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Sunday 5 October
2017 at 19h15
(Paris Expat Soirée Dinner. Meet New People)
“90+ Ways You Know You're Becoming French”
(with
contributions by FUSAC co-owner Lisa Vanden Bos and beautiful
illustrations by
Hungarian artist Judit Halasz).
Our
Special
Guests Are:
Shari Leslie Segall
Author and
Founding Director of "Foreign Affairs"
Tom
McKenzie
Bassist
Jazz, Pop
SAYS
SHARI:
"The French say that foreigners can never truly “become”
French--no
matter what legal status is inscribed upon what identity papers they
carry
around in
their France-based wallets. Nor might newly minted citizens or official
residents wish to swap their own cultural manners and mentalities for
those of
the local
waiter who serves them their morning café au lait et croissant
(to say nothing of totally being able to). But if you’re here long
enough, your
adaptation mirrors
those Escher drawings where columns of black geese or fish
on the left fly or swim straight across the page, migrating and
mutating by
imperceptible degrees,
melting into and finally becoming their white
counterparts on the right. To a greater or lesser degree, whether you
expected
to or not, one day you realize that
you’re crossing to the other side. How do
you know that you’ve arrived?
We're going to have fun with this one!
Shari Leslie Segall will come with her very popular (already in
its
third printing) little book, 90+ Ways You Know You're Becoming French” (with
contributions by FUSAC
co-owner Lisa Vanden Bos and beautiful illustrations by Hungarian
artist Judit
Halasz). Participants will call out a number. Shari will
µ
turn to that "way
of becoming French" in the book and read it. Participants will then
reflect upon and discuss how "French" they have (or haven't) become
on
this particular point. (There have already been on-line
"competitions" among readers as to how many becoming-French criteria
they have met.)
Books will be available for signing and purchase
(with two euros off the
selling price for Paris Soirées participants).
Shari Leslie Segall, in Paris since 1985 and author of
France-themed
books and articles, has taught English and cross-cultural communication
at the
prestigious Institut des Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) and teaches at
the
French Military Academy. She is the founding director of Foreign
Affairs, which
provides linguistic and cross-cultural training and creates
English-language documents
for executives.
Address: At a trendy and fun
venue - a French bistro in the Marais
- just behind BHV. at the metro Hotel de Ville (ligne 1).
GREAT FRENCH
BISTRO FOOD. We'll confirm the exact address details with the
reservation!
It's €25.00 (EXACT CHANGE) for a fun
dinner. NEW GREAT FORMULA: Dinner is 2 wonderful courses and includes a glass of
wine.
All additional beverages must be ordered from and paid for directly to
the bistro.
IF YOU BRING 5 PEOPLE, YOU CAN COME FOR FREE!
We pass the hat for Tommie McKenzie.
A fun dinner, a great
topic,
meeting and networking with, fun, new international people.
Reserve on parissoirees@gmail.com
WITH YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER PLEASE
Mark Your Calendar.
Sunday 12 November 2017. 19h15:
Rhonda Findling: Host, Producer And Co-Editor Of
“The Help Me
Rhonda Show” Webseries/Docushort Available on Vimeo. Jazz With
Bassist Tommie McKenzie.
Reserve on parissoirees@gmail.com
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