ASSOCIATION BORDEAUX–USA

(Club Franco-Américain

& Bibliothèque Américaine)

38, Allées d’Orléans – 33000 Bordeaux – France

Tél. du Président Dirk CLARA: 06 61 71 77 09

e-mail : info@bordeaux-usa.com

http://www.bordeaux-usa.com

NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER 2011- FEBRUARY 2012

CONFERENCES

JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY!

DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 PM. CONFERENCES START AT 7 PM.

October 20^th – QUIZ ON AMERICAN AND FRENCH CINEMA! Tonight Catherine Rollin, our dashing secretary, is gonna test your knowledge of American and French cinema. Two or three teams will face off in a fierce battle and the winners will be rewarded with Catherine’s undying esteem.

October 27^th – AMERICAN FOOTBALL IN BORDEAUX. GO LIONS! This evening David Chaissac, will give a talk about the cultural differences between the sports systems in France and the U.S. He has been an American Football Trainer for 8 years and works for le Comité Départemental de Football Américain de Gironde.

November 3^rd – FALL POT LUCK! It’s time for our traditional-first-Thursday-of-the-month pot luck dinner. This month’s theme is ‘The Harvest’. So if you can, please make & bring one of your favorite autumn recipes or just bring some of the foods you like to eat during this season. And don’t forget a full-bodied wine to pair with those yummy dishes. And remember: please help everybody else with the cleaning up at the end of the feast!

November 10^th - Tonight Bérénice Ricard, Molecular Biologist, Winemaker and Author, will delight us with the story of the creation of a garden vineyard and the problems encountered in making wine on such a small scale. Her adventure led to the writing and publication of "Microvino : Faire mon vin dans mon jardin" by Editions Confluence as well as a blog called "Microvino". Join us to learn more about "A year at Le Clos Ganda : my garden vineyard.” She also shares some of her 2011 vintage which should be the equivalent of Beaujolais nouveau and could be called Bordeaux nouveau!

November 17^th – Join Concetta Antonelli-Lapeyre and book club members to discuss the book ‘Namesake’ by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Description from Amazon.com:

“Any talk of The Namesake--Jhumpa Lahiri's follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, Interpreter of Maladies--must begin with a name: Gogol Ganguli. Born to an Indian academic and his wife, Gogol is afflicted from birth with a name that is neither Indian nor American nor even really a first name at all. He is given the name by his father who, before he came to America to study at MIT, was almost killed in a train wreck in India. Rescuers caught sight of the volume of Nikolai Gogol's short stories that he held, and hauled him from the train. Ashoke gives his American-born son the name as a kind of placeholder, and the awkward thing sticks.”

Concetta will send out discussion questions in advance. Come and join us to consider, as Shakespeare said, ‘What’s in a name?’

November 24^th – Traditional THANKSGIVING DINNER. Please check all the details on the registration form at the bottom of this newsletter. The deadline to send us your registration is November 15.

December 1^st – Traditional-first-Thursday-of-the-month POT LUCK DINNER. This month’s theme is ‘The Holidays’. So why not try out your favorite holiday recipes and let everyone have a taste? Remember to bring along a good bottle of your favorite drink to share as well. And remember: please help everybody else with the cleaning up at the end of the feast!

December 8^th – ******NOTE: PROGRAM CHANGE***** Dust off your tied clothes head bands, love beads and peace symbols and RETURN TO THE 1960s WITH US. A group of 2^nd year students taking a Cinema Animation course at l'IUT Bordeaux 3 Animation Sociale et Socio-Culturelle (ASSC), has chosen our Association to help them with their class project for this semester. First we will watch the Oscar nominated 60s iconic film ‘Easy Rider’ and then they will ask some questions regarding our impressions of the film and what it was like living in the 60s.

December 15^th – HOLIDAY PARTY – 'Tis the season to be jolly! We will meet for an informal get-together and a drink, followed by an exchange of inexpensive gifts. Please bring a gift-wrapped little something (value not to exceed 6 euros or so).

December 22^nd & 29^th – NO CONFERENCES. Happy Holidays Everyone!

January 5^th – POTLUCK DES ROIS! Tonight our customary potluck will be influenced by the season: if your first name starts with a letter between A and F, please bring a gateau des rois tonight. If your first name starts with a letter between G and Z, please bring a ‘salty’ main dish. As for drinks, everybody please bring sweet white wine, cider or a soft drink. And don’t forget to help everybody else with the cleaning up at the end of our feast!

January 12^th – AN AMERICAN IN BORDEAUX! This evening Virginia Coulon will share a talk with us entitled: “Ramblings of an American who’s been living more than half her life in Bordeaux”. She was born in California and educated at UC Berkeley (and the University of Bordeaux). She first came to Bordeaux in 1962 as part of the University of California’s newly opened Study Center at the Université de Bordeaux. One thing leading to another (come to the conference to know the exciting details...), she’s been in Bordeaux more than half her life now – and has 4 grandkids!  She’s seen a lot of changes in the area since the early 60’s. Come join the discussion and tell us your memories, thoughts and musings about living in Bordeaux.

January 19^th – Laurent Juste President of Association 911-17 (the emergency numbers to dial in the U.S. and France) will talk to us this evening about a French association that was created a few weeks after September 11, 2001 to offer support and help to members of the New York City police force touched by that event. Each year since 2003 members of the group have traveled to the U.S. to meet with their comrades (and now friends) in memory of those that were lost. Laurent will also share photos and info about their most recent trip to commemorate the 10^th anniversary of 9/11.

January 26^th – New York, New York. In September 2010 some Bordeaux-USA members spent a great week in New York. Tonight one of them, your esteemed President Dirk Clara, will show and comment a selection of the numerous pictures he took there. In the process, he will offer a bit of a travelogue of his trip.

February 2^nd – It’s time for our traditional-first-Thursday-of-the-month POT LUCK DINNER. This month’s theme is La Chandeleur and St. Valentine’s Day. So how about bringing a dish that’s good for our hearts and our taste buds? Or just bring along some crepes or pancakes to celebrate Candlemas. And remember: please help everybody else with the cleaning up at the end of the feast! And remember: please help everybody else with the cleaning up at the end of the feast! And don’t forget to help everybody else with the cleaning up at the end of our feast!

February 9^th – Joel Maybury the American consul in Bordeaux, will give us a Post State of the Union commentary. Where do we go from here? As Obama begins the last year of his current term what challenges does he face in order to win a second term? What does it mean if he wins? If not?

February 16^th – TWO AUSSIES IN L’ENTRE-DEUX-MERS! Tonight join us to find out what made two Australians, Vanessa and Justine Parr, choose France to begin a new life. After 10 years of working in Finance, they suddenly realized they had to make a choice: continue to work in a world that was very intense and stressful or take a risk to follow a dream. Et pourquoi pas la France?! They’ll share their experience of taking the ‘big leap’ to France, living in L'Entre Deux Mers and opening a guesthouse.

February 23^rd – Harvey Morgan will moderate a panel of Anglophones to discuss ‘Francization’, or How my life has changed by living in France. There will be questions on a variety of topics, including diet/eating habits, politics, fashion/clothing, work or not, leisure activities, world views, and much, much more. Come and add your experience to our melting pot!

Library ‘s SATURDAY OPENING HOURS ARE… OVER

The library will no longer be open on the second Saturday of each month, as was the case over the last two years, because nobody came to the recent openings. We thank the brave Kevin Schwarz and Harvey Morgan who waited for people on those occasions.

Bordeaux-USA forum!

Do you Yahoo group? If you'd like to be part of our Yahoo forum, which allows you to exchange tips, ideas, suggestions, etc. with other members of Bordeaux - USA, ask Harvey (MadDaze@rocketmail.com) about it.

Envie de faire partie de notre groupe Yahoo? C’est un forum qui vous permet d'échanger des idées, suggestions, bons plans, etc. avec d'autres membres de Bordeaux - USA. Si cela vous intéresse, contactez Harvey (MadDaze@rocketmail.com).      

ENGLISH CLASSES – THREE CHOICES –

Every MONDAY from 6:30 to 8 pm: Rebekah Tonneirieux will be offering courses through June 2012.
Course fees: 25 euros for 4 classes (completed in 5 weeks) OR 8 euros per class.
Classes are small (7-8 people) and start on September 5.
For further information, please contact Rebekah at 06 26 20 78 65 or by
e-mail at rebekahtonnerieux@gmail.com

Every TUESDAY from 6:30 to 8 pm: Concetta Antonelli-Lapeyre will be offering courses September 13-December 20, 2011 and January 3-June 12, 2012. Sessions will be as follows:

Session 1~September 13-October 25, 2011 COST: 42 euros PER SESSION of 7 weeks of class OR 8 euros per class.

Session 2~November 8-December 13, 2011 COST: 36 euros PER SESSION of 6 weeks of class OR 8 euros per class.

Session 3~January 3-February 14, 2012 COST: 42 euros PER SESSION of 7 weeks of class OR 8 euros per class.

Session 4~March 6-April 10, 2012 COST: 36 euros PER SESSION of 6 weeks of class OR 8 euros per class.

Session 5~May 15-June 12, 2012 COST: 30 euros PER SESSION of 5 weeks of class OR 8 euros per class.

For further information, please contact Concetta at 06 48 87 05 98 or by e-mail at cama2@mindspring.com.

Every Wednesday from 7 to 8:15 Anna Moraitis will be offering free classes (except in December and January when Anna will have her baby!). The classes are aimed at those who want to improve their English skills. All levels are welcome and during class Anna will offer a mix of conversation, reading and listening activities based on people's interest, latest world news and juicy gossip. Homework will be entirely optional and Anna is open to work with individuals on particular areas they might want to improve. For further information you can contact Anna at anna.moraitis@googlemail.com

Moms/kiddos meetings! On some Saturday mornings, parents and children are meeting to speak English all together. If you are interested, please contact Marina Pourtalet at marinapourtalet@hotmail.com

RÉSERVATION POUR LE REPAS DE THANKSGIVING 2011

ORGANISÉ PAR BORDEAUX-USA

Où : Collège Alain Fournier, (entrée 95 rue Saint Genès) à Bordeaux

Quand : le jeudi 24 novembre 2011 à 19 h 00

Quoi : un dîner traditionnel de Thanksgiving – apéritif, assiette de crudités, dinde farcie avec sauce aux airelles, purée de pomme de terre, casserole de haricots verts, Camembert, tarte à la citrouille et Bordeaux rouge.

Qui : membres de Bordeaux USA, le consul des Etats-Unis, étudiants et représentants du Centre de Californie de l'Université de Bordeaux 3, des membres du Bordeaux Women's Club….

Combien : 26 euros pour les membres de Bordeaux-USA, 32 euros pour les non-membres et 20 euros pour les étudiants.

Comment réserver : veuillez envoyer un chèque établi à Bordeaux-USA au siège de l'association : 38 allées d'Orléans, 33000 Bordeaux, ainsi que le coupon-réponse dûment rempli au plus tard le 15 novembre

Questions ? - n'hésitez pas à contacter la vice-présidente de Bordeaux-USA par email : cama2@mindspring.com ou au 06 48 87 05 98.

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