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75 Charter Oak Avenue 1-202
Hartford, CT 06106
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Number 216 - novembre/décembre 2025
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Make a Difference Today:
Donate to Alliance Française de Hartford
Annual Campaign
The season of giving is once again upon us. The Alliance Française de Hartford is dedicated to promoting the French language and culture exchange throughout the Hartford area. We have launched our 2025-26 Annual Campaign with a goal of raising $3,000 to fund a new, secure and user-friendly website that will facilitate easy signup and payment. Please consider supporting the AFH through a contribution to the organization. Thank you for being a part of our community and for your continued support.
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If you prefer to donate by check, please send your check, payable to AFH, to:
Alliance Française de Hartford
75 Charter Oak Avenue, Suite 1-202
Hartford, CT 06106
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AFH Winter Course Calendar
Give yourself the gift of learning. Explore our winter course catalog at the link below. We have a number of classes available for you to choose from.
Classes start on December 1st. Register now!!
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All of our language classes offer an immersion experience in the French language. Students are encouraged to express themselves in French. Grammar is a tool, not a goal.
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If you have not done so, become a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership affords you! For more information about our membership plans, click here.
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Upcoming AFH Events
All AFH students have GOLD BENEFITS while attending classes at the AFH. Continue reading for a list of our featured events in November and December. As always, you can view a complete list of events and register for them on our website.
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AF Hartford
Club de Foot
Hey AFH sports fans! Would you like to meet at local bars
and TV spaces to watch soccer games in the run-up to the World Cup?
Drop us an e-mail at afhclubdefoot@gmail.com with your name and contact info and stay tuned!
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How French Brought Me From Connecticut to Switzerland
Saturday, November 1st
1:00 PM
Via Zoom
Annette Fay, originally from Enfield, Connecticut, is an expert in international development who specializes in research, monitoring and evaluation of water and sanitation projects. She has worked in more than a dozen African countries, as well as France, and is presently living in Switzerland. Annette is the daughter of Audrey Fay, former board member of the Alliance Française de Hartford.
She states:
"I plan to present how learning the French language first in Connecticut and later in France lead to my interest and work in Francophone West Africa. I’ll speak about my international development work in West Africa over the past twenty years and how I’ve ended up now in Switzerland. I’ll also share observations of the different cultures I’ve gotten to know well (including a few lessons learned!)."
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Beaujolais Nouveau
Thursday, November 20TH
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Each year French wine producers release their newest Beaujolais Nouveau wine in early November. Join us for a tasting of the 2025 Beaujolais Nouveau wine, together with a three course meal, and lively French conversation.
PLACE:
Gather 55 (part of Hands On Hartford),
55 Bartholomew Ave
Hartford, CT 06106
Restaurant has a parking lot with free parking adjacent to it.
PRICE: $80 (members), $90 (non-members)
Price includes homemade sourdough bread, appetizer, entrée, dessert, wine, tax and service charge. Coffee is extra for $5.
NOTE: You are required to reserve, pay and give meal choices to Linda (dirafh@gmail.com or text Linda at 860-278-9999) by November 12, 2025.
Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
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Club de Lecture
J’emporterai le feu
Leila Slimani
Saturday, November 22nd, 2025
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Leïla Slimani’s new novel brings her semi- autobiographical trilogy The Country of Others to a close. The sprawling saga follows a family over three generations and traces the development of modern-day Morocco from the late 1940s through to the pandemic-scarred present.
Place:
Atlantic Works Conference Center
57 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT
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Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present
Saturday, December 13th, 2025
3:00 PM
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Presented by Alison Richard
In Person - in English
Place:
Atlantic Works Conference Center
57 Charter Oak Ave, Hartford, CT
After a brief overview of the history of human settlement in Madagascar, this talk will focus on the past century. During this period, Madagascar was a colony of France, regained its independence in 1960, and today faces many challenges. Alison Richard will single out environmental issues, the role of the colonial administration in shaping the current narrative, and her long-term partnership with Malagasy colleagues and a community in the southwest to conserve the surrounding forests and wildlife while also improving local livelihoods and well-being.
Alison Richard is a Senior Research Scientist in the Yale Anthropology Department and Franklin Muzzy Crosby Professor Emerita of the Human Environment, and was Provost of Yale University from 1994-2002. She has studied the ecology and social behavior of wild primates in Africa, Central America, and the Himalayan foothills, but she is most widely known for her research on lemurs in Madagascar. Her most recent book, The Sloth Lemur’s Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present, is a far-reaching account of Madagascar past and present. For fifty years, she has worked to help conserve the island’s unique natural heritage and enhance socio-economic opportunities for people living in and around forests in the southwest.
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A chill is in the air as autumn grows, preparing us for winter. Our coffee and conversation series will move inside at the locations specified below. We would love you to join us for a great opportunity to speak French or to maintain fluency. Come enjoy good friends, good coffee and good conversation.
All levels are welcome.
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Dates:
Saturday, November 8th
Saturday, November 22nd
Saturday, December 6th
Saturday, December 20th
Time: 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Place:
November 8th:
Yeager's house
62 Ridgewood Road
Glastonbury, CT
November 22nd through December 20th:
Atlantic Works Conference Center
57 Charter Oak Ave
Hartford, CT
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Upcoming Federation Events
Finally French: Mark Greenside's Adventures in Brittany
November 12th
French Cinémathèque: L'histoire de Souleymane
November 17th
Words as Keys - Stories from A French Life
November 19th
From Aimée Leduc to Huguette: Cara Black’s Postwar Paris
December 3rd
Life Between Two Ovens: Baking Anytime, from Paris to New York
December 9th
French Cinémathèque: Nouvelle vague
December 15th
Click here for more information about these events.
Please visit the Calendar for more information on events sponsored by the Federation.
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