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Meet Susie
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La Petite Nuit des Idées:
Live Animals! |
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The
French Library's
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Saturday 25 January – 11am
Admission
free
Alliance Française Dublin
is honoured to welcome acclaimed author/illustrator Susie Morgenstern for
this event for children (from 7 years up), where she will share her passion
for books and writing. Susie Morgenstern is particularly remarkable in the
world of children’s literature, as she is a native English speaker who chooses
to write in French, and who has written more than 100 books for
children, teenagers and, more recently, adults.
Morgenstern has many bestsellers to her name, including La sixième,
Confession d’une grosse patate and La la langue.
The event will be hosted by Juliette Saumande (My Little Album of
Dublin), Dublin-based author and translator of children’s books.
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Thursday 30
January – 6pm
Admission
free
La Nuit des idées
(the night of ideas) organised worldwide by
Institut Français
celebrates the stream of ideas between
countries, culture, topics and
generations through talks,
conferences, performances,
screenings and more... for grown-ups, but
for little people too!
Alliance Française Dublin's La Petite Nuit des
idées invites children to a special
concert on this year’s theme Être Vivant (Being Alive).
Children from
5 to 10 years old will take a closer look at different kinds of animals,
from wild to domestic, loveable to loathsome, and fully embody them by miming,
singing and dancing to lively odes performed by
Little French Song, a wonderful piano/voice
duo featuring Eli Chourdaki and Ariane Dubois.
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Friday
31 January – 5.30pm
Admission
free
Have you ever tried an "escape
game"? Inspired by video games, this physical
adventure game in which players solve a series of puzzles
and
riddles to get out of a room has become one of the most
popular social activities in both the US and Europe.
The
French Library's
staff desperately needs your help to lift the curse of a
ghost that has been haunting the place! You will have 60
minutes to solve puzzles in French using
clues and hints left by the ghost!
Events for adults
with a good level of French.
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AF Choir |
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Alliance Française's
Club de Théâtre |
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Alliance Française's
Chorale |
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French Films at
Subtitle Film Festival |
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Every Wednesday
7.30-9.30pm from February 5th
15 sessions of
2 hours – €300
If
you enjoy telling stories, conveying
emotions, sharing unforgettable
moments of laughter and tears, come join
the Alliance Française Club de Théâtre!
The drama club will be held in two parts: first,
drama exercises with the goal of working on
voice, listening and space
/ then group work on the texts that will
be performe....All
in readiness for a show in mid-June!
The workshop is led by Anne Abel Nakache,
professional actress and teacher
at
Alliance Française Dublin. Open to all but a
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Every Wednesday 12.45-2pm
from February 5th
16 sessions of
1.15 hour – €80
Rejoignez la Chorale Alliance
Française !
The
Alliance Française Dublin
Choir
is looking for new members! This year the Choir is celebrating its 11th
anniversary and you are cordially invited to join its ranks!
Each year, participants work under the
direction of professional teacher Lucie O'Flynn towards a Summer
Concert. The workshop is open to everyone, student or not, no matter
their level, French speakers and non-speakers alike.
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31 January – 2 February
More information
Subtitle, the European Film Festival organised every year in
November in Kilkenny is coming this month to Galway and Dún Laoghaire!
We are delighted to be partner of the
Dún Laoghaire edition at the
Pavillion Theatre
where 3 French-speaking films will be screened:
Papicha (France/Algeria, 2019),
Our Struggles (Nos Batailles,
France/Belgium, 2018) and
Those Who Work (Ceux qui travaillent,
France/Switzerland, 2019).
We
have a 5-film Pass for the Festival to be won on Twitter,
so keep your eyes peeled!
Pavillion Theatre, Marine Rd, Dun Laoghaire
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Cooking with
Le Skinny Chef |
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Les Parapluies de
Cherbourg |
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Frédéric Pelassy
& Thérèse Fahy |
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Tuesday 4 February
– 6.30pm
Admission free
French Chef Aymar Gourdet,
also known as
Le
Skinny Chef, is back
with us for a new cooking demonstration and tasting of a
3-course menu: parfait de volaille / coq au vin & purée de célery / crème
brulée.
We are thrilled to present this live masterclass, which you’ll be able to
follow step by step thanks to the
French Library's
state-of-the-art video system.
On top of getting
ideas for your Winter menus, everyone will get a chance to take part in the
tasting!
www.leskinnychef.com
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Tuesday 11 February –
6.30pm
Admission free
Alliance Française Dublin
with
musicologist Dr Laura Anderson is organising a film-cycle called
Disruptive Soundscapes that focuses on the sound in the
French New Wave.
The next film of the season is Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
(1964), the Oscar-nominated, Palme d'Or winning musical film that brought
director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand to the attention
of international audiences. In
her pre-screening talk, Dr Anderson will situate the soundtrack
for Les Parapluies de Cherbourg in relation to French New Wave film music,
and will discuss the collaboration between Demy and Legrand and how the
score contributes to its enduring popularity.
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Thursday 13 February –
6.30pm
Admission free
Once upon a time… a turn of the century that saw French
composers writing masterpieces, vying to be the most inventive,
refining nuances and bringing elegance to the form.
Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Fauré will be
revisited by French violinist Frédéric Pelassy, whose latest recorded
work was released with the aim of highlighting this extraordinary ‘French
touch’ quality found in the music. Frédéric will be joined by Thérèse
Fahy, one of Ireland’s foremost solo pianists, Professor of piano at
the Royal
Irish Academy of Music, and recently named Chevalier des Arts et
des Lettres by the French Government.
St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
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The
French Library's
Sieste Musicale |
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Board Game Evening |
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Récital littéraire with
Síobhra Quinlan |
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Tuesday 18 February – 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 an eclectic one-hour
playlist showcasing the best music from France
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Thursday
20 February
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6.30pm
Admission free
With family,
friends or solo, you can challenge yourself to "Carcassone", "Star
Realms", "Les aventuriers du rail", "Azul" or "Code Names",
collaborate to overcome "The Game", track down the "Loup-Garous
de Thiercelieux", create a splendid "Hanabi",
break through the secrets of "Mysterium" and many more!
Open to everyone, all levels of French welcome. If you would like to
share your favourite game, don’t forget to bring it with you! You're also
welcome to share something sweet to eat or soft drinks!
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Friday
21 February –
6.30pm
€5
The
Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris is hosting
the launch of the 2020
Franco-Irish Literary Festival that will
take place in Dublin from 3 to 5 April. Vocalist
Siobhra Quinlan's classical and contemporary repertoire will
include pieces by Francis Poulenc, Kurt Weill and Nick Roth
that respond to the themes and literature of this year's Franco-Irish Literary
Festival, Refaire le monde - A Better World.
She will be joined by academic Jean-Philippe Imbert (Dublin
City University) and actress Eleanor Methven, who will read
texts in English, French and Irish.
Centre Culturel Irlandais,
5 rue des Irlandais
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