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Students Leave For Immersion Visit To France
Four young Bermudian students sponsored by l’Alliance Française des Bermudes left for France for three weeks of French immersion on Saturday [July 2]. The students were selected via the Concours Annuel of the L’Alliance Française, a charity established more than 30 years ago, to promote the French language and culture. Marc Morabito, President... Read more of this article
L’Alliance Francaise To Celebrate Bastille Day
On July 14 for Bastille Day, L’Alliance Francaise will celebrate the French national day in the gardens of Verdmont near Collectors Hill in Smiths Parish. The public is invited to join the group’s members for barbecue, local prizes, French music, and wine. A spokesperson said, “L’Alliance’s members are not only from France, but... Read more of this article
L’Alliance Française To Hold Benefit Concert
L’Alliance Française des Bermudes will be dedicating “Concert d’Antan”, a Baroque concert at Verdmont, to the memory of the late Edgar Humann Guilleminot [pictured left], a long-time Bermuda resident and philanthropist. Audrey Smatt, president of l’Alliance Française des Bermudes, said, “Mr. Humann, who passed away in March, had a... Read more of this article
L’Alliance To Host Benefit Baroque Music Concert
L’ Alliance Française des Bermudes announced a benefit concert of Baroque music to take place at Verdmont Historic Home, a Bermuda National Trust property, in Smith’s Parish on Friday May 29th 2015 at 8.00pm. Anne Robert and Laure Morabito, two world-class performers, are both well known to the local music enthusiasts. The program chosen for... Read more of this article
Scholarship Winners To Be Announced March 11
The Alliance Française des Bermudes, a registered charity, held its annual contest again this year for high school students, with full and half scholarships offered to students between 14 and 17-years-old, giving them the opportunity to spend one month in France this summer. The winners’ names will be announced during the Occitania Night at the... Read more of this article
Upcoming: Bastille Day Celebration On July 12
L’Alliance Française des Bermudes will be celebrating Bastille Day in the gardens of Waterville, headquarters of the Bermuda National Trust on Pomander Gate Road, on Saturday, July 12, from 6:30pm onwards. There will be a traditional BBQ, catered by Chef Derek Meyers, from Island Restaurant Group and dinner will be followed by dancing under the stars. The... Read more of this article
Four Students Head To France To Study French
Four young students sponsored by l’Alliance Française des Bermudes left the island on Saturday [June 28] to study French for three weeks in Cannes, on the French Riviera. They were all very excited about the trip and anxious to meet their host families. Sarah Czarnecki from Saltus Grammar School, Sabriyya Harvey from Warwick Academy, Hanna Bushara... Read more of this article
L’Alliance Française To Screen French Film
L’Alliance Française des Bermudes is getting set to host a screening of the film Tu Seras Mon Fils [You Will Be My Son], a French offering that will feature English subtitles. The movie’s synopsis says, “Paul de Marseul [Niels Aretrup] is the passionate, demanding proprietor of his prestigious family wine estate. But he has no faith... Read more of this article
Celebrate Bastille Day At Bolero Brasserie
Bastille Day — the French National Day — is being celebrated at Bolero Brasserie on Saturday, July 13th. Organized locally by The Alliance Française des Bermudes, the event is set to begin at 6:30pm and attendees are asked to come dressed as a ‘sans-culotte’, or dressed in red, white and blue. Dinner will begin at 7.15pm and... Read more of this article
Upcoming: Alliance Francaise Movie Screening
The monthly L’Alliance Française des Bermudes Ciné Club screening will be the 2011 romantic comedy Delicacy” which stars Audrey Tautou. The movie — which has English subtitles — will be shown on Tuesday, June 11 at 8pm at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute’s Tradwinds Auditorium. Tickets — available at the... Read more of this article
French Musical Night To Be Held On May 4th
The Alliance Francaise des Bermudes will host its next event at 8pm on Saturday May 4th at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club, where Tommy Gagnon — a French Canadian artist — will perform a compilation of some of the greatest French hits such as “Rosie” from Francis Cabrel and “Heureux d’un printemps” from Paul Piché . A spokesperson... Read more of this article
