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Come join the Photography Club, share and exchange with other aspiring photographers and go on photo shoots together. Meetings are once a month on Thursday afternoons either at the library or at a predetermined photo shoot location. This activity is led by Pol Corvez, professional photographer and library volunteer, along with Peter Bolos, photographer and member of staff. It’s free for library members, please sign-up at the front desk.

Please note that this session starts at 2:30 pm at the library, then members will go out on a photo shoot together. Bring your cameras! 

If you love needlecraft, this activity is for you! Each participant will make a textile creation of their choice (bag, pouch, wall tapestry, whatever you fancy!) all while exchanging different techniques in English.

Bring your own materials and join us at the library from 2 to 4 pm. Open to library members. Please sign up at the front desk, when possible.

Come join the Drama Club which is open to adults and university students, with or without acting experience. It consists of miming, improvising, and acting out published works of theater, such as sketches and plays.

Meetings take place at the library twice a month (except during school holidays) on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Please attend regularly on the following dates: May 15th, May 22nd, June 5th and June 12th.

This activity is open to library members, the cost is 90 € for the 2018-2019 school year. Sign up at the front desk. Take the stage and break a leg! 

If you enjoy putting pen to paper this is your moment to shine! Join Veronique Kanor, from Martinique, and Tyler Pennock, a Cree and Métis two-spirits poet from Canada, for 2 writing workshops (the first in French and the second in English) on Wednesday, May 15^th. You’re welcome to sign up for only one of the workshops or sign up for both!

• 11 am-12:30 pm – Veronique’s workshop in French
• 12:30-1:30 pm – Pot-luck lunch, bring something to share! Let’s eat, drink and be merry!
• 1:30-3 pm – Tyler’s workshop in English will be about “witnessing – a form of exploring the moment and it’s impacts on the storyteller. I will be a participant-based exercise designed to get people to  let the personal impact of moments lead their appreciation of it.”

To sign up please contact the front desk here. And in the meantime, please feel free to enjoy some of Veronique and Tyler’s poetry by clicking on the PDF copies below:

• Tyler Pennock – Emergency
• Véronique Kanor – Combien de solitudes
• Véronique Kanor – Les tôles de la nuit

Sélectionnés par un comité de lecture piloté par l’Ambassade de France au Canada, ces deux auteurs ont la préoccupation commune de mettre en lumière leurs origines à l’histoire mouvementée. Ils composeront ensemble un texte lors d’une résidence d’écriture à Winnipeg fin avril, qu’ils partageront sous la forme de lectures bilingues et performances à Nantes, Angers, Paris et au Canada.

Véronique Kanor est née à Orléans de parents martiniquais. La question de l’origine, de l’identité, fonde son travail artistique, comme dans « Combien de solitudes… » (Présence africaine, 2016). Elle a réalisé trois courts-métrages, des documentaires télévisuels, et publié cinq livres de récits et poèmes. À travers ces langages, elle veut redonner dignité aux individus dans leurs choix, leur aliénation, leur parcours de vie. Sur scène, elle pratique ce qu’elle appelle des pict-dub-poetry (performances scéniques vidéos et textes).

Tyler Pennock est un jeune poète canadien issu d’une famille autochtone Cree, peuple de la grande forêt boréale, des lacs et des rivières. Ses textes, en grande partie inspirés de son expérience, disent la situation des peuples aborigènes, la menace qui pèse sur leur culture, leur langue. Enfant adopté, Tyler Pennock recherche inlassablement son identité à travers ses poèmes. Ses textes sont publiés en revues, et « Bones » paraîtra au printemps 2020 chez Brick Books Publishing

This program, free and open to the public, has been made possible with the support of the “Service culturel de l’Ambassade de France au Canada” and in collaboration with the MIEL.

The library is an authorised test center for the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test (the Test of English for International Communication). For more information please visit our TOEIC page or to sign up go to the official ETS website.

The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people.

The May read for the group is “The Quiet American” by Graham Greene. Pyle is the brash young idealist sent out by Washington on a mysterious mission to Saigon, where the French Army struggles against the Vietminh guerrillas. Young Pyle’s well-intentioned policies blunder into bloodshed. Originally published in 1956 and twice adapted to film, The Quiet American remains a terrifying and prescient portrait of innocence at large.

The group will also be discussing the 2002 film based on the same title: Michael Caine gives one of his best performances. Review: “A subtle and penetrating work, made to look effortless; nothing is forced or pushed, so much so that it’s easy to overlook the extraordinary challenges posed by Graham Greene’s novel. “

Meetings are held at the library once a month on Saturday afternoons starting at 3 pm. Free to all library members, to join please contact Anne Kaar at bookgroup@ellia.org.

Start your day with a typical British Brunch, as part of Angers Fête l’Europe, at the library on Saturday, May 11^th from 11 am to 12:30 pm. Brunch will be served buffet style, so you can pick and choose and try a typical English breakfast! From scrambled eggs to baked beans, sausages, bacon, grilled mushrooms and tomatoes, toast, orange juice, tea and coffee, we’ll have all the fixings for a breakfast that is oh so British and so good!

We’ll also hear about the Twinning between Angers and Wigan, a sister city in the U.K., from Wigan Ambassador Chloe Bradley. Her bilingual talk will touch on the international relationship between the two cities, to promote cultural ties, as well as the changing dynamic between the U.K and Europe. Following her talk, we’ll open things up to questions and discussion.

Open to the public. Cost 5 euros (cash or check). No need to reserve, just come hungry and enjoy!

Commencez votre journée avec un brunch typiquement anglais, dans le cadre d’Angers Fête l’Europe, à la bibliothèque le samedi 11 mai de 11h à 12h30. Le brunch sera servi sous forme de buffet. Vous pourrez donc faire votre choix et déguster un petit-déjeuner anglais typique ! Oeufs brouillés, haricots blancs à la sauce tomate, saucisses,  bacon, champignons et tomates grillés, toasts, jus d’orange, thé et café. Nous aurons ce qu’il faut pour un petit-déjeuner typiquement anglais et tellement bon !

L’ambassadrice de Wigan, Chloe Bradley, fera une brève présentation bilingue sur le jumelage entre Angers et Wigan, ville sœur au Royaume-Uni. Elle parlera des relations internationales entre les deux villes pour promouvoir leurs liens culturels, et de la dynamique changeante entre le Royaume-Uni et de l’Europe. Après sa présentation, nous passerons aux questions et au débat.

Ouvert au public. Coût 5 euros (espèces ou chèque). Pas besoin de réserver. Venez et profitez d’une belle matinée anglaise !

Treat yourself to an afternoon of a collective reading of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”. 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 by emailing group leader John Barritt here.

American instrumentalist and musician, Jay Bernfeld, will be speaking about “Baroque Music in the 21st Century” as part of the Spring 2019 Speaker Series, on May 10th from 10 to 11 am.

Bernfeld is admired as a performer of great expressiveness on the viola da gamba. He is widely acclaimed as a soloist and continuo player as well as for his ornamental and improvisation style. With Skip Sempe and the Capriccio Stravagante, of which he is a founding member, he has directed la Pellegrina and Gagliano’s Dafne at Vicenza’s Teatro Olimpico.  Devoted to the privileged association of voices and viols, the group Fuoco E Cenere, which he directs, has appeared at major festivals in Europe, Israel, and the Americas.

This talk is free and open to the public. No reservations necessary, but seating is limited. The Speaker Series has been made possible with the support of the Embassy of the United States of America, France. / Avec le soutien de l’Ambassade des États-Unis d’Amérique.

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 library members. No need to reserve, just come and enjoy! If anyone has some extra wool please bring it in. The Knitting group has a project knitting twiddle muffs and are looking for bits and pieces of washable wool.