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SUMMARY:Liverpool vs. Fulham
DESCRIPTION:Liverpool vs. Fulham\nSaturday\, April 11\, 12:30 pm\nGastropark\, West Hartford
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CATEGORIES:AFH Events,Club de Foot,Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T100000
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SUMMARY:French Art at the Bruce Museum - REGISTRATION CLOSED
DESCRIPTION:French Art in French at the Bruce!\nExcursion Fully Booked\nFrench Art in French at the Bruce! \nJoin us for an excursion to the Bruce in Greenwich\, Connecticut. We will be car-pooling\non April 15\, 2026. A native French docent will take us around to see the William\nRichter Collection of French art and an exhibition on the still lifes by Georges Braque.\nAfter our tour\, we will pick up our bag lunches and all sit together in a big room. From\nthe menu list below\, please choose one sandwich\, chips or side salad\, one dessert and\none drink. The cost for the tour and lunch will be: $48.00 to be paid to the Alliance\nFrançaise de Hartford. The payment and lunch choice must be in by March 31\, 2026. \nYou can email Director Linda Zabor with menu choices at dirafh@gmail.com or text 860-\n278-9999. For carpooling from the Hartford area\, contact Linda; from the New Haven\narea\, please contact Alberta Conte aconte9@comcast.net \nItinerary:\n10:30 Arrive to Museum\n11:00 – 12:00 Tour in French\n12:00-12:30 Free time\n12:30 – 1:00 Lunch together\n1:00 – 2:00 Self tour other galleries.\n2:30 – Gather for return trip \nMenu choices:\n1. Sandwiches: Curried Chicken Wrap\nGreen Goddess Pinwheel\nRoasted Turkey Pinwheel\nAmerican Pole Caught Tuna\nTurkey BLT\nUltimate Avocado\nHerby Chicken Salad\n2. With sandwich – choose chips or side salad.\n3. Desserts: Chocolate chip cookie\, oatmeal cookie\, homemade yodel\, or Rice\nKrispie treat\n4. Drinks: coffee\, ice coffee\, tea\, lemonade\, orange juice\, Coke\, Diet Coke\, Sparkling
URL:https://alliancefrancaisehtfd.org/event/french-art-at-the-bruce-museum/
CATEGORIES:AFH Events,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T160000
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SUMMARY:"Art Teaches Us about Life and Life Teaches Us About Art": Author Thomas Schlesser and Beth Gersh-Nesic discuss Mona's Eyes
DESCRIPTION:Event begins at 1pm PT / 2pm MT / 3pm CT / 4pm ET\nIn English.\n \nArt historian and novelist Thomas Schlesser joins art historian Beth Gersh-Nesic to  discuss his brilliant coming-of-age novel about a 10-year-old girl who loses her sight for an hour and then spends a year learning how to see\, guided by her beloved grandfather\, Henry\, whom she calls Dadé. Together they visit the Louvre\, Musée d’Orsay\, and Centre Pompidou to study one artwork each week because Henry wants Mona to memorize all the beauty and knowledge that art masterpieces can deliver\, if indeed she becomes blind one day.  Thanks to their lively banter\, Mona and the reader learn about life\, love\, and how to look for the wisdom artists may convey through their art.  Professor Schlesser will also tell the audience about his new novel\, recently released in France\, Le Chat du Jardinier (Albin Michel\, 2026). \n  \nThomas Schlesser is the director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation in Antibes\, France. He teaches Art History at the École Polytechnique in Paris and is the author of several works of nonfiction about art\, artists\, and the relationship between art and politics in the 20th century. He is the grandson of André Schlesser\, known as Dadé\, a singer and cabaret performer who founded the Cabaret L ’Écluse. Mona’s Eyes is Schlesser’s second novel and his American debut. It has been translated into thirty-eight languages\, including Braille. Schlesser was awarded 2025’s Author of the Year by Livres Hebdo. \nBeth S. Gersh-Nesic\, PhD\, is an art historian and the director of the New York Arts Exchange\, an arts educational service.  Known for her publications on Picasso\, Cubism\, the École de Paris\, and the poet/critic André Salmon\, she has been contributing articles on art history to Bonjour Paris since 2016.  She has also published open-source content on Smarthistory and ThoughtCo.com\, and continues to publish free content on her blog on her Substack: Beth New York.  Her most recent books are translations for Za Mir Press:  Pablo Picasso and André Salmon: The Painter\, the Poet and the Portraits (2019); Pablo Picasso\, André Salmon and “Young French Painting” (2022); and Ayan Before Midnight by Jean-Luc Pouliquen (2024). Now retired\, she taught undergraduate students at Purchase College\, Mercy University\, NYU\, and the College of New Rochelle. \nMona’s Eyes was Barnes and Nobles’ Book of the Year for 2025:  Mona’s Eyes (2025 B&N Book of the Year)|Hardcover \nPlease sign up here.
URL:https://alliancefrancaisehtfd.org/event/art-teaches-us-about-life-and-life-teaches-us-about-art-author-thomas-schlesser-and-beth-gersh-nesic-discuss-monas-eyes/
CATEGORIES:Events,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T170000
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CREATED:20260223T115621Z
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SUMMARY:Docent Memorial Lecture - Wadsworth
DESCRIPTION:Sebastian Smee presents his book:   Paris in Ruins: Love\, War\, and the Birth of Impressionism\n  \nSebastian Smee\, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and art critic at the Washington Post\, presents a lecture on his most recent book\, Paris in Ruins: Love\, War\, and the Birth of Impressionism. Smee reconsiders the origin of Impressionism as a pivotal moment in the rise of modern art. The lecture coincides with the museum’s reinstallation of the Impressionist collection and celebrates the new ways of seeing Impressionism that are brought to light in our galleries and his book. Come early and check out the Impressionism gallery before the lecture.\nFree – Sign up here
URL:https://alliancefrancaisehtfd.org/event/docent-memorial-lecture-wadsworth/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T130000
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SUMMARY:April in Paris
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to this year’s April in Paris Film Festival\,\ncelebrating the 27th Annual Festival of Francophone Film\nat Cinestudio on the Trinity College Campus ! \nReception Co-Sponsored by the Alliance Française.\nSaturday\, April 18\, 2026.\n1:00 PM \nWe invite you to join us at this year’s festival\, “Power Plays: Jeux de Pouvoir.” You will experience five films ranging from the silent era to the present that feature characters who strategize\, plan\, or maneuver their way into particular situations. The line-up includes movies by classic and modern filmmakers. The films take place in various time periods and francophone regions. Join us for a discussion following each screening ! \nFriday\, April 17- 7:00 pm – No Chains\, No Masters (Ni Chaînes\, ni maîtres\, 2024) directed by Simon Moutairou. Distributed by Distrib Films US. 1h38. \nSaturday\, April 18- 1:00 pm– The New Gentlemen (Les Nouveaux Messieurs\, 1929) directed by Jacques Feyder. 2h15. Silent film piano accompaniment by Prof. Emeritus Patrick Miller of the Hartt School. Opening reception following the film and performance—note 1pm matinée start time. \nSunday\, April 19 – 7:00 pm – When Fall is Coming (Quand Vient l’Automne\, 2024) directed by François Ozon. Distributed by Music Box Films.1h42 min.\nMonday\, April 20- 7:00 – Red Island (L’Ile Rouge\, 2023) directed by Robin Campillo. Distributed by Film Movement. 1h57.\nTuesday\, April 21- 7:30 – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg\, 1964) directed by Jacques Demy. Distributed by Janus Films. 1h31. Closing reception in Cinestudio downstairs lobby at 7:00 pm.
URL:https://alliancefrancaisehtfd.org/event/april-in-paris/
CATEGORIES:AFH Events,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T144500
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SUMMARY:Milan vs. Juventus
DESCRIPTION:Milan vs. Juventus\nApril 26\, 2:45 pm\nGastropark\, West Hartford\n637 New Park Avenue\nWest Hartford\, CT
URL:https://alliancefrancaisehtfd.org/event/milan-vs-juventus/
CATEGORIES:AFH Events,Club de Foot
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T164500
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CREATED:20260427T234720Z
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SUMMARY:Champions League Semi-Final
DESCRIPTION:Champions League Semi-Final\nParis Saint-Germain vs. Bayern Munchen\n  \n2nd Bridge Brewing Company\n642 Hilliard Street\nManchester\, CT
URL:https://alliancefrancaisehtfd.org/event/champions-league-semi-final/
CATEGORIES:AFH Events,Club de Foot
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