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December
2019
#160
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What a year it has been for
The French Library!
We have set new records on every level (members, visitors, loans, school tours,
animations, workshops, cultural events), released an acclaimed "Digital
Parenting" guide, and created many new recurring events – most of which you can
attend this month: Board Game evening, Escape Game, Sieste Musicale, Digital
Library Support, Cinéclub, Reading Challenge for children and, newly added,
"Trico-thé" a knitting club for our senior users! Our Christmas Special is also
returning this year on Saturday 7 December with free games, arts & crafts and
screenings for the whole family.
To keep up with all these activities, follow us on our new
Facebook and
Instagram pages!
The French Library and the entire Alliance
Française Dublin team take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy festive
season! Joyeuses fêtes !
Annabelle Malandrin,
The French Library
Director, amalandrin@alliance-francaise.ie |
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Concert / Screening |
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Social Game |
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Cinéconcert: "Dr
Jekyll & Mr Hyde" by Zone Libre |
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The French Library's
Escape Game |
Thursday 28 November – 6.30pm
Admission free
We are thrilled to invite you to a
very special screening of
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr
Jekyll & Mr Hyde silent
version directed by John S.
Robertson, accompanied by a
live soundtrack performed by
Zone Libre.
The French duo comprising the
legendary musicians
Serge Teyssot-Gay
(Noir Désir, Interzone) and
Cyril Bilbeaud (Sloy) is back
with a new project commissioned by
the prestigious
Cité de la
Musique.
After F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu
(1922) and Robert Wiene's The
Cabinet of Caligari (1919),
they have decided to soundtrack
Dr Jekyll et Mr Hyde in
its iconic version by John S.
Robertson's (1920).
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Friday
29
November –
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 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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Concert / Competition |
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Theatre |
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Charlie Lebrun
Concert / Album Launch |
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"Quoi? C'est déjà
Noël?!"
AF Drama Club |
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Sunday 1
December – 8pm
€10 /
Win tickets on Twitter!
Charlie Le Brun, Dublin-based
flute player born in Brittany - France,
launches his acclaimed debut album
Madness is Convention recorded live
in Belfast accompanied by Aoife Kelly
(Concertina), Eamon Rooney (Bodhrán)
and Feilimí O’Connor (Guitar).
We will have tickets to
win on twitter
for the album launch concert at
Upstairs in Whelan's
so keep your eyes peeled!
Wednesday
4 December – 12.15pm
Admission free / No booking
Charlie Lebrun will also play a lunchtime
showcase at
The French Library
to present his new album and discuss the use
of wooden flute in Celtic music.
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Tuesday 3 December – 7pm
Admission free
After a few weeks of work, the Alliance
Française Drama Club is now ready to present
its fabulous new comedy show "Quoi ?
C'est déjà Noël ?!" written and directed by
Anne Nakache, professional actress and
teacher.
What! Christmas already?! Will it be another
year of Santa Claus, Christmas presents and
Christmas cheer? You’ll be sure to find out in
this comedy playlet performed by the
Alliance Française Drama Club starring
Grégory Laghoire, Alberta Albertoni, Tifenn
Malgras, Hugo Boudry, Anna Cury, Alexandre
Nikakis & Ludovic Montout.
The
Alliance Française Drama Club will resume
again in January with their traditional play
staged in June. |
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Book Launch |
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Special Event |
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Dominique Le
Meur’s
"La Promesse de Dublin" |
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Christmas Special
at the French Library |
Thursday
5 December –
6.30pm
Admission free
Dr. Éamon Ó
Ciosáin will launch Dominique Le Meur’s new novel La Promesse de
Dublin.
Through chance
encounters, the reader gradually pieces together the puzzle of three
interconnected characters set against the backdrop of Ireland in flux:
protests against water charges and the campaign for marriage equality.
Dominique Le Meur is a Lecturer in French in the School of Languages and
Applied Linguistics at the
University of Limerick. He has published
five novels most of which examine the significant changes that have
taken place in Irish society over the last decade.
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Saturday 7
December – 10am-1pm
Admission free / No
booking
As we are
heading into the Christmas season, we are welcoming
families for a fun and creative morning at The
French Library!
A variety
of workshops will take place in
The French Library
giving little ones and grown-ups alike the chance
to play games, watch short films,
create and bring home something they made themselves
and to discover Christmas decorations and gift ideas.
Come anytime between 10am and 1pm, no
booking is required and all workshops are free of
charge! |
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perfect gift for Christmas! |
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Teachers' Training |
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Games |
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Entraînement à
l'expression orale & écrite |
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The French
Library's
Board Game Evening |
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Tuesday 10 December – 5.30pm
Admission free
Another brand-new 2-hour workshop is coming your way,
and this time we will be giving you tips on
how to spark oral and written expression in your
French class.
Some of your students might need a little
guidance to engage in conversations or in
writing exercises – as a teacher, there are
actually a lot of things that you can do to help
develop your students’ oral and writing
skills. This workshop will be a source of
activities and ideas to enhance the oral
and written expression of your students,
from beginners to advanced levels.
The
workshop will be led by Hélène Simon,
teacher at
Alliance Française Dublin.
Places are limited, so be sure to
book early! |
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Tuesday 10 December
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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
are welcome to share something sweet to eat or soft drinks!
Booking is required.
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Workshops |
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Concert |
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Christmas
Workshops
for Children & Teens |
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Alliance Française Choir
Christmas Recital |
Wednesday 11 December 2.30- 5pm
4-6 years old
7-10 years old
11-15 years old
Children
& Teenagers from 4 to 15 years old (3 separate age groups) are welcome to our very
special Christmas Workshop, conducted entirely in
French, where everyone will discover French
Christmas stories and songs, and take part in various activities
and
arts & crafts including chocolate box decoration and chocolate
truffle making.
* Ideal for parents who want to go Christmas-shopping in peace and quiet! *
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Wednesday 11 December – 7.30pm
Admission
free
Now in its 11th year the Alliance Française Choir cordially invites you to
a very special Christmas Concert.
Come along with your family and friends and enjoy an enchanting evening of
French chansons and festive favourites!
This year again
the Alliance Française Choir will kick off the Christmas season with some
Christmas Carolling en français in Stephens Green Shopping Centre on
Friday 6 December, in order to raise money for the
Simon
Community.
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Special Event |
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Competition |
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Espace Campus France
Launch |
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The French Library's
Défi Lecture |
Wednesday 11 December
– 6.30pm
Admission
free
Come and discover your new
Espace Campus France at
Alliance Française Dublin
to learn what France has to offer to make your dream come true! Erasmus,
Bachelors, Masters, PhDs, work placement, summer
schools… The
Espace Campus France is here to help you
understand and plan your mobility to France.
We invite you on
Wednesday 11 December at 6.30pm to the official opening of this space and
the launch of the new communication campaign Réalise ton Rêve
(Make your dream come true) by the French Ambassador H.E. Stéphane Crouzat.
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Available
until May 2020
For children up to 14 years old
The French Library
has launched a new reading challenge!
The aim is simple: read in French! It can be comics, novels,
poetry... anything you want as long as you have never read it before.
Come at the Library and retrieve your
challenge card. You will get a stamp every time you finish a book from the
Library and bring it back to discuss it with one on our librarians. For
the 10th stamp you get a prize!
Prizes provided by Laurence Helaili-Chapuis, Conseillère Consulaire.
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Special Event |
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Screening / Competition |
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The
French Library's
Sieste Musicale |
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Cinéclub:
"Le Père
Noël est une ordure" |
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Tuesday 17 December – 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
19 December
– 7.40pm
€5 with a free glass of wine / Free for Premium Members
Join us every month for a subtitled
screening of one of the most popular films in French cinema
history, preceded by an informal
presentation with a free glass of wine!
This month, (re)discover the cult 1982 French comedy film Le Père Noël est
une ordure directed by Jean-Marie Poiré, written and performed by
the legendary French troupe Le Splendid. Countless French expressions
and jokes are taken from this film following workers at a suicide helpline
on a Christmas Eve. The holiday disaster story attracted over 1,500,000
viewers during its initial release.
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