Paris Alumnae/i Network

Four artists - Loraine Strait, Yolande, Robert Seabrook and Sterenn - invite you to discover their work through an exhibition of sculpture, paintings and jewellery in a little courtyard in the heart of Paris. Saturday June1st: 14h to 19h Sunday June 2nd: 14h to 18h Address: Atelier dans le cour, 73 rue du Commerce, 75015 Paris. Code: 5496B Tel: 06.07.18.97.46 or 06.07.37.61.44. Metro: Commerce or Emile Zola

I'm pleased to invite you to our upcoming photography exhibition "There and Now." (Includes my work and five other photographers.)
Exhibit runs from April 24–May 1 but Vernissage is Thursday, April 25 (à partir de 19h00) (wine and snacks!)
Afternoon with the Artists is Saturday, April 27 (15h00–18h00) (more wine and more snacks!!)

Galerie B&B at 6 bis rue des Récollets, 75010 Paris

Hope to see you there ...

For additional information, contact Meredith at meredithmullins1@me.com.

I'm looking to buy a small, sunny one-bedroom flat in Paris, on a medium to high floor, with a lift, in a residential building with a gardien and in a safe and quiet neighbourhood.

If you or your friends know of any such offers or need more information, please contact Janine at janinelockshin@yahoo.com.

Laurie McPherson writes:
A friend of mine is seeking volunteers to help her son develop social skills - she's calling it "It takes a village". She learned within the past year that he is autistic. She has done loads of research, talking with professionals, etc., and she (American) and her husband (French) have decided to follow a "treatment" which involves lots of different people interacting with their son individually for an hour and a half at a time on a regular basis (hence the "It takes a village"). So she's making an appeal for volunteers, and I'm spreading the word.

Adrien’s World My name is Adrien and I am 2 1/2 years old. Due to developmental difficulties I can’t learn certain important communication skills by myself. So I need your help to grow up to be like other kids my age! I would love it if you would come and play with me once a week for 1 1/2 hr. It will be a lot of fun! I am like most toddlers my age: I love cars, trains, bubbles and music. But it’s through one-on-one playtime that I am learning to communicate with people. We speak English and French but I don’t care what language you speak, or how old you are as long as you like to laugh, relax and play.

If you can be available for a 1 1/2 hr weekly playtime at our home (Paris 5th), please call or email my daddy at: 06 9505 7772 or playwithadrien@gmail.com before Sunday, October 28th, 2012.

Mummy & Daddy will present the program to all volunteers on Sunday, November 11th from 16h-18h.

Love, Adrien

Guided by a child psychologist, Mme Torterotot, who works with children with special needs, Adrien’s family asks you to join the team in this rewarding project of "building a village" for Adrien to help pull him out of his own little world (inspired by the method of Stanley Greenspan Floortime, Braintraining, 3I, etc). The team of approx 20 volunteers will meet once a month to review Adrien’s progress.
If this does not suit your busy lifestyle, we hope you might know someone to whom this may be of interest. Thank you.

Homelike Office Space to sub-let in residential building.
16 sq. metres in heart of town.
Parquet flooring / fireplace / quiet.
Perfect for fellow psychotherapist, counselling, writing, research.
Free in February 2012.
Contact Claire on clairem@wanadoo.fr for additional information.

Friends or family coming from the US? Paris has many excellent rental agencies and short-term apartment rental listing sites, but our unique and handy service is: once the search has been narrowed to several good prospects and it’s time to check them out, we’ll do the legwork. You provide us with the rental contact information, and for a small fee, Paris CheckOut will go look, take photos inside and of the immediate vicinity, compare the actual to the listing description, and send you a candid and objective report by email. We also have a growing inventory of previously checked out vacation rentals.

For details, check out our website: http://www.parischeckout.com Discount of 20% when a PAN member is named as a referral.

A classroom can be intimidating so I propose my French programs in either 1-to-1 tuition or small groups: private courses, conversation and refreshment programs, tutoring services.

Feel quickly at ease in your Parisian environment. Learn according to your personal needs (private or business), your current level of understanding and the time you have available. My priority is to help you to communicate with confidence in any private or business situation.

For more information, see Paris Version à la Française
Pascale can be contacted at contact@parisvf.com

Topics include the upcoming climate change and energy bills, as well as an update on the status of other major Washington bills. Let your voice be heard.

Attendance is free.

Dates are set at the end of each meeting.

Le Lutece
8 bd Saint Michel, 75006 Paris

Visit our website at www.capitol-voice.org

For details and information, contact Barbara TUCKER at barbaraht19@gmail.com

Specialities include two-hour tours of the highlights of the Louvre and the Orsay museums as well as tours at the Pinacotheque , Musée Jacquemart-Andre, L’Orangerie, Angels of Paris, Cluny Museum, Marmotton-Monet and the Musée Rodin. I also do visits to hMontmartre and the Marais. The Intro to Paris tour and Chocolate Tour are a great way to get to know Paris in a new and exciting way. Guided tours are a wonderful gift for visiting friends and families. See www.passport-to-paris.com Rosemary can be contacted at rosemary.flannery@orange.fr

Thirza Vallois' books are written for the savvy and sophisticated traveller and for the real lovers of Paris and France

Around and About Paris: The most comprehensive and far-reaching streetwise guides to Paris Averyon, A Bridge to French Arcadia: A unique journey into the last hidden corner of "La France profonde" Romantic Paris: A feast of romance (out of print but still available on Amazon).

All have been praised by the press:
The Sunday Times "and then there are Thirza Vallois's extraordinary Around and About Paris"
The Boston Book Review "Don't leave home without it!"
The Times Literary Supplement "An astonishingly informative companion."

For more details, click below:
www.aroundaboutparis.com or www.thirzavallois.com

Would you like to practice your French conversation? Do you need help writing letters or other types of material in French? French doctoral candidate in literature is anxious to help. 10€ per hour.

Contact: Diana-Crane Hervé at craneher@sas.upenn.edu.

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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