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 UPCOMING ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE EVENTS

Activities for Bastille Day 2020!

Bastille Day Contests: From June 18 to July 9, French Cultural Center/ Alliance Française of Boston are offering two contests to help celebrate Bastille Day and have fun while staying safe!

Photo Contest: Send a picture of you wearing your most French clothes and accessories. Don't hesitate to be fun and creative!  Email your pictures as an attachment, before the 9th of July, and include your first name, last name, and your preferred email address. The winners will be announced during our live online Bastille Day event on Tuesday, July 14th. The winner's pictures will be shown during the event.

Marseillaise Contest: Send your own recording of the "incontournable" Marseillaise. We are looking forward to discovering your talents! To enter, email your videos, as an attachment, before the 9th of July. Include your first name, last name and your preferred email address. Please send us your video in an .MP4 format. The winner will be announced during our live online Bastille Day event on Tuesday, July 14th, and the video will be played.

Bastille Day 2020 July 14th @ 6 - 7:30 PM. The French Cultural Center/ Alliance Française of Boston invites you to a fun and educational online event! We'll hear speeches from Barbara Bouquegneau, Executive Director of the French Cultural Center / AF Boston and Arnaud Mentré, Consul Général de France à Boston. The winners of the two contests will be announced. Email to register.

French Story Time for Children. Tuesday, July 14th @ 12 PM EST. Alliance Française of San Antonio. (En français, free). Jonathan Chapman, French teacher at the International School of San Antonio, will be reading the story of "Le Lièvre et la Tortue"(The Tortoise and the Hare) in French. This is a great language immersion activity for parents and children, ages 2-6 years old, to enjoy from the comfort of home. Before reading the story, Jonathan will introduce children to the Parisian site of Place de la Bastille in the picture book "Paris y es-tu?", and how it relates to Bastille Day. Website 

Panel Discussion: A Closer Look at Bastille Day. Tuesday, July 14,th @ 2 PM EST. Alliance Française of San Antonio (In English, Free). An online panel discussion of French language and culture, welcoming Alexis Andres, the Consul General of France in Houston and guest panelists from academia and French media. Website.

CULTURETHEQUE

The Alliance Française of New Haven is proud to introduce Culturethèque – Your French multimedia e-library!
Video describing Culturethèque.

This is free benefit that comes with your active membership. 24/7 access from your personal computer, tablet, or smartphone. Access your favorite magazines as they hit newsstands, view concerts and shows, listen to lectures, introduce children to cultural materials, read e-books and comics, and take advantage of language-learning materials tailored to your needs.

• Over 400 magazines, 1,000 books, 200 comics, 450 videos and 370 learning materials. 
• This service is FREE for all the Alliance Française members and students. Your account will be valid for the same time as your membership. 
• Choose your own login and password! 

Must download Adobe Digital Editions. Register to Culturethèque.

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Spring 2020 French Classes

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 next several weeks. Therefore, we are shifting our events on-line through the summer  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 juin) pour discuter d'un roman chaque mois. On discute des thèmes et des idées dans les romans avec le groupe.  Envoyez vos questions par email.

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

8 juilliet 2020 La malade imaginaire de Molière.  Sur Zoom. Email à Robert Beech pour obtenir des informations sur l'entrée.

12 aout 2020 Profession du père par Sorj Chalandon (Larry)

9 septembre 2020 L'art de perdre par Alice Zeniter Delphine de Vigan (Leslie)

11 novembre 2020 Dans le jardin de l'ogre par Leila Slimani (Alberta)

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.

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PHOTOS:

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 summer months. La prochaine réunion de Parlons:

19 juillet  - email  for zoom access info. 

Et aussi:  2 aoùt; 16 aoùt; 30 aoùt; 13 septembre; 27 septembre; 11 octobre; 25 octobre; 8 novembre; 22 novembre; 6 décembre; 20 décembre

Ciné Club

Upcoming French or French-themed films in the area (please confirm all times and locations.) Email Clay Howe at william.clay.howe @gmail.com to receive Ciné Club notices.

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

8 juillet 2020 @ 5 PM.Discuss Wonders in the Suburbs. Watch film before discussion. Email for zoom link information.

2-6 octobre 2020. Focus on French Cinema.  Alliance Française Greenwich. RESCHEDULED TO NEW DATES AS SHOWN.

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

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!