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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2012

2012
January 5-28	Galette sales
January 17	Winter Quarter begins in our French language program for children and adults
January 29	Chandeleur and Tombola, La Boulangerie, 6:30 PM
February 12	Romantic French Afternoon With Orpheus Orpheus Chamber Music Ensemble invites Alliance Française members chez David Fox to begin Orpheus' 34th season with a romantic afternoon of magnificent French cuisine and music by Debussy and Saint-Saëns at 4:00 pm. For information and reservations phone David Fox at 248-0511. Orpheus Chamber Music Ensemble, Inc., is a non-profit that welcomes contributions in any amount. Visit www.orpheusfresno.org
March 9	Alliance Française and Fresno Filmworks co-sponsor Le Havre, a 2011 comedy-drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, has given up his literary ambitions and relocated to the port city Le Havre. Marcel's path crosses with an underage illegal immigrant from Africa. Marcel and friendly neighbors and other townspeople help to hide him from the police. In French with English subtitles. Tower Theatre, 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
March 12	“WOMAN OF SPIRIT” Lecture by Maritere López on Women and Education in France and Italy during the Enlightenment, Woodward Park Library, 7:00 PM. Learn about the eighteenth-century development of the new ideal woman, the “woman of spirit.”
March 15	Scholarship deadline
March 16 & 17	CSUF, French/Iranian Film Festival-Theme: Women and Social Change
April 10	Spring Quarter begins in our French language program for children and adults
April 15	Concert of French composers, Fresno City College
May 23	Scholarship presentation and lecture, Gina Strumwasser, A Day at the Louvre, 6:30 PM
July 14	Bastille Day Festivities, 6:30 PM