Give Local Greater Waterbury & Litchfield Hills is a 36-hour online giving event hosted by the Connecticut Community Foundation and is part of the nationwide Give Local America initiative. Every dollar raised for our organization during this 36-hour campaign will be stretched further by bonus funds and potential prizes donated by Connecticut Community Foundation and […]
Come join us for a glass of cheer! We'll be watching the GiveLocal Leaderboard to see how we're doing with donations. Thanks to a generous donor, donations will be matched up to $200 for those who donate on the first day of the campaign. Stay tuned for special times to give that can augment our […]
The Morris French Discussion group will meet on Thursday, April 27* starting at 6:00 pm at the offices of Harvest Moon Timber Frame, LLC located at 198 East Street** in Morris (see Google Map below.) Previous discussion subjects have featured Edith Piaf, les calissons, le champagne, l’attentat à Nice, Truffaut interviews of Alfred Hitchcock, les parapluies […]
The continuation of the Thursday evening series "Parlons le Français - Back to Basics" is hosted by the Brookfield Library. Designed for those who have studied French in the past, and just want a refresher. Led by Colin Harrison, students have been going ‘back to basics’ with the textbook “Ultimate French – Beginner-Intermediate”. We meet […]
Café Conversation is a great way to practice, improve and/or help you feel more comfortable speaking French with friendly francophones and francophiles who enjoy speaking French in an informal setting. The group meets two Saturdays a month from 10:30 to 12:30 (be sure to check this calendar often). Have a cup of coffee and meet/greet […]
Go, Van Gogh will be presented by Michael Norris of Armchair Art Tours*. Mr. Norris received his BA in classics from the University of California at San Diego and his MA in classics and Ph.D. in art history at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He spent twenty years at the Cloisters Museum and […]
Program 3 – Field of Dreams Embark on a cinematic voyage you will never forget, with the greatest new exponents of European filmmaking. The Eurochannel Short Films Tour is back for its eighth edition, with a special programming theme: happiness! The Eurochannel Short Films Tour has been a successful Eurochannel trademark for the last seven […]
Our Southbury French Discussion Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from noon to 1:30 pm. Today’s discussion will be the French Elections to be held in May. A combination picture shows portraits of the candidates who will run in the second round in the 2017 French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron […]
Continuation of the daytime series Parlons Francais hosted by the Brookfield Library. Designed for those who have studied French in the past, and just want a refresher. Led by Colin Harrison, students have been going ‘back to basics’ with the textbook “Ultimate French – Beginner-Intermediate”. We meet downstairs in the Community Room. Please register for […]
Meeting on the first Thursday of each month, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, this group has a lot of fun sipping wine, tasting cheese and crackers and taking turns reading out loud in French. Enjoy hearing and sharing the richness of the French language. May’s meeting will return to its summer location : The Burnham […]
