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The French Club will be having a board meeting to discuss any upcoming events Wednesday at 8:30pm in the French seminar room on 3rd floor of Lovejoy.
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Stop by the French Club's table in Pulver on March 14 or 16 to donate to their trip to Quebec.
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Come to the Italian Table at 12:30pm on Wednesday afternoon in Roberts.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts.
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Come to the Italian Table at 12:30pm on Wednesday afternoon in Roberts.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts.
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All members of the board are invited to attend a meeting this Saturday, March 5 at 1:30pm in Lovejoy 307.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts.
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The French Club will be competing in the snow sculpture competition this Saturday, February 26. Join the club at 9:45am in front of the Alumni Center to partake in this event. Weather appropriate apparel recommended.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts.
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Join Colby students at a provocative roundtable discussion about the Holocaust and Human Rights on Wednesday, February 16 from 7-9pm at the Michael Klahr Center of the University of Maine at Augusta. 
Click the picture to download the poster.
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Come to the French Table on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6pm in Roberts.
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Come to the French Table on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6pm in Roberts.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm on Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm on Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts.
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Grégoire Chabot, Colby alum and Franco-American playwright from
Waterville, will make a special visit to the French Table on Monday, November 22 at 6pm in Roberts.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm this Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts.
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Join friends and fellow students from around the world this Saturday, November 13 and share in the food of other cultures.
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Join French and Italian Professors, James Kriesel, Mouhamédoul Niang, and Nicolas Russell on November 11 from 6-8pm for an engaging conversation on student and faculty research. Food and drink will be served from 6-7pm in the Wormser Room of Miller Library (outside of Special Collections) and the colloquium will take place from 7-8pm in the Robinson Room.
 Click the picture to download the poster.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm on Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts.
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Join the French Club this Wednesday, November 3 at 7pm in Lovejoy 307 to plan events for the month of November. All are encouraged to attend.
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Join the French and Italian Department for a panel discussion and information session on Wednesday, November 3 from 4-5pm in Lovejoy 215 to learn of career opportunities.
 Click the picture to download the poster.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm on Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts.
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Join the Language Department this Friday, October 29 from 7-9pm in Given Auditorium to enjoy the musical talents of your peers. Fun is sure to be had by all!
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Join the Italian Club this Thursday, October 28 from 7-10pm in Keyes 105 for pizza and the showing of Che ne sarà di noi.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm on Wednesday evening in Foss. |
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Come to the French Table at 6pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts. |
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Join Professor Allison Cooper and previous students who have studied abroad this Friday, October 22nd in Dana's Camp Room at 12:30pm for an informational meeting.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm on Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm
Wednesday evening in Foss.
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| Come to the French Table at 6pm
Monday and Wednesday evenings in Roberts. |
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Come learn about various opportunities to study abroad in a French-speaking country. Meeting to take place on Tuesday, October 5 from 4:00-5:00pm in Lovejoy 215. Refreshments will be served. |
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Join the French Club Saturday, October 2 at Cellardoor Vineyards for the wine fest that drew in nearly 50,000 people last year! E-mail frenchclub, Alexandre, or Marissa to sign up.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm Monday and Wednesday
evenings in Roberts.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Join the French Club this Tuesday, September 28 at 7pm in the Mary Low Coffeehouse to plan for the contest.
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Take a study break, enjoy the fresh air, and hike with the French Club on Saturday, September 25 up Old Canada Road. Hike starts at 8am in Augusta, so be ready at 7:25am. Bring money for lunch at Northern Outdoors Lodge and Restaurant or pack your own. Contact frenchclub, Alexandre, or Marissa if interested.
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All French majors and Italian minors are invited to attend a reception in honor of new faculty and students in the Department of French and Italian. The reception will take place on Thursday, September 23 from 4-6pm in the Whitney Room of Roberts. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served.
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Join the Italian club this Thursday, September 23 at 7pm in Lovejoy 213 to learn of the exciting activities coming your way this year!
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Come watch the premiere screening of a documentary about Artemisia Gentileschi, the Italian Renaissance painter, this Thursday, September 23 at 7pm in Bixler's Given Auditorium. A Q&A with the filmmakers Ellen Weissbrod and Melissa Powell will follow! 
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Join the French Club this
Wednesday, September 22 at 7pm in Lovejoy 213 to learn
about the exciting events coming this year! |
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Grab lunch and join Professor Allison Cooper and former study abroad
students for this informational meeting hosted Friday, October 22 from
12:30-1:30pm in the Camp Room in Dana.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm Wednesday evening in Foss. |
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Come to the French Table at 6pm
Monday and Wednesday evenings in Robert's.
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 Study in Paris this January! Come to the FR 127 Jan Plan informational meeting this Tuesday, September 21 from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM in Lovejoy 319 and learn about the exciting opportunities this JanPlan may bring!
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Join program director Professor Pat Brancaccio Tuesday, September 21 at 7pm in Lovejoy 303 to learn about all this JanPlan has to offer!
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This year's French and Italian Gala will take place on May 6th, 2010 from 5-6:30pm in Robert's Hurd-Smith-Robbins room to honor French majors and Italian minors.
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Come see the students from the French Theater Workshop perform La Leçon by Eugène Ionesco Wednesday, May 5th at 7pm in Strider Theater.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm Monday evening in Robert's and Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Come to the Italian Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana's Bullock Room.
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Come to the Italian Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana's Bullock Room.
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Come to the French table at 6pm Monday evening in Robert's and Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Come to the Italian table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana's Bullock Room.
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Come to the French table at 6pm Monday evening in Robert's and Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Join the French Club on its annual trip to Quebec. It will take place one of the first weekends in April. Email Kari or Dominique for more information. |
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Watch the "The Expulsion of the Acadians" with the Franco-American Heritage society this coming Saturday at 10:30 am in Lovejoy 205. For more information contact bnmaugui@colby.edu.
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Come to the Italian table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana's Bullock Room.
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Come to the French table at 6pm Monday evenings in Roberts and Wednesday in Foss.
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On Wednesday April 14th, Patrizio Ceccagnoli from Columbia University will give a lecture at 7pm in Lovejoy 100.
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Come to the Italian table Wednesday at 6pm in Dana's Bullock room.
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Come eat at the French table. It's at 6pm on Mondays in Robert's and Wednesdays in Foss.
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Professor Lino Pertile from Harvard University will give a lecture Thursday April 1st at 7pm in Olin 001.
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Come to the Italian table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana's Bullock room.
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Come to the French table at 6pm on Monday evening in Roberts and Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Come watch the film Crazy March 17th at 7pm in Lovejoy 205.
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm Wednesday evening in Dana's Bullock Room.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm Monday in Robert's and Wednesday in Foss.
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The Soirée will feature singing, dancing, poetry performances, plus pictures and presentations of students study abroad experiences. There will also be crepes, couscou and cinq-centime cookies! Tuesday, March 16th from 5 to 7:30pm in the Pugh Center.
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Come watch the film Fat Kiné March 15th at 7pm in Lovejoy 205.
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Join the writing workshop with a rapper from Quebec, Monday March 15th, from 4:30 to 6pm in Lovejoy 205.
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Come watch a documentary made by Colby students about Franco-Americans in Waterville, Maine. There will be a discussion following the film with Professor Greenspan. The screening will take place in Lovejoy 205 at 7pm on Sunday March 14th.
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Come to the Italian Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana's Bullock Room.
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Come to the French Table at 6pm Monday evening in Roberts and Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Eat at the Italian table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana's Bullock Room.
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Come eat at the French table 6pm Monday in Robert's and Wednesday in Foss.
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Come listen to Jean-Marc Masseaut talk about the Atlantic slave trade at 4pm Wednesday March 3rd in Diamond 141. Click here for more information.
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Come to the French table at 6pm Monday evening in Robert's and Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Eat at the Italian table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana's Bullock room.
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Come to the French table at 6pm Monday in Robert's and Wednesday in Foss.
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Eat dinner at the Italian table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana's Bullock Room.
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Come to the French table at 6pm Monday evening in Roberts and Wednesday evening in Foss.
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Come eat some yummy dessert crêpes in the AMS basement this Wednesday the 20th from 7-8:30 pm.
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Discuss French current events and philosophy at Café Philo Thursday evening at 6pm in Foss
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Come to the Italian Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana, Bullock Room
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Come to the French Table Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6pm in Foss
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Come watch Joyeux Noel at 7pm Monday evening in Lovejoy 215
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Come discuss French current events and philosophy at Cafe Philo Thursday evening in Foss at 6pm
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Come to the Italian Table on Wednesday at 6pm in Dana, Bullock Room
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Come to the French Table Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6pm in Foss
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Come watch Indigenes Monday evening at 7pm in Lovejoy 215
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Come see Lacombe Lucien Monday evening at 7pm in Lovejoy 215
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Come to the French Table Monday night in Foss at 6pm
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Come discuss French current events and philosophy at Café Philo Thursday evening in Foss at 6pm
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Come to the Italian Table at 6pm on Wednesday in Dana, Bullock Room
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Come to the French Table Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6pm in Foss
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Come watch La Finestra Di Fronte at 7pm on Monday in Lovejoy 215
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Come to the Italian Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana, Bullock Room
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Come learn about opportunities for careers using French language skills on November 11th at 7pm in Lovejoy 205. Click here to learn more |
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Come to the French table Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6pm in Foss
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Watch Un héros très discret at 7pm on Monday in Lovejoy 215
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Discuss French current events and philosophy at Café Philo Thursday evening at 6pm in Foss
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Come to the French Table Monday and Wednesday evenings in Foss at 6pm
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Come eat dinner at the Italian Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana, Bullock Room.
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Watch Hiroshima Mon Amour Monday evening at 7pm in Lovejoy 215
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Come discuss French current events and philosophy at Café Philo on Thursday evening at 6pm in Foss
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Come to Senegalese night and enjoy Senegalese food on October 28th in the AMS basement from 6-8pm
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Come to the French Table Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6pm in Foss
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Watch Bon Voyage (2000) on Monday evening at 7pm in Lovejoy 215
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Discuss French current affairs and philosophical subjects at Café Philo Thursday evening at 6pm in Foss
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Planning to study abroad in a French speaking country? Come to the information session October 21 at 4pm in Lovejoy 100
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Come to the French Table for dinner Monday and Wednesday evenings in Foss at 6pm
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Come eat dinner at the Italian Table on Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana, Bullock Room
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Watch J'Accuse this Monday evening, October 19, in Lovejoy 215
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Mark your calendars! The Italian Studies in Italy info session will be on Thursday, October 15th, 4-5pm in Lovejoy 307 |
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Come discuss French current events and philosophy at Café Philo Thursday evening at 6pm in Foss
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Come to the Italian Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana, Bullock Room
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Come to the French Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Foss
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Come discuss philosophical topics in French at 6pm in Foss on Thursday evening
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Please come listen to Holocaust survivor Jacqueline Birn talk Wednesday, October 7 in Parker Reed, SSW Alumni Center from 7:30-9pm
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Come to the Italian Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana, Bullock Room
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Come to the French Table Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6pm in Foss
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Come learn more about off-campus study from senior French majors and professors October 21 in Lovejoy 100 from 4-5pm.
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Helen Visentin will present Smith's Study Abroad Program in Geneva, Monday, October 5 at 8pm in Lovejoy 319
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Watch Roma Citta Aperta at 7pm in Lovejoy 215 |
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Come discuss French current affairs and philosophical subjects Thursday night in Foss at 6pm
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Come to French Table Monday and Wednesday evenings in Foss at 6pm
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Come to the Italian Table dinner Wednesday night at 6pm in Dana's Bullock Room
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Watch Indochine Monday evening at 7pm in Lovejoy 215
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If you are interested in going to Paris for Jan Plan, come to the information session in Lovejoy 307 on September 24th at 7pm.
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Welcome back reception for new faculty, French majors and Italian minors on September 24th from 4 to 6pm in the Marichetti Room, SSW Alumni Center. RSVP to dmgoff by September 21st.
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French Table dinner with Prof. Mauguière, Prof. Niang and Anne-Sophie Saudrais on Mondays and Wednesdays in Foss from 6-7pm.
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Come to Italian Table on Wednesday with Prof. Guidarelli and Valentina Geri in Dana (Bullock Room) from 6-7pm.
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Learn about Jan Plan in Verona with Professor Pat Brancaccio (pbranca) Thursday the 17th from 7 to 8m in Lovejoy 303
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Wednesday 16, 6-7pm, Lovejoy 215
RSVP for pizza to Prof. Lodovica Guidarelli (lguidare) or language assistant Valentina Geri (vgeri) |
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Come speak French with Professors Mauguière and Niang Wednesday from 6 to 7pm in Foss
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Reception for graduating French majors and Italian minors! May 23rd at 3-4pm on the lawn in front of Lovejoy. See you there!
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 Be sure not to miss this year's French/Italian Grand Gala on May 7th, from 5-6:30 in the Hurd-Smith-Robins room in Roberts! All of you French majors and Italian minors will be honored, awarded, entertained, wined and dined just for being the brilliant students you are! Send your meal number to Denise Goff at dmgoff.
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 Come to Strider Theater on May 5th from 6:30-8:30 to see a student production of excerpts from En Attendant Godot by Samuel Beckett, performed in French!
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 The Italian Program is planning an excursion to Boston the weekend of the 25th! Contact Veronica Ferrari (vferrari) for more information.
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 Tuesday, April 21, 5:30-7:00
Don't forget to send your dinner preference to Denise Goff (dmgoff)!
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 Bradley Reichek '00 Colby Grad and Visiting Assistant Professor at Washington and Lee University will discuss how Vivant Denon's 1812 novella No Tomorrow and Louis Malle's 1958 The Lovers, explore how different periods "kiss and tell."
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 This Tuesday the 14th, Bradley Reichek will be showing Louis Malle's 1958 film Les Amants (The Lovers) at 7:30 in Given Auditorium. This controversial and intriguing film about adultry and the human obsession with "kissing and telling" is not to be missed!
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 Come to French Table this Monday (the 13th) to talk with Jessica Milstead about her study abroad experience in Madagascar!
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 French Club trip to Quebec City, April 10-12, 2009
If interested, contact Katie Wight (krwight).
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Two Nights of Italian Short Films
Colby College, Wed. April 1, 2009
7:00-9:00 pm Lovejoy 100
Bowdoin College, Thurs. April 2, 2009
7:00-9:00 pm Visual Arts Center (Beam Room)
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 Come to International Coffee Hour today from 4:30-6 for delicious homemade red velvet cake and sweet potato pie!
Friday Mar. 6th
4:30-6
Marylow Coffeehouse
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 Craving Crepes?
Come to the French Club Crepe Night
Tuesday Feb. 24th at 6:30 PM
in the Dana Fairchild Room if you're interested
send your id number ASAP to krwight
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 Get a break from the CoLD and SNoW
with warm homemade cookies and piping hot cocoa
at this week's Winter Carnival Coffee Hour!
MaryLow Coffeehouse
Every Friday
4:30-6
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Tuesday, February 17
Professor Marc Brudzinski (Miami University) will give a lecture on "Island Matters: Writing Insignificance in Twentieth-Century Martinique” at 4pm in Lovejoy 215. |
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Thursday, February 12
Professor Bénédicte Mauguière (University of Louisiana at Lafayette) will give a lecture on
"Myth and Utopian Fiction in Quebec Women’s Writing” at 4pm in Lovejoy 215.
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Wednesday, February 11
Tara Golba (Yale University) will give a talk on “Talismans in Cherryland: Colonial Anthropology
and the Contours of French Bureaucracy in Bessora's 53 cm” at 4pm in Lovejoy 215.
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Monday, February 9
Professor Mouhamedoul Niang (University of Madison, Wisconsin) will give a talk on “The Politics and Mimesis of the Body in Aminata Sow Fall’s L’Appel des arènes and Ahmadou Kourouma’s Les Soleils des Indépendances” at 4pm in Lovejoy 215.
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Friday, February 6
Professor Nathalie Etoke (Brown University) will give a talk on
“Melancholia Africana, from life to death in the land of a thousand hills” at 4 pm in Lovejoy 215.
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Thursday, February 5
Mamadou Samb (University of Minnesota) will give a talk on
"Staging Violence in Francophone African Literature” at 4 pm in Lovejoy
215.
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Come see the language assistants and their students performing all your favorite Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, and German songs and a taiko performance in the World Vision Song Contest!
November 14, 2008
4:00 pm- 7:00 pm
Bixler Auditorium
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Come to the
Dana Fairchild room
7:30-8:30 PM
and eat cheesy,
delicious fondue
with the french club!
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November 6, 2008
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Lovejoy 205
"Why French is a Practical Language"
Panel on Career Opportunities in French
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October 30, 2008
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Marchetti Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center |
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October 2, 2008
7:00 pm
Diamond Building 122
Professor Dominic Thomas, UCLA
"Immigration and Islam in Contemporary France"
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October 1, 2008
4:30-5:30
Lovejoy 100
Planning to Study Abroad in 2009-2010? Come learn about the various opportunities for study abroad in France and Africa. Hear from students who have completed different programs and from Professor Cheryl Morgan (Hamilton in Paris Program). Have your questions answered. Enjoy refreshments as you contemplate a semester or a year abroad!
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September 15, 2008
6:15 pm to 6:45 pm
Lovejoy 307
SPEND THIS JANUARY IN PARIS!
"Paris: Literary and Real-Time Topographies"
Professor Marina Davies (jmdavies) will be leading the course;
Prof. Paliyenko (ampaliye) will lead the info session.
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September 4, 2008
4:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m.
Marichetti Room in SSWAC
Reception in honor of new faculty and students
in the Department of French and Italian
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May 8th, 2008
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Roberts
Join the Department for our end of year gala.
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May 1st, 2008
2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Roberts
Five senior majors will present their senior research projects from FR493: The Other French Empire, Then and Now.
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April 15th, 2008
4:30 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Maurice Samuels (Yale University) will speak on "The Invention of French Jewish Literature".
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April 11th - April 13th
Members of the Colby French Club and Professor
Curren are traveling to Quebec City to savor the
culture, arts, cuisine, and language of our
neighbors to the north. This year marks Quebec's
400th anniversary. C'est la fête!
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April 10th, 2008
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
AMS Basement
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March 19th, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Join faculty candidate Julie Nack Ngue for her talk, entitled "Disability in Globalized Africa: Grotesque Bodies, Circulation, and Haunting in Contemporary Senegalese Women's Writing".
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March 18th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Faculty candidate Khadidiatou Guèye will speak on "Neither Black Nor White: Fusing the Infusable in Abdoulaye Sadji's Nini, Mulâtresse du Sénégal".
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March 7th, 2008
8:00 a.m. - noon
Mt. Merici School
Play games and talk with elementary school French classes about your travels in France. E-mail Kari (klrivers) if interested.
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March 6th, 2008
Evening trip (contact Megan for time details)
Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, ME
Come see the Sicilian folk music band "The Second Grace" in concert with the Italian Club. Contact Club president Megan Browning for more information or visit the Chocolate Church's .
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
LoPo (in Pulver)
Come experience French culture and get to know the Colby in Dijon program with picture and music displays. Food and drinks will be served.
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February 27th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Allison Cooper will speak on "Melancholic Models and Fractious Figurines: Artistic and Literary Allegories of the Self in Post World War I Italy".
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February 22nd, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Nathan Guss (Clemson University) will talk on "From the Cork-Lined Room to the Cobbled Streets: Walking and Proustian Aesthetics".
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February 15th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Audrey Brunetaux (Michigan State University) will speak about "Conveying death through silence: Charlotte Delbo's Auschwitz and After".
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February 11th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Aissata Sidikou (Princeton University) will give a talk on
“Space and Self-Acceptance in ‘Riwan ou le chemin de sable’.”
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February 9th, 2008
Refreshments at 10:00 a.m., tour to start at 10:30 a.m.
Colby Art Museum
Join a guided tour of the Art Museum, conducted in French by Veronique Plesch, and emphasizing the collection's French pieces of art.. |
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February 8th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Karen Lindo (Bowdoin College) will speak on "Transcending Shame with Humor: Look Who’s Laughing Now! The dynamics of Shame and Humor in Maryse Condé’s Célanire cou-coupé.”
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December 10th, 2007
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Off-Campus Study Office
Come meet with Jon Weiss, director of Colby's Dijon program, to learn more about studying in France.
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Postponed until February.
Mount Merici School, Waterville
Join the French Club in a visit to elementary school students taking French to play games, show them pictures of France, and help create a bond between Colby students and the local community.
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November 6th, 2007
8:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Watch "Les Poupées Russes" with the French Club (the sequel to "L'Auberge Espanole")
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October 30th, 2007
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Join Anaïs LeFevre-Berthelot (French), Marina Davies (French), and Cindy Parker (Career Services), for a panel discussion and info session on possible job options for French Studies majors.
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October 18th, 2007
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
AMS basement
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October 15th, 2007
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 307
Learn about the program.
Hear returning students' perspectives.
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October 8th, 2007
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Lovejoy 307
Join the Italian Department and students returning from Padova and Bologna to learn more about study abroad options in Italy. Sophomores are strongly encouraged to attend.
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"Two Days in Paris"
October 2nd, 2007
7:00 p.m. (meet at 6:45 in front of Pugh)
Railroad Square
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Terrorism, National Reconciliation, and the Politics of Amnesty in Contemporary Algeria
September 27th, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Diamond 122
Talk by James D. LeSueur, History Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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September 25th, 2007
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 307
For students planning to study abroad in a French speaking country, join Professor J. Mwantuali (Director of Hamilton in Paris program) and senior French majors for an information session.
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September 20th, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Miller 008
Join the French Club for a showing of "Après Vous".
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September 16th, 2007
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Johnson Pond Picnic Area
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Thursday, May 10
5-6:30 pm
Smith-Hurd-Robbins, Roberts
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Tuesday, May 8
LJ 100, 7:00 pm
Le Corbeau |
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Mark your calendar!
April 27-29, 2007
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Tuesday , April 24
LJ 100, 7:00 pm
Papy a fait de la Résistance |
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Thursday, April 19
LJ 215, 4:00 pm
Panel II: "Questionable Choices"
With Jon Weiss, Marina Davies and Jacques Ciosmak |
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Thursday, April 12
LJ 215, 4:00 pm
Panel I: "Moral Dilemmas"
With Jane Moss, Mary LaMarca and Meadow Dibble-Dieng |
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Thursday, April 5
Pugh Center, 4:00 pm
A talk by Dr. Samba Gadjigo (Mt. Holyoke College)
In this talk, Professor Samba Gadjigo will first present a brief history of African cinema before describing the various ways in which Ousmane Sembene, subverting the official discourse of his country, examines the central issue of women in Africa today through his films. Special attention will be given to the manner in which Sembene’s Marxist ideology has influenced his original portrayal of women.
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Wednesday, April 4
LJ 100, 7:00 pm
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Tuesday, April 3
9:00 pm, LJ100
Following the screening of Sembène's Moolaade, stay for Samba Gadjigo's short documentary The Making of Moolaade. FR372 |
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Tuesday, April 3
7:00 pm, LJ100
In this latest film by Ousmane Sembène, "The Father of African Cinema," when a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital cutting, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart. FR372 |
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Camp de Thiaroye
Wednesday, March 21, 7-9pm
Lovejoy 215
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Faculty & Student Forum
Tuesday, March 20, 6-7 pm
Lovejoy 302
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Bon Voyage
Monday, 7-9 pm
Lovejoy 202
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Monsieur Batignole
Wednesday, March 7
7-9pm, Lovejoy 100 |
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Meadow Dibble-Dieng
Colby College
"Publish or Perish:
The Editorial Politics of Présence Africaine"
Monday, February 26 at 4pm
Lovejoy 301
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Questions about Study Abroad? Meeting with Professors Jon Weiss, Jane Moss and Adrianna Paliyenko on Thursday, February 15 at 7pm in Lovejoy 301.
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French Club Welcome Back Crepe Night
Thursday, February 15,
5-7 pm
Anthony 020 party space
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De battre mon cœur s’est arrêté
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Wednesday, December 6
7-9 pm, Lovejoy 100 |
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Theatrical Performance: “Les sacrés monologues”
By Grégoire Chabot and Kayt Tommasino ‘08
Monday, December 4 at 7pm,
Strider Theater
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Monday, December 4,
4PM, Lovejoy 100
Refreshments served at 3:45
Speakers:
Professor Raymond Pelletier, Associate Director of the Canadian-American Center, University of Maine-Orono, President of the American Council for Quebec Studies
Rhea Côté Robbins, author of Wednesday's Child, editor of Canuck and Other Stories, founder of the Franco-American Women’s Institute
Greg Chabot, Colby '66, author of numerous plays and monologues including, Un Jacques Cartier errant, founder of Du monde d’à côté theater troupe Event open to the public.
Sponsored by the Pugh Community Board and the Department of French and Italian
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Wednesday, November 29
8-9 pm, Roberts Union Pub
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A documentary produced by the French majors' senior seminar (2004) under the direction of Prof. Arthur Greenspan. The film traces the history of French-Canadian immigration to central Maine beginning in the 1830s and introduces us to a cross section of the local Franco-American community.
Wednesday, November 29 at 7 pm,
Lovejoy 100
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Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien
Directed by Dominik Moll
Thursday, November 16
7-9 pm, Lovejoy 203
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Screening of the documentary “My Voyage to Italy” (In English and Italian with English subtitles). "Director Martin Scorcese acquired his love for film as the son of Italian immigrants who watched movie after movie as a child in New York City. As host of this special documentary, Scorsese provides a glimpse into his personal affection for Italian films, with favorite clips and thoughts on the careers of many Italian stars" (Netflix.com). Refreshments provided. Co-sponsored by the Italian Club.
Thursday, November 16th, 6-10 pm
Olin 1
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So you want to know where a major in French Studies may lead? Join us for "Career and Job Opportunities in French" with our own Meadow Dibble-Dieng '95, former major Cassie Cote '04, and Cindy Parker from Career Services
Tuesday, November 14
7-8 pm, Lovejoy 303
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PROGRAM
-VILLANELLE and TARANTELLE, MUSICA DI NAPOLI performed by "I CHIARIVARI":
Julie GOELL, guitar
Meegan DEELEY, violin
Eric BRAUNSTEIN, bass
-ROVING ARLECCHINO in the style of the COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE performed by Maris SKUJEVSKIS
-Buffet Dinner
-Screening of videos from IT 126 classes
-Bilingual Poetry Reading, Lucy HITZ '07
-Poetry Slam (Students of IT 127)
November 8, 6-8PM,
Pugh Center
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Sunday, November 5
2:45-4:45pm
Roberts-Hurd Room |
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Please join the Italian Club as we make tortelloni di zucca. A dish typical of the Emilia-Romagna region, the tortelloni are stuffed with squash and parmesan cheese filling and served with a butter and sage sauce. Bring your appetite!
Thursday, November 2 at 6 pm, Treworgy 103
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Manon des sources (Berri)
Tuesday, October 31 at
7pm, Lovejoy 344 |
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Dana Renga (Assistant Professor of Italian Studies, Colorado College)
“Cinematic Representations of Homosexuality and Internal Exile in Mussolini’s Italy”
Thursday, October 26 at 4:30 pm
Smith Lounge (Runnals)
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Sur mes lèvres
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Wednesday, October 25
7-9 pm, Lovejoy 215 |
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Linda Docherty, Professor of Art at Bowdoin, will be at Colby on Tuesday, October 24th to deliver this year's James M. Carpenter Lecture. Specifically, she will be discussing the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, showing how literary and visual sources informed Gardner's public presentation of her art collections and how her idea of the museum evolved in relation to a private spiritual journey. The Gardner Museum has a particularly strong collection of pieces from the Italian Renaissance.
Tuesday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m., Keyes 105
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Film screening of A Special Day (in Italian, Una giornata particolare)
Thursday, October 19 at 7 pm, Olin 1
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Manon des sources (Pagnol)
Tuesday, October 10 at
7pm, Lovejoy 344 |
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Thinking about studying abroad next year? Join Cheryl Morgan (Hamilton College) and French Studies majors who studied abroad last year to learn about Hamilton's Junior Year in France program.
Monday, October 9
5-6 pm, Lovejoy 301
light refreshments
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Le thé au harem d’Archimède
Tuesday, October 3 at
7pm, Lovejoy 344 |
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Chaos (Coline Serreau)
Tuesday, Sept. 26
7-9 pm
Lovejoy 215
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| Information Session: Thursday, September 21 at 7:00 pm, Lovejoy 213 |
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Information Session: Thursday, September 21 at 7:00 pm, Lovejoy 213
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Sunday 9/17, 12-3 PM
Johnson Pond Picnic Area |
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Monday, September 4 at
10:45 am |
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Wednesday 16, 6-7pm, Lovejoy 215
RSVP for pizza to Prof. Lodovica Guidarelli (lguidare) or language assistant Valentina Geri (vgeri)
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Come to French Table in Foss from 6-7pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings
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Helen Visentin (Smith College) will present Smith's Study Abroad Program in Geneva on Monday, October 5 at 8pm in Lovejoy 319 |
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Come to the Italian Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana, Bullock Room
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Eat dinner at the Italian Table Wednesday evening at 6pm in Dana's Bullock room.
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