Class Coffee Hour Saturday April 9th, 10:30-12:30 Come and see us for registration, payment, questions and concerns about classes or just to visit our new offices. Refreshments will be served.
Apéro Time! Thursday April 14th, 5.30PM Midtown Table 5016 Gate Pkwy Suite 6, Jacksonville, FL 32256
Join us at Midtown Table to enjoy a great glass of wine or a cocktail. Happy Hour is until 6pm so come on time! It is a great opportunity to reconnect with members you haven't seen in a while or meet new people and have a drink or two together. Typically conversations are in both English and French or a charming mix of both.
Café-Causerie! Wednesday April 27th, 10-11:30AM Belgian Sweet House 12276 San Jose Blvd Unit 713, Jacksonville, FL 32223
Join us at our Café-Causerie that will take place at Belgian Sweet House. On va bavarder (chat) over a nice cup of coffee and maybe a Belgian waffle or a crêpe.
This is a friendly event open to our students, people who want to practice their French, Francophone people, anyone really who fancies a chat in French!
All levels of French warmly accepted. À bientôt! . Please let us know if you are planning to join inby sending an e-mail toevents@afjacksonville.org
Opera: La Bohème May 1, 2022 3:00PM Jacoby Hall
Let's go to the Opera together!About La Bohème: La bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème (1851) by Henri Murger. The story is set in Paris around 1830 and shows the Bohemian lifestyle (known in French as "la bohème") of a poor seamstress and her artist friends.
Love at first sight, young romance, starving artists, and a coming of age: a perfect recipe for one of the most beloved and beautiful tragedies ever written. Metropolitan Opera Stage Director Gregory Keller and Courtney Lewis bring opera back to Jacoby Symphony Hall in this Jacksonville Symphony production and spectacle of the season. Featuring a star-studded cast, Puccini’s lush melodies, and high Cs against a backdrop of 30-foot-tall projections. Brittany Merenda, projection designer Camala Pitts & Dorinda Quiles, costume designers Opera Ensemble from the University of North Florida Department of Music Students from LaVilla School of the Arts
We will meet before the spectacle at 1 PM for lunch at The Bread & Board, 100 W Bay St Ste 101, Jacksonville, FL 32202 Let us know if you have tickets and join us for lunch sending an e-mail to events@afjacksonville.org.
Book Club Date between End of April-Mid-May TBD
Photo by Rahul Pandit from Burst A l'Alliance Française de Jacksonville, on adore les livres! Nous vous invitons à rejoindre notre club de lecture, où nous pouvons débattre, découvrir des livres et en partager.
Le livre pour la discussion du mois d'avril sera L'élégance du hérisson de Muriel Barbery.
L'Élégance du hérisson est le deuxième roman de Muriel Barbery, publié en 2006 chez Gallimard. Ce livre a remporté de nombreux prix littéraires, dont le Prix des libraires en 2007.
«Je m'appelle Renée, j'ai cinquante-quatre ans et je suis la concierge du 7 rue de Grenelle, un immeuble bourgeois. Je suis veuve, petite, laide, grassouillette, j'ai des oignons aux pieds et, à en croire certains matins auto-incommodants, une haleine de mammouth. Mais surtout, je suis si conforme à l'image que l'on se fait des concierges qu'il ne viendrait à l'idée de personne que je suis plus lettrée que tous ces riches suffisants. Je m'appelle Paloma, j'ai douze ans, j'habite au 7 rue de Grenelle dans un appartement de riches. Mais depuis très longtemps, je sais que la destination finale, c'est le bocal à poissons, la vacuité et l'ineptie de l'existence adulte. Comment est-ce que je le sais ? Il se trouve que je suis très intelligente. Exceptionnellement intelligente, même. C'est pour ça que j'ai pris ma décision : à la fin de cette année scolaire, le jour de mes treize ans, je me suiciderai.»
You are welcome to read the book in English and join the French speaking group discussion. The book is available in a French edition on Kindle, for the paper version, you can buy it on thriftbooks.com. The English language edition (The Elegance of the Hedgehog) is on Amazon and Kindle.
Let us know if you want to be part of the book club, the date for the discussion and the next book gets decided by all book club members, so nobody has to miss out! e-mail Sofie at events@afjacksonville.org for more info
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