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 UPCOMING ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE EVENTS  

Sunday, 7 mars 2021 @ 2 PM. Join us for an exceptional online event with the talented actor and director, André Nerman, who is well known to the Fédération Alliance Française USA audience. He will share his in-depth knowledge of the great French playwright, Molière. This Zoom presentation will be in French and is suitable for persons with high-intermediate to advanced levels of French. Click here to register.

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 @ 5 PM. Yale professorAlice Kaplan will moderate a discussion with Princeton history professor Philip Nord, Carolyn Dean and Maurice Samuels. Nord will discuss his new book, After the Deportation: Memory Battles in Postwar France. An estimated 160,000 people, a mix of résistants and Jews, were deported from France to concentation camps in Central and Eastern Europe during the Second World War. Sponsored by the Yale Program of Anti-semitism. Free but register in advance.

Friday, 19 March 2021 @ Noon. Join Paris-based journalist Simon Kuper in conversation with political scientist Catherine Fieschi to discuss how the Le Pen family built and changed the French far right. What French historical traditions are they drawing on? Might their party ever win power? Part of Pandemonium U. series, free and open to the public. Sponsored by Fédération Alliances Françaises USA. Register here.

Thursday, 25 March 2021 @ 7 PM. Join Funda Gulmen of the AF New Haven to discuss "How to Improve your Travel Photography While at Home". This presentation will include photos of her trip to the French Alps, Brittany and Paris. Email to receive the link.

Saturday, 27 March 2021 @ 1 PM. French cooking doesn't have to be complex. With Susan Loomis, it is as easy as "un, deux, trois!" The spirit of the plat du jour, the dish of the day, is simplicity, seasonal ingredients, and joyful time at the table. Effortlessly transform any meal into an elegant and flavorful French masterpiece. Sponsored by Fédération Alliances Françaises USA and free to all AF members. $10 for non-members. Register here.

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Spring 2021

French Classes

Alliance Française of New Haven offers French classes for adults at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels and encourages all its members to go back to school to refresh their knowledge of French. If successful, it will provide a solid knowledge of standard French for use in business and travel.

All classes will be taught by our Swiss and French born professors, Yvonne Kolodny and Jacqueline Munk. 

All our language classes offer an immersion experience in the French language, adapted to the level of the course - be it through dialogues, video viewing, discussions, and more.  Students are encouraged to express themselves in French. Grammatical instruction will be a tool, not a goal. See the class registration tab for information about future classes and the syllabus for each class. Complete online registration or print out the attached PDF form and mail with payment to AFNH, PO Box 207333, New Haven, CT 06520. Online payment is available.

AFNH French Classes

Coronavirus

The CDC and State/ Local officials recommend canceling group events for the present. Therefore, we are shifting our events and classes on-line through the winter using the Zoom program. Email for information.

Meanwhile, stay safe and healthy.

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RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!

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Café Littéraire

Voici un club pour les membres qui veulent lire et parler d'un livre en français (reservé pour les gens qui ont un niveau avancé). Nous nous rencontrons à Maison Mathis, 304 Elm St., New Haven, (Zoom en hiver) pour discuter d'un roman chaque mois. On discute des thèmes et des idées dans les romans avec le groupe.  Demandez les liens de zoom et envoyez vos questions par email.

Voici la liste et les dates de nos discussions! Les discussions sont de 18h30 aux dates indiquées ci-dessous:

10 mars 2021 Chaleur du sang par Irene Nemirovsky (Annie)

14 avril 2021 La commissaire n'aime point les vers par Georges Flipo (Richard)

12 mai 2021 Une Vie de Boy par Ferdinand Oyono (Stephen)

9 juin 2021 L'échappée belle par Anna Gavalda (Yvonne)

Pendant les réunions de mai et juin nous discuterons les romans pour l'année prochaine.

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Zumba en français

Online Zumba classes en français with instructor Catherine Vedder. Free for Fédération Alliance Française USA chapter members. Click here for your online zumba lesson.

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PHOTOS:

L'échange des livres   13 septembre 2020

Une Conversation avec Oliver Gee 21 juin 2020

Une Américaine in France Ellen Hilton on Zoom 

     24 mai 2020

Après-midi suisse

8 mars 2020

Une Causerie

15 février 2020

Parlons Français! French Conversation 

Join this Meetup group every other Sunday morning from 10:30 to noon for fun and French conversation. All sessions have been moved to Zoom through the winter months. La prochaine réunion de Parlons: 

28 février 2021

 Email  for zoom access info. 

Et aussi: 14 mars; 28 mars; 11 avril; 25 avril; 9 mai; 23 mai; 6 juin; 20 juin

Ciné Club

Fan of French movies? Join the Alliance Française for a discussion of a French movie on Zoom led by Clay Howe. View the movie beforehand and then join our discussion in English and/or French.

La prochaine fois:

Thursday, 18 février 2021@6PM. Gemma Bovery. Martin, an ex-Parisien hipster, sees an English couple move to a small farm in Normandy whose behavior seems inspired by Flaubert's heroes. It is available on Kanopy and Amazon Prime. To receive the link for this Zoom event, email here.

Thursday, 18 March 2021 @ 6 PM. Renoir. This month's film is set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915. Jean Renoir, son of the impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste, returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. View on Kanopy and Amazon Prime.  Email to receive the link.

3 - 14 mars 2021. Rendez-vous with French Cinéma à New York. UniFrance and Film at Lincoln Center have announced the complete program of the 26th edition of the festival which will throw the spotlight on the variety and vitality of contemporary French cinema. This edition will be online.

Focus on French Cinema Worldwide Wednesdays. Fascinating, lively discussions with Joe Meyers on French films. Alliance Française de Greenwich.

View film before discussion. Email for zoom link information.

See My French Film Festival on-line at www.myfrenchfilm festival.com/en/

CULTURETHEQUE

The AF New Haven is proud to introduce Culturethèque, your French multimedia e-library!  Over 400 magazines, 1,000 books, 200 comics, 450 videos and 370 learning materials! (click here for more inf0). Here is a video describing Culturethèque.Must download Adobe Digital Editions. Register to culturethèque.

Special Offer from France Today

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 AFNH By-laws

Links to related groups:

Federation des Alliances Françaises USA, Inc.: www.afusa.org

Headquarters Alliance Française à Paris: www.fondation-alliancefr.org/ 

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As a member of the Alliance Française de New Haven (AFNH), you will be part of the largest network of French language and cultural centers in the world. There are 141 Alliance Française chapters in the United States and 1,100 chapters world-wide based in 149 countries. Members of the AFNH acquire and develop cultural awareness, which are invaluable assets when traveling or abroad. 

Café Littéraire



Parlons Français!