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 UPCOMING ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE EVENTS  

Wednesday, 2 décembre 2020 @ 6 PM. Tom Wohlmut - The Light Between Two Towers. Tom's life in Paris as a young man was transformational and he continued his enthusiasm. He will explore the relationship between The Eiffel Tower (1889) and the San Jose Electric Light Tower (18). Co-sponsored with Fédération AF USA. Click HERE to register. The event is in English with some French vocabulary.

Friday, 4 décembre 2020 @ 12 noon. Who is Emmanuel Macron and where is he taking France? Discussion with author William Drozdiak, about France's youngest President since Napoleon. Pandemonium U., co-sponsored with the Federation Alliances Françaises USA. Co-sponsored with Fédération AF USA. Click HERE to register.

Saturday, 5 décembre 2020 @ 3 PM. Fête de Noël.  Join Chef Matt in welcoming the holiday season by learning about the traditional French dessert, Bûche de Noël. The recipe will be provided and he will discuss different styles of cakes and how you can customize your own holiday masterpiece. Sponsored by AF chapters Hartford and New Haven. Email to receive the zoom link.

Saturday, 5 décembre 2020 @ 2 PM, en français. Arts and Craft Inspiration with Gail Durham- Montre et Raconte en français. Are you inspired by artists who can fashion beautiful objects from bare elements or recycled materials? Then you'll enjoy this presentaion by Gail Durham, a retired French and Spanish teacher whose involvement in the arts goes back decades. Suitable for learners of French from low-intermediate to advanced. Co-sponsored with Fédération AF USA. Click HERE to register.

Tuesday, 8 décembre 2020 @ 7 PM. Happy hour with the Lafayette Escadrille. Join filmmakers Darroch Greer and Paul Glenshaw for an online preview of their forthcoming documendtary film,"The Lafayette Escadrille". The film is the first ever comprehensive documentary made about the founding squadron of American combat aviation and one of the great stories of the French - American alliance. Shot in over 40 locations in France. Watch the 20 minute version of the film on Youtube before the discussion. Co-sponsored with Fédération AF USA. Click HERE to register.

Sunday, 13 décembre 2020 @ 3 PM. Les fêtes de fin d’année.  Join the AF chapers of Hartford and New Haven for our holiday get together. Enjoy a slide presentation on making a delicious mousse au chocolat.Click HERE for the recipe. The presention will be in English. To receive the Zoom link, send an email.

Thursday, 17 décembre 2020 @ 6 PM. Discuss the seasonal Ciné Club film, Joyeux Noel. See Ciné Club for details.

Tuesday, 12 janvier 2021 @ 4 PM. Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked their Lives to defy the Nazis. Discussion with author Jeffrey Jackson, an expert on European history and culture about his new book. It describes a little known WWII story of an anti-Nazi campaign undertaken by two French women who use their art to defy the Nazis on their chosen home, the British Channel Island of Jersey. Co-sponsored with Fédération AF USA. Click HERE to register.

Saturday, 23 janvier 2021 @ 2 PM. Pursuing the Dream: Living and Investing in France with Adrian Leeds. This is your opportunity to learn the steps to make your dream of living in France come true. Adrian Leeds has lived in France for 25 years and has been featured on House Hunters International. Co-sponsored with Fédération AF USA.To register, click HERE.

Zumba en français

3 August - 31 décembre

Available any day . . . any time. Free for AF members. The Fédération of Alliances Françaises USA is co-hosting online Zumba classes en français with instructor Catherine Vedder. Cathereine lives in Honolulu and has been a Zumba instructor since 2014. These sessions are free for Alliance Française members. Click here to access the online Zumba lesson. Participants may give tips to the instructor here.

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Spring 2021 French Classes

Stay tuned for information to come.

Alliance Française of New Haven offers French classes for adults at the beginner and intermediate 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 on-line through the summer and fall using the Zoom program. Email for information.

Meanwhile, stay safe and healthy.

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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 automne) 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:

9 décembre 2020 La Panse par Léo Henry (Robert)

13 janvier 2021 Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la meme façon par Jean-Paul Dubois (Larry)

10 février 2021 La Daronne par Hannelore Cayre (Judith)

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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE CURRENT BULLETIN

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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 Group

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 fall months. La prochaine réunion de Parlons:

6 décembre - email  for zoom access info. 

Et aussi:  20 décembre; 3 janvier; 17 janvier; 31 janvier; 14 février; 28 février; 14 mars; 28 mars; 11 avril; 25 avril; 9 mai; 23 mai; 6 juin; 20 juin

Ciné Club

Fan of French movies? If so this club is for you. 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, 17 décembre 2020 @ 6 PM.  Joyeux Noel is a 2005 epic war drama film based on the Christmas truce of December 1914, depicted through the eyes of the French soldiers.

Available for viewing on Youtube. To receive the link for the discussion on Zoom, email. 

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!