2022
November 19 Harvard - Yale Viewing Party: We watched the Game with our friends from the Harvard Club at the Moose.
November 17 Book Club. The Aleph by Jose Luis Borges: On November 17 we had our seventh Yale Club of France Book Club session. We discussed "The Aleph" by Jose Luis Borges. We had a rich discussion of this book!
October 25 Dinner with the Yale Club: We had an unusual opportunity to hear from Daniel Gross, a top US and international financial and business writer, who has come out with his ninth book, a remarkable biography of famed banker Edmond J. Safra whom former World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn called "the greatest banker of his generation".
October 22 Yale Paris meet-up: A Yale Paris Meet up on was hosted by Susie Sharpe, physician-artist during her show at Carrousel du Louvre. She is a graduate of Yale Medical School, Yale residency and a practicing physician. She is an internationally known artist and has done shows in Madrid, Brussels, Luxembourg, New York, and Miami since 2021. During the Yale Meet up we enjoyed her artwork.
October 17 Walking tour with the Yale club and the Georgetown Club - Founding Fathers’ Walking Tour of Paris: The Yale Club of France and the Georgetown Club did together a walking tour with Brad Newfield, a French-American guide for Paris Walks.
October 09 Walk in the Fontainebleau forest: We did an autumn walk in the beautiful Fontainebleau forest!
September 22 Book Club - L'Amant by Marguerite Duras: On September 22 we had our sixth Yale Club of France Book Club session. We discussed "L'Amant" by Marguerite Duras. We had a rich discussion of this book!
September 11 Walking tour with the Yale club - St-Germain des Pres: We did a tour of the St-Germain des Pres. The tour started at the Church of St. Sulpice. From there we made our way to the Church of St-Germain-des-Près and the Deux Magots and Café de Flor, then to Place Furstemburg and the art and interior design galeries. We saw the hotel where Oscar Wilde died, the site of the most famous jazz club of the 40s and 50s, Gertrude Stein and Picasso's studios, and the Beat Hotel.
July 1 Concert: American Folk Music: Songwriter Cuchulain (TC '13) returned to Paris by popular demand for an intimate acoustic performance to release his new single "Sing In The Shower" as part of an international tour. CJune 30 Book Club - "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury: On March 31 we had our sixth Yale Club of France Book Club session. We discussed "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. We had a rich discussion of this book!
June 26 Walking tour with the Yale club - World War II in Paris: Hear how the Parisians survived the dark years of the Occupation from 1940-44 on this walk in the area of the rue St. Honoré, the Concorde Square and the Champs Elysées, with stories of daily life, the Gestapo, the Resistance and the Liberation.
May 6 Concert: Tango and more: Violinist and Yale School of Music alumna Dhyani Gylling MM 18' performed a program of spanish and latin american music by Albeniz, Piazzolla and others with colombian guitarist Sergio Tovar, a graduate of the Paris National Conservatory of Music.
May 12 "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera: On March 31 we had our sixth Yale Club of France Book Club session. We discussed "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera. We had a rich discussion of this book!
March 31 Book Club - One hundred years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez: On March 31 we had our sixth Yale Club of France Book Club session. We discussed "One hundred years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez We had a rich discussion of this book!
March 20 Walking tour - The Two Islands: Yale Club of France joined Brad Newfield, a French-American guide for Paris Walks. This time we explored the Two Islands.
January 13 The Al Thani Collection at the Hôtel de la Marine: On January 13 the Yale Club of France took a private tour of the Al Thani Collection exhibition at l’Hôtel de la Marine. Emilie Foyer (YC '13), Assistant Curator of the collection led the tour.
We had a wonderful time at the event. Special thanks to Emilie Foyer for treating us to an excellent tour of the impressive exhibition.January 13 Book Club - Demian: On January 13 we had our fifth Yale Club of France Book Club session. We discussed "Demian" by Hermann Hesse. We had a rich discussion of this book!
