le bulletin - Alliance Française de New Haven

LE BULLETIN
de l’Alliance Française de New Haven
P.O. Box 207333, New Haven, CT 06520
Winter 2016
A non-profit organization promoting French language and culture
Parlons!
Café Conversation
Alliance Française
Conversation Club is done
through Meet up. Come
and meet with interested
Francophiles and talk
about anything. We meet
every other Sunday at
10:30 AM at Panera Bread,
1060 Chapel Street, New
Haven. Our next meetings:
Jan 10, 24 Feb 7, 21,
March 6, 20, 2016.
Register at
[email protected]
SPRING CLASSES
Bill Crochetiere is our teacher for the Intermediate class. The
intermediate class will run on Thursdays. Bill will be using the method
Version Originale 3 (available at the Yale Bookstore). The classes will
start on Thursday, March 31, 2016-June 2, 2016. These classes will
take place at Bourse-New Haven, 839 Chapel St. on the fourth
floor. You will be given a code by your instructor to access the
elevator to the 4th floor.
Check our events on our
webpage
www.alliancefrancaisenewhaven.org
Yvonne Kolodny is our teacher for the beginning level. She will use
French in Action and Barrons (available at the Yale Bookstore). The
classes will run from March 1-May 17, 2016. These classes will take
place at her home
74 Brook Hill Road,
Hamden.
UPCOMING
EVENTS
The syllabi and registration forms are available on line at our website
www.alliancefrancaise.org
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UPCOMING EVENTS
January 16, 2016? Un diner avec l’Alliance Française at Wheelers Restaurant,
180 Amity Rd, Woodbridge, CT
February 7, 2016 Fêtons la Chandeleur chez Marie Dominique Boyce, 62 Sonoma
Lane, Middlebury, CT de 15h à 18h. Space is very limited. Make your reservations
early. For reservations, call 860 788 3346. Today, for young and old alike, Chandeleur
is above all known as crêpes day and generations have kept alive a collection of
traditions and customs around the making of crêpes. If the cook can flip a crêpe while
holding a gold coin in the other hand, his household will enjoy prosperity throughout the
coming year. Another custom (although less followed) suggests keeping the first cooked
crêpe in a wardrobe in order to assure the abundance of the coming
harvests. http://www.frenchmoments.eu/candlemas-in-france-la-chandeleur/
March 6, 2016 Join the Alliance Française at Rudy's Restaurant and Bar,
1227 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06511 at 4 PM for La musique actuelle et ses artistes
francophones. Présenté en français par Patrice Tassy, DJ, musicien, photographe.
Cette présentation musicale a pour objet de nous faire voyager à travers la culture et
les musiques de maintenant. Un regard sur nos artistes francophones préférés, de
Yannick Noah à Amadou et Mariam en passant par Stromae pour n'en citer que
quelques uns, musiques d'inspirations électro, folk, hip hop, jazz où world, ces artistes
qui nous montrent que la musique dépasse largement toutes les frontières.
Email: [email protected] for reservations
The TCF (Test du Connaissance de Français) will be given at Luce Hall, Yale
University in March. The TCF-Quebec will be given on Saturday, March 19 and the
TCF-tout public on Sunday, March 20.
The TCF-ANF (Nationalité Française) will be given in the afternoon on March 20. The
TCF tests the level of French according to the European scale using listening, reading,
writing and oral skills.
Information on registering for the test is available at:
http://pier.macmillan.yale.edu/community/test-de-connaissance-du-francais-tcf
or by contacting Sharon Straka ([email protected]). General information and
examples are found at www.ciep.fr Registration forms (located on the website) and
payment are due at Yale by February 19 at the latest.
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PAST EVENTS OF THE ALLIANCE
LES BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAUX
à Crepes Chouppette
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Marie Dominique Boyce represented the Alliance Française of New Haven at the
memorial ceremony in Greenwich on November 23, 2015 for the Paris attacks.
La fête de Noël
Le Café Littéraire
Our French book club meets on the second Wednesday of each month at
6:30 pm at Cafe Mathis, 304 Elm St in New Haven. Books are available at
Barnes and Noble on Broadway in New Haven.
January 13, 2016
February 17, 2016
March 16, 2016
April 13, 2016
May 18,2016
June 8, 2016
Un Sentiment plus fort que la peur de Marc Levy
Moi Tituba sorcière de Maryse Condé
Le Chapeau de Mitterrand d’Antoine Laurain
Les Raisins de la galère de Ben Jelloun
Un Aller simple de Didier van Cauwelaert
Les Incendies de Wadji Mouawad
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Renewal of Membership at the Alliance Française de New Haven
Dear members,
There is still time to become a member of the Alliance Française of New Haven. Please, clip the Membership
Application below and send it with your check to Alliance Francaise of New Haven, P.O. Box 207333, New
Haven, CT 06520.
Memberships are from Sept. 2015-Sept. 2016. Prices rare: Student: $30, Senior: $35, Single: $45,
Couple: $55, Family: $60
Memberships give you the right to participate to all the events of the Alliance at a discounted price (outings,
conferences, discussions of the Café Littéraire and of the Ciné-Club, French classes) and to be linked to
other Francophones and Francophiles.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Name________________________________
Address______________________________
City_____________________
State_________ Zip__________
Home Phone_______________
Work Phone________________
Board of Directors:
Past President: Marie-Dominique Boyce
Vice-President: Clay Howe
Secretary: Alberta Conte
Treasurer: Larry Hall
Café littéraire: Danny Stone
Ciné-Club: Clay Howe
Web Master: Larry Hall
Our Corporate Sponsor
Cell Phone _________________
Email_____________________
Rates: Student: $30, Senior: $35, Single: $45,
Couple: $55, Family: $60
Type of Membership: ________________
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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