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NATIONAL FRENCH WEEK 1999—November 4-13 (21), 1999--supported by the Phoenix Art Museum,
Alliance Française of Greater Phoenix, American Association of Teaches of French of Arizona, French Section of the Dept. of Languagues & Literatures at Arizona State University, Art Renaissance Initiative, Institut français d’Arizona, New Acropolis, Phoenix Sister Cities, Friends of Vieilles Maisons Françaises.
I Réception d’ouverture
Location: La Madeleine French Bakery & Café, 3102 E. Camelback Rd.
Date: Thursday, November 4, 1999
Time: 6-7:30 p.m.
Cost: $10 (includes glass of wine or soft drink, appetizers, entertainment)
II The Impressionist Revolution
(Presentation w/ slides by Michel Sarda, IFA, in coordination w/ "Monet at Giverny" exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum)
Location: Bentley Gallery, 4161 N. Marshall Way, Scottsdale
Date: Friday, November 5, 1999
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $5 participation fee (beverages & pastries)—free access to IFA & Renaissance members
III Notre Dame de Paris: The Cathedral as Image of the World
(lecture by Brigitte Terseur, New Acropolis, w/ slides)
Location: A.S.U. Main, Tempe, Lang. & Lit. Bldg. 002 (Basement, Corner of College & University)
Date: Saturday, November 6, 1999
Time: 4-6 p.m.
Cost: free & open to the public; information (480) 429-6278
IV "Jacquot de Nantes" (1991) in French with English Subtitles
Tribute by cinematographer Agnès Varda to her late husband, Jacques Demy, his discovery of film as a child,
and his life-long love as a film director ("Lola", "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg", Les Demoiselles de Rochefort")
Location: A.S.U. Main, Tempe, Lang. & Lit. Bldg. 002 (Basement, Corner of College & University)
Date: Saturday, November 6, 1999
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free and open to the public (Call Hendrickson (480) 965-6281 or (602) 840-5024)
V Déjeuner de crêpes
Location: French Ambiance, 4422 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, Suite A2A
Date: Sunday, November 7, 1999
Time: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Cost: $19.95 (bev., tax, tip, $5 cork fee additional , bring your own wine)
Reservations at (602) 667-9744
VI "Lyon, France: A World Heritage"
Lecture w/ slides by Frédéric Canovas, new A.S.U. French Professor from Lyon, followed by a sampling of Rosettes de Lyon provided by Brigitte Terseur, Lyonnaise
Location: A.S.U. Main, Tempe, Lang. & Lit. Bldg. 316 (English Faculty Lounge--Corner of College & University, parking across street)
Date: Monday, November 8, 1999
Time: 3:40 p.m.
Cost: Free and open to the public (call Hendrickson (480) 965-6281 or (602) 840-5024)
VII Honoré de Balzac on the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Aleksandra Gruzinska, A.S.U. Prof. of French, will speak about Balzac the man and the novelist, as well as his admirers, Octoave Mirbeau et Auguste Rodin. Anthony Gully, A.S.U. Prof. of Art History, will talk about Rodin’s statue of Balzac, followed by the film adaptation of Le Colonel Chabert with Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant.
Location: A.S.U. Main, Tempe, Lang. & Lit. Bldg. 060 (Basement--Corner of College & University, free A.S.U. parking available at 7 p.m.)
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 1999
Time: 7:15 P.M.
Cost: Free and open to the public (Call Hendrickson (480) 965-6281 or (602) 840-5024)
VIII Le Café de Paris – A Cultural Salon
Institut Français d’Arizona presents local musical talents and personalities, accompanied by a Dégustation de fromages where Brigitte Terseur will introduce and explain a panoplie of French cheeses—a meal when combined with French bread from La Madeleine and accompanied by French mineral waters, Perrier or Vittel, or a glass of wine.
Location: La Madeleine French Bakery & Café, NW corner Tatum and Shea, Phoenix
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Time: 6-? p.m.
Cost: TBA
IX Monet’s Passion: Ideas, Insights and Inspiration from the Painter’s Garden
Lecture by Elizabeth Murray, Horticulturist, Photographer & Lecturer
Location: Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix (Whiteman Hall)
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999
Time: 7 p.m.
Cost: Free of charge, but tickets required & available a week in advance,
Call (602) 257-1880.
XI French Trail--Rallye culturelle--a French scavenger hunt led by Brigitte Terseur
Location: meet in front of La Madeleine French Bakery & Café,
3102 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix
Date: Saturday, November 13, 1999
Time: 8:30 a.m. (Registration), 9 a.m. sharp (Departure)
Cost: $10 per car + $5.00 per breakfast
XII Phoenix Sister Cities, Phoenix-Grenoble Opening Reception
Location: Vincent on Camelback, 3930 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix
Date: Sunday, November 14, 1999
Time: 4:30-6 p.m.
XIII Dîner à la française (Phoenix Sister Cities, Phoenix-Grenoble) four-course dinner prepared by Vincent Guérithault
Location: Vincent on Camelback, 3930 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: $150 per person (wines included)
XIV Classic French Film: "Camille Claudel" with Isabelle Adjani, as Camille, & Gérard Depardieu, as Auguste Rodin
Location: ASU Main, Tempe, Lang. & Lit. Bldg. 002 (corner of College & University Street; free parking around ASU after 7 p.m.)
Date: Weds., Nov 17, 1999
Time 7:15 p.m.
Cost: Free and Open to the Public (Call Hendrickson (480) 965-6281 or (602) 840-5024
XV "An Evening in Provence"--a cooking demonstration from Tempe's Sister City in France, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, given by the owner/chef & co-owner/hostess of Les Agaves Restaurant, a restaurant noted in the May issue of Bon Appétit:
Coquilles St. Jacques à la Provençale, Carré d'agneau aux herbes de Provence et au miel de lavande, salade de mesclun et chèvre chaude, tartelettes aux fruits, with a sampling of wines of the region.
Location: Hackett House in Historic Tempe, 945 W. 4 th St.
Date: Thurs., Nov. 18, 1999
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: $45, call (480) 350-8181 to reserve a place which are limited
XVI Paris and Tokyo: French Impressionists and their East Asian Counterparts
Lecture by Claudia Brown, Research Curator of Asian Art, PAM.
Location: Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix (Whiteman Hall)
Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999
Time: 7 p.m.
Cost: Free of charge
XVII Friends of Vieilles Maisons Françaises
Fashion Show preceded by a talk by Janet Wallach, author of Coco Chanel: her style and her life
Location: Royal Palms Inn, 5200 E. Camelback, Phoenix
Date: Friday, November 19, 1999
Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cost: $65 (Contact Adrienne Schiffner, (480) 952-1375)
XVIII Soirée Cabaret de l’Alliance Française of Greater Phoenix
An evening of French popular songs performed live by our "Local Artists"
Location: Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale
Date: Friday, November 19, 1999
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Cost: $15 or $10 for students reserving through French teacher;
Reservations before Nov. 14 (480) 998-6037/348-2933
XIX Beaujolais Nouveau Festival (Phoenix Sister Cities, Phoenix-Grenoble)
Traditional celebration of the arrival of the Beaujolais Nouveau wine, hors d'oeuvre prepared by Vincent
Location: Concord Place, 2999 N. 44th St., Phoenix
Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999
Time: 4:30-7 p.m. (wine service to 6:30 p.m. only)
Cost: $35 per person/$60 per couple; call Phoenix Sister Cities Comm. for reservations (602) 262-4430
Plus various local activities which will be announced as received. For future updates consult: http://www.public.asu.edu/~atwlh/#FrenchWk or e-mail: bill.hendrickson@asu.edu