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APRIL 2010:
Spectacle Musicale:
Parlez Vous Français?
April 23rd, 24th 8 pm
@ Alliance Française 1197 Peachtree St.
$15 members $25 nonmembers
Un spectacle musical de Frédéric Strouck et Grégory Blot-Rudolph
Recipe :
- only the very best songs
- one sprinkle of Humor
- generous portions of fun
- observe completely Authentic Seasonings
Combine all ingredients. Pay close attention to detail. Notice the delicate interplay of ingredients. Savor the progression from elemental components to completion.
Appropriate time to finish : One hour and a half.
Serves hundreds. Pleasing to the most discriminating palate.
Sinfully delicious.
What is it about?
Culture is a two-way street. France has borrowed from the pop culture of the United States but what has the United States borrowed?
The show is a wonderful mix of musical styles that do not know borders.
More than 50 hit songs are combined in it including “My Ways,” “What Now My Love,” “Somewhere Beyond the Sea,” “Where do I begin”…
But the show is not only about songs.
It tells the story of the incredible adventure of a French teacher who decided to go and live his American dream. The evolution of his teenage point of view makes him face today’s US reality.
“Parlez-Vous Français?” is at the same time a musical review and a one man show all mixed together in a funny story about immigration and culture shock.
What do they think about it?
“Such a beautiful voice, a show with a dynamic rythym, a lot of ‘souvenirs’ from our old continent. Until the last minute, we spent a good time and had fun with FS who made us appreciate the two national anthems, and almost make us forget the kind of aggressive lyrics of the Marseillaise! Nice incentive to mix the cultures”
Laurence-Anne Ismael (President of Miami Accueil)
“This spectacular show is not a ‘déjà vu’ and it needs to be seen… Frederic Strouck is for me… Formidable!”
Bernard Casse (Owner of Croissan’Time)
“Parlez-Vous Français? is the perfect bilingual show to celebrate Franco-American friendship. Frederic Strouck’s voice will hypnotize you from Paris to New York singing French and American hits we all love.”
Philippe Timon (Director of Miami French Alliance)
 Program: We Were Dancing On a Volcano by Joe Gatins
Thursday, April 8, 2010 7 p.m.
Author Joe Gatins chronicles his family's remarkable history, including his great-grandfather who built and operated Atlanta's famous Georgian Terrace Hotel and his French heiress grandmother, Egle Gatins, whose description of her own life between the wars in Paris gives the book its evocative title. A richly illustrated, compelling saga and biography, this unsentimental social history follows the adventures of more than five generations of families that made their mark on both Atlanta and Paris. The narrative especially highlights one grandmother's brave work with the French Resistance in World War II and her untiring efforts to successfully help her only son escape from Nazi prisoner of war camps.
$5 members, $10 nonmembers RSVP 404-875-1211 or admin@afatl.com
Program held at Alliance Française d'Atlanta
(Books Available on sale at AF for $20....get your copy today !)
 Program and Show: The Day of Murders in the History of Hamlet at 7 Stages
Opening Weekend Symposium, Saturday April 3rd - Sunday April 4th
Play, April 3rd - April 25th
Opening Weekend Symposium: 7 Stages hosts the first International Koltès Symposium on Saturday and Sunday, April 3-4. On Saturday morning, five international scholars and artists will talk about their work on Koltes, then answer questions. The afternoon session will feature a roundtable discussion between artists who have worked on Koltès plays. On Sunday, our international guests will tour the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Nonviolence and the surrounding neighborhood, see a dance performance by artistic associate Ismail ibn Conner titled “Koltès and Krump” and discuss the future of the U.S. Koltès Project, which has been based at 7 Stages in Atlanta.
For more information, please visit 7stages.org or download the information packet.
Play: “The Day of Murders in the History of Hamlet.” By French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltès. Part of the U.S. Koltès Project. Shakespeare’s classic is re-envisioned with just four of the main players -- Hamlet, Gertrude, Ophelia and Claudius in a younger, faster, more urgent exploration of family dynamics, sexuality, ambition and murder.
April 3rd - 25th
For more information, visit www.7stages.org or call 404.523.7647.
MARCH 2010:
 Spring Open House
Thursday, March 11th, 6pm (Demo class at 7pm)
Visit the Alliance, meet our teachers, staff and students
Learn about our language classes and our cultural programs
Take a half hour beginner French demonstration class
Take a placement evaluation to determine your level
Enjoy French wine and cheese reception
Half an hour demo class for French 101
Spring session begin March 27th, Register Now!
RSVP 404 875 1211 admin@afatl.com
JANUARY 2010:
Grand Opening Ceremony
Franco-German friendship in Atlanta
Video and Coverage of event:
Grand Opening Ceremony (Jan 28,2010)
Photographs by Chaitam Bandela
Grand Opening video, interview, and article "Goethe Zentrum/Alliance Francaise Join Forces"
video by Global Atlanta
Grand Opening Celebration video
Grand opening coverage on German Consulate of Atlanta
Alliance Française - Goethe Zentrum:
Thursday, January 28, 2010, at 6:00 pm
1197 Peachtree St. N.E., Colony Square, Plaza level
Atlanta GA 30361
 We cordially invite our members, students and friends to ourOfficial Grand Opening Ceremony with the presence of the Ambassadors of France and Germany to the United States, H.E. Mr. Pierre Vimont, and H.E. Mr. Klaus Scharioth.
Come and celebrate our new synergy and facility with a flag raising ceremony in front of the colony square building, enjoy speeches by the Ambassadors and other celebrated invitees, followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony and reception featuring live entertainment by the Wild Frogs.
Guests may purchase raffle tickets on site to win airline tickets on Air France/Delta to Paris or on Lufthansa to anywhere in Germany (must be present to win). Raffle tickets are $5 each or 4 for $20.
Free and open to the public.
Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP to info@afatl.com or 404-875-1211
ART EXHIBIT Closing reception with presentation
Tuesday Jan 5th 2010 at 7pm
Exhibition and Lecture - Camino de Santiago: New Paintings from Spain and
France
LECTURE TOPIC: Sur Les Traces Du Camino Dans Paris
Camino de Santiago - Sur les chemins de Compostelle a solo exhibit by Walter Cumming
New Watercolors and pastels of Spain and France from the artist's recent travels by bicycle and on foot along the French Pilgrim's route to Santiago de Campostella.
Walter Cumming created award winning art for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 28 years.
In 2008 he chose to leave the paper and become a full time, independent artist.
The exhibit will be on display and artwork for sale until January 5th, 2010
1197 Peachtree Street, Colony Square, Plaza Level, Atlanta, GA, 30361
RSVP 404 875 1211
DECEMBER 2009:
ART EXHIBIT
Twilight Visions : Surrealism, Photography, and Paris at the Frist Center for the visual Arts, Nashville , TN
 Saturday Dec 12th 2009
Alliance Française is taking it on the road!
We are organizing a day trip to see the exhibit in Nashville.
Including more than 120 photographs by such artists as Man Ray, Eugène Atget, Brassaï, Hans Bellmer and André Kertész, Twilight Visions will celebrate Paris as the literal and metaphoric foundation of Surrealism.
If you are interested in coming with us for an afternoon of Surrealism and Southern Hospitality, Nashville Style, call 404-898-1227 or email communication@afatl.com .
The prices for the trip are as follows: $75 for non-members, $60 for
members, and $35 for students.
Please call us at 404-875-1211 to reserve
your spot.
We are anticipating a 9 am departure and a 9 pm return, leaving from AF
1197 Peachtree St. NE ,Colony Square, Atlanta, GA 30361
NOVEMBER 2009:
WINE FEST
   European Wine Fest Saturday, November 14 2009 at 7pm
$30 for members, $45 for non-members
Join Goethe-Zentrum, Alliance Française and the Consulate General of Switzerland for the return of our annual wine tasting.
Sample fine wines from France, Germany and Switzerland
See our new joint facility @ ColonySquare !
$30 AF and GCC members, $45 non-members
1197 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30361
RSVP by Nov. 10th @ AF 404-875-1211, GCC 404-892-4388
  
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