clientèle.
Dr George Nurdin will share the key notions underlying the success of board meetings, with a special focus on the international and intercultural dimensions.
Desmond McGetrick will focus upon the application of professional presentation skills in the high-stakes environment of the board room.
Together, they’ll bring the challenges to life with an example of a real potentially explosive intercultural board meeting.
Whether you already attend board meetings or aspire to do so, this workshop is for you.
Take the strength, confidence and knowledge away with you to achieve your goals.
Be sure not to miss out on this great learning opportunity and enjoyable coffee morning!
Bio:
Georges Nurdin – Dean of Paris School of Business
Georges Nurdin, MSc., MBA, Ph.D, FinstD, studied international business, management and economics in Oxford (UK), Paris (France), Berlin (Germany) and in the USA. For over 20 years he held global divisional CFO, CEO and Director positions in leading American and European multinational corporations, including GE, Du Pont de Nemours, L&G-Siemens and Valéo. His extensive international experience spans Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and Asia. For the last ten years Dr Nurdin has advised private and public sector boards and international organisations on international business, economics, trade and cross cultural management. Dr Nurdin authors articles and publications and regularly delivers lectures and conferences in leading world business schools.
Desmond McGetrick
MBA (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées), BComm (University College Dublin), Visiting Professor - Prof. (FH) FH Kufstein.
Desmond McGetrick brings more than a dozen years of experience from the world of the multinational enterprise, as well as six years as an educator. He also holds a leadership role at Paris School of Business. He is a native of Dublin, Ireland.
*Paris School of Business has been classed amongst the leading business schools in the world by CEO magazine, an independent ranking publication. Paris School of Business is therefore considered to be of tier-one status alongside universities such as Oxford SAID, Harvard, MIT, and London Business School.
PARIS - AmCham - Effective board meetings in a cross-cultural environment
PARIS - Stanford Business School Alumni - « Vers une énergie plus intelligente et efficace » Avec la participation de Monsieur Emmanuel BABEAU
Déjeuner-Débat qui aura lieu
le mercredi 30 mai 2012, de 12h30 à 14h30
dans les Salons du Cercle France-Amériques
9/11 avenue Franklin Roosevelt - 75008 Paris sur le thème :
« Vers une énergie plus intelligente et efficace »
Avec la participation de Monsieur Emmanuel BABEAU
Emmanuel BABEAU, Directeur Général Finances de Schneider Electric, diplômé de l'ESCP et
DESCF, débute sa carrière chez Arthur Andersen fin 1990. Il rejoint le Groupe Pernod Ricard
en 1993 pour y occuper différentes fonctions au sein de la direction financière. Puis il est
successivement nommé Directeur Financier de Pernod Ricard Espagne en 1997, Directeur du
Développement du Groupe en 2001 et Directeur Financier en 2003. De 2006 à juin 2009, il occupe
le poste de Directeur Général adjoint en charge des finances. En juillet 2009, il rejoint Schneider
Electric dont il est membre du directoire et Directeur Général Finances.
PARIS - France Ameriques - Xavier Rey - Conservateur Peinture, Musée d'Orsay : Degas et le nu
Mercredi 30 mai - 18h30
Degas et le nu
Xavier Rey - Conservateur Peinture, Musée d'Orsay
sur le thème :
« Degas et le nu »
La première exposition monographique consacrée au nu qui se tient
actuellement au Musée d'Orsay est le fruit d'une collaboration avec le
Museum of Fine Arts de Boston. Cette importante exposition a bénéficié à la
fois du fonds considérable du Musée d'Orsay et de prêts exceptionnels de
collectionneurs et d'autres musées américains (Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Art Institute Chicago, Metropolitan Museum New York).
M Xavier REY, Conservateur des peintures au Musée d'Orsay, nous
propose, dans une conférence illustrée, de retracer la carrière de l'artiste et
l'évolution de son style. C'est par le nu, plus que par les représentations qui
lui apportèrent la célébrité -danseuses, chevaux, portraits, scènes urbaines- que Degas innova et fit
évoluer son style sur près de cinquante ans. Cette exposition montre pourquoi Degas occupe une place
aussi importante dans l'histoire de l'art du XIXe siècle en soulignant sa capacité à relier la culture
classique de son époque avec les avant-gardes du XXe siècle.
le mercredi 30 mai à 18h30
à France-Amériques 9 avenue Franklin Roosevelt 75008 – Paris
La conférence sera suivie d’un verre amical
PARIS - France Ameriques - Xavier Rey - Conservateur Peinture, Musée d'Orsay : Degas et le nu
BORDEAUX (33) - Fulbright France Alumni - Association Bordeaux-USA - « Vivre WRIGHT/Living WRIGHT: l'actualité de l'architecte et de l'homme »
Monsieur Joel F. Maybury, Consul des Etats-Unis d’Amériques
Monsieur Jacques Meladeck, France-Etats-Unis Gironde
Madame Linda Martin, Présidente de Bordeaux Women’s Club
Madame Concetta Antonelli-Lapeyre, Présidente de Bordeaux-USA
Madame Dominique Delomier, Présidente et
Madame Catherine Gaudin, Vice-Présidente de France-Fulbright Alumni
ont le plaisir de vous inviter à un dialogue entre
Claude MASSU
Professeur d’histoire de l’art de l’université de Paris 1
Spécialiste de l'architecture de Frank Lloyd Wright
et
Elizabeth Catherine WRIGHT
Petite-fille de l'architecte
sur le thème :
« Vivre WRIGHT/Living WRIGHT:
l'actualité de l'architecte et de l'homme »
le mercredi 30 mai 2012 à 18h30 (accueil à partir de 18h)
Pôle Juridique et Judiciaire, Université Bordeaux 4, Amphi Duguit,
35 place Pey Berland, 33000 – Bordeaux
PARIS - AmCham - Negotiating M&A Deals Across Cultures
Negotiating M&A Deals Across Cultures
31 may 2012, 8:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Reservations must be received by close of business Friday, May 25. Cancellations and refunds cut-off: close of business May 25.
Subject : Making The Most Of Cultural Differences - A Strategic Development and M&A Working Committee Event Speakers : Maureen RABOTIN and Philippe ROSINSKI Participants : Open to President’s Council Members only This is a NOT a forfait event – Contribution: € 30 Location : AmCham France – 77 rue de Miromesnil 75008 Paris Conditions : Reservations must be received by close of business Friday, May 25. Cancellations and refunds cut-off: close of business May 25.
An interactive workshop conducted by Maureen RABOTIN and Philippe ROSINSKI
- How did your counterparty’s and your cultural behaviors, values, and beliefs affect your respective negotiation styles?
- How might their or your cultural orientations lead to misunderstanding and potentially derail negotiations?
- What could you do to make the most of cultural differences during the due diligence process?
LYON (69) - American Club of Lyon - Café Français
Café Français- NOW on Thursdays, 11:00-12:30 starting March 29
Would you like to improve your French conversation skills in a casual and relaxed atmosphere? Or would you like to lend your expertise to others learning French? Then join us as fellow member Fabienne leads our discussion group and provides insight into the lovely yet challenging French language.
PLEASE NOTE our new location and time starting on THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012:
Le Bistrot des Arts
20 rue Auguste Comte
69002 Lyon
metro stop: Bellecour – exit rue Victor Hugo
Bring a friend-Everyone is welcome!
Event Coordinator: Fabienne Nicolas
MARSEILLE (13) - MAABN Mediterranean Anglo-American Business Network - LANGUAGE APERO
LANGUAGE APERO Thursday 31/05 – Marseille
Featuring MAABN sponsor Provence Promotion
Set up in 1998 by the Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the local authorities, PROVENCE PROMOTION is the economic development agency for the Bouches-du-Rhône département, bringing together all the main institutional and economic players in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
Headquartered in the Docks de la Joliette building in downtown Marseille, PROVENCE PROMOTION has a team of 25 staff providing free support -in the strictest confidence- to companies and individuals seeking to invest in the area.
PROVENCE PROMOTION has set up four marketing programs designed to encourage new business creation:
- Start in Provence, for new ventures in innovating fields;
- Go Between, for investors looking to purchase or set up partnerships with companies in Provence;
- Home Sweet Home, a national award-winning initiative for French expatriates wishing to return home and invest in Provence;
- Provence Premium, a support scheme for major international corporations.
PROVENCE PROMOTION is also the local partner of the Invest in France Agency (AFII), which has offices in 22 countries mainly in Europe, Asia and North America.
Provence Promotion is today acknowledged as an agency specialized in providing marketing-integrated solutions for domestic and overseas investors.
Where
La Boate
35 rue de la Paix
13001 Marseille
Price
MARSEILLE (13) - MAABN Mediterranean Anglo-American Business Network - LANGUAGE APERO
BORDEAUX (33) - Association Bordeaux-USA - Leland McLemore will share his views on "Trends in American Higher Education".
May 31st – Leland McLemore will share his views on "Trends in American Higher Education". He'll present a brief look at the past, present, and future of American colleges and universities, trends in pedagogy, and the challenges of educating students for life in a globalized world. The discussion will include comparisons to the French university system, touching on the Bologna process and its implications for American higher education. One hint: the lecture is passé, so we anticipate lots of interaction!
PARIS - WHSmith - Anne Korkeakivi will present and sign her novel An Unexpected Guest.
On Thursday 31st May at 7pm, Anne Korkeakivi will present and sign her novel An Unexpected Guest.
Clare Moorhouse, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat in Paris, is arranging an official dinner crucial to her husband's career. As she shops for fresh stalks of asparagus and works out the menu and seating arrangements, her day is complicated by the unexpected arrival of her son and a random encounter with a Turkish man, whom she discovers is a suspected terrorist. More unnerving is a recurring face in the crowd, one that belonged to another, darker era of her life. One she never expected to see again. But it can't be him--he's been dead for 20 years.... Like Virginia Woolf did in Mrs. Dalloway, Anne Korkeakivi brilliantly weaves the complexities of an age into an act as deceptively simple as hosting a dinner party.
An alluring debut novel in which a diplomat's wife's future hangs on planning the perfect Paris dinner--and a concealing a terrible secret. Like Virginia Woolf did in Mrs. Dalloway, Anne Korkeakivi brilliantly weaves the complexities of an age into an act as deceptively simple as hosting a dinner party.
This beautifully modulated first novel follows one day in the life of a British diplomat's American wife as she organizes a dinner party crucial to her husband's career... Struggling to sort out questions of loyalty, moral expediency and love while calmly carrying out the mundane responsibilities of her life, Clare finds a path to forgiveness and redemption. Yes, this is an homage to Virginia Woolf; echoes of Clarissa Dalloway resonate through Clare Moorhouse... but Clare takes very different lessons from her day than Clarissa. With this seemingly slight day-in-the-life tale, Korkeakivi produces a knowing comedy of manners, a politically charged thriller and a genuinely moving study of the human heart.' -Kirkus, Starred Review
'Korkeakivi fluidly fuses the past and present, building a solid character in Clare and powerfully exploring whether redemption from past regrets is possible and the lengths one must go to attain it.' - Publisher's Weekly
PARIS - WHSmith - Anne Korkeakivi will present and sign her novel An Unexpected Guest.
PARIS - American Club Paris - SEBASTIAN MARX - STAND-UP COMEDY ROUTINE FOLLOWED BY A COCKTAIL
Title : SEBASTIAN MARX - STAND-UP COMEDY ROUTINE FOLLOWED BY A COCKTAIL
Location : PARIS
Description : Sebastian Marx is a New Yorker who lives in Paris and, as you can imagine, he is a bit lost here. Therefore, he has decided to share his expat experiences in his native tongue through a show called “A New Yorker in Paris”, which is so funny that even the French find it “not bad”! Influenced by Woody Allen, Jerry Seinfeld and Louis CK, Sebastian shares his humor that is: As varied as the American landscape, As improbable as a Hollywood movie, As naïve as a cheerleader!!
(Download the associated document)
Member price : 29.00
Guest price : 35.00
Venue: Philomuses – 55 quai des grands Augustins – 75006 Paris
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Last minute payments will not be accepted
Price: Members 29 € / Guests 35 €
PARIS - American Club Paris - SEBASTIAN MARX - STAND-UP COMEDY ROUTINE FOLLOWED BY A COCKTAIL
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Coffee House
Coffee House
Every Friday
9am-11am
This is a special moment when the community gathers together to talk about everything and anything (...in English of course...) and sip fair trade coffee and tea. Coffee House is open to library members. Just drop in, no need to reserve!
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Coffee House
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Knit and Natter
Knit and Natter
Every Friday
10am
Come along and bring your knitting,
Have a natter while you're sitting,
Or learn to knit with wool provided,
Needles loaned and stitches guided.
Knitted garments are trés chic
So be in vogue and start this week.
Knit and natter is a free activity open to all members and takes place on Fridays from 10-11am
ANGERS (49) - English Language Library in Angers - Knit and Natter
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Gourmet Club
Gourmet Club
12:30hrs
By popular request we are returning to Le Vivier, Isle sur la Sorgue, with its lovely terrace overlooking the river and weir. To save any complications, for this visit, we shall keep to the 48 euros menu (without drinks), which was a great success last time.
MARSEILLE (13) - Anglo-American Group of Provence - Gourmet Club
GRENOBLE (38) - Working Women’s Network Grenoble - WWNG Social / Informal Networking
GRENOBLE (38) - Working Women’s Network Grenoble - "Cartoon drawing for trainers, facilitators & presenters"
Come join us on Saturday June 2 for Cartoon drawing for trainers, facilitators & presenters, next in the ongoing series of Professional Development Seminars presented by the Working Women’s Network of Grenoble.
Do you need to get ideas across clearly and memorably to others?
Have you ever watched someone draw a cartoon right in front of you – to help explain a point, or to bring an idea to life? If you have, you’ll know what a powerful method of communication a simple drawing can be.
If you’re a trainer, presenter, teacher, facilitator, consultant or coach, and you’d like to be able to draw cartoons to help you get your message across, then this unique opportunity is for you. You will discover that you can draw after all, and that you can use drawing to make your communication really distinctive.
This is a full-day, hands-on seminar for people who want to be able to:
- use the simplicity of cartoons to get across complex ideas and information
- improvise with cartoons to bring more spontaneity and humour into their presentations and training
- produce entertaining and memorable visual aids, in advance or on the spot.
In this seminar you will learn the fundamentals of cartoon drawing with an experienced professional cartoonist and trainer. This includes how to draw your own ‘live’ cartoons, and how to develop your own visual metaphors to help get your message across.
Can't draw to save your life? Come along and find out what you are really capable of.
Register now! This seminar is 45€ with lunch / 30€ without lunch for WWNG members, and 85€ for non-members (lunch included).
- Date: Saturday 2 June
- Place: Grenoble Ecole de Management
- Time: 9h00 to 18h00
- Speaker: Martin Shovel and Martha Leyton, CreativityWorks
Due to the nature of this training, places are limited. Don't delay - guarantee your spot in this unique seminar today!
NEAUPHLE LE CHATEAU (78) - Medeival Weekend In Neauphle-le-Chateau (Yvelines) with a France / United States Chivalry Tournament
Neauphle le Château , 78640
Date 2nd June
Starting Time 10h00
Ending Time 23h00
Type of event Tournoi de Chevalerie France / Etats Unis
Organized by : Lions Club Neauphle le Chateau
Subject "Medeival Weekend In Neauphle-le-Chateau (Yvelines) with a France / United States Chivalry Tournament.
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Speaker Stéphane ROLLIN (Lions Club de Neauphle-le-Chateau)
Location "Maison du Jeu de Paume
Neauphle le Château 78640
(tel : 0603959595)"
Price & Registration 6 € per person above 12
Contact information stéphane Rollin stephrollin@free.fr tel : 0603959595
More information - www.lesmedievalesdeneauphle.com
TOURS (37) - France Etats-Unis Tours - coffee morning. Sujet libre.
Le samedi 2 juin, sans doute à la Brasserie de l'Univers, boulevard Heurteloup (près de la place Jean Jaurès), à 10h, coffee morning. Sujet libre.
TOURS (37) - France Etats-Unis Tours - coffee morning. Sujet libre.
PARIS - Union of Oversea Voters - Voter registration for Americans
Your Name Tony Paschall
Your Email Info@UnionOfOverseasVoters.org
City Paris
Date Saturday
Date 2nd
Date June
Starting Time 14h00
Ending Time 17h00
Type of event Public Service Event
Organized by : Union of Overseas Voters
Subject U.S. citizens, register to vote and request your absentee ballots for the 2012 elections now!
Speaker
Location "Shakespeare & Company Bookshop
37 rue de la Bûcherie
75005 Paris"
Price & Registration free
Contact information Tony Paschall info@UnionOfOverseasVoters.org
More information - Internet link / website address WeVote.fr
More information : "The Union of Overseas Voters will assist United States citizens who wish to register to vote and get absentee ballots for the upcoming Presidential and Congressional elections.
On 6 November 2012, the U.S. will elect its President, Vice-President, the entire U.S. House of Representatives, and one-third of the U.S. Senate. A number of gubernatoral races will also be decided, as well as those for state offices around the country.
All U.S. citizens overseas who will be 18 years of age on Election Day can file a voter registration application and request ballots. To ensure you receive ballots for all the elections in which you are eligible to vote, we strongly advise you to request absentee ballots as soon as possible after the first of January every calendar year.
If you haven't registered to vote, or requested your absentee ballots for 2012, now is the time to do it!"
PARIS - Union of Oversea Voters - Voter registration for Americans
PARIS - Val-de-Grace - Concert : « Bayous et maringouins » 1812: la Louisiane devient le dix-huitième État de l'Union américaine
samedi 2 juin , 18h30 - entrée libre
« Bayous et maringouins »
1812: la Louisiane devient le dix-huitième État de l'Union américaine
Trois negro spirituals, pour chœur :
The battle of Jericho , arrangement de Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
My Lord what a morning , arrangement de Harry Burleigh (1866-1949)
Where You there , arrangement de Norman Luboff (1917-1987)
William Grant Still (1895-1978) Danzas de Panama , pour cordes
James Robert Gillette (1886-1963) Deep River - Nobody knows , pour orgue
Louis-Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) La savane , ballade créole arrangée pour cordes par Bruno Schweyer, première audition
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) What a wonderful world , pour voix de femmes et piano
Album de jazz, pour cordes :
Duke Ellington (1899-1974) Satin Doll
Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) Take the A train
Cole Porter (1891-1964) I get a kick out of you • Just one of those things
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) 'Round Midnight
Billy Holyday (1915-1959) God bless the child
Ben E. King (né en 1938) Stand by me
Christopher Culpo (né en 1959) To Mrs Helvétius, paroles de Benjamin Franklin, pour chœur et cordes
Hervé Désarbre, orgue
Chapelle-Musique du Val-de-Grâce, Etienne Ferchaud, direction
Orchestre à cordes de la Garde Républicaine, Sébastien Billard, direction
Eglise du Val-de-Grâce
1, place Alphonse Laveran, Paris 5°
RER : Port-Royal ou Luxembourg
Bus : 27, 83, 91
PARSI - Val-de-Grace - Concert : dernière audition d'orgue de la saison
dernière audition d'orgue de la saison
Dimanche 3 juin , 17h30, entrée libre
Hugo Gutierrez , orgue,
Gabriele Studer, orgue
lauréats de la Schola Cantorum
Alice Terrenoire, soprano
Œuvres de Mozart, Bach, Guilmant, Lefébure-Wély, Mendelssohn
Eglise du Val-de-Grâce
1, place Alphonse Laveran, Paris 5°
RER : Port-Royal ou Luxembourg
Bus : 27, 83, 91
PARSI - Val-de-Grace - Concert : dernière audition d'orgue de la saison
PARIS - American Library - Concert : Quatuor Hoffmann
Sun 03 June 2012 19h30
Founded in 2008, Quatuor Hoffmann has a bold mission: to play string quartet repertoire on period instruments that correspond to the composer’s era. From the first quartets of the 18th century to more recent pieces, the musical form evolves hand in hand with the instruments. Of the belief that music is more convincing when performed on the instruments for which it was written, the players of Quatuor Hoffmann readily adjust their playing technique to the instruments they play to highlight the character of each work. The quartet’s programs are designed to mix styles, languages and composers.
About the musicians
All graduates of the Conservatoire de Paris and CRR, the musicians study with renowned instructors Jean Philippe Vasseur,Alessandro Moccia, Stéphanie Marie Degand, ageet Zweistra,Hilary Metzer, Christophe Coin, and David Watkin among others. They play regularly in such festivals as "music Days in Spring Dignois" (April 2009), festival de Saintes (room for young musicians, July 2009) and the Auditorium Theatre of Poitiers (September 2009).
