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May 2021
#177
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In
French we say En mai,
fais ce qu’il te plaît ! and even if this saying clashes
with Covid reality for the second year in a row, May will definitively
be the month of hope as society is reopening at last. The
French Library is ready to welcome visitors again from May 10th,
with a lot of nouveautés!
Meanwhile, in the long wait for future travels, The
French Library's monthly online
events are
here to help you escape: the virtual tour Musardise
will whisk you away to the Palais Garnier in Paris, the cooking
demo En
Cuisine to Brittany, and the auditory
journey La Sieste
Musicale to the city of Angoulême.
The
French Library's weekly workshops
are also on: our bookclub
Reading Aloud
takes place on Zoom on Thursdays 12.30pm
and repeated on Wednesdays at 6.30pm; Trico’thé,
our knitting and conversation session, on
Zoom on Tuesdays at 2pm; Toddlers’ Time,
songs and readings for toddlers
and their parents, live on Facebook every
Tuesday mornings at 10.30am. All episodes of Toddlers’ Time
can be repayed on our Youtube channel.
And if you are tired of too much screen time, we are proud to present
our most recent creation: The French
Library’s Podcast on Spotify and Deezer!
At bedtime or during a walk, the past Siestes Musicales
and Reading Aloud
texts are fantastic ways to relax to the music of the French language.
We look forward to welcoming you onsite very soon!
Annabelle Malandrin, Director of The French
Library, amalandrin@alliance-francaise.ie
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Live
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The French Library's
'Musardise' |
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Facebook Live Series:
Lisa McInerney |
Monday 3 May – 6pm 
Live on
Zoom
Musardise
(idling in
French) is the French
Library's online
immersive tours of
the most important French museums &
monuments!
Following the huge demand for the previous editions, Musardise
will be repeated at the
end of each month.
This
month, we invite you to the iconic Palais
Garnier, home of the Opéra de Paris, for
a treasure hunt
via Google
Arts & Culture.
After a presentation, you'll be left alone to wander in the virtual Opera house
and find a list of paintings and architectural
elements as
part of a team or by
yourself! A perfect occasion to (re)discover one
of Paris' most beautiful
building!
Repeat on Thursday 27
May
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Wednesday 5 May – 6pm
Live
on Facebook 
Join
us every week on Facebook for our Alliance
Française Live Series, a short live performance
by one of our collaborators and friends. These presentations
include reading,
theatre,
drawing,
music,
cooking
and more!
Next
up, Irish writer Lisa
McInerney will read from her brand new novel The Rules of
Revelation published this month.
A tale of reckonings,
reunions,
and recriminations,
The Rules of
Revelation is about coming
home, growing up and understanding that the place that
shaped you doesn’t need to be the place that breaks you. It is
the last instalment in her
sex, drugs
and rock ‘n’ roll trilogy, including The
Glorious Heresies (2015) and The Blood
Miracles (2017).
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Talk |
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Online
Screening |
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European Book Club #4:
Andrés Barba |
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Europe Day
"Short Shorts" |
Thursday 6 May – 6pm
Live on Zoom
EUNIC
Ireland's European Book Club is a series of monthly discussions
on a bestselling novel in
English translation. The European Book Club is held
on the first Thursday
of the month with a live
discussion with the author of the selected novel.
For the fourth session, Instituto Cervantes Dublin will
host a discussion on the book A Luminous
Republic by Spanish author Andrés Barba,
translated into English by Lisa
Dillman.
Presented in English by journalist Antonio
Jaén, followed by Q&A.
The fifth European Book Club will take place on Thursday 3 June with Irish author Anne Enright.
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9 - 12 May
Streaming on
Eventive
To
celebrate Europe Day on Sunday 9
May, EUNIC
Ireland is
delighted to present a free online screening of its 2020 Short Shorts from Europe
programme, a selection
of the best short films from the home countries of eight
members of EUNIC Ireland, along
with shorts supported by Cork
Film Festival, Irish Film
Institute and the Limerick
School of Art & Design, LIT.
Let Austria,
Bulgaria,
France,
Germany,
Ireland,
Poland,
Spain
and the UK
entertain you with a variety of genres by contemporary, cutting-edge
filmmakers.
After the screening you will be asked to vote for your favourite film
using your phone.
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| Online Festival |
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Comic Book Festival |
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11-15
May
– Free online events 
This
year Alliance
Française Dublin
and
Illustrators Ireland
are celebrating 6 years of partnership in
presenting the Comic
Book Festival / Fête
de l’Illustration & de la Bande
Dessinée, with the support of the French
Embassy in Ireland. Our mutual goal has been to bring
together French
and Irish talents to showcase the growing platform of comics, graphic
novels and narrative
art. With the French reputation for outstanding
visual language, and the Irish history of storytelling, this blending
of talents is sure to result in a festival of exciting international
comics work.
The 6th
Comic Book Festival Dublin is part of the BD 20>21 initiative which
celebrates the 9ème
art
in France and abroad. From 11 to 15 May the Festival will host a
series
of online events including discussions, live readings, a screening and
children’s
creative workshops.
Admission is
free for all events but
booking is essential.
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Meet Jul & Stephen Mooney
Tuesday 11 May – 6pm
Live talk on Zoom |
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Pénélope Bagieu's 'Les Culottées'
Thursday 13 May – 6pm
Screening on
Eventive |
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Comics with Sarah Cunningham
Saturday 15 May – 11am
Children Workshop
on Zoom
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Live Readings + Q&A
Wednesday 12 May – 6pm
Live show on Zoom |
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Create a Comic Strip with BDnF
Friday 14 May – 4pm
Children
Workshop on Zoom |
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Online Comics on Culturethèque
Available for free for 3 weeks
Readings
on Culturethèque 
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| Literary
Series |
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Online
Screening |
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"Vois-tu Gab..."
by Franck Berthier |
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"Le Mystère Henri Pick"
Fête de la Bretagne 2021 |
Episode 5 on 13 May
Streaming on Youtube
Discover
every month on our YouTube a new episode of Vois-tu Gab...,
an original 7-part
literary series created by Franck Berthier for
Alliance Française Dublin.
Franck
Berthier is a French
actor,
stage director,
teacher
and author.
While appearing as a guest during our Franco-Irish Literary Festival in
2019, Franck was overwhelmed by the memory
of a youthful romance with the Irish actress Gabrielle Reidy.
Upon his return he dived into a hundred
letters sent by Gabrielle and felt the uncontrollable urge to respond. In Vois-tu
Gab... Franck
reminisces
and replies to the late actress, trying to establish an impossible conversation
that defies time.
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15-17 May
Streaming on Eventive 
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| Certifications |
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Online
Tuition |
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| Sit TEF / DFP French Exams
in June |
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Free Assessments
for the Summer Term |
DFP: Register
before 14 May
TEF: Register
before 21 May
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Activity |
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Online
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The French Library's
'En cuisine' |
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Les Wébinaires AF #7:
L'art de rue |
Tuesday 18 May – 6pm
Live on
Zoom
The French
Library's
En cuisine invites you to a step-by-step cooking
demonstration
of an easy but tasty traditional French dish.
For
the 4th edition, the Library team will show you how to prepare galettes/crêpes
bretonnes & Quatre-quarts.
The Crêpe bretonne
is a traditional dish in
Brittany which can be made of wheat (sweet crêpe) or
buckwheat (savoury crêpe)
and may be eaten plain, or filled. The dish will be
complimented perfectly by Quatre-quarts,
a Breton cake
which takes its name (literally
"four quarters") from
the fact that its four ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, eggs) are
used in equal quantity.
The list of ingredients
and materials will be sent beforehand so that everyone can cook and taste
together!
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Webinar
Wednesday 19 May
6pm-7pm on
Zoom
Workshop Wednesday 26 May
5pm-7pm on
Zoom
Les
Wébinaires AF are a new
series of online activities in French: join us every 3rd
week of the month for a
free webinar on a French
cultural topic, supplemented by a French course the
following week to deepen what was covered in a conversation class setting.
For this 7th edition, French
teacher Clément Juillerac
will introduce you to the Art de rue
français. The Street Art movement has deep roots in France
and continues to be particularly lively in this country with its long
tradition of both visual
arts and political
contestation.
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Special
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Les Wébinaires AF #8:
Nantes
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AF Dublin
Shortlisted
at Education Awards '21 |
Webinar
Thursday 20 May
6pm-7pm on
Zoom
Workshop Thursday 27 May
5pm-7pm on
Zoom
Les
Wébinaires AF are a new
series of online activities in French: join us every 3rd
week of the month for a
free webinar on a French
cultural topic, supplemented by a French course the
following week to deepen what was covered in a conversation class setting.
For this 8th edition, French
teacher Catherine
McSherry
will introduce you to you to the historic
city of Nantes and go through the main features of its
extremely rich heritage,
culture
and gastronomie!
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Results onThursday
20 May
Follow on our Social Networks
We are honoured to be
shortlisted in the "Best Language School" and "Best Online Learning Experience" categories in the
Education Awards
2021!
This nomination recognised the ambitious changes Alliance Française Dublin
engaged last year to its structures and operations with a view to
creating a fully immersive innovative experience online
for its students and members in the COVID-19
context.
An independent panel of expert judges, drawn from
the highest echelons of the Educational Institutions in Ireland will
announce the winners on Thursday 20 May at an
online ceremomy. Keep your fingers crossed!!
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The French Library's
Sieste Musicale |
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Facebook Live Series:
Beretta Chic |
Tuesday 25 May – 6pm
Live on
Zoom
The Sieste
Musicale is back on Zoom! This month we’re taking you to Angoulême and its
region for
a 1-hour auditory
journey!
Our librarian will take you on an immersive
audio tour around some of the most hidden gems
of the Comic Book capital of the World, from its ramparts to its museums,
enriched
by
iconic tunes celebrating the region’s beauty.
We recommend making
yourself com- fortable, in a sofa, armchair or bed, to
completely enjoy the experience. A unique occasion to dream,
maybe sleep,
and to get fully
energized again
after your day!
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Wednesday 26 May – 6pm
Live
on Facebook
Join
us every week on Facebook for our Alliance
Française Live Series, a short live performance
by one of our collaborators and friends. These presentations
include reading,
theatre,
drawing,
music,
cooking
and more!
Next
up, French music band
Beretta
Chic
will perform original
and classic cover songs in their unique style of burlesque Twist
and Rock. With
their deceptively formal appearance, the zany trio put on an unshackled
performance. which is guaranted to be very entertaining!
Replay all previous episodes on Youtube!
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