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The Week Ahead
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April 19 - 26, 2014
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 REED LECTURE CONVERSATION
Mardi 22 Avril � 13h30
Biblioth�que de Byram
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 INTERNATIONAL BOOK CLUB
Tuesday, April 22, 5-6pm
Byram Shubert Library
Provence, 1970
In the creation myth of modern American food, Eden is played by pre- and postwar France. It was at its tables that a handful of people well attuned to pleasure had their worlds blasted open. Their ensuing desire to build lives around the joys of food and cooking caused a revolution in the United States - and it isn't over yet.
For a certain food lover,, 1970: M. F. K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Tastethe unknown delights of, say, a lost recording of the Rolling Stones with the Beatles and Bob Dylan. All of those heavyweights - plus Judith and Evan Jones, Richard Olney and Sybille Bedford - in the same kitchen? Heaven!
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 CINE-CRITIQUE & CINE-CLUB
Thursday, April 24th, 7pm
Byram Shubert Library
Please note: These two activities are combined this month. This movie is also the adaptation of the classic novel by Emile Zola, which was studied at the Club de Lecture earlier in April.
Germinal is a 1993 French epic film. It was directed by Claude Berri, and stars G�rard Depardieu, Miou-Miou and Renaud. At the time, it was the most expensive movie ever produced in France. It became the 4th most attended film of the year and won the C�sar Award for Best Cinematog-raphy and Best Costume Design (among 12 nominations). The film, set in the nineteenth century, closely follows the plot of the novel, which is a realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s
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 CAFE FRANCO-AMERICAIN
Friday, April 25th, 9:30-12pm
RSVP: currently full!
This activity is currently full! We are working on a separate program with a similar formula, during evenings. Stay tuned for more news on this exciting opportunity to treat your palate and exercise your tongue...
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 IMMERSION DAY
Saturday, April 26th, 1-5pm
Le Sud-Ouest
Partez pour un voyage dans une region verdoyante, combinant histoire, gastronomie & vins de Bordeaux. Avec l'histoire du piment d'Espelette, l'origine du Canal du Midi, la for�t des Landes, la recette du cassoulet, nous chercherons a comprendre l'esprit du sud-ouest !
Come for a trip in a verdant region, combining history, gastronomy and Bordeaux wines. With the story of the Espelette pepper, the origin of the Canal du Midi, the Landes forest and the cassoulet recipe, we will try and understand the spirit of the sud-ouest!
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MEMBERSHIP
Enjoy an amazing co-membership with FIAF in NY!
Prices upon request - call (203) 629-1340
You can now get all the benefits, programs and events of the Alliance Fran�aise of Greenwich & the French Institute - Alliance Fran�aise (FIAF) in New York with this incredible opportunity!
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EDUCATION - Spring Session & Summer Camp
Sign-up for Brush-up Basics Workshop, every Wednesday!
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COMING SOON
La Table Fran�aise
Thu. May 1st, 12:30pm
Bernard's
20 West Lane - Ridgefield, CT
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