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Current EventsFrench Affaires offers travel, culture, cuisine, and language events designed to enchant the most ardent Francophiles, the first-time-to-France traveler, and everyone in between. Check with us regularly on our class offerings--there is always something new to discover about France! Join our French Affaires Weekly email list to be notified about upcoming events, classes and trips (see sign-up form at the left). New! Sign up online via credit card. See register buttons for details.
French Affaires Book Series - Spring 2010 Coming soon!Do you love books about France and the French? So do we! Join our unique French book club as we meet monthly to read and discuss books on French culture, art, cuisine, wine, travel, and language. Our meeting locations and hosts tie to each month's book theme for a special French treat.Whether or not one has finished the book, our book club gathering is interesting, informative, lively and delicious. And we finish up with French Affaires' signature "If you liked this book, then you'll also like..." Click here for full details.
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Events
& Classes
| Date: | Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
| Time: | 2 to 3pm |
| Location: | C3 Theater, Center for Creative Connections, Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas |
French
Language Lunch n' Learn Series New Event!
Our new French Language Lunch n' Learn Series is a unique way to engage with specific French language and culture situations in a compact format. Each session includes a gourmet French meal and a targeted language and culture lesson on topics critical to enjoying French culture to the fullest. Check out our first Lunch n' Learn event:
"Dining in France"
Have you wanted to feel more confident when dining in France? Join us for a special two-course French lunch as we explore key concepts, words and customs related to the French dining experience. Over good food and conversation, we will cover:
•How to Read a French Menu
•French Table Etiquette
•When to tip--or not!
•Key French Food Words and Expressions
After our session, you will be able to navigate the French meal
experience with ease and enjoy dining in France on your next trip!
Cost: The event fee is $57.50 per person if registered by March
5 ($67.50 after that date) and includes the two-course French lunch
with Poached Salmon with vegetables and salade verte, Chocolate
Marquise with creme anglaise, tea and coffee, tax and tip, session
content and instruction, a special French dining guide, and a great
time with other France lovers. Advance registration is required.
Payment by check or credit card.
| Date: | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| Time: | 11:30pm to 1:30pm |
| Location: | L'Ancestral restaurant, 4514 Travis Walk, Dallas, Texas |
Beginning
French Classes - Ongoing
Two Sesssion Times Offered!
We'll continue learning the basics of French in this beginning French series. We'll have fun covering key words and phrases, essential pronunciation, and beginning language structures while mastering real cultural situations. Come prepared to absorb, participate and learn the essential elements of the French language in a supportive environment. NOTE: This class is designed for those who have already started Beginning French with French Affaires and/or who have had some French in college or high school. For maximum effectiveness, each class is limited to 8 participants.
Cost: The class fee is $85 per person if registered by March 12 ($95 after that date) and includes all language instruction, special handouts, and personalized language coaching. Advance registration is required. Payment by check or credit card.
Text: "French: Learn in 4 Simple Steps" (Living Language
series), $10.95, ISBN #978-1-4000-2409-4. Order from Amazon.com.
| Date: | Four Tuesdays - March 23, 30, April 6, 13 |
| Time: | 2:00 to 3:15pm OR 7:30 to 8:45pm |
| Location: | Central Dallas location |
French
Conversation Classes - Ongoing
Two Session Times Offered!
We'll enhance your French language skills in this class devoted to French conversation and fluency. Over gourmet French tea, we'll discuss fun French topics based on short readings in French as well as occasional French video and audio clips. Practice communicating in French while adding to your French vocabulary and praticing French grammar. Our goal is to build confidence as well as conversational ability in French. For maximum benefit, each class is limited to 8 participants.
Cost: The cost is $85 per person if registered by March 12 ($95 after that date) and includes all language instruction, conversation handouts, and personalized language coaching. Advance registration is required. Payment by check or credit card.
Supplemental Text: "The Ultimate French Review and Practice:
Mastering French Grammar for Confident Communication". Order
from Amazon.com
| Date: | Four Tuesdays - March 23, 30, April 6, 13 |
| Time: | 10:30 to 11:45am OR 6:00 to 7:15pm |
| Location: | Central Dallas location |
Provence
Within Reach: Guided Tour of the Reves Collection at the Dallas
Museum of Art New Event!
Join French Affaires for our private guided tour of the Reves Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art by Heather MacDonald, Associate Curator of European Art, followed by a gourmet lunch at the Museum's reknowned restaurant, 1717.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection is a stunning gathering of French Impressionist paintings as well as French furniture, sculpture and decorative objects that is housed in a replica of the Reves Villa La Pausa in the south of France. Villa La Pausa was originally built and owned by French fashion designer Coco Chanel. We will enjoy works by Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, Paul Gauguin and Paul Cezanne and exquisite French furniture and decorative art as we 'immerse ourselves in a lovely house on the Mediterranean coast.' Don't miss this journey to the south of France!
Cost: Our private tour is $65 per person and includes admission
to the museum, the guided visit to the Reves collection, a gourmet
two-course lunch at the DMA restaurant 1717, and rich conversation
about our visit as we dine. Advance registration is required. Payment
by check or credit card.
| Date: | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| Time: | 11:00am to 1:00pm (includes guided tour and lunch) |
| Location: | Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas |
Survival
French: 5 Keys for a Successful Travel Experience in France
Making an effort with the language in France goes a long way, even though almost everyone speaks English these days. Learn five keys of French language and culture that will pave the way for a great trip to Paris or any other destination in “la belle France.” Cover essential phrases, “La French etiquette,” indispensable pronunciation tips, and more. This course complements regular French courses; however, no previous French study is required.
For more information and to sign up, please visit the SMU Informal Courses web site: www.smu.edu/informal. Advance registration is required.
Text: "Larousse French Phrasebook". Available at the
SMU / Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Mockingbird and Central Expressway,
Dallas (214-768-2435).
| Date: | April 27, 28, 29 |
| Time: | 7:00pm to 9:00pm |
| Location: | SMU campus in Dallas, Texas |
Experience Provence Through Film
New Class at SMU!
Experience the beauty and culture of Provence through the films of Marcel Pagnol. View a different movie each class night, followed by rich discussion on this spectacular region of France. We’ll see the stunning two-part epic Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources (Manon of the Springs) as well as La Gloire de mon père (My Father’s Glory) and Le Château de ma mère (My Mother’s Castle).
For more information and to sign up, please visit the SMU Informal
Courses web site: www.smu.edu/informal.
Advance registration is required.
| Date: | Four Mondays, May 3 to 24, 2010 |
| Time: | 6:30pm to 9:00pm |
| Location: | SMU campus, Dallas, Texas |
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