Garden Club visit (with optional lunch before)
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Our April 18th visit will be to Plantagenet Plants located at 7 rue des Figuiers-Argentay, Les Verchers sur Layon, Doué-en-Anjou. This pepinière produces 750 varieties of plants, mainly perennials and grasses that are easy-to-grow. The cost of the visit is 7€, but everyone will receive a coupon for the same amount to be used for purchases in the boutique. The tour will start at 2:30pm. Find more information about Plantagenet Plants at: https://www.plantagenetplantes.com. A fun lunch is planned beforehand at Le Caveau, 4 Place du Champ de Foire, Doué-en-Anjou. This special troglodyte restaurant serves a “typical, back-in-the-day, Anjou meal” for a fixed price of 26 euros, absolutely everything included (aperitif, entrée/plat/dessert, wine & coffee). You have no choice in what to eat; everyone eats the same meal, and the fouaces are “all you can eat” direct from the oven. You will find detail for the meal at https://restaurantlecaveau.com/les-cartes/. Send an email to GardenClubELLIA@yahoo.com no later than April 4th if you are planning to come to Plantagenet Plants and be sure to indicate whether or not you will come to the lunch. If you are coming to the lunch, plan to arrive a few minutes early so that we can be seated as a group at exactly 12:30. |
Textile Arts & Crafts Workshop
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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! |
Walk and Talk
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Get on those hiking boots and take some time to revel in the great outdoors! The group “Walk and Talk” organises an easy walk once a month – approximately 10 km, 2 to 3 hours in the afternoon – in order to discover or re-discover the beautiful hiking paths of the Maine-et-Loire. Come along with good walking shoes, protection against rain, cold or heat according to the season…. a bottle of water and a little “en-cas” to keep your stamina up ! Maximum group is 20 so make sure to sign up! Want to sign up? Easy as pie!Sign up by sending your name, email address and phone numbers (perferably cell phone) to this email address. You will be sent full details of the walk in due time. |
[CANCELLED] Film Club
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Please note that Film Club has been cancelled for April. We hope to see you in May!
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Bridge Club
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Come and play (simple) Bridge (cardgame) at the library! Engage in a brain-stimulating sport: the Mini Bridge Exclusive Society. Discover, learn and play Mini Bridge in a relaxed, casual and informal ambiance. Mini Bridge, as developed by MBES allows and encourages
…in a nutshell, MBES (Mini Bridge Exclusive Society) proposes a different concept from the competing conventional Bridge Clubs. Feel free to sign up and come and discover this new activity for library members! It is free and open to members of the library. Please contact the library to join! |
Annual General Meeting
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Our Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 3rd at 6:30pm. This year is pivotal for the future of our library. We are in the midst of searching for a new building to relocate in 2025 and facing particular financial hardships. We invite all stakeholders in the organisation to join us for the Annual Meeting to discuss our plans to move forward. Agenda:
Click here for the full Annual Report for 2023 that will be presented during this meeting. Please remember that only members with a current membership may vote during this meeting. If you would like to check your membership validity please contact the front desk. If you are unable to attend, please fill out this proxy. |
The film club presents “Mr. Turner” (2014)
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The film club presents a film in English once a month on a Saturday afternoon. This showing will be of Mr. Turner, a 2014 biographical drama film based on the last 25 years of the life of artist J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851). Written and directed by Mike Leigh, the film stars Timothy Spall in the title role, with Dorothy Atkinson, Paul Jesson, Marion Bailey, Lesley Manville, and Martin Savage. It premiered in competition for the Palme d’Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where Spall won the award for Best Actor and Dick Pope received a special jury prize for the film’s cinematography. The film was critically acclaimed and received four nominations each at the 87th Academy Awards and 68th British Academy Film Awards. Watch the trailer here. Due to the length of this film, screening this month will begin at 2:30pm and will be followed by a discussion in English. This activity is free and open to all library members.
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Public Speaking Competition for high school students
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The library, the English Speaking Union and the Maison de l’Europe are pleased to invite the general public to the French National Public Speaking Competition in English for high school students on Saturday, March 23rd starting at 2 pm. High school students from schools in the Pays de la Loire will be competing to represent France in the International Public Speaking Competition, organized by the English Speaking Union to take place in London this May. The library is proud to help empower these young students! Please contact the library for more information and to sign up as a spectator at info@ellia.org or 02.41.24.97.07. This event is free and open to the public. |
Books and tea
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“Books and Tea” is a monthly meeting, on a Thursday, 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 P’tite Cigogne, 23 rue du Musée in Angers. No need to sign up, just come and enjoy! |