Join us at Petit Robert Bistro, Kenmore Square every month to share French cuisine and converse in French. Chef Jacky Robert proposes a $50 Prix Fixe Menu highlighting a particular region’s gastronomy. We help you with your French, if you wish.This event is presented in English and French.Seats are limited. RSVP required. Please call Petit Robert Bistro: 617.375.0699. Please arrive 15 minutes early as dinner starts promptly at 6:30 pm.Plus

François Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) is a non-entity accountant, divorced two years but still in love with his wife and wanting a better relationship with their 17 year old son. Then, he is the last in his company to hear that he is to be fired.A neighbour suggests that Pignon creates the impression that he is gay, so that the company executives will find it difficult to fire him or else be thought homophobic. The plan works.Plus

François Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) is a non-entity accountant, divorced two years but still in love with his wife and wanting a better relationship with their 17 year old son. Then, he is the last in his company to hear that he is to be fired.A neighbour suggests that Pignon creates the impression that he is gay, so that the company executives will find it difficult to fire him or else be thought homophobic. The plan works.Plus

Have you ever seen a beautiful impressionist painting, and wish you could be transported into the image? Let L.M. Boring take you there with his gallery talk on French Impressionists who painted landscapes west of Paris in the mid-19th century.Boring, one of the members of our group exhibit this month, will focus on the towns and villages along the Seine, an area known as Le Berceau de l’Impressionisme. He will present works painted in this region by French Impressionists, and compare them to…Plus

The day's events will include:Two one-hour lectures in the morningJane Doe 1971, Still Unknown After All These Years:A New Hampshire Example of Forensic Genealogy presented by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, F.A.S.G., Author, Merrimack, NHBefore the King’s Daughters: Les Filles à Marier presented by Peter J. Gagné, Author, Archivist, Quebec City, QuebecBreak for lunch on your ownOne one-hour lecture in the afternoonWho Were the Acadians? Where were they Post Exile? Does DNA or mtDNA Help To Prove Their…Plus

The Franco-American Centre will hold its annual Octoberfest in the Centre's Grand Hall on Saturday, October 24, 2009. Admission is free.The Tower Café will provide the hors d'oeuvres, and prominent Regional Microbrewers will serve up some great beers.The high point of our Octoberfest celebration will be a "Trifecta Auction", in which many great items contributed by area merchants will go to the bidders with the most nerve and gelt (German for $$$). These items include overnight stays at New…Plus

The Franco-American Centre will hold its annual Octoberfest in the Centre's Grand Hall on Saturday, October 24, 2009. Admission is free.The Tower Café will provide the hors d'oeuvres, and prominent Regional Microbrewers will serve up some great beers.The high point of our Octoberfest celebration will be a "Trifecta Auction", in which many great items contributed by area merchants will go to the bidders with the most nerve and gelt (German for $$$). These items include overnight stays at New…Plus

This event will be presented in English.Join us for a business breakfast and talk with BusinessWeek’s Spencer Ante, author of Creative Capital: George Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capitalism.Mr. Ante will explore the life and legacy of Georges Doriot, a visionary Frenchman who overturned conventional wisdom by proving that there is big money to be made by investing in small and risky businesses - thereby founding modern venture capitalism. We will look at Doriot’s innovative approach to…Plus

On Friday September 18, Les Chevaliers, a full-length self-produced CD by Boréal Tordu, will be available for purchase, beginning with a kick-off concert event at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine. The band will perform selections from the new record as well as traditional and original favorites, plus solo performances by band members Robert Sylvain and Steve Muise. The band will be on hand before and after the show to sign copies of the new CD.The new CD is Boréal Tordu’s third…Plus

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