The American University of Paris
Alumni Chapter of Greater Washington, DC (AUPDC) |
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Upcoming Events
- Saturday, 10 July: Annual Bastille Day picnic
- Tant pis! We are forced to cancel this event because of rain and thunderstorms in the area today. We hope to try again in the fall, when more cooperative weather might prevail.
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Bring your family and friends to a pot-luck picnic along the shady banks of the Potomac. You can rent a kayak or canoe to explore the canal, rent a bicycle (or bring your own), or enjoy an easy walk along the Capital Crescent Trail. If you like to fish, you can also buy bait and tackle. Of course, you can just sit and enjoy the food and friendship, too.
The Chapter is hosting a raffle this year. Bring cash or your checkbook so that you can bid on wine, wine and cheese accessories, and other items to help with fundraising for the scholarship funds, events where there are expenses for reserving event space or entertainment, and so on.
RSVPs are not required, but to help ensure a variety of foods are available to share, you can tell us what you plan to bring by filling out this simple sign-up form. Plates, utensils, napkins, and plastic cups will be provided.
We are offering car-pooling services this year. You can use the above form to let us know whether you would like to get a ride to park from the Rosslyn metro station. If you drive yourself, there is plenty of free parking space available. Note that you can easily bicycle to the park from Georgetown, and the D3, D5, and D6 buses run along MacArthur Blvd from various points East.
We are not hard to find. Look for the French flags and banners. Note that there is no rain date for this event.
Where:
Fletcher's Boat Cove picnic area
C&O National Historic Park
http://www.fletcherscove.com/
When:
Saturday, 10 July
From 11am until mid-late afternoon
- Got an idea?
- To suggest an event, please send a note to Event Planner Carey Kluttz at
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French Cultural Events in the DC Area
- Napoleon Bistro & Lounge, in Adams Morgan
- http://www.napoleondc.com/
1847 Columbia Rd, NW, 202.299.9630
French Flicks:
Come for dinner or come for drinks to a bistro that is modeled after les grands cafés de Paris, and enjoy watching a French film on the second Tuesday of each month from 7-9 pm. Bottles of French wine are half price, and valet parking is free with dinner.
- Alliance Française
- 2142 Wyoming Ave, NW, www.francedc.org
See the Alliance Française web site for information about upcoming events that focus on French artists, authors, movies performers, and wine tastings.
The Alliance also offers French classes for all levels of experience.
- The French Embassy's Maison Française
- 4101 Reservoir Road, NW, www.la-maison-francaise.org
Please check their web site for information about the many French cultural events that they sponsor or host.
- The French Wine Society
- 1666 K Street, NW, www.frenchwinesociety.org/
"Your passport to French wine enjoyment and education"
Please check their web site for details about upcoming wine educational events and tastings (including France vs the U.S. or World contests).
French Radio and Television
- Radio France International
- http://www.rfi.fr/
Broadcasts in French, Monday to Saturday, 7:00-9:00am, on WUST, 1120 AM. Visit their web site to listen over the Internet, 24 hours a day.
- XM Satellite Radio
- http://xmro.xmradio.com/xstream/index.jsp
If you subscribe to XM, you can listen to several channels that broadcast in French:
- 100 - Air Musique: New and emerging music en français. A fusion of punk, hip-hop, metal, electronic, and alternative rock from the world music scene.
- 102 - Sur La Route: Pop hits en français. A blend of modern and classic pop, folk, rock n' roll, "chanson" and soul.
- 172 - Radio Parallel: Sports talk en français. Your place for Canadian news, talk, and information in French.
- 245 - Quoi de Neuf: News and information en français. Arts and entertainment news are brought to you in French 24 hours a day.
- Sirius Satellite Radio
- http://www.sirius.com/getsirius
If you subscribe to Sirius, you can listen to several channels that broadcast in French:
- 93 - band a part: A Radio-Canada channel dedicated to the best emerging Francophone pop, rock, electronica, hip-hop, punk and world music.
- 138 - Première plus: Features newscasts, magazines as well as cultural and current affairs programming in French.
- 187 - Sports Extra: A fully French speaking channel, and programmed by Radio-Canada, Sports Extra features a stellar lineup of French sports figures and Radio-Canada contributors.
- 188 - RCI Plus: Radio Canada International Plus boasts a full slate of original programming in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian and Mandarin.
- 192 - Rock Velours : Presents adult contemporary music, featuring the best of Canadian soft rock in French and in English.
- 193 - Énergie2: Focuses on popular contemporary radio and promotes pop rock, modern rock and current urban music in French and in English. Énergie2 broadcasts many songs by talented new French artists from Canada as well as by prominent international acts.
- TV5Monde
- http://www.tv5.org/locaux/usa/
An international, French-speaking network that broadcasts commercial-free programming in the U.S., including subtitled films, news, sports and documentaries. Visit their web site to find out how to receive TV5 through your cable or dish network.
- FRANCE 24
- http://www.france24.com
The first French international news channel to broadcast on a 24/7 on two channels, one in French, one in English. Visit Comment recevoir la chaîne ? to find out how to receive FRANCE 24 over the Internet or through your cable or dish network.
Past Events
- Chapter Events, 2010:
- 29 April: AUPDC hosted an event for President Schenck
- Read a summary of this event and enjoy a video in which the chapter sends greetings to attendees at the 2010 AUP Global Alumni Weekend.
- Chapter Events, 2009:
- Tuesday, 22 December: Meet Professor Majidi
- A dozen AUP alumni braved the snowy streets and met with AUP Professor Mehdi Majidi at Science Club in DC. Professor Majidi, who is the Associate Professor of International Business Administration and Director of the MA in Cross-Cultural and Sustainable Business Management (see his AUP profile) shared his ideas about the trend toward increasing involvement of the private sector in socioeconomic and environmental issues; the concept of sustainable business management; multiculturalism and cultural integration; and other topics that came up during the course of the very educational and entertaining evening.
- Wednesday, 18 November: Meet Up at Science Club
- About 20 alumni and friends gathered for Happy Hour at Science Club in DC and stayed late into the evening.
- Wednesday, 18 November: Meet Up at Science Club
- About 20 alumni and friends gathered for Happy Hour at Science Club in DC and stayed late into the evening.
- Saturday, 26 September, AUPDC PotLuck BBQ
- Several alumni gathered for good food and wine at the home of Chapter Treasurer, Brad Amador, in Alexandria, Va.
- Saturday, 11 July: Bastille Day picnic
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Around 20 alumni, family, and friends enjoyed sharing food and camaraderie at the annual picnic at Fletcher's Boat Cove picnic area at the C&O National Historic Park.
- Saturday, 13 June, 4pm - 7pm: Wine and cheese fundraiser
- Fifteen AUP alumni, friends, and family brought their favorite French wines and cheeses to a party hosted by AUPDC President Peggy Montgomery. Sancerre, Touraine, Bordeaux, Muscadet, Côte de Provence, and Rancier wines were well matched with Berthaut, Bleu, Raclette, Boucheron, and other great cheeses.
Following a week of severe thunderstorms and heavy rains, we enjoyed perfect weather in Peggy’s inviting backyard, observed by two white-breasted nuthatches and one participant's bulldog. With three members, the class of 1965 had the best turnout, and there were alumni from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
The group also used the event as a small fund-raiser for AUP; Treasurer Brad Amador reported that we raised $250. With the chapter matching the donations, the AUP Scholarship Fund will receive $500!!
- 8 May: "Tartuffe" by Molière
- Several alumni and friends met for dinner at La Madeleine in Bethesda, MD, then enjoyed an evening of comedy watching Tartuffe at nearby Cedar Lane Stage.
- 5 April: Reception with President Celeste Schenck
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The AUP Alumni Chapter of the Greater Washington D.C. Area (AUPDC) and the AUP Board Chair, Judith Hermanson Ogilvie, met with President Celeste Schenck at a gathering that Judith and her husband graciously hosted in their home. Alumni from many generations gathered to meet President Schenck and learn about the latest developments at AUP, recent achievements, and future plans.
[View photos from the event]
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- 5 January: Dinner to bid farewell to Treasurer Robert Poccia and to welcome new Treasurer, Brad Amador, at Bistro d'Oc.
- [View photos from the event]
- Chapter Events, 2008:
- 6 December: Holiday Get-Together at the Bistro d'Oc Wine Bar.
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- 16 Sept: Meet-up at Brasserie Les Halles, DC
- [View photos from the event]
- 12 July: Bastille Day Potluck Picnic
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- 10 June: Meet-up at La Madeleine, Bethesda, MD
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- 19 April: Meet Mimi Fairman, AUP Director of Development
- Several AUP chapter members got together for brunch at Mon Ami Gabi in Bethesda to meet Mimi Fairman while she was traveling in the U.S. The group talked about things going on at AUP and gave Mimi some ideas about our chapter that she can take to other alumni groups who might be interested in forming chapters.
- 19 March: Meet-up at La Madeleine, Alexandria, VA
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- 7 February: Meet-up at La Madeleine, Bethesda, MD
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- Chapter Events, 2007:
- 29 November: Meet-up at Brasserie Les Halles, DC
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- 25 October: General Meeting and Meet-up, Bistro Lepic, Georgetown
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- 26 September: Alumni Gathering with President della Paolera
- President Gerardo della Paolera and Holly de Montmarin of the Office of University Advancement attended an alumni gathering that was graciously hosted by Trustee Gretchen Handwerger. President della Paolera spoke about AUP as a University in Motion, plans for a unified campus on Ile Seguin (the crown jewel in western Paris' urban development), AUP's partnership with New York University, and the continued progress made in advancing scholarship at AUP.
- 14 July: Bastille Day Potluck Picnic
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- 13 June: Meet Up at Mon Ami Gabi, Bethesda, MD
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- 10 May: Alumni and friends dinner at Bistro d'Oc, DC
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- 29 April: Paris in Transition Photography Exhibit
 DC Area AUP alumni and friends met at the National Gallery of Art to view a collection of 19th- and early 20th-century photographs of Paris, many of which focused on the details of daily Parisian life. Followed by a tour of the Sculpture Garden, the group enjoyed wine and jazz within view of a replica of an Art Nouveau entrance to "Le Métro".
Brassïï: The Steps of Montmartre, circa 1936
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- 11 April: Alumni and friends dinner at Bistro d'Oc, DC
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- 07 March: Alumni and friends dinner at Bistro du Coin, DC
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- 08 February: Alumni and friends dinner at Bistro du Coin, DC
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Peggy Montgomery ('75), President