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If you enjoy exploring all forms of textile and multimedia art, this activity is for you.

We experiment with many different techniques (embroidery, weaving, patchwork, quilting, collages…) and we take pleasure in sharing and exploring various types of work together.

Lately we have completed individual and shared projects which may be displayed.

No previous expertise required. Just come and join us!

“Books and Tea” is a monthly meeting for bookworms and tea drinkers. Bring a book you’ve really enjoyed, talk about it and pass it on! The group meets from 2:15 to 3:45. Note that the group will be meeting at La Cour…23 rue de la Roe. No need to sign up, just come and enjoy!

The garden club invites you to discover the beautiful gardens in the area! Some members enjoy having lunch at a restaurant prior to the visits and others only take part in the visits.

The July visit will be at the Jardin des Plantes in Nantes with (optional) lunch beforehand at the Café de l’Orangerie in the Jardin.  The Jardin des Plantes in Nantes is one of four “grands” botanic gardens in France, having more than 10,000 species of plants, 800 square meters of greenhouses, and 50,000 flowers.  If you are interested, you must sign up before June 15 at the email address below.

The “Garden Club” activity is open to library members and offers visits once a month to a garden between April and October. For more information and/or to sign up for this visit, please send an email to Diane Bonneau  at gardenclubellia@yahoo.com.

The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people. For this meeting, the group will read Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra

(Also adapted as a film in 1996) Sleepers is the true story of four young teenagers who live in Hell’s Kitchen, in Manhattan. Just like any other teenagers who are their age, Michaël, Lorenzo, Tommy and John enjoy living in Hell’s Kitchen, where they feel like absolute rulers until one day, when they accidentally kill a man. Following a court decision, the four kids are sent to the Wilkinson Home for Boys, where they will be living the worst ill-treatment in their lives. The guards will go so far as beating and abusing them. A few years later, torture is over and the kids have become adults. Payback time is soon. One night, as Tommy and John enter a bar, in downtown Manhattan, they come across one of the guards from the Wilkinson Home for Boys. They come up to that guard and decide to kill him. They go as far as shooting seven bullets inside the bar itself, where other patrons enjoy their afterwork drinks. From now on, the plot is all about who is going to win, as Tommy and John are sent to court. As strange as it may seem, one of their friends (Michael), who is a lawyer, will not be defending them. Michael will be on the other side (the guard) whereas an alcoholic lawyer will defend the shooters. Why so? Read the book, watch the film and you will learn the whole truth at the very end of the story.

Meetings are once a month on Saturday afternoons starting at 3 pm. Open to all library members. To sign up please contact the group coordinator at bookgroup@ellia.org.

Do you love French food and restaurants? Would you like to speak English more, but in a relaxed environment? Join the Luncheon Club! Enjoy a meal and great conversation in English once a month at a local restaurant. This activity is open to library members. Spaces are limited. For more information or to sign up, please contact the group coordinator here.

Do you love French food and restaurants? Would you like to speak English more, but in a relaxed environment? Join the Luncheon Club! Enjoy a meal and great conversation in English once a month at a local restaurant. This activity is open to library members. Spaces are limited. For more information or to sign up, please contact the group coordinator here.

The September read for the book club is “Somebody Loves You” by Mona Arshi.

“A teacher asked me a question and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing with perfect certainty that nothing would ever come out again.” Ruby gives up talking at a young age. Her mother isn’t always there to notice; she comes and goes and goes and comes until one day she doesn’t. Silence becomes Ruby’s refuge, sheltering her from the weather of her mother’s mental illness and a pressurised suburban atmosphere.    

To join the book club please send an email to the group coordinator here.

Do you love French food and restaurants? Would you like to speak English more, but in a relaxed environment? Join the Luncheon Club! Enjoy a meal and great conversation in English once a month at a local restaurant. This activity is open to library members. Spaces are limited. For more information or to sign up, please contact the group coordinator here.

Do you love French food and restaurants? Would you like to speak English more, but in a relaxed environment? Join the Luncheon Club! Enjoy a meal and great conversation in English once a month at a local restaurant. This activity is open to library members. Spaces are limited. For more information or to sign up, please contact the group coordinator here.

Do you love French food and restaurants? Would you like to speak English more, but in a relaxed environment? Join the Luncheon Club! Enjoy a meal and great conversation in English once a month at a local restaurant. This activity is open to library members. Spaces are limited. For more information or to sign up, please contact the group coordinator here.