Paris Alumnae/i Network

Paris 7

Located between the Bordeaux region and the Pyrenees mountains, the Southwest is a traditional wine region, probably even older than its famous neighbour and well known for excellent quality, unique personality, and value. Red grape varieties include Cabernet, Merlot and Tannat and white varieties are Sémillon, Sauvignon and Ugni Blanc. Madiran, Jurançon, Cahors, Irouleguy are all from this region. 30€ per person.

Gaumont Cinema
Paris 8

In 1935 when Dimitri Shostakovich first brought the ballet to the stage in Soviet Russia, it exemplified the kind of Soviet art that was not only unknown but also alien to the West: a comedy about life on a collective farm. This live broadcast from Moscow of the ballet will allow us to experience the richness and the charm of the Bolshoi Theatre.

22€ per person.

Longchamp Racecourse,
Bois de Boulogne, Paris 16

Discover the excitement of thoroughbred racing in France with an insider's tour guided by Gina Rarick (www.gallopfrance.com), currently the only American professional racehorse trainer in France and the first American woman granted a license here. Starting with a BYO picnic lunch in the infield of this historic racecourse, Gina will explain how racing works in France. After lunch there will be a tour of the track, the weighing room where the jockeys prepare for the races, the stabling/saddling enclosures and, if possible, a trip down to the starting gates to watch the horses jump out for a race. Dress for changeable weather! Please reserve your place early. This has proved to be a very popular event in past years and we need to give Longchamp advance notice for picnic tables.

10 € for PAN members, 12€ for non-members.

Talk by Ann Saul

Camille Pissarro’s paintings invite you to join him in that place. In Pontoise, the blue sky and reflections lying gently on the Oise River are just as they were then. The “sensations” he felt and captured in his paintings are just as real. This was his genius. Ann Saul has traveled to all the places Pissarro painted (except Venezuela). From her 25 years’ study of Pissarro, she has written a book called Pissarro’s Places. Her slide-lecture covering cities and countryside gives you a taste of the “sensations” of those places and Pissarro’s art. Ann was formerly a Guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a Docent at Terra Museum of American Art in Chicago. Free for PAN members, 5€ for non-members.

Carré Belle Feuille
Boulogne-Billancourt

June and Lula are two young and attractive French girls who are really into American pop/folk music, as well as country and blues. You can find them singing and performing with Joe Cocker on stage at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGIw2RxA8ZA&feature=related .

PAN has purchased a limited number of group-rate tickets at 16€ each.

Les Liaisons Delicieuses
With Chris Boicos and Patti Ravenscroft

PAN has been able to reserve some last-minute spots for this special event, for both Parts 1 and 2, which can be attended separately.

Part 1: Tuesday, April 10 – An evening on Van Gogh, with a talk and slides by Odille Boicos with Chris Boicos, at the Galerie Beckel, Paris 4e.
6 – 8:30 pm, with wine and pates. 25€ per person

Part 2: Wednesday, April 11 - Day trip by Transilien train to Auvers-Sur-Oise to visit the places where Van Gogh painted his last paintings, followed by a delicious lunch at the Auberge Ravoux where he lived and died. The lunch will be one that Van Gogh himself might well have enjoyed.
65€ per person, not including the train, but including 3-course lunch with wine, visit of Dr. Gachet's house, a 2 hour tour in English of the village AND a special visit for the group of the Musee d'Absinthe with a tasting.

Gaumont Cinema
Paris 8

Join the PAN group for Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium. Approximate running time is 3 hrs. 40 min.

A synopsis of the story is available at:
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=446 .

28€ per person.

Swan Bar, Paris 6

PAN is making a special effort in support of this up and coming American rock country band with sounds reminiscent of Johnny Cash and Chris Issak. A sampling of their music, from their fourth and latest album, can be had at http://www.girlsgunsandglory.com/ . The four young men hail from the north east, and won the Boston Music Awards "Outstanding act of the year" in 2007 and the Boston Globe 2011 award for the best American group.

15€ per person

The aim of France-Amériques is to strengthen ties and mutual understanding between France and all the countries of North and South America. Today France-Amériques has become a privileged meeting place for French and American opinion leaders from the worlds of diplomacy, defense, business, universities, and cultural institutions.

Events organized by the Association in its town house are extremely frequent and varied. Its members regularly receive invitations to breakfasts, luncheons-debates, seminars, lectures, concerts, literary prizes and dinners.
Every year between September and mid-July, over 60 events are held in the salons, making France Amériques the most intellectually stimulating circle in Paris. A newsletter, La Lettre de France Amériques, focuses on many of these occasions. www.france-ameriques.org france-ameriques@wanadoo.fr

Current calendar can be accessed through http://www.cybel.fr/html/Communaute/fr-am/events.html