Meeting local flavours ! Food enthusiasts on your marks ! The Food Tour concept, a guided tour with tastings, has now landed in Montpellier. Local products and producers are in the spotlight. A concept in full swing Take a stroll and discover a city, pop into food shops and
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This year’s presidential election will be the very first that I am able to vote (as it only comes around every 4 years) and needless to say, I am not as excited as I thought I would be. From the viewpoint of a 20 year old liberal
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A big thank you to the Black Sheep for their amazing welcome last night. They provided a warm welcome and lots of beers for the musicians as well as a professional and talented sound technician. They put everything in place to make our UNICEF fundraiser possible. Thanks
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Meeting Patrice Palacio was like coming face to face with a modern day Gustave Courbet. He is exactly as I would imagine Courbet to be. Down to earth and approachable but somehow innocent and untouched by the harsh world around him. He actually looks quite like Courbet.
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The French American Center of Montpellier was created on 1st January 1991. For the last 25 years we have organised exchanges, events, exhibitions, talks and courses to help to promote cultural exchange between English and French speaking people. Over the years we have created opportunities for people
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Every two month we get together to discuss a new book. In May we will talk about “The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion : a love story different from all the classic love stories you know. Don Tillman teaches genetics at the university. In his life everything
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We have an expression in English about being ‘as Mad as a March Hare’. This comes from an old proverb about the way Hares behave at the start of the breeding season. It was made famous though in Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’. That particular March Hare
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As part of our bi-monthly book club, in collaboration with the French American Center, we have the pleasure to announce that we are debating “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie” by American best-selling author Ayana Mathis, published by Windmill, on March 20th at 7 PM. Ayana Mathis is a
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Time has come for the ultimate Dance Off! ‘The Scottish Country Dance Club’ VERSUS the ‘Crazy Rebels 34’ Club. On Thursday 20th February at 19h two dance groups will be competing against each other at the French American Center. Who wins? It’s you who decides! Who are
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