From Rousseau to Carmen

SATURDAY 5 November: De Battre mon coeur s'est arrêté - 9pm (£5.80)
Superb remake of 1978 thriller 'Fingers' - One of the best French films of the year, according to The List.
Not to missed, if you've not caught it before during the Edinburgh Film Festival
@Cineworld Edinburgh , Fountainpark. 0871 200 2000
>> More information here
NB : The film is shown at various times for the next couple of weeks, and you can also watch it at the Filmhouse if you prefer a more central location!

SATURDAY 5 November: Rouge Charity Gala - 7.30-00.00 (£40-55)
Gala in aid of Médecins sans Frontières: arguably not particularly French, but thought I would mention it anyway...
@Royal Museum Main Hall, Chambers Street. 031 247 4219

SATURDAY 5 November: Fish Fry with Diwan - 11pm-03am (£5.00)
Senegalese singer Samba Sene leads this band for a musical extravaganza: not to be missed! (Lyrics are in English, French and Wolof.)
@The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street.
>> More information here
NB: They are also playing next Saturday, in case you can't make it this time round!

SUNDAY 6 November: Ma nuit chez Maud - 6pm (£5.20/£3.70)
One of the famous "Contes Moraux" by Eric Rohmer. In French with English subtitles.
>> More information here
@ The Filmhouse, Lothian Road
NB: Also shown on Monday 7 Nov, at 3.30pm.

TUESDAY 8 November : Lunchtime Concert - 1.10pm (FREE)
The Samphire Ensemble present works by Ravel, Debussy and Demase.
@ Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square. 668 2019.

TUESDAY 8 November : French Speaking - 9-11pm (FREE)
Friendly atmosphere as ever... Generally at the back of the lounge, but feel free to ask at the bar!
@ The World, Thistle Street

WEDNESDAY 9 November : Carmen - 7.30pm (£6-£33.50)
Bizet's passionate opera: in French with english surtitles.
@ The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place. 0870 606 3424.
NB: This show is on 8, 9 & 11 - 12 November at 7:30pm (Nabucco, sung in Italian with English Surtitles, is performed on the 10 Nov at 7:30pm). In case you miss it, you can still catch up with it in Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall next week.

FRIDAY 11 November: In the Spirit of Rousseau: Ian Hamilton Finlay and The Philosopher's Garden Location - 1.30pm-5.30pm (£6.00)
Various speakers will explore the themes inherent to the exhibition The Philosopher's Garden (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 24 September - 20 November 2005).
The afternoon's study will be followed by a wine reception at the Portrait Gallery (6-7.30pm). >> More information here
@ Weston Link, Hawthornden Lecture Theatre.

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Things to look forward to in the next few weeks:

• 16 November: Professor T. J. Clark, University of California at Berkeley talks on Poussin's Sacrament of Marriage
• 21-24 November: Mini French Film Festival
• 28 November: Mackintosh in France
• 29 November: Elizabeth Cowling, Reader in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh explores Roland Penrose's friendship with Picasso during the 1930s and the works he collected as a result.
• 7 December: Paul O'Keeffe, writer and art historian, will talk about Abbott's portrait of Nelson.
  
  
  
  

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