|
Thru
May 1 |
Martha Carroll / Mai 68: Les
Manifs
Click
for more info
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
55 East 59th
NY, NY
|
|
Thru
May 9 |
Impressionists
by the Sea
Wadsworth
Atheneum |
Wadsworth Atheneum
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT |
|
Apr
26 |
Workshop & Immersion / Languages in the Community:
Connecting the Language Classroom to
the
Multilingual Reality
(.5
CEU)
Sponsored by the CCSU Dept. of Modern Languages, CT Italian Teachers
Assoc., CT COLT, AATSP-CT, Center for the Teaching of French, Chinese
Culture Center,
Center for International Education, AATG - CT, the
Italian Resource Center
The
program will offer sessions in Spanish, Italian, French and Japanese on a rt, music, literature and more!
Free attendance and lunch buffet; up to 5 CEU. Stay tuned for more info!
9:30
am - 3:00 pm |
|
Infos
860.
832.
2882 |
Apr
26
|
Café et Conversation
Activité patronnée
par l' Alliance
Française de Hartford
Join
your
Alliance friends on Saturday mornings at Café Mozzicato
for conversation and socializing.This is a great opportunity to
practice speaking French or to maintain fluency. All levels are
welcome! Please call the office (860-278-9999) or check this
website for any date changes.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
|
Café Mozzicato
329 Franklin Av
Hartford, CT |
860.
278.
9999 |
Apr
26 |
Deadline to register for Immersion Day
and Spring Conference on May 10!
Sponsored by AATF-CT + Center
for the Teaching of French at Yale. Click for
details!
|
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT |
Infos
|
Apr
27 |
Edith Piaf: Her Passionate Life and Music
Lecture in English
with Video Clips by Prof. Joan Keefe (American University)
Activité patronnée par l'Alliance Française
de Hartford
Why has Edith Piaf become an international legend? Was it her
extraordinary voice, her unique style, her three minute songs that told
romantic stories? Was it the sad events of her chaotic life that lent
authentic emotional intensity to her songs? Joan Keefe will lecture on
Piaf's life and music, analyzing the elements that produced her
legendary performances and her enduring influence on the French popular
song. She will illustrate her lecture with video clips of Piaf singing
on Parisian stages.
3 pm
|
133 Pearl St.
Hartford, CT
|
|
Apr
28 |
Mondovino (Jonathan Nossiter, 2004)
Tournées Film Festival
Sponsored by the Yale Dept. of
French and Center
for the Teaching of French
Wine has been a symbol of Western civilization for thousands of years.
Never has the fight for its soul been as desperate. Never has there
been so much money and pride at stake. But the battle lines are not
what you'd expect: local versus multinational, simple peasant versus
powerful captains of industry. In the world of wine, it is never the
usual suspects.
(From the CTF website)
7 pm
|
212 York St.
New Haven, CT
|
|
Apr
29 |
La Maman et la Putain
Part
of CinémaTuesdays: Jean Eustache’s Circle
Eustache’s
epic vision of sour relationships, linguistic vampirism, and bad times
in the City of Light single-handedly slammed the door shut on the New
Wave’s romanticism of youth.
12:30,
4 & 7:30 pm; In French with English subtitles
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
55 East 59th
NY, NY
|
212.
355.
6160 |
Apr
29 |
Les Méduses (2007)
Directed by Etgar Keret Synopsis Winner of the Camera d’Or at the 2007
Cannes Film Festival Poignant, often witty and exceedingly cinematic,
JELLYFISH (MEDUZOT), tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv
women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern
Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a child apparently
abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding
reception of Keren, a bride who breaks her leg escaping a locked toilet
stall, ruining her chance at a dream Caribbean honeymoon. And attending
the event with an employer is Joy, a non Hebrew-speaking domestic
worker who has guiltily left her son behind in her native Philippines.
As this distaff trio separately wends their way through Israel’s most
cosmopolitan city, they struggle with issues of communication,
affection and destiny—but at times find uneasy refuge in its tranquil
seas. (From the CTF website)
7 pm; in
Hebrew and French
|
Luce Hall
Auditorium
34 Hillhouse
New Haven, CT |
|
May
1 |
Comment
enseigner la Shoah?
4:00
pm: Guest lecture. Followed by 2 workshops in French: 5:00-5:45 pm: Paul Kutner, French Teacher, St.
Savior Elementary School, Brooklyn, New York and Francophone Client
Liaison, Integrated Learning Center, Manhattan, "La Shoah, l’Occupation et les
Collaborateurs."
This presentation will
provide ideas of resources that can be used to teach the Shoah in class
of French. Activities that can be lead with students depending on their
levels skills will be describe. Cultural activities which can be done
in French or in English will be also discussed.
5 :50-6 :35pm : Ruth
Koizim, Senior Lector, French Department, Yale University, "Regards sur
l’Occupation." This presentation will provide ideas and
instruction on the use of film and literature to explore history and
culture in language classes at the intermediate-advanced level. We will
first consider the various reasons for including the Occupation period
in a traditional French language course. Then, after a brief overview
of some of the films and texts which might, in their entirety or in
excerpts, be appropriate for your students, we will focus on techniques
for teaching with both the print and the cinematic versions of Joseph
Joffo’s « Un Sac de Billes » and with Claude Chabrol’s film
« L’Oeil de Vichy ».
Followed by the screening of: L’oeil de Vichy, Claude Chabrol, 1958.
0.4CEUs.
|
|
|
May
1 |
Soirée littéraire
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
Read
a segment of L'Élégance
du Hérisson, a novel recently very popular in
France. Enjoy this literary reading even if you don't have the
text or
haven't read previous segments. We'll share texts and
summarize.
6:30
pm |
Bridgewater Library
62 Main St. S.
Bridgewater, CT |
860.
355.
1985 |
May
1-2
|
NERALLT
Conference: Language Learning in Action: Moving Images
in a Digital World
Sponsored by the
New England Regional Assoiation of Language Learning Technology
Film and video have been used in language education for 50 years or
more. What began as merely ‘showing a movie’ has progressed to a
plethora of uses and means of delivery for the moving image (and audio)
for language learning and instruction. Today’s world language students
are now learning from viewing, making, and interacting with digitized
moving images through films, their own video creations, teachers’
multimedia presentations, publishers’ ancillary materials, video
podcasts from museums, collaborative projects involving
interdisciplinary departments and international partners,
videoconferencing, travel blogs, and much more- delivered over the Web,
through commercial video streaming services to campus networks, from
video clip and film libraries, digitized art galleries, video-sharing
websites, and yes, often simply from a DVD movie played in class.
Workshops include Kalliope and Jabber.
For more information, click here
or contact co-chairs Emily
Wentworth or Mark Knowles
of Yale University.
|
Wesleyan University
Middletown,
CT
|
Infos
|
May
2 |
Matinée littéraire en Plein Air
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
Chemins
de fer
has been chosen as this year's book. Order your copy by sending a
check for $26 payable to the AF de Northwestern CT, Inc., P.O. Box 31,
Woodbury, CT 06798-0031 |
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|
May
3 |
Groupe de lecture
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
6:30
pm |
Burnham Library
62 Main St. S
Bridgewater, CT |
860.
355.
1985 |
May
7
|
Patricia Wells, noted food critic!
Sponsored by the Alliance
Française de Greenwich
Almost 30 years ago, Patricia and Walter Wells fell in love with France
and its seductive charms. The two journalists had planned on an
escapade for only two years. Today as food critic, author and teacher,
Patricia is widely regarded as the leading American expert on French
cooking. Walter was executive editor of the prestigious International
Herald Tribune and in 2006 was awarded the French Legion of Honor.
This high- profile expatriate couple will
share the fascinating details of their enduring affair with France, its
customs and cuisine at the Garden Education Center of Greenwich. A
delicious lunch of fresh and seasonal ingredients from Patricia's
recipes will be featured and each guest will receive a personally
inscribed copy of the couple's charming, recipe laden memoir; We've
Always Had Paris...and Provence.
10:30 am; Cost $85.
Reservations are
required. See info at right.
|
The Garden Education Center
130 Bible St. Cos Cob, CT |
RSVP
203.
869.
9242
X10
or
fax
203.
869.
0619
or
register online |
May
7 |
AF de Hartford Awards Ceremony
Families, teachers, department chairs, and
superintendents are invited. Teachers may nominate one middle school
and one high school student per town. If French is not offered at the
middle school level, two high school students may be nominated.
Nominating teachers should write a brief essay supporting their
student's nomination (no more than 150 words.) This may be submitted
via e-mail or in writing. Please do not nominate a student if the
student or a representative is not able to attend to receive the award.
(Awarded books will not be mailed.)
4:00 pm ceremony, followed
by punch & madeleines
|
Founders' Hall
Central CT State Univ
|
infos
860.
658.
0166 |
May
10 |
Café Conversation
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
Read contemporary and
historic articles about French culture and enter into lively
discussions in an informal atmosphere.
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Southbury Pub. Library
100 Poverty Rd.
Southbury, CT |
203.
266.
5588 |
May
10 |
Café et Conversation
Activité patronnée
par l' Alliance
Française de Hartford
Join
your
Alliance friends on Saturday mornings at Café Mozzicato
for conversation and socializing.This is a great opportunity to
practice speaking French or to maintain fluency. All levels are
welcome! Please call the office (860-278-9999) or check this
website for any date changes.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Café Mozzicato
329 Franklin Av
Hartford, CT |
860.
278.
9999 |
May
10 |
Chez nous comme en
France
Immersion Day & AATF
Annual Meeting
(+.4 CEUs), sponsored by AATF-CT + the Center for the Teaching of
French at Yale
A day of activities involving a variety of cultural, listening,
speaking, reading, writing, singing (and perhaps even dancing) that can
be adapted to every level of language instruction. A continental
breakfast and a hot buffet lunch will be served; CEUs to be granted for
participants. Click for more
information!
9 am - 3 pm |
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT |
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|
|
|
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May
17
|
AF General Mtg & Conference!
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
Jerry Labriola, M.D.
is a professor, politician, renowned forensics expert, and author of
popular mysteries and true crime books. In conjunction with his
latest novel, The Strange Death of Napoleon Bonaparte, he will cover
such topics as forensic science, fictional crime, true crime, and cases
still in the news.
10 am - Breakfast;
10:30 - Meeting; 11 am - Lecture in English
Reserve before May
10. Non Members $10
|
Brown & Kingsley Rm.
Southbury Pub. Library
100 Poverty Rd.
Southbury, CT |
203.
263.
4096 |
May
20 |
Francofête
2008 -
Vive
la Diversité!
La quatrième édition de la Francofête aura lieu
dans le but de célébrer les cultures francophones du
monde entier. Toutes les activités de la journée se
dérouleront en français, dans une ambiance festive et
chaleureuse.
L’un des objectifs majeurs de cette journée de festivités
est d’encourager les élèves à poursuivre leur
apprentissage du français pendant leurs études
secondaires (High Schools) et universitaires. C’est aussi l’occasion
pour eux de rencontrer la communauté francophone de leur
région, très bien représentée par les
animateurs bénévoles de la Francofête, originaires
cette année de pays aussi divers que le Liban, la Guinée
ou le Canada.
La Francofête est organisée et encadrée par des
enseignants et des professionnels membres des diverses organisations
francophones du Connecticut
: l’Alliance Française de Northwestern Connecticut, l’ AATF-CT , CT COLT et le Centre pour l’Enseignement du
Français à Yale University. |
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT
Regardez
aussi
la
Francofête
de
2007 |
Infos
860.
487.
0877
|
May
20 |
French Awards Ceremony
Join AATF-CT in honoring Prizewinners from the Grand Concours and
French Prize contests!
6:30 pm
|
Hopkins School
986 Forest Dr.
New Haven, CT
|
|
| May 24 |
Café Conversation
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
Read contemporary and
historic articles about French culture and enter into lively
discussions in an informal atmosphere.
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Southbury Pub. Library
100 Poverty Rd.
Southbury, CT |
|
| May 24 |
Café et Conversation
Activité patronnée
par l' Alliance
Française de Hartford
Join
your
Alliance friends on Saturday mornings at Café Mozzicato
for conversation and socializing.This is a great opportunity to
practice speaking French or to maintain fluency. All levels are
welcome! Please call the office (860-278-9999) or check this
website for any date changes.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Café Mozzicato
329 Franklin Av
Hartford, CT |
860.
278.
9999 |
| May 27 |
Homage to Ousmane Sembène
<>Revered
patriarch of African Cinema.
Uncompromising critic of colonial
regimes. Astute chronicler of urban
Senegal — Ousmane Sembène inspired
an entire continent’s cultural awakening
through both literature and film. To close World
Nomads, FIAF turns to Sembène
and his irreplaceable body of work. Close
friend of Sembène, Dr. Mamadou Diouf,
director of Columbia University’s Institute
for African Studies, officiates over
an intimate evening to include personal
reminiscence, readings, a screening
of Sembène’s seminal film Borom Sarett,
and an original sound score performed by the initimable DJ Spooky
<> - From the FIAF website
<> Borom Sarret (Ousmane
Sembène,1963)
Borom Sarret is the first film by
Senegalese
director Ousmane Sembène. Through this
moving short film, Sembène presents the
fruitless day of a Dakar cart driver and his
struggle for self-awareness.
7:00
pm; In French with English subtitles
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th
NY, NY |
212.
355.
6160 |
| May 29 |
Cinémathèque et converstion
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
View a French movie you'll
not be able to rent elsewhere and discuss it in French
7:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Woodbury Library
269 Main St. South
Woodbury, CT
|
|
Jun
3
|
Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of
Fear; 1953)
Part
of CinémaTuesdays: Homage to Yves Montand
A
thriller with few peers, The Wages
of Fear finds four men in a South American jungle hired to
deliver nitroglycerine to a distant oil field by truck. Tension builds
between the men to unbearable levels on remote roads where the tiniest
jolt could result in death.
12:30,
4 & 7:30 pm; In French with English subtitles
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th
NY, NY |
212.
355.
6160 |
Jun
5
|
Soirée littéraire
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
Read
a segment of L'Élégance
du Hérisson, a novel recently very popular in
France. Enjoy this literary reading even if you don't have the
text or
haven't read previous segments. We'll share texts and
summarize.
6:30
pm |
Bridgewater Library
62 Main St. S.
Bridgewater, CT |
860.
355.
1985 |
Jun
7
|
Matinée littéraire en Plein Air
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
Chemins de fer has been chosen as this
year's book.
10:00 to 12:00
|
Bent-in-the-
River Audubon Center
185 E. Flat Hill
So. Britain, CT
|
|
Jun
7 |
Café et Conversation
Activité patronnée
par l' Alliance
Française de Hartford
Join
your
Alliance friends on Saturday mornings at Café Mozzicato
for conversation and socializing.This is a great opportunity to
practice speaking French or to maintain fluency. All levels are
welcome! Please call the office (860-278-9999) or check this
website for any date changes.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Café Mozzicato
329 Franklin Av
Hartford, CT |
860.
278.
9999 |
Jun
8 |
Pétanque
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
Bring a light lunch and something to drink.
Reserve before June 3!
10:00 to 12:00
|
82 Sylvan Crest Rd.
Southbury
|
infos
203.
262.
1320
|
Jun
10 |
La solitude du chanteur de fond
(Marker, 1974)
(The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer)
Part
of CinémaTuesdays: Homage to Yves Montand
As
a filmmaker, Chris Marker has always been very much a diarist, crafting
intimate portraits of his subjects. The same is true with this, his
affectionate look at Montand, which includes conversations with
costars, his wife Simone Signoret, and Montand himself. Essential
viewing for fans of both Marker and Montand, the film teems with
insight into the life of this great French artist.
12:30,
4 & 7:30 pm; In French with English subtitles
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
Tinker Hall
55 East 59th
NY, NY |
212.
355.
6160 |
Jun
17 |
Police Python 357 (Alain Corneay,
1976)
The Case Agains Ferrot
Part
of CinémaTuesdays: Homage to Yves Montand
Montand
plays against type in this stirring thriller as loner policeman Ferrot.
Striking up an affair with a young woman, he pays little mind to the
fact that she is also seeing his superior, Commissioner Ganay. Yet when
the woman is murdered and all clues inexplicably point to Ferrot, he
regards it less as coincidence than conspiracy. With Simone
Signoret.
12:30,
4 & 7:30 pm; In French with English subtitles
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th
NY, NY |
212.
355.
6160 |
Jun
21 |
Matinée littéraire en Plein Air
Sponsored by
the Alliance Française
of
Northwestern CT
Chemins de fer has been chosen as this
year's book.
10:00 to 12:00
|
Bent-in-the-
River Audubon Center
185 E. Flat Hill
So. Britain, CT |
|
Jun
24 |
La folie des grandeurs
(Gérard Oury, 1971)
(The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer)
Part
of CinémaTuesdays: Homage to Yves Montand
This
costume comedy set in Renaissance Spain abounds with delightful
treasures, including the two leads. De Funès is a wonder to
watch as Don Salluste, the scorned tax collector to the King, and
Montand is a risky, brilliant choice for Blaze, his valet. With revenge
and royal outrage fueling its inspired absurdity, the film is a clear
predecessor to farces such as The Visitors.
12:30,
4 & 7:30 pm; In French with English subtitles
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th
NY, NY |
212.
355.
6160 |
Jun
24 |
Café et Conversation
Activité patronnée
par l' Alliance
Française de Hartford
Join
your
Alliance friends on Saturday mornings at Café Mozzicato
for conversation and socializing.This is a great opportunity to
practice speaking French or to maintain fluency. All levels are
welcome! Please call the office (860-278-9999) or check this
website for any date changes.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Café Mozzicato
329 Franklin Av
Hartford, CT |
860.
278.
9999 |
Jul
1
|
Clair de femme (Costa-Garas, 1979)
Womanlight
Part
of CinémaTuesdays: Homage to Yves Montand
A
chance conversation between strangers Michel (Montand) and Lydia (Romy
Schneider) reveals that they are both in mourning— he is recently
widowed and she has lost her daughter. Finding comfort and compassion
in each other, they struggle to build a relationship together, still
haunted by their respective losses. The last film that Montand and
Schneider made together, it proved a late career triumph for both.
12:30,
4 & 7:30 pm; In French with English subtitles
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th
NY, NY |
212.
355.
6160 |
Jul
8
|
Jean de Florette (Claude Berri, 1986)
Part
of CinémaTuesdays: Homage to Yves Montand
The
first of Claude Berri’s internationally acclaimed adaptations of Marcel
Pagnol's novels, Jean de Florette stands as a rousing meditation on
greed and the cruelty borne of it. César (Montand) and his
nephew Ugolin (Auteuil) eye an abandoned property with a bounteous
spring. When the new owner refuses to sell the land, the duo are forced
to take more extreme measures.
12:30,
4 & 7:30 pm; In French with English subtitles
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th
NY, NY |
212.
355.
6160 |
Jul
15
|
Manon des sources (Claude Berri,
1986)
Manon of the Spring
Part
of CinémaTuesdays: Homage to Yves Montand
The sequel to Jean de Florette, and in every respect as great a film.
Manon (Béart), now a grown woman, seeks retribution on those who
caused her father’s death, including those who did nothing to stop it.
Soon she discovers that the scope of her revenge includes the man who
has fallen in love with her. A magnificent end to this profound and
epic tragedy.
*Film critic Elliot Stein will introduce the 7:30pm screening.
12:30,
4 & 7:30 pm; In French with English subtitles
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th
NY, NY |
212.
355.
6160 |
Jul
22
|
Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
Part
of CinémaTuesdays: Homage to Yves Montand
Montand
is The Deputy, a scientist brutally beaten by an angry mob before
delivering a controversial address. After dying during surgery, The
Deputy is martyred, and the country is galvanized by investigation and
murmurs of conspiracy. It is no surprise to some that the deeper the
inquiry continues, the further the government is implicated.
12:30,
4 & 7:30 pm; In French with English subtitles
|
French
Institute/
Alliance Française
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th
NY, NY |
212.
355.
6160 |
|
Antoinette
is the Duchess of Langeais, a married coquette who frequents the most
extravagant balls in 1820's Paris during The Restoration, where
hypocrisy and vanity reign. Upon the handsome general, Armand de
Montriveau's first meeting with her, he realized it was true love from
that moment on. Flattered by his attentions, the alluring Antoinette
orchestrates a calculating game of seduction, but she repeatedly
refuses Montriveau. Despite his sincere romantic declarations,
Montriveau's passion remains unfulfilled. When the humiliated
Montriveau eventually seeks his revenge, Antoinette's love awakens. But
it may well be too late for the star-crossed lovers. - From the
official website. 
Paris,
summer 1984.
The
black-and-white animation, highly stylized and in two dimensions,
doesn’t attempt to render the usual cartoon 3-D. In
quick,
often impressionistic flaehes, it depicts growing up in Teheran and
Vienna from a highly personal point of view. The narrative is as
original as the art. The narrator, Marjane Satrapi, only daughter of an
educated Teheran couple, first sketches in briefly how the Shah first
came to power,only to lose it and have it replaced by the fanatical
religious regime of today. Educated in a French school, she and her
family are rapidly alienated from the so-called revolution...This
is no fairy tale with flying horses and beautiful
princesses, but a serious, unsentimental and sometimes brutally honest
film covering, among other events, the story of the millions of
Iranians and Iraqis who died in a now forgotten seven year war around
the Persian Gulf.
Addressing the
Cancellation of the AP French Literature Exam
This is the first full retrospective of
the French artist Gustave
Courbet (1819–1877) in thirty years, presenting some 130 works by this
pioneering figure in the history of modernism, from his seminal
manifesto paintings of the 1850s to the views of his native Ornans and
portraits of his friends and family. The exhibition also includes a
selection of nineteenth-century photographs that relate to Courbet's
work, especially his landscapes and nudes. The works are drawn from
public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad. Click for
links to learn
more about the exhibition, view
images, subscribe to
the podcast, download
the audio file, listen to the full
audio program, or visit the Met
store for related publications, reproduc-
