Events
Special Events
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Please choose "AFLCR Member" only if you have joined or renewed since September 2011.If you prefer, mail a check (made out to AFLCR) by February 27 to: Linda Pervier, 108 Valade Road, Burlington VT 05408. Or RSVP to Linda at wordteam@yahoo.com to reserve your place and pay by check at the door.
Mars, Mois de la francophonie
A special Francophonie film will presented at the Free Fletcher Library on Wednesday March 7th at 6pm. The movie was realized in 2010 by Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun of Tchad.
With unemployment, corruption and Civil war in the background, the director sets his very intimate story about father and son within a current politico-social reality, speaking all along about the wounds of Africa. His multiple biblical allusions allied with a detached and poetic mise-en-scene give strength and personality to this quest for redemption."
AFLCR
Monthly Activities
2nd Saturday French Conversation
New location! Join French speakers of all fluency levels every 2nd Saturday of the month at 11:45 a.m. Starting this fall, we will meet at restaurants in Brandon, Shelburne, Jericho and Williston. Click here to see the 2011-2012 schedule. Each month, you can reserve your place for the déjeuner du deuxième samedi by Thursday before the scheduled Saturday lunch.
The next 2nd Saturday French Conversation Group is scheduled to meet March 10 2012 at Chef's Corner in Williston. To make a reservation, contact Birdie MacLennan at bmaclenn7@gmail.com
2012-Ciné-club
The AFLCR presents a French-language film—and reserves time afterward for informal discussion—nearly every month on the 3rd or 4th Friday evening. Screenings held at the AFLCR Center (see Contact Us for address/directions) at 7 pm unless otherwise noted. Free to members. For this season , coordinatrice Sylvie Butel has designed a fascinating series on Education in Francophonie. Sometimes tender but often difficult, these movies will give us insight to big questions which go far beyond the walls of the schools.
Charting the events within a small single-class village school over the course of one academic year, Nicholas Philibert's movie takes a warm and serene look at primary education in the French heartlands. A dozen youngsters, aged 4-10, are brought together in a rural classroom and taught every subject by a single teacher. Winner of a host of international awards, the movie is a unique meeting of a director of remarkable talent and a man whose assured approach to teaching will have an impact, not only upon the lucky few children who share his wisdom, but upon anyone who sees this extraordinary and heart-warming film.
In French, with English subtitles. Free.
Refreshments available for a small contribution.
Friday, February 24th at 7pm at the AFLCR in Colchester.
La série que nous vous proposons ce semestre nous plongera dans le monde de l'Education en Francophonie. Ici, le cinéma nous ouvre une fenetre sur un univers parfois tendre mais souvent difficile, et nous présente des enjeux complexes qui nous transportent bien au delà de l'école.
Le deuxième film de notre série sur l'Education en Francophonie nous emmène dans un univers aux antipodes de celui de la ZEP de Paris, découvert le mois dernier dans "Entre Les Murs." Ici, dans le film de Nicholas Philibert, un vétéran du documentaire, investit une petite école de campagne auvergnate et suit instituteur et élèves pendant toute une année académique dans cette classe unique. Réalisé en 2002, le film a remporté un énorme succès international. Bien d'entre nous auraient envie de replonger dans ce monde touchant, drole et magique.
Vendredi 24 février à 19h00 au Centre de l'Alliance Française de Colchester.
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French Conversation
A number of groups in our area meet regularly—and warmly welcome people of all fluency levels—to speak French together. Some are loosely organized around selected topics. Most are casual chat sessions. Try us out!
Brandon
A group meets at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays at the Brandon Free Public Library
Bristol
Les boulangers meet 1st Saturday of each month at
10:00 a.m. at Bristol Bakery & Café
Burlington
New location for Pause-café: the group meets each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Levity, 9 Center Street (near the Daily Planet).
Starting September 11th, Les dimanches will meet every Sunday at 4 p.m. at Fletcher Free Library on College Street.
For further information, contact Steve Norman at stevenorman@fastmail.fm.
Middlebury
Les boulangers (see Bristol, above)
relocate to Carol’s Hungry Mind Café for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Saturdays
of the month.
Montpelier
Every Thursdays at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, 1 pm. Click here for more informations.
Williston, Shelburne, Jericho and Brandon
Déjeuner du deuxième samedi
The AFLCR meets
each 2nd Saturday of the month for brunch and conversation ; Over the year 2011-2012, we will meet in Brandon, Jericho, Shelburne and Williston. See Monthly Activities, above
Regional Events
Past Events
March was le mois de la francophonie and the AFLCR participated in many activities and events.
Click here to read the April newsletter From the Mayor's Desk.
In April, members of AFLCR went to Mont St-Grégoire, Québec, for the annual trip to la cabane à sucre!
A successful first Open House on Memorial Day Weekend! Click here to read a summary of the event and see some pictures.
Linda Pervier honored by France with the Palmes académiques.