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MEDIATHÈQUE & CAFÉS MÉDIATHÈQUE OPERATING SCHEDULE Monday – Thursday: 11:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Please note that the Médiathèque will close for lunch Mon. – Thu. from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.) Friday: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sunday: closed. Library Holiday Hours: Nov. 21, open 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Break: Closed Nov. 22 through Nov. 25 Winter Break: Closed Dec. 22 through Jan. 2 Phone: (312) 337-5473 · Email: library@af-chicago.org View account: Select online catalog from website and follow the prompts. Members only may check out items. DVDs and all items are renewable! Call or email to extend the loan period. We carry over 1,600 DVDs (in French with English subtitles). Ongoing Used Book Sale: $2 to $3 PROGRAM AUDIO RECORDINGS Now you can easily listen to past Alliance Française programs. Simply visit our homepage. Follow the links to recordings on cultural partner’s WBEZ Chicago Amplified project website (www.chicagopublicradio. org). Begin at Library/Lectures online and click on the logo. Select from numerous past programs!, for example: Discover Lascaux and its Cave Paintings with worldrenowned Paleoanthropologist Yves Coppens (in English); Young Architects and Landscape Designers and Their Portfolios: The French Ministry of Culture et Communication crowns la crème de la crème of a new generation — with Freaks FreeArchitects and A&R Salles and moderated by ERI Keune from Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. CAFÉ CONVERSATION DU MARDI (intermediate to advanced level) New members are always welcome to this animated conversation group. Topics vary. Meets Tuesdays, in the Médiathèque, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Nov. 20, 27 · Dec. 4, 11, 18 · Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29 · Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26 CAFÉ CONVERSATION DU MERCREDI (beginner to intermediate level) Meets twice monthly, in the Médiathèque, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to practice French. Nov. 14, 28 · Dec. 5, 19 · Jan. 9, 23 · Feb. 6, 20 CAFÉ LITTÉRATURE (advanced level) Meets in the Lounge, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Nov. 26: Les Parleuses by Marguerite Duras and Xavière Gauthier Jan. 28: L’Invitée by Simone de Beauvoir Feb. 25: Du côté des hommes by Marie Rouanet OFF THE SHELF Recommended library items in French and English, selected to appeal to differing tastes, ages, and levels of French-language proficiency. Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child Bob Spitz (Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, 2012) The American cooking doyenne has lately been receiving a lot of well-deserved attention. Our first TV Chef and author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia is known as the woman who taught America how to cook. Remarkably, there is still more that we can learn about her. Bob Spitz presents an affectionate and nuanced exploration of her rich full life. “Often given credit for opening the door to the fresh food revolution in America, which is still going strong today, Child’s centenary is being celebrated in books, on PBS and at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History…, where the famous turquoise kitchen from her home in Cambridge, Mass., is getting a new home…” — USA Today You may also enjoy: Thomas Jefferson’s Crème Brulée by Thomas J. Craughwell We’ve received a generous donation of history books about Napoleon! Some selections follow: Napoleon and Hitler: A Comparative Biography by Desmond Seward Napoleon and Marie Louise: The Emperor’s Second Wife by Alan Palmer Napoleon and His Wives and Women by Christopher Hibbert The Wars Against Napoleon: Debunking the Myth of the Napoleonic Wars by Franceschi and Weider Napoleon as seen by Abel Gance edited by Bambi Ballard 18 (312) 337-1070 · www.af-chicago.org © Alliance Française de Chicago
ciné-club du samedi GASCONY BRITTANY PROVENCE BEAUJOLAIS ciné-club du samedi Tour de France, a Series with Randy Williams Admission $7 with a regional alcoholic beverage served after the screening. In French with English subtitles. Please enter by 54 W. Chicago Avenue. A French vacation surely includes Paris, but the France outside of Paris is well worth experiencing. We continue our “Tour de France” with a series of films that showcase the beauty and diversity of France beyond the capital. The après-film will feature wine pairings from the respective regions. Randy Williams is a past President of the Alliance Française and film aficionado. He is a Chevalier in both the Order of Arts and Letters and the National Order of Merit. Dialogue avec mon jardinier • by Jean Becker (2007, 108 min.) Saturday, November 10, 2012 / 1:30 p.m. Two men find themselves sharing a lifetime of experiences and observations over the course of a summer in this low-key comedy-drama. Adapted from the memoirs of artist Henri Cueco, it is the story of a Parisian artist who inherits his family’s vacation house in the countryside after the death of his mother. He hires a local gardener to fix up the overgrown garden of the house. To his great surprise, the gardener turns out to be an old friend from his school days. Over the next several months, the gardener and the painter talk about their life’s stories and what they learned along the way. Jean de Florette • by Claude Berri (1986, 120 min.) Saturday, February 9, 2013 / 1:30 p.m. This French historical drama, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol, concerns a bizarre battle royale over a valuable natural spring in a remote French farming community. City dweller Jean Cadoret assumes ownership of the spring when the original owner is accidentally killed by covetous farmer Cesar Soubeyran. Soubeyran and his equally disreputable nephew Ugolin pull every dirty trick in the book to force Cadoret off his land, but the novice farmer stands firm. L’équipier • by Philippe Lioret (2004, 105 min.) Saturday, April 13, 2013 / 1:30 p.m. After the death of her parents, Camille arrives on the island of Ouessant, hoping to sell her family’s vacation house where she grew up. On her final night in the house, Camille stumbles upon a journal of a man who knew her father in the 1960s. Injured after the Algerian War, this man arrived on the island to help Camille’s father, who was, at the time, the lighthouse keeper. Camille discovers a dark secret behind this man’s two-month stay on the island. Le bonheur est dans le pré • by Étienne Chatiliez (1995, 106 min.) Saturday, May 4, 2013 / 1:30 p.m. Lots of people wish they could be someone else, but a French businessman decides to do something about it in this satirical comedy. Francis leads a miserable life running a toilet seat factory in a small town whose employees are on strike. To make matters worse, he has a selfish wife who plunders his bank account. One night, an ad for a missing person on television captures his attention. Dolores, a woman living on a beautiful farm in the South of France, has a husband who disappeared. After Francis discovers that he and this man look exactly alike, he decides to pose as Dolores’ husband. For Francis, will it be more problems to come, or the start of a brand new life? (312) 337-1070 · www.af-chicago.org © Alliance Française de Chicago 19
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