Bonnes fêtes de fin d'année
Tous nos meilleurs voeux pour une bonne et heureuse année 2014, from all of us at the Alliance Française. This has been an eventful year for " all things French" in Portland. Thanks to our region's very engaged and active Francophile public, Oregon's Alliance Française remains the 8th largest in the United States with close to 2,000 student enrollments, 6,000 bulletin readers, and attendance of 10,000 to cultural events. Merci to all for an exceptional year and bonnes fêtes de fin d'année.
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Portland Hosts New French Film Festival
UniFrance and SpectiCast are expanding their French film festival (now in its 4th year) to big screens wo rldwide. At the Clinton Street Theater in SE Portland, January 10-12, the festival will feature six specially selected films from some of the world's leading directors and stars. Each evening of the three-day festival will include one comedy and one drama. Ticket prices are just $5 per film or $8 for a double-header. Visit the theater's website to check out the descriptions and the trailers for the films, opening with the Belgian film Mobile Home and the Canadian film, Avant que mon coeur bascule. All will be subtitled in English.
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American Celebrities Who Speak French?
The movie, J'enrage de son absen ce, is one of the French-language films in the Clinton Street Theater's festival (see the above article). The film stars William Hurt, who speaks French fluently. This led us to research other American celebrities who speak French. We came up with 100, including Johnny Depp, Bradley Cooper and Angelina Jolie (click here for an online list). Note that Alec Baldwin does a nice job with intonation (and enthusiasm!) in a hilarious send-up of a French teacher in a Saturday Night Live skit (click here for the skit on the Youku site). Students: Do NOT follow the "teacher's" faulty advice of asking for the "salle de bain" when seeking the toilet. Confused? Come take a class with us!
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Seeking "Ambassadeurs de la francophonie"
Centre de la francophonie des Amériques is seeking candidates for their "4e édition du Forum des jeunes ambassadeurs de la francophonie des Amériques" to be held in June in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Only 50 participants will be selected. Candidates must be 18-35 years of age and fluent in French. Objectives of the conference are: 1. Outiller les jeunes pour devenir des citoyens engagés dans leur milieu, 2. Sensibiliser aux enjeux de la francophonie des Amériques, 3. Rencontrer, échanger sur les expériences et tisser des liens durables, 4. Développer le leadership. For more information, visit their website. Note that applications are due by January 31.
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Openings in Winter Term Classes
The Alliance's Winter term, beginning the week of January 6, offers 43 classes at all levels, for adults, as well as 7 classes for children. There are still openings in most of the classes, where average class sizes are generally 6 or 7 persons. The adult classes are held in the daytime, evenings and weekends - check the website listings and call 503.223.8388 if you need assistance in determining the right class for you. The Alliance also offers Saturday morning and weekday afternoon classes for children by age group and level: beginners age 5-6 and 7-10, intermediate age 7-11, and advanced/"Keep Up Your French" for ages 11-14. Visit the website for those offerings as well as the popular Parent-Child class for even younger students.
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Now enrolling for the Winter Term (Jan.-March). Visit www.afportland.org
or call 503.223.8388.
Conversation
Groups
Hosted by Alliance staff or board members. Drop-ins welcome; membership is encouraged but not required.
NW Portland
St Honoré on NW Thurman on Wed., Jan. 15 at 6:00 p.m.
SE Portland
At Chez Machin, Mon., Jan. 13 at 7:00p.m. at Vie de Bohème weekly on Sundays, 4-5:30 p.m.
Vancouver
Lapellah Restaurant in Vancouver, Tues., Jan. 7 at 5:30 p.m.
In-Kind Sponsors

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