Paris Alumnae/i Network

This is Cécile’s second year giving PAN members cooking lessons, both French and Moroccan cuisine, showing how to make one main dish and one other dish per session. This time Cécile will show us how she makes chouchouka, a Moroccan first course, followed by traditional French blanquette de veau. The lesson will take place in French and cost 15€, but bring along a plastic container and don’t go home empty-handed. Limited to 8 participants.

PAN member Charlotte O’Hare, who has over 20 years of experience reading the Tarot cards, would like to offer an early evening of instruction and discussion about reading cards, as well as a short reading for each attendee. Bring a deck of Tarot cards with you if you have them. Those with experience reading cards are also welcome to attend and offer their experiences and card readings if they wish.

La Malmaison, Rueil Malmaison - RER A

La Malmaison, now a national museum, was the majestic residence of Josephine and Napoleon, as well as the headquarters of the French government from 1800 to 1802 and has over 200 art objects as permanent exhibits: crystal from Baccarat and St. Louis, Sevres porcelain and sumptuous silver services. Our guided visit will concern the temporary exhibition which uses the extraordinarily detailed inventory of the Josephine’s wine cellar to chronicle the evolution of tastes and table arts over the Napoleon years, known for their quality and innovation.

PAN member Patricia Rosen will be giving this visit in French, with some English translation. €16 per person (guided visit and entrance fee).

Speaker: Frederic Maerkle
Before and after Copenhagen… Now that we’re going towards the cool calm of the New Year, come and hear an economist talk about the things that didn't make it onto CNN, and get a feel for the historical perspective. We can share various perspectives about this fascinating topic, including the "climategate" controversy concerning overly-frank emails about scientific facts supporting the climate change hypothesis. Free event for PAN members, €5 for guests.

We'll follow the meanders of the Oise River for about 19 kms between Pontoise and Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, up hills for some beautiful views, then back down to the riverbanks.

Our train leaves St. Lazare at 9:27 am. Its name is YOLA, direction Gare de Boissy l'Aillerie, and we'll meet up in front of the third train car from the rear. We get off at the Gare de Pontoise at 10:07. There are trains back to Paris, Gare St Lazare, from Conflans-Sainte-Honorine every 15 minutes and it takes 30 minutes. We should be back by about 5 pm.

Salle Pleyel, Paris VIII A California native, Joshua Redman is a summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard (1991) who abandoned the idea of continuing on to Yale Law, to pursue a life in music. His music has encompassed both hard bop and nonchalance funky, rendering homage to John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Bud Powell, but expressing its essence in his own harmony and semantics. Himself on saxophone he is accompanied by Aaron Parks on piano, Matt Penman on base and Eric Harland on drums.

PAN has pre-purchased a limited number of tickets (category 1) at €38 each.

Cité de la Musique - Salle des concerts The Emerson String Quartet, composed of Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer on violin, Lawrence Dutton on viola, and David Finckel on cello, will be playing Franz Schubert’s #11, Antonin Dvorak’s #14, and Dimitri Shostavovich’s #9 string quartets.

PAN has pre-purchased a limited number of tickets (category 1) at €24 each.

Traditional Irish music - Theatre de la Ville, Paris IV Since 1983 the band Altan has been the reference for traditional Irish music world wide, singing jigs, airs, reels and songs in English and Celtic from their northern Donegal origins. Their newest release, Local Ground, is their tenth album.

PAN has pre-purchased a limited number of tickets at €11 each.

The PAN Directory is published each year in January. In it, members are listed by Member names giving personal details, academic qualifications and professional activities Academic institutions Professional fields Geographical location of members in France and abroad.

Contact may be made through any of these sources. Contact is also made by attending the PAN social and instructive events, which are listed here on the web-site and in the PAN newsletter Panache.

François Le Roy, PAN member, is the author of a novel "Sergio and Ingrid, pioneers to Mars", the rights of which are donated to the NGO "Plan International" - un organisme humanitaire présent dans 45 pays et portant assistance via plus de 60,000 bénévoles à près de 1,300,000 enfants et familles en difficulté. Une bienfaisance pas seulement symbolique….

This novel is on sale at Amazon, and would make a perfect Christmas gift. The theme is the travel of the first settlers to Mars. L'histoire se déroule en 2030 et met en scène 300 colons partis vers Mars. Ils apprennent en route que les 50 constructeurs partis 5 ans plus tôt pour préparer leur arrivée, menacent de ne pas les accueillir et de les renvoyer sur Terre. … Don't be afraid! It is meant for readers from 10 to 100.

It was first published in French, but is no longer available in that language for the time being, (the first 5,000 copies have already been sold). It is now available only in English, thanks to the benevolent translation of two women, members of Plan International. One is British, and the other is American.
Amazon.com sells the book for $ 9.99, Amazon.co.uk for £ 7.99.

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The AUC represents the greater community of American Alumni Associations in France. The AUC's mission is to support relations among American alumni associations. We help the presidents and officers of the associations network with one another so they can coordinate events and activities. It was created 4 years ago to formalize an informal relationship that managed the Cocktail at the American Ambassador's Residence - held annually since 1994. For a club to be a member of the AUC, it has to be a recognized by its University and be a 1901 association. Clubs that are not 1901 associations can be affiliate members.

This a nonprofit anglophone volunteer-based association, which provides cultural and educational programs and services to the international community in Paris. www.wice-paris.org

For over 50 years, The American Women's Group has provided social and cultural events for English speaking women. Classes, tours and gatherings offer an opportunity for English speakers in Paris to experience and appreciate the many wonderful things France has to offer while making friends and having fun. Join us today! Membership in the American Women's Group is open to all English speaking women. You must be a member to participate in events. Partial year memberships are available. www.awgparis.org

American Library in Paris, 10 rue du Général-Camou, 75007 Paris For more information, please call 01 53 59 12 67 or e-mail alparis@noos.fr On the web:www.americanlibraryinparis.org

The ALP holds "Evenings with an Author" sponsored by The Annenberg Foundation. All programs are free and open to the public.

The best of Paris on one site: ParisUpdate.com is a free weekly online review of Paris restaurants, art exhibitions, films, hotels and more, for everyone who loves Paris. www.paris-update.com

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The Yale Club of France exists to help connect Yalies in France with each other and to help raise Yale's profile in France. Whether you are just briefly passing through France or here to stay, we hope you'll consider taking part in the Yale Club activities. http://www.yalefrance.org/