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The library is an authorized open center for the TOEIC Listening and Reading test (Public programme with photo). To sign up please consult the ETS website. 

Scheduled dates for 2018 are

Wednesdays : April 11th, May 9th, June 13th & Sept. 12th.

Saturdays : July 7th

All tests will take place at the ESSCA in Angers. Click here for full directions.

For music lovers who are not necessarily musicians, the library presents a series of sessions aiming at illustrating  the heritage of English Classical Music in its most specific and beautiful forms, mainly vocal music. Each session will focus on a composer, with a short presentation of the work and the composer, followed by the listening of selected pieces through  selected  videos, often with different interpretations. The point is to share comments and criticism with the group members.

This session will focus on Handel in the countryside with the opera “Acis and Galatea”.

These sesssions are free and open to the public. No need to reserve, just come and enjoy!

Love those French restaurants? Feel like you need to speak English more but in a relaxed atmosphere? Join this club which schedules a lunch in a great local restaurant. Click here to send an email to the coordinator for more information and the full schedule and to sign up!

The next film club event will be a showing of “Little Miss Sunshire”. A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

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. Other upcoming dates for the filmclub are May 19th for a showing of “The Party” and June 23rd for a showing of “It Happened One Night”…save these dates!

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!

The garden club invites you to discover the beautiful gardens in the area! This free activity is open to library members and offers visits once a month to a garden between April and October. The first visit for the year will take place on Thursday, April 5th for a visit of the “Hortifluor Nursery” in Savennières. For more information and/or to sign up for this visit please send an email to gardenclub@ellia.org.

2018 dates for the Garden Club are May 3rd, June 7th, July 5th, August 2nd, September 6th and October 4th.