Tuesday 29 October – 6pm
Admission free 

The Sieste Musicale is a one-hour auditory experience where you get to listen to music in a comfortable environment.

For the occasion, The French Library is bathed in subdued lights and furnished with carpets, bean bags, comfy chairs and blankets.

A unique occasion to dream, maybe sleep, and to get fully energized again!

This month we will travel through different times and styles, with and eclectic one hour playlist showing the best of French music!

Monday 4 November –  6.30pm
 

The European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) is proud to present a new edition of the Short Shorts Film Festival with screenings of the best short films from all over Europe supported by 9 countries in the Eunic Ireland cluster: Alliance Française / French Embassy, the Austrian Embassy, the British Council, Culture Ireland, the Goethe-Institut, the Instituto Cervantes /  AECID, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Greek Embassy and the Polish Embassy; along with 2 shorts supported by the Galway Film Festival and the Irish Film Institute.
Audience members will be asked to vote for their favourite film after the screening.

Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Dublin 2

Tuesday 5 November – 12.15pm
Admission free 

Wednesday 6 November – 6.30pm
Admission free

Professor Harry White (UCD) will launch the first ever biography on the great lost Irish-American composer Swan Hennessy (1866–1929), written by the German musicologist Dr Axel Klein. Swan Hennessy lived much of his life in Paris at a time of profound change in the stylistic development of Western classical music. The dawning of the modernist avant-garde led Hennessy to remember his Irish heritage and write in a uniquely ‘Celtic’ style influenced by the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland and Brittany.

Professor Harry White and Dr Axel Klein, an expert on Franco-Irish musical relations, will present the composer’s piano works, French mélodies, and chamber music.

Monday 11 November – 6.30pm
Admission free
As part of French Festival at Science Week

As part of Science Week Ireland 2019, we are inviting children from 10 years old to a hands-on workshop with Dr. Estelle Blanquet, Researcher/ Associate Professor in Science Education at University de Bordeaux. This workshop in French will feature an interactive scientific inquiry about the Earth-Moon relationship, challenging many classic misconceptions.
Participants will use both their own bodies and spheres to model the Earth-Moon system and discover that the description of the movement of an object depends on where it is observed, or in other words, on the observer's "frame of reference".

Tuesday 12 November – 6.30pm
Admission free
As part of French Festival at Science Week

Alliance Française Dublin and the French Embassy are delighted to invite you to a new season of Apéros Scientifiques, a series of discussions in French about science and society  with the help of a panel of expert moderators!
In our global world, diseases represent a significant challenge. How does the distrust in vaccines and antibiotic resistance affect public health? How can we remedy the spread of tuberculosis and measles? Come ask your questions and take part in the debate while enjoying a glass of wine in Alliance Francaise Dublin’s new Café Chez Max!

Saturday 16 November – 11am
Admission free
As part of French Festival at Science Week

The "Native Scientist" workshops are back: a fantastic opportunity for kids who speak French at home, to learn about science while developing their language skills and meeting role models!
Children will have the opportunity to learn about science with French-speaking senior researchers from Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin.

Organised in partnership by Alliance Française Dublin and the French Embassy, coordinated by Dr Marie-Victoire Guillot-Sestier (Native Scientist coordinator at Trinity College Dublin), as part of the Science Week Ireland 2019.

Saturday 23 November – from 11am
Admission free – No booking