Visit FAMN's Open Houses:

6-7:30 pm

Thursday April 10,

6-7:30 pm

Saturday April 12,

9:30-11 am

Don't miss the Gala next Thursday!

Mais Oui: La Jeune Lune

R�servez aujourd'hui 612 332 0436

Individual tickets, $150 per person ($75 tax deductible)

Patron table of ten guests, $1,500 ($900 tax deductible)

The evening will feature Maud Hixson and the Twin Cities Hot Club, theatrics courtesy of the Walking Shadow Theater Company, a French feast, live and silent auctions & much more.

La Soir�e

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Ap�ritif with passed hors d'oeuvres and wine courtesy of Grand-P�re Wines & Silent Auction

7:30 pm

Doors open to the Theatre where Maud Hixson and the Twin Cities Hot Club perform, VIP wine-tasting for sponsors and patrons courtesy of Grand-P�re Wines

7:45 pm

Welcome address by Lorna Landvik, Performance by Walking Shadow Theater Company, Dinner is Served

8:15 pm

Recognition of the Th��tre de la Jeune Lune with the AF Award of Excellence

8:30 pm

Live Auction and Fund-a-Need

9:00 pm

Dessert is served, Closing Remarks, Twin Cities Hot Club invites guests to dance on stage, Checkout for Auction Items

Grand P�re Wines will provide these fine vintages throughout the evening:

Chateau Laulerie, Bergerac Rouge, 2012

Domaine Nizon, Chardonnay, Languedoc, 2011

Live Auction

~ A magnum bottle of 2003 Domaine du Vieux Lazaret Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Exceptionnelle;

~ A Tasting Menu at the Sanctuary Restaurant;

~ 6-night stay at the Blue Tang Inn in Belize;

~ In-Home wine-tasting for 6 guests with AF Board Member Nicolas Giraud;

~ A Wall of Wine, donated by the AF Board of Directors;

~ Two Business Elite round-trip tickets to Paris, non-stop, on Delta Airlines;

~ A Moroccan-themed dinner for 8 guests in the home of Sam and Sylvia Kaplan, co-hosted by Noah and Susan Eisenberg;

~ A one-week stay on Cape Cod, in the vacation home of Deb Landon and Mike Lucas, with oyster farm tour and tasting for 6 at Island Creek Oysters;

~ A Kitchen Table dinner for 4 guests at Vincent A Restaurant, with Wine Pairings by Grand P�re Wines;

~ A ride in the vintage Citro�n car of your choice;

~ A one-week vacation home stay on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, courtesy of Florence Preston Walklet;

~ A Soir�e-D�ner at the French Ambassador's Residence in Washington DC with hotel stay at Sofitel.

And many more fabulous items in the silent auction!

A limited amount of seating remains.

Call 612 332 0436 to reserve your tickets today!

Le mois de la francophonie

Celebrate Francophone Cultures this March

This March we are celebrating Francophone culture with some fun and informative programs:

Friday, Mar 28 at 7 pm, Cin�Club will feature
La Nuit de la Pub Francophone, a series of advertisements from Francophone countries. Discussion led by Martine Sauret to follow. Free and open to the public! Films will be in French without subtitles.

Saturday, March 29 at 7 pm
The Consulate General of Canada, Film Society and AFMSP present Bidonville: Architectures de la ville future. This documentary by Jean Nicolas Orthon seeks to address the housing problem in the age of urban overcrowding by looking at structures built on a human scale from a sociological and philosophical perspective. We are pleased to announce that Film-maker Jean Nicolas Orthon will be present for a question & answer session after the film! Free, click here for more information.

Spring Session is Open for Registration!

Mar 31- June 8

Come out of hibernation and sign up for a spring French class!

View our full class schedule here.

Porte ouverte 23 mars 2013

Build your grammar with a Foundation course, practice makes perfect in a Conversation course, or revisit and reinforce in a Review course.

Spring session also boasts exciting new topics classes like Les Trois Mousquestaires, Intro � la Litt�rature Africaine, and Le D�barquement; les 70 ans de D-Day.

Sign up for a Workshop

Improve your French in just one day!

Workshops this winter and spring include:

Les temps du pass�, Saturday, May 17, 1-4 pm
Pronunciation Pt II, Saturday, April 26, 1-4 pm
Des vins peu communs, Saturday, April 12, 1-4 pm

Workshops are just $60!

Click here to register or call our office at 612 332 0436.

French Summer Camps

Une semaine en fran�ais

Through art projects, games and songs, campers will explore French language and cultures. Summer camps are one week long and are open to youth ages 4-18, with a variety of French experience. Families registering through April 30 receive a $25 early-bird discount.

For the full schedule, visit our website.

Call our office to register, 612 332 0436!

Cyrano at Park Square Theatre

Special Discount for AF Members

Through April 6

20 W Seventh Place, St Paul

AF members can look forward to a $5 discount on tickets to Cyrano at Park Square Theatre!

Call the AF office or email Anna for the AF member-only code!

Visite Guid�e

Matisse: Masterworks from the Baltimore Museum of Art

Thursday, April 17

6:30 pm, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

$10 AF Members Only, Reservations Required

Red�couvrez les mus�es et les expositions des villes jumelles avec nos guides francophones !

"Spanning six decades of Matisse's prolific career, with an emphasis on the artist's earliest works, this special exhibition features 50 works of painting and sculpture, 30 prints, and the artist's book Jazz.

A companion exhibition featuring works by Matisse in the MIA's collection will further enrich this magnificent body of work."

Visite enti�rement en fran�ais : Niveau IN1 minimum.

Nombre de places limit�.

R�servations : 612 332 0436

Cin�Club

French Film Fridays

Every other Friday

7 pm, AF Grande Salle

Cin�Club offers the unique opportunity to discover French cinema in our cultural center. Films are screened every other Friday in the AF Grande Salle, and are free and open to the public!

THIS Friday, Mar 28:

La Nuit de la Pub Francophone (2005), Produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot; 28 minutes with discussion to follow

*In French with no subtitles

Cin�Club is made possible with support from the Institut Fran�ais

High School Scholarship Program

For Students Grades 9, 10, and 11

Each year, Alliance Fran�aise Mpls/St Paul awards six local high school freshman, sophomores and juniors with a one-year scholarship to language classes. The scholarship program began in 2003 and covers all membership fees, tuition and materials for the student for one calendar year, a total value of $2,000 per participant.

Acceptance to the program is determined by academic merit (GPA 3.0 or higher), financial need, access (or lack of access) to French programs in school, maturity and interest in French culture and the French language.

For more information and the application form visit our website.

Concours d'orthographe

Put Your French Skills to the Test

Saturday, April 5

12- 2 pm

AF Grande Salle

$5, Reservations Required

All non-native French speakers (ages 8+) are invited to participate in this year's Concours d'orthographe. Put your French skills to the test with a multiple choice test and dictation by author, Daniel Picouly.

Five finalists from AF chapters around the world will be selected to win a trip to Paris!

Please rsvp to bonjour@afmsp.org. For more information, click here!

Paris Combo at the Dakota Jazz Club

Special Discount for AF Members

Monday, April 14

7 and 9 pm

1010 Nicollet Mall

This French-based acoustic combo will spend an evening in Minneapolis at the Dakota Jazz Club, and AF members are invited to attend! Receive a 10% discount on tickets with a discount from our office.

Paris Combo has struck a positive chord with critics and audiences for their fun-loving mix of jazz, French pop, cabaret, gypsy, Latin, and Middle Eastern rhythms.

"cool, continental, witty and more than a little mysterious. " - Boston Herald

Call AF at 612 332 0436 for the AF members-only discount code.

MSP Film Society presents

International Film Festival

April 3-19

AF is pleased to sponsor the regional premiere of the film, Bicycling with Moli�re.

Tuesday, Apr 15 at 5 pm

Saturday, Apr 19 at 4:40 pm

See the list of French films and their showtimes here!

Autour des Villes Jumelles

Thursday, March 27 from 6-8:30 pm: FACC presents "Sourcing Lavender in Provence", featuring Kristen Brekke Albright of Nordic Trading, Inc. at the Northern Clay Center. $30 General Public
Friday, March 28 at 4:45 pm: Macalester College presents "Love and Music in Contemporary Africa: Kinshasa's 'Musique Moderne". Alumna, John Nimis will introduce the audience to the popular music of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been an enormous influence across the African continent. One of the most central and unifying examples of modern African culture, its theme is almost always romantic love, with melodramatic songs about marriage and divorce, infidelity, and unrequited love.
Saturday, March 29 at 7 pm: MSP Film Society presents Bidonville: Architectures de la ville future. This documentary by Jean Nicolas Orthon seeks to address the housing problem in the age of urban overcrowding by looking at structures built on a human scale from a sociological and philosophical perspective. Free, click here for more information.
Monday, April 21 from 6-8 pm: FACC's Le R�seau Entreprises will meet at Toast Wine Bar for an evening focused on Innovation and Technology between the Twin Cities and France. $30 General Public. Click here
for more information.

H�bergement

YOUTH FAMILY STAY

Hello,

My name is Louis, I am 15. I live in Vannes, France. I have got lot of passions : I practice triathlon, I also love aeronautics. My dream would being an airplane pilot in the future. I am fond of music and I play piano since 7 years.

My family is composed of five persons.

I would like to discover a new culture and increase my English level. I am looking for a host family, preferably from mid-May to the end of July. I hope I will have the happiness to meet your family ! Also, it would be a pleasure for us to host a penfriend at home for a few months !

Yours sincerely,

Louis BRIDLANCE

louis.bridlance@orange.fr

Offres d'emplois

Ogi Eyewear: Customer Service

Do you want to be part of something special where you actually love and believe in the product your company offers? Ogi Eyewear is a local eyewear design and wholesale company, headquartered in New Hope. We are looking to add a dynamic team member fluent in both French and English to our fast-paced and growing Customer Service Dept. This hourly position is FULL TIME 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM Monday-Friday. See our ad on Craigslist, or send your resume and cover letter to info@ogieyewear.com

Searching Babysitter/Child Care Provider

Joseph, dit "Jojo", 2 ans et demi, recherche jeune fille ou jeune femme pour s'occuper de lui, jouer aux petites voitures avec lui, l'emmener au parc, lui pr�parer des bons petits plats et lui faire la conversation en Fran�ais. Nous avons besoin de quelqu'un disponible les mercredis et les jeudis, g�n�ralement de 10am a 8pm mais les horaires peuvent varier. Salaire n�gociable en fonction de l'exp�rience. Contactez Janice au 612 203 1686 ou via courriel ou bien Nicolas au 612 423 5557 ou via courriel.

Mais Oui: la Jeune Lune

Highlight your business with a full-color ad in the program of our gala. Show your support for AFMSP, starting at just $50!

Contact Anna for more info before Mar 8.

The mission of the Alliance Fran�aise of Minneapolis/St Paul, an independent chapter of a worldwide organization, is to serve our community by promoting the use and appreciation of French Language and cultures through language classes, cultural programs, social events and information resources. Visit us online at www.afmsp.org.

For inclusion in our e-newsletter please send requests to membership coordinator, Anna Scallon at membership@afmsp.org. Consideration will only be given to requests received by 9 am on Mondays.