5:30-6:45pm - Open Free Discussion (OFD) : we invite those of you with a good level of English to join us for this lively exchange of Franco-American culture & language facilitated by native English speakers.
> Please do contact Danièle by email if you plan to attend - we ask to be on time at La Coloc at 5:25pm sharp.
60th anniversary of the Bordeaux-Los Angeles twinning
== ATTENTION: relocation to Athénée Municipal ==
(10 place Saint Christoly, Bordeaux)
(10 place Saint Christoly, Bordeaux)
7pm-8:30pm - It's our SPECIAL presentation: A Conversational History of Los Angeles by Virginia COULON.
How did a tiny village, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciúncula, founded in 1771 in Alta California, a territory of New Spain, with only 44 inhabitants (plus some cattle and sheep) turn into today’s metropolis of Los Angeles, home to more than 13 million people? LA’s mild climate probably helped but there wasn’t very much water…