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Cour Napoléon
The Louvre: the Glass Pyramid and the equestrian statue of Louis XIV portrayed as ‘Alexander the Great’
Statues of 86 Famous Men situated on the buildings, facing onto the Courtyard
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/
Low rise Paris, a city center with few skyscrapers
https://parispropertygroup.com/blog/2015/rise-paris-city-center-skyscrapers/
Secret Places in Paris You Didn’t Know Existed (Culture Trip)
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/paris/articles/8-amazing-places-in-paris-you-didnt-know-existed/ Monnaie de Paris Museum
Le Louxor Movie Theater
Promenade Plantée Park
Le Centquatre Building massive converted municipal mortuary
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/paris/articles/the-history-of-the-centquatre-in-1-minute/
Grande Mosquée de Paris Mosque
Villa La Roche Architectural Landmark
59 Rivoli Building
Palais Galliera Museum
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
Black Trombone (French Lyrics)
Black Trombone
Serge Gainsbourg
Black trombone
Monotone
Le trombone
C’est joli
Tourbillonne
Gramophone
Et bâillonne
Mon ennui
Black trombone
Monotone
Autochtone
De la nuit
Dieu pardonne
La mignonne
Qui fredonne
Dans mon lit
Black trombone
Monotone
Elle se donne
À demi
Nue, frissonne
Déraisonne
M’empoisonne
M’envahit
Black trombone
Monotone
C’est l’automne
De ma vie
Plus personne
Ne m’étonne
J’abandonne
C’est fini
The Partisan (French Lyrics)
The Partisan
Leonard Cohen
When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender
This I could not do
I took my gun and vanished.
I have changed my name so often
I’ve lost my wife and children
But I have many friends
And some of them are with me
An old woman gave us shelter
Kept us hidden in the garret
Then the soldiers came
She died without a whisper
There were three of us this morning
I’m the only one this evening
But I must go on
The frontiers are my prison
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
Through the graves the wind is blowing
Freedom soon will come
Then we’ll come from the shadows
Les Allemands étaient chez moi
Ils me dirent, “résigne toi”
Mais je n’ai pas peur
J’ai repris mon âme
J’ai changé cent fois de nom
J’ai perdu femme et enfants
Mais j’ai tant d’amis
J’ai la France entière
Un vieil homme dans un grenier
Pour la nuit nous a caché
Les Allemands l’ont pris
Il est mort sans surprise
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
Through the graves the wind is blowing
Freedom soon will come
Then we’ll come from the shadows
Galerie Médicis
Musée du Louvre
Richelieu wing
2nd floor
Room 801
Rubens: the Galerie Médicis
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&channel=cus&q=rubens
https://www.louvre.fr/en/rooms/galerie-medicisflandres
Paintings
Flemish Painting
Italian-born French queen Marie de Médicis
The Marie de’ Medici cycle
The twenty-four monumental canvases displayed here were originally housed in the Luxembourg palace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de%27_Medici_cycle
Painted by Rubens between 1622 and 1625, they depict episodes from the queen’s life, magnified by the presence of gods from ancient mythology.
Paris for the Holidays 