ART | CINEMA | MUSIC | LECTURES |
Club de Conversation Languages from Around the World International Conversation Club Friday, October 26 2007. 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Alliance Française $13.00 members, $ 15.00 non-members Le Journal This half-hour news, presented by France 2, is broadcast in French with English subtitles, and airs daily at 7:00PM on MHz1 (listings). ART: Visite Guidée à la National Gallery Desiderio da Settignano: scupteur de la Renaissance à Florence In French Friday, October 5 2007. 12:15 PM (must make reservation 48 hrs in advance) Location: La Rotonde du bâtiment ouest $5.00 members, $5.00 non-members Vianney Paul “Arbres et Ames” Opening Reception Friday, November 9 2007. 6:30 PM Alliance Française Free (reservations required) CINEMA: Rugby World Cup in France Commentary in English Friday, October 19, 3:00 PM: Third Place Final – Delayed Saturday, October 20, 3:00 PM: Final – Delayed Alliance Française Free Marie-Antoinette By Sophia Coppola with Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman and Rip Torn English with French subtitles Monday, November 5 2007. 6:30 PM Alliance Française $6.00 members, $8.00 non-members Palais Royal! A comedy with Valérie Lemercier, Lambert Wilson, and Catherine Deneuve (2005) French with English subtitles Monday, December 3 2007. 6:30 PM Alliance Française $6.00 members, $8.00 non-members MUSIC: Soirée Carte Blanche #3 Electronic happy hour series with French video screenings and more Friday, October 12 2007. 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens $6.00 members, $8.00 non-members Beaujolais Nouveau Wine and cheese party featuring a mix of electronic muzette music Friday, November 16 2007. 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM Alliance Française $26.00 members, $33.00 non-members Dupont T Quartet at Twins Jazz Hubert Dupont, Glenn Ferris, Stephano Di Battista, Robin Eubanks, Steve Lacy, and Kartet Wednesday, December 12 2007. 9:00 PM & 11:00 PM Thursday, December 13 2007. 9:00 PM & 11:00 PM Twins Jazz, 1344 U Street NW $15.00 members, $20.00 non-members LECTURES: God Still Loves the French Lecture and book signing by writer, Mark Mailloux In English Wednesday, October 17, 2007. 6:30 PM Alliance Française $4.00 members, $6.00 non-members Fourth Conference of the International Society for First World War Studies October 17-20 Free (but reservations are required. See link for more info) Wednesday, October 17, 10:30 am at the Lycée Rochambeau. In French Wedneday, October 17, 6:30 pm at La Maison Française. In English Thursday, October 18 at National Archives. In English Friday, October 19 at German Historical Instituite. In English Saturday, October 20 at Riggs Library of Georgetown University. In English The Riches of Paris Presentation and book signing by writer, Maribeth Clemente In English Wednesday, November 14 2007. 6:30 PM Alliance Fraçaise $4.00 members, $6:00 non-members Queen of Fashion Gallery talk, lecture and book signing by Historian Caroline Weber on Marie Antoinette In English Thursday, November 15 2007. 6:00 PM Hillwood Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave., NW $10.00 members, $15.00 non-members The Quai Branly Museum: A New Ethnographic Museum in France Slide-illustrated lecture by Stéphane Martin, President of the Musée Quai Branly In English Saturday, November 17 2007. 3:00 PM Alliance Française $6.00 members, $10.00 non-members