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Alliance Française de Hartford Event Calendar

Spring & Summer 2009
Hartford, Connecticut area events for francophiles, francophones, and all lovers of French culture.

To make reservations or to obtain more information about any of the Alliance Française programs, please call (860) 278-9999 [fax (860)293-1688]. An RSVP for any program you plan to attend would be greatly appreciated. If circumstances suggest that classes or events may be cancelled (weather, Civic Center, etc.,) please call the AFdeH office for a recorded message: (860)278-9999.

Special thanks and gratitude to Tracy Sigman, our Executive Director, for her dedication and commitment to the growth of AFH during her 12 years with the Alliance.

Remembrance: 1948 - 2009

You can receive our newsletter now by email! If you would like to receive it by email, please submit your email address to the Director at afdehtfd@alliancefrancaise.org. Help us save on printing and mailing costs and receive your copy early and in color!

Or click here to download a copy to your hard drive (pdf format: right-click, choose "save as").

For All AFH Members:

Below you will find a link to a survey that has been created so that we may better know our membership in order to provide programs and classes that best meet your interests and needs.

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228N3537LGZ

We would greatly appreciate your taking the time to complete this survey.  

Merci!
Anne Marie O'Connor
AFH Director

Bastille Day Celebration

Host:     Alliance Française de Hartford

Location: Harriett Canty's Parents’ House
                32 Valley View Drive
                Windsor, CT 06095

When:     Saturday, July 11, 5:00 pm to 8:00 PM

                (Rain date July 18)

Phone:    860-278-9999

Come celebrate Bastille Day with your friends from the Alliance Française for a night of fun.
Please bring a chair, pétanque or bocce game (if you have one) and a side dish, salad, or dessert to share.
Wine, drinks and roasted chicken will be provided.
You may bring along guests and children are welcomed.

Cost:  $5 for members ($10 after July 3rd deadline)
          $10 for non-members
          Children are free
Please send a check to Alliance Francaise,  233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT 06103 (Or call the AF at 860-278-9999)
Group size is limited to 40 people

RSVP required and appreciated

 

 
Calling for French Conversation groups: If you participate in a French conversation group and would like to participate in our grande liste of groups, to be published in the AF newsletter, please notify the AF office.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY CONFERENCE RESERVATIONS: AFH Students, Silver & Gold Members: $2 (Free if registered & paid before deadline) AFH Basic Members: $8 ($6 if registered & paid before deadline) Guests: $10 ($8 if registered & paid before deadline) Call the office and reserve with your credit card or send a check to the AFH. Usually lots of free Sunday parking at LAZ/Hilton lot at Pearl & Jewell Street intersection.

 

CafÉ et Conversation (F)

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.

espressoCafé Mozzicato
329 Franklin Avenue, Hartford (corner of Franklin & Bushnell St.). Parking behind the building, enter on Bushnell Street.

Saturday 10:30am - 12:00pm:
July 11 & 25
August 8 & 22

REPONDEZ S’IL VOUS PLAIT: We’d like to encourage you to register in advance for AFH programs and events. You’ll save money and make life easier for those who are doing the planning. On the other hand, if you’re one of those who just can’t plan ahead or likes to do things on the spur of the moment, do join us, but call the AFH office first to make sure the program has not be cancelled due to bad weather, illness, lack of registrations, etc. Registrants will receive a call if a program is cancelled for reasons other than weather. If the weather is questionable, those registered and other interested members should call 860-278-9999 – a message will notify you of the program’s status.
Volunteers Needed for Program Committee!

Events such as the Annual Meeting, the 14 juillet, the Beaujolais Nouveau, and the Fête de Noël require dedicated, enthusiastic volunteers working together to plan and implement their creative ideas. In the past, in addition to these events, the AFH has offered cooking classes, wine tastings, tennis soirées, game nights, music programs, trips to New York City and Québec, etc. The possibilities are endless, but first we need YOU to volunteer your time to make it happen. Join a convivial group of Francophiles who just want to have fun! Call Anne Marie today at 860-278-9999.


Local French conversation groups:

Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. until noon. Call 203-238-3538 for location.

Wednesdays at noon at the Senior Center in Storrs. Contact Dennison Nash at 860-423-5463.

2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month at 7:00pm.
Location: Panera Bakery, 2542 Albany Avenue, West Hartford.
Contact:  Diane Rechel at 860-233-3079.

Conversation group now meeting in Middletown.
French-North American « Spiritually Green »
Where : It’s Only Natural Restaurant, Main Street, Middletown
When : 1 :30 p.m., 3rd Saturday of the month
RSVP : B. Jean Connal (203) 907-7031,
bjeanconn@yahoo.com,  Serge Doyon :  sergeisback@yahoo.com

Calling for French Conversation groups: If you participate in a French conversation group and would like to participate in our grande liste of groups, to be published in the AF newsletter, please notify the AF office.

Did you know..? The Alliance Française of Hartford offers expert translation service of documents from French-to-English or English-to-French at a reasonable cost. If you have need or know of someone who needs document translation, call the AFH office for a referral, 860-278-9999 [fax (860)293-1688].

Request for e-mail addresses: We make every effort to keep our members informed of AF de H activities. If your email address has changed, please let us know so we might better serve you. Call, or better yet, e-mail us at afdehtfd@alliancefrancaise.org

The Executive Board of the Alliance 
Française de Hartford has decided to cancel this Friday's Awards, May8th, 
Ceremony at Central Connecticut State University. Low participation 
and concern about gathering a group of students from several 
Connecticut towns during the outbreak of  H1N1 virus led the Board to 
make this cautious decision.

Encourage Promising French Students:
Give a Donation to the Robert McFarland Memorial Book Awards Fund

The Alliance Française of Hartford has for many years recognized the most promising students of French with a book and a certificate given at a ceremony held in their honor each spring. In the fall of 2006, the Board of Directors of the Alliance Française of Hartford established an Annual Giving Society to recognize charitable contributions for the purpose of supporting the Robert McFarland Memorial Book Awards.

After the death of past AFH President Robert McFarland after a long battle with cancer in May, 2002, memorial contributions from Bob’s family and friends poured into the Alliance as per Bob’s expressed wishes. It was felt fitting to dedicate these funds to the purchase of books for the Book Awards Ceremony and the Awards officially became known as the Robert McFarland Book Award Ceremony.

This fund has continued to support the purchase of books for the past five years, but it needs new benefactors to sustain it. Please consider becoming one of our “bienfaiteurs” and choose to give at one of the following levels:

  • $25 - $99 Ami(e) de St. Exupéry
  • $100 - $199 Ami(e) de Molière
  • $200 - $299 Ami(e) de Balzac
  • $300+ Ami(e) de Hugo

All donors will be recognized in our newsletter and donors at the highest level will be invited to attend the Book Awards reception to be recognized there as well.



The Alliance Française de Hartford gratefully acknowledges the HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING for its continuing generosity through grant support for our strategic initiatives.

Email: afdehtfd@alliancefrancaise.org
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