The Big Quiz

The Big Quiz | 28/01/2018 | 2:00 -6:00

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Time to sign up for the Big Quiz that will be taking place on Sunday, January 28th from 14h (sharp!) to 18h…kick off your year with some great fun and games ! This will be our 8th annual quiz !

Note the early start (don’t be late…we wouldn’t want to start without you) to give you plenty of time to think, chat, and enjoy! Yes, there will be questions, but they will be in all sorts of shapes, sizes and challenges. Wine, coffee, tea, snacks and cakes will be available all afternoon. All this for just 12 euros a head with all proceeds going to the library for its fundraising. Remember to bring your English-speaking French friends.

Book your place at the front desk as soon as you can or simply send an email by clicking here!

The rules: Teams of 6….6 heads are better than one ! Prizes for the winning team. Teams are color coded so we recommend that you wear the colours of your team’s name ! Come along…this is a great way to spend an afternoon in the heart of winter with friends and laughter.


Reading Shakespeare

Reading Shakespeare | 26/01/2018 | 3:00 -5:00

ShakespeareTreat yourself to an afternoon of a collective reading of Shakespeare’s Henry the Fourth. This activity consists of watching a BBC production on DVD and then reading relative scenes. This is a great activity for lovers of language and fans of the great wit. The activity is free for library members. Please sign up at the front desk.


Walk and Talk

Walk and Talk | 26/01/2018 | 2:00 -6:00

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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!

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.
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Knit and natter

Knit and natter | 26/01/2018 | 10:00 -11:00

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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!


Coffee House

Coffee House | 26/01/2018 | 9:00 -11:00

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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! Coffee house is every Friday except during school holidays.

 


Books and tea

Books and tea | 25/01/2018 | 2:00 -3:30

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“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 to 3:30 at “Les Casse-Croûte de Suzy” 3 rue de l’Espine. No need to sign up, just come and enjoy!


Highlights of English Musical Heritage – Handel’s Messiah part 2

Highlights of English Musical Heritage – Handel’s Messiah part 2 | 23/01/2018 | 4:00 -6:00

 

For music lovers who are not necessarily musicians, the library is setting up 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.

Michel Cartillier, volunteer at the library, will be presenting the second part of a monument of English culture: Haendel’s Messiah.

Other sessions to come will be centered on Purcell, Elizabethan music, and the relations of Hadyn and Beethoven with England who transposed British folk songs in the classical form as we know it.

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


Bookclub reads “The Underground Railroad”

Bookclub reads “The Underground Railroad” | 19/01/2018 | 2:30 -4:00

 

The January read for the bookclub is “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead.  Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they take the perilous decision to escape to the North.In Whitehead’s razor-sharp imagining of the antebellum South, the Underground Railroad has assumed a physical form: a dilapidated box car pulled along subterranean tracks by a steam locomotive, picking up fugitives wherever it can. Cora and Caesar’s first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But its placid surface masks an infernal scheme designed for its unknowing black inhabitants. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher sent to find Cora, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom.At each stop on her journey, Cora encounters a different world.

For any enquiries about joining the bookclub please send an email by clicking here.


Knit and natter

Knit and natter | 19/01/2018 | 10:00 -11:00

Knitting

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!


Talk by Henri Landes “One year of Donald Trump, what Effects on Climate and the Environment?”

Talk by Henri Landes “One year of Donald Trump, what Effects on Climate and the Environment?” | 19/01/2018 | 10:00 -11:00

 

Henri Landes will be speaking on One year of Donald Trump, what Effects on Climate and the Environment?

Henri Landes grew up in New York and San Francisco.  He received a BA in American history at the University of California, Davis and a Masters in International Affairs at Sciences Po Paris, majoring in sustainable development.  He has worked as an environmental advisor to the Socialist Party and for the office of the President of the National Assembly.  Today he is Executive Director of the Good Planet Foundation.  He is also a lecturer in environmental policy at Sciences Po Paris.

No reservations necessary. Limited seating so come early! The Speaker program offers special guest speakers from September 2017 through June 2018 and has been made possible through a generous grant from the American Embassy. For information on the talks through March click here.


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