The New Haven chapter of an international organization promoting French language and culture.

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 UPCOMING ALLIANCE FRANCAISE NH EVENTS 

Sunday, 3 October 2021 @ 3-6 PM. Un après-midi nantais. We look forward to seeing you at our celebration of Nantes, Les Pays de la Loire, at the home of Jake Joseph and Gerhard Kummerow, 18 Pearl Hill St., Milford CT 06460. This is an outdoor event open to all vaccinated members. Our hosts will provide us with oysters and oysters shuckers as well as the traditional Nantes cake called "une galette nantaise aux amandes". Bring a snack or appetizer to share. Free for members; $5 Non-members. Space is limited. Email to register. 

OTHER AF EVENTS

Monday, Sept. 20th @ 1 PM. Virtual Lunch with French Author Victoria Mas. Join Avon Library for a lunchtime Zoom event with Victoria Mas on her internationally bestselling and prizewinning literary novel, The Mad Woman's Ball (Le bal des folles) - a gothic, chilling story set in an 1885 Parisian women's asylum, and soon to be a major motion picture from Amazon Studios. Register with Avon Library here.

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Fall 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

Starting in August, events will be partly on zoom and partly in person for vaccinated persons. Email for information.

Meanwhile, stay safe and get vaccinated!

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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 en Zoom 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:

13 octobre 2021 La classe de neige par Emmanuel Carrère (Claire)

10 novembre 2021 La fille aux yeux d'or  par Honoré Balzac (Clay)

8 décembre 2021 Le ventre de l'atlantique par Fatou Dioume (Leslie)

12 janvier 2022 Ce matin-là par Gaelle Josse (Alberta)

9 février 2022 Pas dupe par Yves Ravey (Richard)

9 mars 2022 L'africain par Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (Viviane)

13 avril 2022 La belle créole par Maryse Condé (Tom)

11 mai 2022 Nos richesses par Kaouther Adimi (Larry)

8 juin 2022 Le collier rouge par Jean Christophe Ruffin (Clay)

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

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Cahier de vacances version USA disponibles

Summer work books US version available.

The "cahier de vacances" is a vacation workbook that is a longstanding tradition in France. Every summer, school children are encouraged to fill out the workbooks during summer vacation as a way to reinforce and practice what they learned in the school year. Available for adults and children of various ages. Email AFNH to obtain a copy.

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PHOTOS:

Bastille Day

Union League Café 7/14/21

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. 

 Parlons sessions will be held in person for vaccinated persons on the terrace of the Book Trader Café, 1140 Chapel St., New Haven. 

La prochaine réunion de Parlons: 

26 septembre 2021

Et aussi: 10 octobre, 24 octobre, 7 novembre, 21 novembre, 5 décembre, 19 décembre

Stay tuned for next Zoom conversation hosted by Yvonne Kolodny. If interested, email  Yvonne for the link.

Apéro French Conversation Group (Online)

Participants are invited to enjoy their favorite beverage during the "Apero" conversation (sponsored by Federation Alliances Françaises USA). On zoom, the 2nd Wednesday of each month @ 8:15 PM). The group is for intermediate to advanced (or fluent) speakers who are current members of an Alliance Française chapter in the U.S. (If you are not currently a member, click here to sign up in New Haven). To get on the invitation list, click here.

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, 16 September 2021 @ 6 PM. Tell no one. A film by Guillaume Canet based on a novel by Harlan Coben. Amazon Prime and Kanopy and Hoopla.

COLCOA Curated films now available. AF members will enjoy this brand new online collection of carefully curated, high quality French films (with subtitles) available at low rental costs for streaming on demand. Details here. 

IF Cinema à la carte - thème Fete de la musique 10 juin - 10 juillet. 

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.

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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 over 100 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!