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The pizza and board games evening is scheduled one Tuesday a month from 6-8 pm. Cost is 7 euros (covers pizza and non-alcoholic drinks, 5 euros for children 12 and under and native English speakers). No reservations necessary, just come and enjoy!

Time to get outside! Get on those hiking boots and take some time to revel in the great outdoors! The idea is to organise 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 you going ! Maximum group is 20 so make sure to sign up!

Sign up by sending your name, email address and phone numbers (preferably cell phone) to this email address. You will be sent full details of the walk in due time.

This activity has been cancelled due to lack of participants.

The next film club event will be a showing of “The Party”. A clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.

Screening begins at 15:00 sharp. This activity is free of charge for all library members. If possible, please reserve by signing up at the front desk. A discussion in English will follow the film. The last showing before the summer break will take place on June 23rd for a showing of “It Happened One Night”…save the date! 

Susan Harloe, Artistic Director of Word for Word, and Sheila Balter, Charter Member of Word for Word, are excited to offer a workshop to adults on Friday, May 18 from 14h30 to 17h30.

Come for a fun-filled afternoon of participating in the Word for Word magic of transporting a short text from the page to the stage! At the end of the afternoon, participants will perform a short text for friends and family.

Wear comfortable clothing so that you can move around in!
Cost: 10€ per participant
Registration required. To sign up contact the library by email or phone (02.41.24.97.07).

The May read for the bookclub is “Measuring the World” by Daniel Kehlmann.

Measuring the World recreates the parallel but contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment – the naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss. Towards the end of the 18th century, these two brilliant young Germans set out to measure the world.
Humboldt, a Prussian aristocrat schooled for greatness, negotiates savannah and jungle, climbs the highest mountain then known to man, counts head lice on the heads of the natives, and explores every hole in the ground. Gauss, a man born in poverty who will be recognized as the greatest mathematician since Newton, does not even need to leave his home in Goettingen to know that space is curved. He can run prime numbers in his head, cannot imagine a life without women and yet jumps out of bed on his wedding night to jot down a mathematical formula. Measuring the World is a novel of rare charm and readability, distinguished by its sly humor and unforgettable characterization.

For any inquiries about joining the book club please send an email by clicking here.

Karina Piser is a journalist based in Paris with a fellowship through the Institute of Current World Affairs, pursuing a research project on secularism and social cohesion, notably in the public-school system. Publications include The Atlantic, The Nation, World Politics Review and Foreign Policy.
No reservations necessary. The Speaker Series has been made possible through a generous grant from the American Embassy.

Come along and bring your knitting,

Have a natter while you’re sitting,

Or learn to knit with wool provided,

Needles loaned and stitches guided.

Knitted garments are très chic,

So be in vogue and start this week.

Knit and natter is a free activity open to all members. No need to reserve, just come and enjoy yourself!

This is a special moment when the community gathers together to talk about everything and anything (…in English of course!) and sips coffee and tea. Coffee House is free and open to all library members. Just drop in, no need to reserve!

Join this writing workshop for both English speakers and French speakers with American author Eleni Sikélianos on the focus point of “family at the heart of your writing project”. Born and raised in California, Sikelianos has received numerous honors and awards for her poetry, nonfiction and translations including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Fulbright Fellowship. She has been teaching poetry for many years and is coming to the library to host a writing workshop. Free and open to the public, contact the library to sign up by email or at 02 41 24 97 07. 

For more info click here.