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Cour Napoléon
The Louvre: the Glass Pyramid and the equestrian statue of Louis XIV portrayed as ‘Alexander the Great’
Alliance Française Intinerary
Schedule of Events
Alliance Française de Chicago
September:
New Initiation Classes
September 24 Literature
October:
Cctober 19th Wine Series
October 22nd Literature
November:
November 20th Wine Series
December
December 3rd Literature
January
January 22nd Wine Series
February
February 5th Wine Series
March
April:
La Grande Littérature Series (Fall 2019)
La Princesse de Clèves
Madame de La Fayette Buried in Saint Sulpice Church
Tuesday, September 24 at 06:30 p.m.
Le Colonel Chabert
Honoré de Balzac Buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery
Tuesday, October 22 at 06:30 PM
Le Roi se meurt
Eugène Ionesco Buried in Montparnasse Cemetery
Tuesday, December 3 at 06:30 p.m.
Alliance Française
Events
Alliance Française
2020 Symposium on the Arts of France
Initiation Classes
(Waive Tuition)
Film
La Grande Littérature Series
La Princesse de Clèves
-Madame de La Fayette French writer
https://librivox.org/la-princesse-de-cleves-by-madame-de-la-fayette/
Colonel Chabert
-Honoré de Balzac French novelist
Le Roi se meurt
-Eugène Ionesco French-Romanian playwright
Lecture Series:
Taste and Toast Wine Series
Introduction: How to Assess Quality – Wednesday, October 9th (7:00)
Blind Taste Challenge: Wine Aromas – Wednesday, November 20th (7:00)
Advanced: Northern Rhône – Wednesday, January 22nd (7:00)
Blind Taste Challenge: Wine Jargon – Wednesday, February 5th (7:00)
a morgue of interesting links
Paris for Seniors
https://parisforseniors.com/ggblog/
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure (Bultured Traveler NYT)
You’ve been to the Louvre, Notre Dame and Versailles. Now it’s time to see Fontainebleau
Discovering the Forest Legends of Fontainebleau
Travel: Day Out (NYT)
Finding Fontainebleau (Thad Carhart)
Excavating Family Histories, in Two New Memoirs
