Program
Date |
PAST SEASON Lecture Topics ('06 - '07) |
| Sept. 18, 2006 |
Mr. Benjamin Mittman, Photographer, Sujet: 400th anniversary of
Pont Neuf in Paris, with photographs |
| Oct. 23, 2006 |
Woodwind Quintet with musicians from DePaul U. |
| Nov. 20, 2006 |
Mr. David Bamlango, aspects of his time living in
Congo (Zaire) |
| Dec. 18, 2006 |
Prof. Jean Luc Garneau, Professor of French at Lake Forest College
, "Camus' and Prévert's View of Art and the
Artist". |
| Jan. 22, 2007 |
"Causerie", open to members only, various Discussion-Topic Circles.
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| Feb.12,2007 |
Mr. Timothy Rogus, Officer of Public Affairs at the Québec
Government Office in Chicago, Sujet: "l'histoire du cinéma québécois avec
de courts extraits". The history of films of Quebec with clips.
(http://www.mri.gouv.qc.ca/usa/fr/chicago/qui_sommes_nous/index.asp)
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| Mar.19,2007 |
Singer Mme. Ruth Granick and M. George Ténégal, pianist, "Mélodies Françaises: Poèmes de Verlaine mis en
musique et autres mélodies françaises" . |
| Apr.16,2007 |
Dr. Julia Nephew, "Christine de Pizan: Une invitée
médiévale au Dinner Party de Judy Chicago." |
| May 14-or-21 |
Annual Déjeuner Spring Luncheon. Held at a Winnetka Restaurant.
Began at NOON. Pre-paid Reservations must be postmarked by May 11th.
Approx $35 for Members, $39 for non-Members. Tax and Tip included. |
Program
Date |
...past Season's Lecture Topics '05 -
'06 |
| Sept. 19, 2005 |
Dr. Cécile Ballon, spécialiste médecine vasculaire (Angiologue),
Sujet "Nos cousins d'Amérique; observons et comparons nos cultures (Our
American cousins; comparing cultures)" |
| Oct. 17, 2005 |
Mme Carol Liner, singer, chansons
françaises. |
| Nov. 21, 2005 |
Dr. Bernadette Fort, Professor of French at Northwestern
University, slides and commentary regarding "Women
Painters in the Court of Marie-Antoinette: Valayer-Coster,
Vigee-Lebrun,and Labille-Guiard." |
| Dec. 12, 2005 (NOT Dec.19!) |
Mr. Lucien Dallagata, former Director of the Maison de la France à
Chicago and Yoga Instructor, "Yoga: Its origins, practice and
benefits", in French. |
| Jan. 9, 2006 |
Causerie, members only, Discussion-Topic Circles.
|
| February 13, 2006 |
Mme. Marie-Andrée Laberge, Author. Sujet:"Petite Histoire de la
littérature Québecoise". |
| March 13, 2006 |
Mme. Isabelle Marquès-Gross, Consul Adjoint (Deputy) au Consulat
Gènèral de France a Chicago. Sujet:"Les troubles dans la banlieue en
France". Visit their site http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/ |
| April 17, 2006 |
Ms. Julie Ressler, aquarelliste, (watercolorist), Sujet:"Le Pays
Senonchois", The Senonches Region. Visit www.julieressler.com |
| May 15, 2006 |
Annual Spring Luncheon at "Michael" in Winnetka, on GreenBay Road
begins at NOON. Pre-paid Reservations must be postmarked by May 6th. $27
for Members, $32 for non-Members , tax and
tip. Please fill out the formule d'inscription to purchase your Dejeuner
reservations, a copy of which was mailed to Members on March 30.(a purple
announcement.) |
Program
Date |
Other Past Seasons: Lecture Topics during '04 -
'05 |
| October 4, 2004 |
M. Gerald Plotkin, Prof. de français à College of Lake County
(Grayslake): " Un petit tour de l'Afrique Francophone, West Africa" with
slides. Visit his website at http://home.earthlink.net/~riende9/
|
| October 18, 2004 |
M. John Carlin Tomme, Prof. de français, Waubonsee C.C. &
Kishwaukee College: "La Schizophrénie de la traduction (The Schizophrenia
of Translation)" |
| Nov. 1, 2004 |
M L. Comeau Jr., Assistant Professor,Economics,DePaul University
SNL, formerly Chief Economist at the Central Bank of Haiti: "Hati dans les
Grands Titres: Pour Toutes les Raisons sauf les Bonnes (Haiti in the
Headlines For all the Wrong Reasons). Visit
http://www.snl.depaul.edu/about/fac_directory.asp#C |
| Nov. 15, 2004 |
Agnès Clerc, Ph.D, "La langue française comme patrie (French
language as a motherland)". Experiences as an expatriate French writer.
Agnès Clerc is author of the prize-winning "La Mouette aux yeux
bleus", published in April, 2000.
http://www.frenchculture.org/books/awards/yourcenar/clerc-mouette.html
|
| Dec. 6, 2004 |
M. David Reithoffer, International coordinator for the LaSalle Bank
ChicagoMarathon, "La langue franaise: Une Expèrience Marathonienne
(Speaking French: A Marathon Experience)". Sample a ChicagoMarathon in
French at
http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/France-Midwest/marathon2001.htm
|
| January 10, 2005 |
Causerie, Members Only, Various Topic Areas will be offered.
|
| February 7, 2005 |
M. Matthieu Peyraud, Consul Adjoint (Deputy) au Consulat Gènèral de
France Chicago, "La France d'aujourd'hui (France Today)." Visit their site
http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/ |
| March 7, 2005 |
Midway Ramblers Cajun Band , "Les Cajuns: leur histoire, leur
culture, leur langue et leur chanson (The Cajuns: Their History, Culture,
Language and Song)". Audience participation encouraged. |
| March 21, 2005 |
M. Valentin S. Calancea, Professeur de français l'Alliance
française de Chicago, "La francophonie dans le monde (French-speaking
communities in the world)" |
| April 4, 2005 |
Dr. Cécile Ballon, spécialiste médecine vasculaire, "Nos cousins
d'Amerique; observons et comparons nos cultures (Our cousins from America;
comparing cultures)" |
| April 18, 2005 |
Ms. Cheran Dollard, Directrice Adjoint, et Ms. Delphine Rogard,
Professeur, at the French Institute of the North Shores'Académie des
Enfants, "L'école Maternelle Française a Winnetka (French Preschool in
Winnetka)" |
| May 2, 2005 |
Annual Spring Luncheon at Jilly's Café of Evanston. Pre-paid
Reservations must be postmarked by April 22. $25 for Members, $30 for
non-Members. |
Program
Date |
[ * More Past Seasons: Lecture Topics '03-'04 *
] |
| October , 2003 |
M. Jean-Luc Garneau, Professeur, Lake Forest College. Sujet:
"Albert Camus: La chute ou L'innocence perdue". |
| November, 2003 |
Mme Laurie Willets, Artiste internationale de mime dans la troupe,
"T.Daniel Productions", Sujet: The art of the Mime;"L'art du Mime: Le
Corps Humain". |
| November, 2003 |
Mme Dominique Licops, Lectrice en français, et ètudes féminines
Northwestern University,Subject:Carribean literature; "Comment les
écrivains antillais imaginent-ils l'identité antillaise (avec
video)". |
| December, 2003 |
Prof. Janine Spencer, NU, Subject: Transfiguring History: Two
Operas on the French Revolution, "L'Histoire transfigure: deux opéras sur
la Révolution française." |
January, 2004
|
Prof. Simone Pavlovich, NU, Subject: "Le Centenaire de
Simenon"
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| February, 2004 |
Mme Caroline de Navacelles, docent at the Art Inst. of Ch'go.
Sujet: "Le Dessin en France au 19e siecle: Daumier, et les dessins de
l'avant garde" (Exposition au Musée Block, Northwestern University,
Evanston), w/ slides. |
| February, 2004 |
Prof. Souleymane Bachir Diagne, NU Philosophy. Sujet: "Islam et
laicite à la française, dans un pays d'Afrique noire francophone: le cas
du Senegal"
|
| March, 2004 |
Live Piano for 4 hands, French composers Poulenc & Bizet, with
the Advanced Piano Students of Andrea Swann; Music selections introduced
by Mme Hélène Smith. |
| March, 2004 |
Mme Nathalie Etoke, NU PhD Student, Camrounaise. Sujet:
"Cameroun/France: Écriture, Migration, et Identité". |
| April, 2004 |
Mme Marie Andrée Laberge, Québecoise, Writer (nom du plume,Aimée
Laberge). Subject: "Au nord du nord - en brise-glace dans
l'arctique". |
| April, 2004 |
Season Finalé:
"Annual Spring Luncheon" -- "Déjeuner du
printemps" at the Doubletree Hotel, Skokie, 12(Noon), in "The Paris Room".
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Revised le 3 novembre 2007 par mmo.
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