UPCOMING

CINÉ-JEUDI

The Media Centre of the National Film Board presents Ciné-Jeudi in partnership with the Alliance Française, the Quebec Office, CinéFranco and the Consulate General of France. On the first Thursday of each month, French-language films are screened at the NFB at 150 John Street in Toronto (Osgoode subway station). To find out more about the Ciné-Jeudi program, please visit the NFB Web site at www.onf.ca
For more information: 416-973-3012.

September 2006

From September 7th to October 21st, 2006
Photographs exhibition : "Isabelle Huppert: A Woman of Many Faces"

The Alliance Française and the Consulate General of France in Toronto are proud to present this homage to Isabelle Huppert in conjunction with the International Film Festival of Toronto.

Isabelle Huppert: A Woman of Many Faces
One of cinema's greatest actresses, Isabelle Huppert (born in 1953) made her first film when she was still in her teens. Over the past 35 years, she has appeared in nearly 35 films directed by such illustrious filmmakers as Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Haneke, Otto Preminger and Andrzej Wajda. These 17 black and white portraits of Huppert, shot by some of the world's most-renowned photographers, including Robert Doisneau, Édouard Boubat, Willy Ronis and Jacques Henri Lartigue, capture the many sides and expressions of this fascinating and intriguing actress, and pay homage to Isabel Huppert's most
provocative and challenging roles.
Information: 416 922 2014 ext. 35

From August 15-30, 2006
Exhibition : "Hope springs from the sharing of knowledge"

The Consulate General of France and the National Agency for AIDS and HIV in cooperation with the Alliance Française are pleased to present you the exhibition on French AIDS research in the developing countries: "Hope springs from the sharing of knowledge", from August 15 till August 30, 2006 at the l'Alliance Française.

The world's largest HIV/AIDS conference in Toronto provides an international, open and independent forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and research which will inform HIV/AIDS programmes and strengthen prevention, treatment and care efforts worldwide.
France, at the behest of the Department of Foreign Affairs, therefore undertook a vast research program in, for and with the developing countries, notably through its National Agency for AIDS and Viral Hepatitis Research (ANRS).
This exhibition highlights on progress in developing countries which can be enhanced by investing in treatment access.

" France's involvement in AIDS research in the developing countries has helped the international community to see that health is an absolute priority for these regions of the world. This is no more than it should be, health being by definition the right of each and every human being. "
Prof Michel Kazatchkine,
Ambassador for the fight against HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases

Contacts :
M. Said KARFA, Scientific Officer, Consulat Général de France à Toronto : 416 925 80 41 poste 266
Mlle Patricia GUERIN, Cultural Assistant, Alliance Française de Toronto : 416 922 2014 Ext. 35

From July 21st to August 5th
Arantxa Cedillo's photographs exhibition: "Reportage - healthcare in Canada"

The Alliance Française and the Consulate General of Spain in Toronto are proud to present the Arantxa Cedillo's exhibition, that will take place at the AFT, from July 21st to August 5th.

Arantxa is an independent documentary photographer who over the last few years has focused primarily on social issues. After completing a BA in Education and starting to study a Masters in Peace and Development Studies in Spain, she discovered photography as a useful means of communication between cultures and a tool to promote social change.
She is a graduated of the International Center of Photography and has received the Ian Parry Scholarship 2005 for her work at the Emergency Room at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Arantxa is currently working on the canadian public healthcare system to establish a comparison with the U.S. one. She is a founding member of the New York based Agency Veras Images.
Free admission
For more information: http://www.verasimages.com
Information: 416 922 2014 Ext. 35
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July 14, 2006, at 12:00 noon
Flag-Raising Ceremony of the French Tricolour on Bastille Day

Once again this year, the City of Toronto will be honoring us by raising the Tricolour on the day of our National Holiday. This ceremony will take place on the podium roof of Toronto's City Hall building on July 14 at 12:00 noon. Refreshments will be served beforehand at 11:30 a.m. in the Members' Lounge. It is important that a significant number of French people and friends of France take part in this ceremony, both as an acknowledgement of this act of courtesy on the part of Toronto City Hall and to mark the place of the French community and of France, one of the "founding nations", in Canada's largest city. If you can spare the time, I would therefore greatly appreciate having you present at this ceremony and would be grateful if you would kindly pass this information along to any French and Francophone associations to which you may belong.
My sincere thanks to you in advance.
Sincerely,

Philippe Delacroix
Consul General of France

July 10th, 2006 at 7 PM
Reception in honor of the departure of André de Bussy, director of AFT

Daniel Jouanneau, Ambassador of France to Canada, Philippe Delacroix, Consul General of France in Toronto, Lee Mac Neil, President of the board of Alliance Française organized a reception in honor of the departure of André de Bussy, Executive Director of Alliance Française, at the residence of the Honorable Robert P. Kaplan.

July 9, 2006, starting at 1:00 pm
2006 World Cup Final - France vs Italy !!!"

Join us at the Drake Hotel to watch the 2006 Soccer World Cup Final : sunday, July 9, starting at 1:00 pm (game at 2:00 pm) A friendly athmosphere !!
Drake Hotel : 1150 Queen Street West
Organized by the Alliance Française and the French Consulate

June 26th, 2006
Marie-Joëlle Lévignat, Director of the North York Campus of the Alliance Française, Is Awarded the Insignia of the Chevalier des Palmes Académiques

We are pleased to announce that, on Monday, June 26, Marie-Joëlle Lévignat was decorated with the insignia of the Chevalier des Palmes Académiques at a ceremony held at the residence of the General Consul of France in Toronto, Philippe Delacroix, with her family and friends in attendance. This honour marks a career in the teaching of French, particularly at the Alliance Française of Toronto. The Board of Directors and the management team join together in congratulating Marie-Joëlle on this honour.

June 21st at between 11:30 am - 10 pm
FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE

The Alliance Française will have the pleasure of presenting the new edition of the Fête de la Musique in Toronto. The Summer Solstice will be observed on all five continents with the 25th edition of this music celebration initiated by the French Department of Culture. Dedicated to music in all of its forms and open to one and all, this celebration is a one-of-a-kind event on the international stage. It currently brings together players from more than 120 countries and some 250 cities under the now-famous slogan "Make music!"
Free admission.
At Yorkwille Park Village ( close to the Cumberland Theatre)
For more information: (416) 922-2014, ext: 35
Program available, click here

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Thursday June 15, 2006, at 7:30 PM
"Samia", by Philippe Faucon with Lynda Benahouda, Nadia El Koutei and Kheira Oualhaci (2001) (1H13 min)

In conjunction with Universciné, the Alliance Française of Toronto invites all film buffs to the monthly gathering of the first film club dedicated to French-language films in Canada. The screenings take place on the third Thursday of the month. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. (The movies are sub-titled in English.) The program was put together by the audiovisual department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

SAMIA
Samia (Lynda Benahouda), a young 15-year old girl, lives on the outskirts of Marseilles. She is the sixth of eight children in a very traditionalist family of Algerian origin and is suffocating under the burden of a morality consisting of beliefs and prohibitions which she respects but no longer shares…
Haunted by her academic failures, reluctantly pursuing a technical education, forced to hide her first boyfriend, Samia comes to realize that the decision on how to lead her life is strictly hers and hers alone.
English subtitle
At La Galerie of the Alliance Française
Free admission
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Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at 7:30 PM
Rendez-vous Planète :
"Faust contre Mephisto" a documentary by Bernard Favre

Every month, in collaboration with Planète Canada, the Alliance Française features in its gallery a contemporary documentary from a wide scale of themes broadcasted on the Planète channel in France or Canada.

FAUST CONTRE MEPHISTO [Faust vs. Mephisto] (60 min)
Three outstanding scientists. Three German Nobel Prize laureates. Three portraits as fascinating as they are frightening. Three scientists in Nazi Germany: a physicist, a chemist and a biochemist - Werner Heisenberg, Carl Bosch, Adolf Butenandt. These men were contributors to the scientific revolution that has totally transformed our daily lives and our world view. At the same time, they worked for a murderous regime. Three overlapping portraits, an ever-current reflection on the relationship between science and power.
No English subtitle
At La Galerie of the Alliance Française
Free admission
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Monday June 5, 2006, at 6:30 PM
Literary evening
REGARDE, NOS CHEMINS SE SONT FERMÉS [Look, Our Paths Have Closed], by Françoise Xenakis

The Alliance Française and the French Consulate are proud to present French writer Françoise Xenakis for her book Regarde, nos chemins se sont fermés (Albin Michel, 2002). This is an event of the Soundaxis Festival in Toronto (1-11 June, 2006)

REGARDE, NOS CHEMINS SE SONT FERMÉS [Look, Our Paths Have Closed]
This narrative concludes earlier writings about the same man: Iannis, her husband, confidant, friend, the Greek in exile, the architect of genius, the composer whose works are performed all over the world, the man who inhabits her life forevermore. Iannis Xenakis died in January 2000, following 14 years of illness. Did he depart this life of his own free will? For years he struggled with mental absences, forgetfulness, words that slipped out, unfinished sentences, disorientation. The doctors were never able to pin a label on his illness. It hardly mattered… This disease of indifference created a shell around him which was protected by Françoise, who served as keeper of the hearth or she-wolf always on the ready to defend what was hers. With immense compassion inspired by his vigour and legendary humour (which were just so many defence mechanisms for coping with misfortune), she speaks of the pathetic world of those who don't belong - people who are sick, down-and-out or mentally ill in search of anything that can break their loneliness.
At La Galerie of the Alliance Française
Free admission

June 1st - 11, 2006
Iannis Xenakis exhibition

This exhibit about Iannis Xenakis presents, through drawings, manuscripts, sketches, photos and score excerpts, not only the intensity of his creative life, but also the man and his unique itinerary.
It was realized by the CDMC (Contemporary Music Documentation Centre - Paris) in collaboration with Sharon Kanach and sponsored by the "Friends of Iannis Xenakis" Association.
At La Galerie of the Alliance Française.
Free admission

Thursday May 18, at 7:30pm
"La répétition" a French film by Catherine Corsini, with Emmanuelle Béart and Pascale Bussière (2001) (95 min), an event of UniversCiné

In conjunction with Universciné, the Alliance Française of Toronto invites all film buffs to the monthly gathering of the first film club dedicated to French-language films in Canada. The screenings take place on the third Thursday of the month. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. (The movies are sub-titled in English.) The program was put together by the audiovisual department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"La Répétition" Natalie (Emmanuelle Beart) and Louise (Pascale Bussieres) were childhood friends who had a devastating falling out. Ten years later, they meet by chance, and rekindle their friendship. The terms of their relationship have changed greatly, however--Natalie is a successful, and Louise worships the ground she walks on. This sets the two on a destructive, co-dependent course that leads to tragedy. Director Catherine Corsini examines the complex interactions of women and the overlapping passion and rivalry that exist in female friendships.
English subtitle
At La Galerie of the Alliance Française
Free admission.

May 16, at 6:30 P.M.
Literary Evening

The Alliance Française is pleased to welcome the writer, Thomas Scott. He will present his collection of poems entitled User's Guide to a Blank Wall, and he will proceed with a public reading in English of a selection of his choice. Daniel Soha, who translated this work and is a former director of the Alliance Française, will read an expressive French rendition of Mr Thomas Scott's work.

User's Guide to a Blank Wall is a collection of 64 poems. They are organized in three sections with English occupying the first half of the book, translations following.
The book is a thorough, intense slice of life filled with the rich colors of those coveted "moments worth stealing" that the poet is privileged to find under the "scabby shells" of the mundane and the inconspicuous, and exposes in all their secluded radiance: lovers, haters, dreamers, homebodies and the homeless are looking glasses that enhance both the eye of the beholder and the object beheld, beauty and its voyeur, the actor and his act.

Wednesday, May 10 , 2006 at 7:30 P.M.
Rendez-vous Planète :
"Un charter pour les étoiles" a documentary by Philippe Levasseur and Sébastien Daguerressar (60min) (no English subtitle)"

Every month, in collaboration with Planète Canada, the Alliance Française feature in its gallery a contemporary documentary from a wide scale of themes broadcasted on the Planète channel in France or Canada.

"Un charter pour les étoiles"
The descendants of slaves, now forced to flee civil war, Hassan and Fatouma are members of a people facing extinction - the Bantus of Somalia. The two have lived for the past 10 years in refugee camps in Kenya. But Hassan and Fatouma - like 13,000 other Somali Bantus - will soon begin a new life in the United States. (In the case of Hassan and Fatouma, they will be going to Salt Lake City.) It is one of the biggest refugee relocation programs ever organized. And in a classroom made up to look like the kind of apartment they can expect to find in the West, the refugees are being schooled in the "American way of life." Among the items on the curriculum: corn flakes; peanut butter; air conditioning; "Call 911"; and, of course, the "stars and stripes." They have but one week to put behind them their ancestral ways of living and replace all that with the knowledge they need to receive their diploma in "living in the modern world." After that, it is a 30-hour journey to their new home and a culture that they will find very different from the one they left behind.
Following the documentary, a reception will be offer by Planète Canada.
At La Galerie of the Alliance Française.
Free admission.

May 5, at 4 pm
Lecture by Professeur Harvey Levenstein
"American tourists in France : a history of love, admiration and disappointment"

The Alliance France, the French Consulate, the Munk Centre's for US Studies and the Harvard Club of Toronto are pleased to present Professeur Harvey Levenstein to a lecture.
This lecture will be in English.
Free admission
At La Galerie of the Alliance Française.
Information : 416 922 2014 Ext. 35

CONTACT FESTIVAL
Bruno Rosier' exhibition: "Parallel memories"
From May 3 to May 26 and
June 14 to July 14

The Alliance Française and the Consulate General of France in Toronto are proud to present the Bruno Rosier's exhibition during the Contact Annual Photography Festival.
In 1992, Bruno Rosier found twenty-five prints from 1937 to 1953 in a flea market, showing the same person posing alone in front of famous landmarks all over the world. This discovery was the starting point for a photographic odyssey that was also intended as an exploration of self-representation and the artistic process. Rosier decided to follow this man's footsteps (only his initials, R.T. are known), in order to re-create the same shots half a century later he dressed and posed in accord with the original photographs. The fifty prints in this exhibition are twin images of such tourist meccas as the Egyptian Pyramids, Niagara Falls, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Acropolis of Athens. Through these self-portraits, Rosier disturbs the viewer by exploring an individual's singular identity which ultimately ends up disappearing amid the banality of everyday life and images.
The exhibition was first shown at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris in November 2004, and currently at the Aperture Gallery, in New York. His installation activities can be found at www.aproposdumonde.org
Free admission
Information: 416.922.2014 ext. 35

April 28 - May 7, 2006
Hot Docs - Special Offer
Canadian International Documentary Festival

The Alliance Française, partner of the Hot Docs Festival is pleased to offer a promotion : buy one ticket and get the second one free! An exclusive offer for students and AFT members.

This promotion is valid for the French films and the Serge Giguère documentaries. Program available at the reception of AFT.
Advanced ticket sales only
Sonic Boom
512 Bloor Street West
Tel.: (416) 588-8362
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Wednesday, April 26th , 2006 at 7:30 P.M.
Rendez-vous Planète :
"Hôtel Palestine", a documentary by Antonia Rados (60min)

Every month, in collaboration with Planète Canada, the Alliance Française will feature in its gallery a contemporary documentary from a wide scale of themes broadcasted on the Planète channel in France or Canada.

"Hôtel Palestine"
Antonia Rados has been a senior reporter at RTL (Radio Télévision Luxembourg) since 1995. She covers the Middle East. And like other major international media correspondents, Rados was an eyewitness to the invasion of Iraq from her base in Baghdad's Palestine Hotel. Despite the dangers (and the frequent need to outwit her officially-appointed "guides" and "translators") , she would venture out each day to bring back analysis and stories that provided a true picture of what she was going on in the war-wracked country. Rados' account of her two months in Baghdad helps shed light on what the Western media described as the unexpected and spectacularly quick collapse of the Iraqi regime.
Following the documentary, a reception will be offer by Planète Canada.
At La Galerie of the Alliance Française.
Free admission.
No English Subtitle.

From April 21 - 28
Architectural Exhibition
"A New Building for the Alliance Française"

Since January 2006, sixty students, led by Professor Barry Sampson of the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, have been working on a project to enlarge and expand the Alliance Française building. The goal of this project is to transform the Alliance's existing building into an extensive new Francophone cultural centre. The new building will also be located in central Toronto and will be equipped with larger instructional facilities, an auditorium, a coffee shop and many other amenities that will better meet the needs of individuals coming to the Alliance Française.

This exhibition is dedicated to architecture and will thus be made up of scale models, preparatory drawings and plans executed by students at the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture.
At the Alliance Française's gallery.

From April 19th to 22nd and
April 26th to 29th , at 8pm
Theatre : "Tequila shot"
by Nicolas F. Vargas, directed by Christophe Bauzet
Glendon Theatre, York Pavillon, (Bayview and Lawrence)
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April 6, at 6:30 pm
Lecture by Jean Baubérot:
"Islam and French Politics - What Integration?"

In the current context of the publication of the Mohammed cartoons or the law forbidding the veil in France, this lecture will help us gain a better understanding of our present time by clarifying certain points and explaining past events.
The debate will take place in French.
Free admission.

JEAN BAUBÉROT
Jean Baubérot, with a doctorate in history and another in arts and humanities, is chair of the history and sociology of secularism at the Sorbonne's École Pratique des Hautes Études, where he is also honorary president. This is the only chair in France specializing in the study of secularism.
Jean Baubérot has written or directed twenty works, including some that have become classics. Examples are Vers un nouveau pacte laïque [towards a new secular pact]; Laïcité 1905-2005, entre passion et raison [secularism 1905-2005, between passion and reason], published by Seuil; and the Que sais-je title Histoire de la laïcité en France [history of secularism in France], published by Presses Universitaires de France. His most recent book, published in 2005 by L'Aube, is an historical novel based on real facts entitled Émile Combes et la princesse carmélite [Émile Combes and the Carmelite princess].
For additional information, please visit Jean Baubérot's web site at:
http://jeanbauberotlaicite.blogspirit.com
For further details: (416) 922-2014, extension 35

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From March 31 to April 9
CinéFranco Festival 2006

In partnership with the Alliance Française, Cinéfranco 2006, now in its ninth year, offers you the exhilarating horizons of drama, love, laughter, adventure and intense emotion which only cinema can provide. With "Spotlight" on Morocco, we explore the new wave in Moroccan cinema as we voyage to the heart of that country. Emerging and established directors offer powerful dramas suffused with both the country's rich tradition and its harsh realities. Last year, we lost Jacques Villeret, an enduring and endearing talent of French cinema. We will all miss him. To celebrate his extraordinary career, we present a tribute to the marvellous actor by screening two of his most famous films and three of his final performances. And, as always, we bring small, precious cinematic treasures that we trust you will enjoy.
At the Royal Cinema : 608 College St. (4 blocks west of Bathurst).
$7 for students and members of the Alliance Française.
For more information and to buy some tickets, please contact : 416 967 1528 or consult www.cinefranco.com

March 31, at 1:30 pm
Mod'Art International Hat Show

The Alliance Française, the French Consulate, The Look magazine and Hazelton Lanes are proud to present the Mod'Art International Hat Show from Paris. Having already traveled to Shangai and Beijing, the hat show will make its Canadian debut in Toronto at Hazelton Lanes Shopping Centre, 87 Avenue Road Yorkville (2 blocks north of Bloor)
Info : 416 968 8680

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March 17th to March 26th
LA SEMAINE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE

For the third consecutive year, the Alliance Française will be participating in Toronto's Semaine de la Francophonie. This will be a week filled with numerous entertainments for the enjoyment of French language and culture buffs. Last year, 32 francophone organizations put on more than 28 activities.
Info: (416) 922-2014, extension 35.

March 23rd, at 7 pm
The Night of the Adeaters - an event of la Semaine de la Francophonie

The Alliance Française of Toronto, the Consulate General of France and la Cinémathèque Boursicot present the "Night of Adeaters" : an evening revealing the world's hippest, funniest, and most creative French-language commercials from around the world. The two hour screening will be held at the "underground lounge" of the Drake Hotel, a great space for mingling while watching the show.
English subtitles will accompany commercials
At the Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen Street West, at Dovercourt
Tickets at the door : $10 (free for students and members AFT)
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March 22, at 7 pm
"Le grand voyage", a film by Ismaël Ferroukhi - an event of la Semaine de la Francophonie

The Consulate General of France, the Alliance Française, the Morrocan Association and CinéFranco present "le grand voyage" a film by Ismaël Ferroukhi, with Nicolas Cazalé and Mohamed Majd (franco-morrocan production, 2004, 108 mn).
A few weeks before his high school leaving exams, Réda, a student in his twenties who lives in Provence, is forced to drive his father to Mecca. From the start, the journey shapes up to be a difficult one. As they drive through different countries and meet various people, Réda and his father keep a wary eye on each other. How can they forge a relationship in which communication is impossible? (English subtitles)
The screening will take place at the Innis Town Hall, Innis College, University of Toronto, 2 sussex avenue (at st georges st).
Info : 416 922 2014 ext 35

February 10th, 2006, at 6pm
The poetry of Jean-Michel Maulpoix

French poet Jean-Michel Maulpoix will be at the Balzac's Coffee at The Distillery to present his poetry book entitled A Matter of Blue. The event will feature poetry readings by actors and violin music by composer Kousha Nakahaei.
Born in 1952 in Montbéliar (southwest of France), Jean-Michel Maulpoix has written several poetry books. He teaches modern and contemporary poetry at the University of Paris and he is the president of the Maison des Ecrivains in Paris.
This event is organized by the Consulate General of France, the Alliance Français of Toronto and the Balzac's Coffee.
Free admission
Info : 416.922.2014 Ext. 35

January 19th, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Natalie Schönfeld's Opening Exhibition : " Perceptions of Light "

For the past 8 years Natalie Schönfeld has been working in Canada as well as abroad, developing and expanding a body of work about deafblindness, which started as part of her thesis work back when she were a student at Ryerson Polytechnic University. In Canada, Natalie Schönfeld has been working together with the Canadian Deafblind & Rubella Association (CDBRA), The Canadian Helen Keller Centre and other organizations involved in the community to produce a body of work and a book about Deafblindness in Canada. Abroad this artist has had the opportunity to visit France and Nepal and work with local organizations involved with Deafblindness, as well as, to work together with the Canadian UJA Federation in photographing the Israeli Deafblind theatre company Na'alagat. This exhibition presents the body of work Natalie Schönfeld has produced so far, including images from all these countries, added an installation piece about sight perception. This exhibition will take place at La Galerie of the Alliance Française from January 19th to March 6th, 2006.
Free admission.
Info : 416.922.2014 Ext. 35

More events for 2006

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
CINEMA and EXHIBITION OPENING

The Alliance Française and the Consulate General of France in Toronto are proud to present this homage to Isabelle Huppert in conjunction with the International Film Festival of Toronto.

5:00 PM: Documentary screening of "Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer" [Isabelle Huppert: A Life of Acting], by Serge Toubiana

6:30 PM: Opening of the photographic exhibition "Isabelle Huppert, la femme aux portraits" [Isabelle Huppert: A Woman of Many Faces]

For more information Click here
At the Gallery of the Alliance Française
This event is for Alliance Française members and students; space is limited.
Please call to RSVP: 416-922-2014, Ext. 35.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
RECEPTION
7:00 PM:Toronto Accueil Wine and Cheese Evening

Here's an opportunity to discover the activities sponsored by Toronto Accueil and to meet the members of its leadership teams. Every year Toronto Accueil organizes a party to extend a warm welcome to new members… So, please join us for this event.

For more information Click here
At the Gallery of the Alliance Française
This event is for Alliance Française members; space is limited.
Please call to RSVP: 416-922-2014, Ext. 35.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 23
LITERATURE
6:30 PM: "Literary Lecture by Martin Winckler"

The Alliance Française is pleased to welcome French writer and physician Martin Winckler for a literary evening. His lecture will be presented as part of the 2006 Festival des écrivains de Toronto [Toronto Writers' Festival]. He will present his work entitled Les trois médecins (POL, 2004).

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At the Gallery of the Alliance Française
This event is open to the public at no charge; space is limited.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2
LITERATURE
6:30 PM: LITERARY EVENING "SPÉCIALE LANGUE FRANÇAISE"

The Alliance Francaise and the Consulate General of France are proud to present Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow in a presentation - open to both the media and the public - of their work dedicated to the French language: "The Story of French". Following this, the publishers of Interligne will then present the latest edition of the "Dictionary of Quotes of French-Ontario since 1960" written by Pierre Karch and Mariel O'Neill-Karch.

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At the Gallery of the Alliance Française
This event is open to the public at no charge; space is limited.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
EXHIBITION OPENING
6:30 PM: Exhibition of Christopher Boyne's "Shore Drive".

The photos in this exhibition were taken last winter by the winner of Ryerson's 2005 competition. A part of the work was presented at the Maximum Exposure exhibition sponsored by the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University. Each picture represents an object with a strange significance…

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At the Gallery of the Alliance Française
This event is for Alliance Française members; space is limited.
Please call to RSVP: 416-922-2014, Ext. 35.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29
RECEPTION
6:30 PM: Annual Evening at the Alliance Française for Current and Future Members

This evening will provide an opportunity for current and future members of the Alliance Française to meet one another, find out about the new cultural programming and review the many benefits offered by the AFT's cultural department.

At the Gallery of the Alliance Française
This event is for current and future members of the Alliance Française; space is limited.
Please call to RSVP: 416-922-2014, Ext. 35.

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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6TH
FRANCE 24
FROM 11:30 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. LAUNCH OF THE CHANNEL: FRANCE 24

To mark the official launch of the 24-hour news and information channel: France 24, the Consulate General of France in Toronto and the Alliance Française, will present the channel's first broadcast via internet, at the Alliance Française Gallery on December 6, 2006 from 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. (noon)
A brunch will be offered during the broadcast. See the attached file.

RSVP by December 1st - T. 416 922 2014 EXT.35 (limited space)

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