To register or RSVP at ak@cinci.rr.com

Participation $12 at the door

(1) election of members for the open seats on the Board of Directors;

(2) election of Alliance officers to fill the positions of Officers whose terms are expiring or who are resigning.

To be an Officer of the Alliance, you must either already be a Board Member for the upcoming year or be elected to the Board at our upcoming annual meeting.

In order serve as an Officer or as a Member of the Board, you must be a member of the Alliance. If you wish to become an Officer and/or Board Member, please submit your name in writing before April 15, 2012.

If you are an Alliance member, the Nominating Committee invites you to attend our annual meeting on May 17th at Madison House, (2324 Madison Road,Cincinnati, Ohio 45208) at 6:30 p.m. At that time, members will vote on candidates for the Board and as Officers. Wine and appetizers will be served after the election.

Mr. Graham Paul assumed the position of Consul General of France in Chicago on June 4, 2010. With prior service in Berlin, Munich, Bordeaux, Tokyo, Paris, Vienna, Hamburg and Cameroon, he has a deep understanding of France’s role in the world and the world’s impact on France. He will discuss the imminent French presidential election – not the momentary headlines, but the deeper currents within Europe as France elects its next president. A law graduate with 28 years in the French Foreign Service, Mr. Paul will welcome your views on the same issues the USA faces as we prepare to elect our president for 2013 and beyond. Please join the dialogue.

A hearty European breakfast will be served, starting at 7:30, with the program to commence promptly at 8 a.m. Guests are welcome. Seating is limited. (Our Europe, the Euro and Debt event of March 20 sold out.)

RSVP to kstrunk@fbtlaw.com no later than April 9 (or call 513 651 6166). $15 for FPLC and EACC members / $20 for guests. Check can be mailed in advance to FPLC, Joe Dehner, 3300 Great American Tower, 301 E. 4th St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (or paid at the event). No-shows will be billed.

33d Floor – Great American Tower (Frost Brown Todd)

Chaque électeur recevra une lettre de convocation lui précisant le lieu de son bureau de vote :

Blue Ash Recreation center pour les électeurs qui résident dans le Sud de l’Ohio et le Kentucky (Blue Ash, 4433 Cooper Road, Ohio).

Procurations:

http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?article1522

Questions Frequentes:

http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?rubrique341

The French and francophile community is invited to meet our French dignitary from Chicago during an Aperitif hosted in partnership with the French American Business Alliance (FABA) at La Petite France.

The event is scheduled from 5:30 PM to 7:00 .

It is a free event, each attendee is responsible for its own drinks and /or food.

Mr. Graham PAUL assumed the position of Consul General of France in Chicago on June 4th, 2010. Prior to the present appointment, Mr. PAUL was Deputy Head of the French Embassy in Berlin (2007-2010) and Consul General in Munich (2006-2007).  Mr. PAUL joined the Foreign Service in 1984. He was first posted in Cameroon as Second Secretary at the French Embassy in Yaoundé (1984-1987), before returning to Paris to work on German Affairs (1987-1989). He served two years in East-Berlin at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989-1990), and was subsequently Deputy Head of the French Consulate General in Hamburg (1991-1994).  He went on to serve as counselor with the Delegation of France to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna (1997-1998). He was then appointed Deputy Director for Strategic Affairs in Paris at the Quai d’Orsay (1998-2001), before spending three years as political Counselor in Tokyo (2001-2004).

SUNDAY APRIL 1, 2012 at 2:00-4:00 pm with Reception to Follow

Monet’s property was cut in half by train tracks. Join James H. Rubin is professor of Art History at Stony Brook, the State University of New York as he explores the role of the railroad in Monet’s painting, its effects for the Water Lilies, and how it can help us understand them in new ways. The theme of this talk will be the dialogue between connectedness and separation in Monet’s life, in the design and uses of his property, and in the dual nature of the artwork itself.

$10 Art Museum Members, AF Members, students & seniors; $20 non-members.

Reservations required on

http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/visit/plan/calendar/2-adult–general/599-alliance-francaise-lecture-the-train-that-ran-through-monets-garden

Speaker Biography

James H. Rubin is professor of Art History at Stony Brook, the State University of New York. He is a dual French and American citizen, with degrees from Yale, Harvard and the Sorbonne in Paris. His specialty is eighteenth and nineteenth century European painting, on which he has published over 60 articles and essays and 10 books. His focus is primarily on the French artists Courbet, Manet, the Impressionists, and Cézanne. Of his ten books, the most widely read are Courbet (Art and Ideas); Impressionism (Art and Ideas), Impressionist Cats and Dogs: Pets in the Painting of Modern Life; Impressionism and the Modern Landscape: Productivity, Technology and Urbanization from Manet to Van Gogh; and his latest book, a comprehensive monograph on the painter Edouard Manet entitled Manet: Initial M, hand and eye.

Friday, February 24, 5 – 9 p.m.

Relax and reflect with your cocktail of choice this February Final Friday as you join us for Art After Dark: Monet & Merlot. The Faux Frenchmen will be putting a modern twist on American-French “gypsy jazz” music while docents provide an in-depth look at the special exhibition, Monet in Giverny: Landscapes of Reflection. Performances and tours take place 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

FREE event with cash bar and appetizers available for purchase. Reservations not required.

Parking at the Art Museum is $4; FREE for Art Museum Members.

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival  

Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7pm AND Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 1pm
La Rafle (The roundup)
France, Drama, 94 minutes; French, German, and Yiddish with English subtitles; directed by Roselyne Bosch

This script brings to the screen one of the darkest moments in modern French history when 13,000 Parisian Jews, among them 4,000 children, were rounded up and sent on a road with no return at the demand of Hitler.

Special Guest, Fran Greenberg, a French Holocaust survivor

Public Adults

General admission $10 ($2 off per ticket for 10 AF members and plus)  Please send us a reservation at

af@afcincinnati.com

The Alliance Française of Cincinnati and The Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Inc. will present a lecture for young people age 5 to 18 by Heidi Hagedorn entitled “La France de Harriet Beecher Stowe/Harriet Beecher Stowe’s France” on Sunday, February 26, 2012 from 2-4 p.m. at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House located in Walnut Hills at 2950 Gilbert Avenue, at the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard. The lecture by Ms. Hagedorn will present an introduction to the ties between France and a prominent figure in local Cincinnati history in discussing the manner in which Harriet Beecher Stowe influenced France and how France was, in turn, influenced by her. The lecture will be given in both the French and English languages and is free and open to the public. Ms. Hagedorn is a recent graduate of Thomas More College where she majored in History, International Studies and French. She is a candidate for a Master’s Degree in French at the University of Kentucky. Among other previous presentations, Ms. Hagedorn has given lectures on “The Paris of Thomas Jefferson” and “The Presence of Foreign Language Education in Elementary Schools.” During  “La France de Harriet Beecher Stowe/Harriet Beecher Stowe’s France,” a bilingual French/English program will be given by Lauren Cook for toddlers through children five years in age that will introduce the  children to the French alphabet and numerals using songs and visual media. Ms. Cook recently graduated from Northern Kentucky University with a Bachelor’s Degree in French and is currently an Interpretation Manager, ESL Instructor and French Interpreter/Translator at Conversa in Cincinnati. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP

For only $ 8 per person ($6 for child), savor a Sweet or Savory Lucious Crepe prepared by Chef Nicola with a cup of tea while enjoying the charming Kentucky Palmieri’s location we discovered at the same occasion past years!

This is a family event & kids of all ages are welcomed! 

Space is limited to 30 per serving and we will hold 3 servings:

• 2:30 p.m.
• 3:30 p.m.
• 5:30 p.m.

Please let us know at what serving you plan on coming on the registration page or by email at af@afcincinnati.com.