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Does the Franco-American relationship interest you? If that’s the case, come listen in on a conversation with a historical interpreter of the Marquis de Lafayette at the Torggler Fine Arts Center on Monday, November 9th at 5:30pm : https://cal.cnu.edu/event/va250-the-marquis-de-lafayette-in-conversation.The event is free and open to the public.
The Marquis de Lafayette’s biography (1757-1834) personifies the complexity, the contradictions, and perhaps even the essence of the unique relationship between France and the United States. Admired by Americans yet at times hated by the French, the legacy of the Marquis never ceases to intrigue historians. Dr. Michael Mulryan, an eighteenth-century specialist and professor of French at CNU, will interview Lafayette (the historical interpreter Mark Schneider) so we can learn more about this enigmatic character.
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Est-ce que les relations franco-américaines vous intéressent ? Si c’est le cas, venez assister à une interview avec un interprète historique du Marquis de Lafayette au Torggler Fine Arts Center le lundi 9 novembre à 17h30 : https://cal.cnu.edu/event/va250-the-marquis-de-lafayette-in-conversation. L’événement est gratuit et public.
La biographie du Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) personnifie la complexité, les contradictions, et peut-être même l’essence de la relation unique entre la France et les États-Unis. Admiré par les Américains et parfois même haï chez certains Français, le legs du marquis ne cesse de fasciner les historiens. Dr. Michael Mulryan, dix-huitièmiste et professeur de Français à CNU, interviewe Lafayette (l’interprète historique Mark Schneider) pour que l’on puisse en apprendre un peu plus sur ce personnage énigmatique.
Professor Michael Mulryan of Christopher Newport University (CNU) organizes regular informal meetings for his French students at CNU's Einstein Cafe (1 Av Of The Arts, Newport News, VA 23606).
Anyone interested is welcome to join and interact in French.
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Le professeur Michael Mulryan de Christopher Newport University (CNU) organise des rencontres régulières informelles pour ses étudiants de français au café Einstein de CNU (1 Av Of The Arts, Newport News, VA 23606).
Toute personne intéressée à converser en français est la bienvenue.
Whether you are a longtime admirer of À la recherche du temps perdu or simply curious about the interplay of literature and painting, all are welcome. Painter, writer, and translator Eric Karpeles has given the Amon Carter Lecture on the Arts at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, the Weintraub Lecture on Polish Culture at Harvard, and the Frank Lecture in the Humanities at Yale. The author of Paintings in Proust (Thames & Hudson, 2008), he has spoken widely on the subject, having delivered the annual Proust lecture at the Center for Fiction in New York, addressed the Proust Society of America in San Francisco, and lectured on Proust at Great Meadow Prison under the aegis of Bennington College’s Prison Education Initiative. He is the translator of Proust’s Overcoat (Ecco Press, 2010). With the publication of three books, Karpeles presented Polish painter and writer Józef Czapski to English language readers: he has translated and introduced Czapski's Lost Time: Lectures on Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp (New York Review Books, 2018), written a biography, Almost Nothing: The 20th Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski (New York Review Books, 2018), and written and designed a lavishly illustrated artist's monograph, Józef Czapski: An Apprenticeship of Looking (Thames & Hudson, 2019). Speaking on Czapski's life and art, he has appeared at the National Gallery, London, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the New York Studio School and other venues across the US and Europe.
Fereshteh Priou is the founder of the Proust Society of Greenwich. Since 2007, she has led a monthly gathering of Proust enthusiasts devoted to the close reading and discussion of Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu. In June 2026, the group began its fifth reading of the novel and is currently reading the first volume. Fereshteh recently submitted her book, Odette and Marcel: Puzzles in Proust, to her editor and hopes to see it published next year. For more information about the Proust Society of Greenwich, visit proustsociety.org.
Photo of Eric Karpeles by Dominique Nabokov
Afin de marquer la sortie du Beaujolais Nouveau 2026, l'Alliance Française of Hampton Roads vous invite à venir partager un moment convivial autour d'un verre de Beaujolais Nouveau le samedi 21 novembre de 18h00 à 20h00.
35$ pour les membres de l'AF- 50$ pour les non-membres.
Le prix du ticket inclut deux verres de vin et l'accès au buffet campagnard (charcuterie et fromages)
Inscription obligatoire. Merci de répondre avant le 20 novembre.
Vous pouvez vous enregistrer ici.
Vous pouvez devenir membre ici.
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To mark the release of Beaujolais Nouveau 2026, the Alliance Française of Hampton Roads invite you to come and share a convivial moment over a drink on Saturday, November 22 from 18:00 to 20:00.
$35 for AF members- $50 for non-members.
The ticket price includes two glasses of wine and access to the "buffet campagnard" (charcuterie and cheese).
Registration required. Please reply before November 20th.
You can register here.
You can become a member here.
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