Garden Club SEED EXCHANGE

Garden Club starts up a new year with a seed exchange (otherwise known as The Cake Extravaganza). This event will take place on Thursday, February 4th at 3 in the afternoon. Members of the Garden Club are interested in visiting gardens, both private and public and do not necessarily have to be active gardeners. Visits, in both French or English, are usually organized on Thursdays once a month in February, April, May, June, July, September and October. The Garden Club is free of charge for members although individuals are asked to pay their own admission fee if there is one for a particular garden. To join, please fill out the application form at the front desk.

Film Night with the CNAM

"Film Night" is scheduled once a month with a showing of a film in English and a discussion afterwards. The evening takes place at the CNAM, 122 rue de Frémur. Next film scheduled is "Manufactured landscape " on Tuesday, February 9th starting at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. No need to reserve. Just show up!

Bring poetry into your life! Join the library and the non-profit "Chant des Mots" for an evening of poetry in French with
Jean-Patrice Courtois a contemporary poet as well as a teacher of philosophy and poetry. The reading will take place on Wedneday, February 10th 2010 starting at 8:30. Free and open to the public. No need to reserve.

Meeting with Les Editions du Chemin de Fer

Join the library and the non-profit "Chant des Mots" for an evening in French with François GROSSO et Renaud BUENERD from the publishing house LES EDITIONS DU CHEMIN DE FER to take place on Thursday, February 11th 2010 at 8:30. Free and open to the public. No need to reserve. Founded in December 2004 by François GROSSO et Renaud BUENERD, "les éditions du Chemin de Fer" publishes the work between a writer and an artist, giving a new life to the concept of the illustrated book.

Pizza and board games

Pizza and board games is scheduled on the third Tuesday of each month from 6-8. Cost: 6 euros (covers pizza and non-acholic drinks); 3 euros for native English speakers and children under 16. Upcoming 2010 dates are February 16th, March 16th, April 20th & May 18th.

Saumur bookclub "Book encounters"

The book to read for the 16th of February is "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. There is space left in the group, to sign up send a email to Marianne.

Permanence in the médiathèque in Saumur on February 16th, from 2 to 6 pm.

Staff member Marianne goes to the Médiathèque in Saumur once a month to run activities for children and hold a book table. For more information click here.

Bookclub

Not enough money to go skiing this year? London to far for three days? Well the next best thing is simply to sign up for our "Ski, surf and snow" workshop to take place in the library offered for kids between the ages of 12 and 14. Three consecutive afternoons of three hours each seem to fly by with all of the fun: games, songs, lots of speaking and moving around. Cost: 75 € (snack and materials included). To sign up at the front desk. Each participant automatically becomes a member of the library.

Meeting about Money Matters

Testing will take place on Tuesdays at 7 pm : upcoming 2010 dates are March 2nd, April 6th, May 11th & June 1st. In order to sign up, please consult the ETS site

WORD FOR WORD presents “Two On A Party” by Tennessee Williams

Word for Word, will be performing “Two On A Party” by Tennessee Williams on Sunday, March 28th and Monday, March 29th at 8 pm. Performances are to take place at the theater "La Comédie" (right off the Place de Raillement) 1 rue Cordelle in Angers. The event is organized by the library. Although the performances are free, there is a suggested donation of 10 euros (5 euros for students) at the door. For reservations call 02.41.24.97.07. Important note! If reserved seats are not filled by 7:50, the seats will be given up to the waiting list.

Word for Word Performing Arts Company is an ensemble whose mission is to tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. Founded in 1993 by Susan Harloe and JoAnne Winter, Word for Word believes in the power of the short story to provide solace, compassion, and insight into our daily lives. We bring stories from diverse cultures to our diverse communities, and develop future audiences' love for the printed and spoken word. Word for Word is a program of the Z Space Studio in San Francisco, California. Word for Word’s Tour de France is sponsored by The Florence Gould Foundation, The Search Foundation, and the Bernard Osher Foundation. For further information, please visit the Word for Word website, www.zspace.org

"Two on a Party" tells the tale of an unlikely couple who take a road trip of unbridled sex in the straight-laced 1950’s. When Cora meets Billy, they are a simply a couple of hungry predators on a couple of New York barstools; they soon discover a bond in their ravenous lust for men. “Two On A Party” is a heartbreaking tale of companionship, and one of the Williams’ spiciest, funniest stories, conveying all the heat and aching desire of his greatest plays.

Of Word for Word’s "Two on A Party", the critics say: “Williams writing is thrilling…I’ve said it before and I plan on saying it again and again: there’s nothing better than a good Word for Word show. Take a story, add a stage, throw in a dash of brilliance.” (Chad Jones, TheatreDogs).