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• The French Fashion, Food & Wine Event

  • When
    29 Sep 2023
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    5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Bloomingdale's Ala Moana
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  • France is undeniably a hub of gastronomical excellence.  From a famous baguette in Paris to excellently paired Pinot Noir and beef in Burgundy, your food and wine tour through France will expand your horizons.   And if you want to dress like a celebrity than Paris Fashion Week is the MUST do event to find the most luxurious fashions in the world! 

    Can’t go to France to experience the best fashion, food, and wine the world can offer?   

  • Then enjoy it right here in Honolulu, Hawaii 

  • at the 2023 French Fashion, Food and Wine Event!

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  • Guests Will Enjoy
    

  • Tasting French delicacies from Hawaii’s best French restaurants and French trained chefs! 
  • Tasting and learning about wines from various regions in France.
  • Shopping for their favorite French items at Bloomingdale's Ala Moana using their complimentary $25 store gift card
  • Experiencing a Formal Runway Fashion Show featuring popular French designers 
  • Silent Auction, Wine Pull and French Passport game with an opportunity to win fabulous prizes!

  
  

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• Helen Choy Immersion Day- AFH Member Event

  • When
    28 Oct 2023
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    9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom (Link will be emailed)
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  Join us for a discussion in French on his book and the situation in France.

  This will be an enjoyable educational experience to practice your French.   All levels of French are welcome.

  
  

  You can purchase your copy of “Macron Unveiled” online at:  https://histriabooks.com/product/macron-unveiled/

  
  

  Or Just click on the picture above to be taken to website.  You will receive a 30% discount with the code MACRON30 at check out.   

  The code will be valid until November 30, 2023. 

  Book purchase is not necessary to participate.

  
  

  An email with Zoom log in information will be provided to all registered attendees 3 days prior to the event.

  In addition, we will send a link to a Google Doc and encourage everyone who is attending to submit a question to Monsieur Lefebvre to address during the event.

  Our thanks to Patricia Lee for making this happen for AFH Helen Choy Immersion Day!

  This event is open and free to AFH Members, if you would like to participate, please join our organization by clicking the "Join Us" tab on our website.  Once you are a member, you can create a log in and password to the AFH website and register for this event.

  BONNE LECTURE!

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• French Music Concert: A Parisian Salon by Pauline Viardot - Save the Date!

  • When
    29 Oct 2023
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    3:00 PM
  • Location
    University of Hawaii, Orvis Hall
  • Spaces left
    200

  
  

  • A Parisian Salon by Pauline Viardot featuring
    

     Laetitia Grimaldi (soprano) & Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano)
    

    University of Hawaii, Orvis Hall, October 29th at 3pm 

  The French salons of La Belle Epoque played an integral role in the cultural and intellectual development of France. The salons were seen by artists as a cultural hub, for the upper middle class and aristocracy,  responsible for the dissemination of good manners and sociability. Today, a salon is a store one goes to for an expensive haircut. However, in 19th-century France, salons were organized gatherings hosted in private homes, usually by prominent women. Individuals who attended often discussed literature or shared their views and opinions on topics from science to politics. The salons consequently became an important source of political ideas and revolutionary sentiment. Guests at salons usually came from the haute bourgeoisie (nobility). Most were educated, well read and informed about politics, current affairs and intellectual debates.  

  Alliance Française Hawaii welcomes French soprano Laetitia Grimaldi and her pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz for a program inspired by the French salon of La Belle Epoque in a concert featuring works by French female composers who have long lived in the shadows of their male counterparts.  A Parisian Salon by Pauline Viardot (a composer famous for her salons), will not only include the duo’s lecture-recital on female composers, but will also include music by some of France's most famous male composers too!

  Save the Date!  Tickets Go on Sale September 2023!
  

  • A YouTube recording of Grimaldi and Bushakevitz in a performance of Pauline Viardot’s "Ombres de minuit" can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/SUN1uvRcpHg
    

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