How much French still exists in New England?

What French events are happening in New England?

Share any French events that you are aware of in your area!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Boucher on April 4, 2008 at 1:38pm: East Hartford French Club picnic 12-7 pm @ K of C in Newington CT
scheduled June 8, 2008 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Jules & Daniel Boucher & friends are providing french music to kick off the East Hartford French Club's Summer Family Picnic!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Daniel Boucher on April 4, 2008 at 1:41pm: Beaudoin Legacy and Chanterelle @ Opera House @ Vergennes, VT
in afternoon
scheduled July 12, 2008 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

I will be joining the Famille Beaudoin for yet another double booked gig avec les filles de Chanterelle!

More info at: http://www.beaudoinlegacy.com/; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by George Dunne on April 29, 2008 at 9:36pm: Hey don't forget Va-et-Vient will also be on stage at the French Heritage Festival in Vergennes,VT Saturday evening July 12.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Daniel Boucher on April 4, 2008 at 1:41pm: Champlain Valley Folk Festival Beaudoin Legacy @ N. Ferrisburg, VT
scheduled August 2, 2008 whole weekend festival.
more info at: www.cvfest.org/; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Daniel Boucher on April 4, 2008 at 1:47pm: Beaudoin Legacy @ American Folk Festival Bangor, ME
scheduled August 22, 2008

more info at: http://www.americanfolkfestival.com/; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Daniel Boucher on April 4, 2008 at 1:49pm: New World Festival Randolph Vermont, noon to Midnight
scheduled August 31, 2008 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Excellent small quaint festival where there is a mix of Celtic Music and French Canadian Music! Highly recommended to all music lover's. Groups come down from Quebec! I will be attending but not playing.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Daniel Boucher on April 4, 2008 at 1:51pm: Beaudoin Legacy
Burlington VT - First Night
scheduled December 31, 2008 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Not 100% sure yet, but in the works to day the New Years party celebration up in Burlington, Vt. The Beaudoins hometown!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Daniel Boucher on April 7, 2008 at 2:55pm: APril Verch in CT!!
A great musician that I have had the honor to cross paths with will be HERE in Connecticut in just 2 weeks!! I highly recommend taking the time to come out and give her a listen! You can also check her out here on Myspace. Type her name in the search box or go into my friends list. Give her a listen. She blends musical influences from her native Ottawa Valley to Cape Breton to Bluegrass and Old Time Appalachian music! She's also a champion Fiddle player and stepdancer!!

Saturday April 19, North Madison Congregational Church in CT. At 1 p.m. she is having a free fiddle workshop!! Concert is at 7 p.m.
Adults- $20
Kids-$5

For more info call- 203-668-3735
To reserve seats call- 203-421-3241; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maël Solen Picard on May 1, 2008 at 4:19pm: UPCOMING MAY EVENTS

*SPECIAL Free EVENT, May 19th at 7pm

Sneak Preview of UP THE YANGTZE at the MFA (Boston)
with director Yung Chang in attendance

Presented at 7 pm, with Q&A session with the director following the screening.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Remis Auditorium

In the biggest engineering endeavor since the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, the Three Gorges Dam project will be the largest hydroelectric power station in the world when complete. At the river’s edge, Yu Shui says goodbye to her family and turns to face the future. From their small patch of land, her parents watch the young woman walk away, her belongings clutched in a plastic shopping bag. The gargantuan and hotly contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle provides the epic and unsettling backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic and disquieting feature documentary on life inside the twenty-first-century Chinese dream. Drawing inspiration from contemporary Asian cinema and post-war neo-realism, Chang crafts a compassionate account of peasant life and a powerful documentary narrative of contemporary China.

Presented by the MFA in collaboration with the Québec Government Office and SODEC

*This is a limited seating, by invitation only, free event*
If you wish to attend please contact Catheline van den Branden ASAP: catheline.vandenbranden@mri.gouv.qc.ca

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ALSO IN MAY 2008:

LECTURE, May 8th at 6pm

David Hackett Fischer presents:
Champlain’s Dream

Presented in the Abbey Room of the Boston Public Library
David Hackett Fischer, from the Department of History at Brandeis University will speak in conjunction with the Library's exhibit:

Champlain's America: New England and New France, now running through May 31st
Fore more information please visit: http://www.bpl.org

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LECTURE, May 14th at 6pm

Doctor Claire Quintal presents:

The Story of New England’s Franco-Americans at the French Library

Presented in the Ballroom. Reception will follow.

In celebration of the city of Quebec’s 400th anniversary (1608-2008), the FAB is pleased to welcome Dr. Claire Quintal , for a talk on New England’s Franco-American story.

Dr. Quintal looks at why Canadians, both Quebecers and Acadians, immigrated to New England in such large numbers from the mid-nineteenth century onward and analyzes their integration in close to 200 cities throughout the region. She recounts how Franco-Americans struggled to remain true to the ideology of survivance and formed tightly knit communities, often called Little Canadas. Together, their language, traditions, religion, writings, and songs formed a subculture unique to New England. These cultural elements of the Franco-American identity help explain why they emigrated, how they made their homes in mill cities and towns, and the legacy they left behind.

Lecture in French and English: Members: Free / Non-members: $5. Seats are limited.
RSVP recommended. Please call: 617.912.0400

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Permalink Reply by Maël Solen Picard on May 1, 2008 at 4:45pm: Has everyone visited the Francophonie week in New England web site ?

www.franco-newengland.org; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Don Levesque on May 23, 2008 at 6:29pm: 31st Acadian Festival & Guerrette / Latulipe family reunion, Madawaska, Maine, June 26, 27, 28, 29. www.acadianfestival.colm for schedules and other info.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Benoit Pelletier Shoja on May 27, 2008 at 1:51pm: Festival de films québécois

Patronné par

ACA Section Domrémy — Lowell

Le lundi 23 juin 2008

Bibliothèque O'Leary
« South Campus »
Université du Massachusetts
61, rue Wilder à Lowell

13h : Mon Oncle Antoine
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_oncle_Antoine

15h : La Face cachée de la lune
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_face_cach%C3%A9e_de_la_lune

17h : Nez rouge
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_rouge_%28film%29

19h : Le Papillon bleu
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Papillon_bleu

(Tous les films sous-titrés en anglais)

Stationnement gratuit : Utiliser le terrain en face de la bibliothèque; ▶ Reply to This

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