The Alliance Française of Northwestern Connecticut, Inc. (AFNWCT) will sponsor a Café & Conversation on French folk dancing Saturday, April 6th, at 10:30 a.m. at The Barn Club, 558 Main Street South, Woodbury. Dance master Patricia Campbell will present the topic in French and attendees will also read related materials. Admission is open to the public.  A $5 is requested of non-members.  For information, contact: 203-266-5588, or noelle113@charter.net.

Ms. Campbell and her colleague, Fran Hendrickson, will lead French folk dancing on Saturday, May 11th, at 10:30 a.m. at the organization’s Annual Breakfast Meeting, to be held at the Woodbury Senior/Community Center, 265 Main Street South, Woodbury. The public is invited.  Member cost is $10, Non-Members $15.  Reserve, please, before May 5th by sending check payable to AFNWCT and addressed to Alliance Française of Northwestern Connecticut

P. O. Box 31 Woodbury, CT 06798-0031.

On Thursday, April 11th, at 7 p.m., the Alliance will host a lecture in French by Sharon Straka, former Director of the Yale University Center for the Teaching of French, about French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Admission to this lecture, held at the Woodbury Library, is free and open to the public.

As a follow-up to the lecture, on Saturday, April 27th, the Alliance will sponsor a trip to the New Britain Museum of American Art for a guided tour in French of more than 150 works of Toulouse-Lautrec. The program is open to the public.  Cost for Members and Non-Members is $15.  Reservations necessary before April 20th by sending check payable to AFNWCT and addressed to Alliance Française of Northwestern Connecticut P. O. Box 31 Woodbury, CT 06798-0031.

The Alliance Francaise is an international, 501 © (3) not-for-profit organization dedicated

to promoting the language and culture of France and other French-speaking countries. Programs include: French films, lectures, travel opportunities, conversation groups, reading groups, outings, holiday celebrations, and language classes. For information contact: 203-263-4096 or afnwct@snet.net.