Heaven this week!!

A French market, a radio star, some French conversation and the cineclub... What else do you want?

Tuesday 22 November... French conversation (9-11pm) (free)

Meet French speakers at The World - excellent and very recommended! I went there last week, and there was quite a large crowd!
All ages welcome.

9-10pm: English spoken
10-11pm: French spoken
(though not necessarily that strict!)

@ The World, on Thistle Street

Tuesday 22 November... The Watson Gordon Lecture: Caroline Elam (6pm) (free)

Roger Fry was Britain’s leading art critic in the first half of the 20th century. Caroline Elam will explore his journey from scholarship in Italian quattrocento art, to Post-Impressionism and modern French painting.

@ National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, 0131 624 6200 - Free

Tuesday 22 November...JAZZ: Gilad Atzmon Quartet (8.30pm) (£10)

"Music with a message, as impressive Israeli sax virtuoso Atzmon welds east-European folk with hard bop, funk and French accordian tunes to tell the story of Palestine."

@ Jazz Centre, 0131 467 5200

Thursday 23 November - Philippe Meyer Event (6.30pm) (FREE)

"Writer, journalist, satirist, actor, director, animator, researcher and teacher of social sciences, all barely adequate to describe Philippe Meyer, as he has many strings to his bow. Among his investigations, he has studied the mysteries of the city of Paris through, on the one hand, a show called “Paris la Grande” based on texts and songs illustrating life in the capital and, on the other hand, a book under the same title. Not to be missed by those in love, the curious and the sceptical of the “ville lumière” and a must for the fans of Philippe Meyer!"

@ the Institut Français d’Ecosse - Admission Free - Tel.: 0131 225 5366 - contact@ifecosse.org.uk

Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 November.... FRENCH MARKET

Allez faire vos reserves de saucissons et de rillettes a ce marche francais!

@Frederick Street..

Friday 24 November... MEETUP - cineclub (free)

Go on you know you want to join the Edinburgh French meetup...

It is free, it is fun and you can watch films whilst drinking your tipple of choice...

Superbe! :)

Just click here for more info!

Saturday 25 November... TALK: George Buchanan: Scotland's voice in France (2pm) (free)

"Five hundred years after Buchanan's birth, Dr Jamie Reid-Baxter explores the poet, dramatist, philosopher and classical tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots' impact on France, his 'second homeland'."

@ Royal Museum Lecture Theatre, 0131 247 4219

To look forward to....

Fri 1 to Sun 3 Dec - Du Rififi chez les hommes @ The Filmhouse

Thursday 7 December at 6pm- Lecture by Joëlle Pagès-Pindon: "Marguerite Duras, a myth, an opera" (also Friday 8 December at 5.45pm - Filmhouse: presentation and screening of “Hiroshima, mon amour”)
"Marguerite Duras, a major figure of the 20th century French literary scene remains, a decade after her death, a controversial character. Her minimal novels and to her activities in theatre, film, and journalism have given her both a national and an international notoriety. This lecture will offer an opportunity to rediscover an outstanding personality. The following evening, the Filmhouse will screen “Hiroshima, mon amour”, a film by Alain Renais on a scenario and the dialogues of Marguerite Duras, of course!"
14 Feb 2007: 2.15 - France in America
Alison McCleery explores the little-known French islands of St Pierre and Miquelon. @ Royal Museum Lecture Theatre, 0131 247 4219 - £6; free for students and RSGS members