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Join our Meetup conversation group every other Sunday morning from 10:30 to noon for fun and French discussion. To register for this event, send an email to: alliancefrancaisenh@gmail.com. We will meet at Panera Bread, 1060 Chapel St., New Haven. December 1, 15, 29, 2024.
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Les fêtes de fin d’année
Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 3PM-5PM
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Join the Alliance Française of New Haven for our holiday get together at the home of Alberta Conte 12 Virginia Road, East Haven. Help us celebrate the season. Our program includes a reading of Une visite de Saint Nicolas ('Twas the Night before Christmas) and a few chansons de noël. Please bring a holiday dish or snack to share. Email alliancefrancaisenh@gmail.com to make your reservation and let us know how many will be attending. Holiday Fundraising Tombola tickets are 3 for $5.00. | |
Café Littéraire sur Zoom
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 @ 6:30 PM
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Voici un club pour les membres qui voudraient lire et discuter d'un livre en français (reservé aux gens qui ont un niveau avancé). Nous nous rencontrons par Zoom à 18h30 chaque mois. On discute des thèmes et des idées dans les romans avec le groupe. Si vous voulez les liens ou si vous avez des questions, envoyez un email à alliancefrancaisenh@gmail.com.
Pour Decembre on lit L'esclave le vieil homme et le molosse par Patrick Chamoiseau. Patrick Chamoiseau's The Old Slave is a gripping, profoundly unsettling story of an elderly slave's daring escape into the wild from a plantation in Martinique, with his master and a fearsome hound on his heels.
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Ciné Club sur Zoom
Thursday, December 19, 2024 @ 6 PM
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Fan of French movies? If so, this club is for you. Join the Alliance Française for a discussion of a French movie on Zoom. If you have a favorite movie or any suggestions for future viewings, send us an email. Clay Howe will lead the conversation. Upcoming films to be announced. We meet on the third Thursday of the month. The film for December is Roman de Gare. Confusion reigns when police officers storm the office of novelist Judith Ralitzer (Fanny Ardant) and drag her into the station for questioning. The officers point out disturbing similarities between Judith's popular mysteries and the crimes of an active serial killer known as "The Magician." For further information and to receive the Zoom link, send an email to alliancefrancaisenh@gmail.com . It is available on Amazon Prime, Hoopla and Kanopy
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WINTER CLASSES BEGIN IN JANUARY
STAY TUNED MORE INFORMATION TO COME
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Our Partnership with Frantastique | |
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Try Fantastique for a whole month for free! The interactive, daily lessons only last 10 minutes and allow you to immerse yourself playfully and tailored to you in the French language.
After an assessment test, the lessons adapt to your level and interests, for optimal learning progress.
Discover Aimigo at the end of your lessons, your new AI-powered virtual friend with whom you can practice speaking. Aimigo helps you feel more confident when speaking and can discuss a variety of topics with you!
Click HERE TO TEST FOR FREE.
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Save the dates, More info to follow:
January 5, 2024 Fêtes des Rois 3-5 PM
January 8, 2025 An Interview with Scott Carpenter
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An Interview with Scott Carpenter
January 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM on Zoom
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Join both the Alliance Française of New Haven and of Hartford for an interview with author Scott Dominic Carpenter who teaches French literature and creative writing at Carleton College (MN). He is the author of French Like Moi: A Midwesterner in Paris (winner of a Next Generation Indie Book Award).
Following his hilarious introduction to Paris in French Like Moi, Midwesterner Scott Dominic Carpenter returns to the scene of the crime with more tales of intrigue.
This time, though, the story starts with sorrow as the author’s wife struggles with dementia. Humor may be the best medicine, but even the antics of a vandal in their building can’t cement the tiles of her memory for long. Before he expects it, Carpenter finds himself alone in a capital that is also blighted by the pandemic. It’s against this backdrop that the city comes roaring back to life. From bizarre encounters on the Metro to comical clashes with authority figures, and even a quixotic battle against a flock of migrant parrots, Paris Lost and Found unveils sides of the great city that are as quirky as they are authentic. With his unique blend of wit, insight, and wistfulness, Carpenter charts a path through his new labyrinth of solitude—only to emerge on the other side, squinting into the bright light of hope and new beginnings.
To reserve your spot and to receive the Zoom link, email alliancefrancaisenh@gmail.com
Publication Date (all formats): 9/17/2024 ISBN (paperback): 978-1609522124
ISBN (eBook): 978-1609522131 ISBN (audiobook): 978-1609522148
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Dear Colleagues,
Memberships are from Sept.-August. If you have not already renewed your membership,
renew now.
Your benefits include:
-Participation in the events of the Alliance Française (See programs on our website https://www.alliancefrancaisenewhaven.org/
-Close communication with the Alliance (emails, newsletter, Bulletin)
-Exclusive and free participation in Le Café Littéraire
-Access to the French classes at the Alliance Française of New Haven
-Participation in Le Ciné-Club
-Access to Culturethèque Your French multimedia e-library!
-Links to other Francophones and Francophiles .
Cost: Student: $30, Senior: $35, Individual: $45, Couple: $55, Family: $60
You may pay online at https://www.alliancefrancaisenewhaven.org/online-payment or you may pay with a check. If full membership is difficult for some due to financial constraints, please let us know. Send us an email at alliancefrancaisenh@gmail.com Please make checks payable to the Alliance Française of New Haven. Send payment to Alliance Française of New Haven, P.O. Box 207333, New Haven, CT 06520.
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Co-sponsored by the Federation of Alliances Françaises USA
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Apéro National French Conversation Group (en français) – Every Wednesday | |
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The group is for high-intermediate to advanced (or fluent) speakers who are current members of an Alliance Française chapter in the U.S. (if you are not a current member of an Alliance chapter, visit the Chapter’s page and sign up for membership at one of your closest AF chapters) or AATF members. Native speakers are welcome. This group conversation is for adult participants, ages 17 and up.
Note that conversation groups are not substitutes for taking an official French class. Conversation groups are for informal practice and for sharing the joy of conversing in French with other like-minded Francophiles or Francophones.
The national group meets by Zoom for an hour every Wednesday, and meets to accommodate our after-work Apéro theme:
Every Wednesday @ 5:00 PT / 7:00 pm CT / 8:00 pm ET
The group is hosted by a member of the Federation of Alliances Françaises board – Linda Witt. Attendees will be assigned to breakout rooms of 4-5 people, with each breakout session lasting 14 minutes. The rooms are then are re-created (for a different mix each time). In this way, participants get to meet and chat with a variety of participants from different backgrounds, regions, and fluency levels.
Participants will need to use Zoom (a free videoconferencing service). To get on the invitation list for the “Apéro-National” sessions, click here.
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Crossing the Cultural Divide - the Toughest Part of Moving to France, with Adrian Leeds
Dec 12 2024, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Take just one hour to get the inside scoop from a long-time resident of France, Adrian Leeds, to learn how to successfully cross the cultural divide between life in North America and life in France. The French…they may look like you, but they don’t think or behave like you! If you can’t bridge the gap, you’ll have a much tougher time acclimating to life in this beautiful country.
Join Adrian as she shares with us all her 30 years of experience shedding her U.S. “default mode,” for looking at life much in the same way as the French do and effortlessly maneuvering through the French mentality and complicated systems in France to create the quality of life you hope for.
It’s sure to be enlightening and fun as she pokes fun at both the American and French sides of the coin!
Click Here to register.
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French Cinémathèque: Lost Illusions
Dec 16 2024, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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December 2024: Illusions perdues / Lost Illusions (2021)
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Starring: Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Jeanne Balibar, André Marcon
In 1820s France, the young poet Lucien de Rubempre travels to Paris in the hope of becoming an author. Contrary to his expectations, he discovers that he must make ends meet by writing scurrilous theater reviews. He soon learns the dark side of the journalism industry as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Click Here to register.
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INFORMATION FOR SHARING AND FUN | |
Members and attendees at events/cultural programs should be aware that their picture might be taken and used for our website, advertising, etc. If you’d prefer not to be photographed, just wave the photographer away. | | | | |
