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The Alliance strives to provide a full range of activities for its members, students and guests: from French films to lectures to wine tastings and cooking classes, as well as art, photographic and didactic exhibits, and social events, including conversational get-togethers. For more details, call 713 526-1121. |
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427 Lovett Blvd. Houston, TX 77006 Contact us by E-mail at frenchalliance@sbcglobal.net
THE FRENCH ALLIANCE/Alliance Française de Houston Phone: 713-526-1121
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Francophonie 2011 The Alliance, along with other French-speaking groups and the French General Consulate and Cultural Services, will celebrate francophonie, or French-speaking cultures around the world-with a series of events in March. The following Alliance events are part of the month long program. To see a full listing of all the events we’ll host as well as the full offering of events in Houston and across Texas, click here.
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Author Eric Karpeles |
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14 Juillet 2010 Bastille Day Celebration La Fête nationale française
Some photos from the celebration here at the French Alliance Houston: |
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The Apollo Chamber Players is a classical music organization dedicated to providing exciting, high-caliber music-making to the vibrant Houston arts community. By using a variety of ensemble formations, they offer a unique and intimate listening experience, performing solo and chamber works alike by an eclectic mix of composers. |
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Grand Merci à Brasserie Max & Julie!!! Special Thanks to sponsor Christophe Paul of Café Rabelais and Brasserie Max & Julie ! |
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Photographie: Friday, March 18: Exposition de photos Photographe Wayne Wendel “Souvenirs de Provence” Vernissage le 18 mars, 2011 à 18 h.
Photographer Wayne Wendel “Memories of Provence” Please join us during the month-long celebration of francophonie for the opening reception of the exhibition “Memories of Provence” Friday, March 18 at 6:00 p.m. .
Wayne Wendel took up photography as a hobby in 1967 while stationed in Germany with the USAF. His career path took him into Law Enforcement where he spent 33 years with the Houston Police Department, 29 years as a homicide investigator.
Since retiring in 2005, Wayne’s life has been all about photography. His photographs have won awards, been featured on the covers of national magazines and in a book published by the Houston Wilderness Society. He shares his knowledge and love of photography with area camera clubs and as a volunteer instructor for photography classes at local nature centers.
Last year Wayne and his wife spent a week in Vence, France visiting several villages in the region. This exhibit is a collection of their “Memories of Provence”.
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Saturday March 19: Jazz à la française |
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Advance tickets just $10. Please call the Alliance at 713 526-1121. |
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le 10 mars March 10 “A Feast For the Eyes: French Markets and Food Shops”
Please join us on March 10 at 7 p.m. for “A Feast for the Eyes: French Markets and Food Shops.” This illustrated lecture by Alliance favorites Frank and Lynda Kelly is a gourmet’s armchair tour of France and will be followed (of course!) by a wine and cheese reception. All are invited. no charge
Wines for this event are sponsored by Doug Skopp of Dionysius Imports. Merci! |
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Théâtre: Et Voilà Théâtre Le Cimetière des Eléphants March 5-19, 2011 |
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Each year, we anxiously await the latest production from our friends at the French-language theater group, ET VOILA THEATRE. The surtitles in English make it accessible to those who don’t (yet!) speak French. This year, they’ll present "Le Cimetière des Eléphants" (The Elephant Graveyard), a comedy-drama by Jean-Paul Daumas performed in French with English surtitles and "Epilogue", a photo exhibition related to the play theme. |
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Mars 2011 mois de la francophonie
Opening Reception 3/1/2011 An Invitation
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March 1 6:30 p.m. Reception to kick-off the month of francophonie: -Art Auction -Buffet of French cheeses and wine -Crèpes -Café |
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Cinéma Five Funny French Films MFAH Film Program March 25-27, 2011
MFAH Film Curator Marian Luntz has coordinated a film series for the month of francophonie that we’re just tickled to sponsor! Five Funny French Films- A celebration of the uniquely French sense of humor with five films that have kept audiences laughing in screenings around the world.
This series is part of the 2011 French Cultures Festival, sponsored by the Consulate General of France, l’Alliance Française de Houston, and the Texan-French Alliance for the Arts. Don’t miss these great (and funny) films! Click here for films and screening times. |
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Vanessa Paradis in L’Arnacoeur (Heartbreaker) |
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Art: March 3 5-8 pm Rouge Art Multi-media exhibition at the AF |
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Please join us as we kick-off the month-long celebration of French-speaking cultures / mois de la francophonie with a reception at the Alliance Française de Houston March 1 at 6:30 p.m. The evening will feature a wine and cheese buffet, crêpes from Mélange Crêperie, music by Frédéric Houville, and an art exhibition by French-speaking children in Texas. The framed art work will be auctioned off, at prices beginning at $25 to benefit children in Haiti thru UNICEF. A UNICEF representative will make a short presentation on relief efforts in Haiti, and donations will be accepted at the event. rsvp to adjoint.culture@consulfrance-houston.org Alliance Française de Houston / French Cultures Festival-Services Culturels / FACC / UNICEF |
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RougeArt presents « REGARDS DE FEMMES » Four artists team up to share their imagination, their insights and their creativity. Two fine arts artists, a photographer and a journalist/essayist present a colourful world of life, struggle and emotions. Voahangy Grenier, fine arts artist, has revisited the fairy tales into an unsweetened, more realistic and even sarcastic version. Judith Martin-Razi, photographer, who “would be blind without her camera”, presents a feminist and warm approach of the women she met throughout the world. Karine Parker-Lemoyne, fine arts artist, in drawing and painting her stories of women, reveals the invisible bonds of life that bring us together. Danielle Michel-Chich, journalist, essayist, breaks the silence surrounding francophone women writers of by reading their texts: strong words to tell their strength. |
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BOOKS: Paintings in Proust
In the introduction to his book, Paintings in Proust, Eric Karpeles points out that most readers who come across allusions to obscure artworks in Proust´s masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time, probably empathize with Princess de Parme, who responds to Madame de Guermantes´s reference to a canvas by Gustave Moreau with the sort of enthusiastic smile that comes of not having a clue what a person is talking about. From Botticelli´s angels and Manet´s courtesans to Carpaccio´s saints, Karpeles has identified and located all of the paintings mentioned in the novel, adding insightful commentary that explains their relationship to the novel´s central theme: time and memory. Eric Karpeles discusses how the paintings in the novel serve both as markers along the narrator´s journey of self-discovery and as models of memory, the power of the imagination to redeem lost time. The book is available at the MFAH Bookstore.
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