Club Activities

Wednesday, June 19th – from 8:00 to 9:30 am

Cercle de l’Union Interalliée
33, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris

Governor Richard L. Scott was born in Bloomington, Illinois. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Kansas City (BA in business administration). He obtained his law degree from Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law. He served in the United States Navy before attending university. Following law school he joined a Dallas firm Johnson & Swanson, where he became partner. In 1987, at age 34, he co-founded Columbia Hospital Corporation with two business partners. In 1989, Columbia Hospital Corporation merged with Hospital Corporation of America to form Columbia/HCA and eventually became the largest private for-profit health care company in the U.S. He resigned as Chief Executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997. Governor Scott then became a venture capitalist. In 2010 he was elected the 45th Governor of Florida. The Governor has been active in humanitarian causes both in the US and in Africa throughout his career.

Members 30 € / Guests 40 €

Market visit and Cooking class
Wednesday March 13, 2013 – from 11:00 am to 2:30 pm

Meeting : Metro Rome at 11 am
Followed by Atelier Guy Martin
35, rue de Miromesnil
75008 Paris

Meet Patti Ravenscroft at 11 am metro Rome for a walking tour of the village of Batignolles and all its wonderful markets. At 12.30 we will go to the Atelier Guy Martin for a hands-on cooking class followed by lunch feasting on our own creations.

MENU: Rabbit with Bokchoi, pineapple and soy sauce

Price for the entire program including lunch, a glass of wine and surprise dessert is 40€

Limited to 10 people- Only those with prepaid reservations will be admitted.
NO EXCEPTIONS.
Members 40 €
Guests 50 €

For the Love of Art and Champagne

Kristin Eager Killion will share about the genesis of her passion
for art and champagne, how the two are linked, and how she continues to get inspiration.
You will also have an opportunity to admire and purchase her creations.
In addition to the talk and exhibit, the evening begins with champagne and continues with a three course dinner at Waknine, a charming, elegant restaurant steps from the Musée de l'Art Moderne.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 – from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Venue : Waknine, 9 rue Pierre 1er de Serbie, Paris 16eme
Members 65 €
Guests 75 €
http://www.waknine.fr/

Monday, December 10 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 p.m.
at the Mona Bismarck American Centre

Just before Xmas and New year, come for holiday fun with lots of champagne,
Foie-gras from the “Atelier des Terroirs”

www.latelierdesterroirs.com

and
Oyster tasting huitres-et-saumons-de-passy-17-rue-de-l-annonciation-75016-paris.

Venue: Mona Bismarck, 34, avenue de New York, 75116 Paris.

Price: Members 45 €
Guests 55 €

Marisa BERENSON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13
Luncheon
12:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Interviewed by Jim Bittermann

Marisa Berenson started an international career at 16 as a fashion model, working for Vogue, Bazar, ELLE, Times, Newsweek, and others, a career that continues today. Born in New York City, Marisa’s father was Robert Lawrence Berenson an American career diplomat, and her mother was Countess Maria Luisa de Wendt de Kerlor. Berenson's maternal grandmother was the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.

In addition to her work in fashion, Marisa Berenson has had a long career as an actress and starred in many films including Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti), Cabaret (Bob Fosse) and Barry Lindon (Stanley Kubrick). She has also worked with Blake Edwards and Clint Eastwood. In 2012, she filmed a romantic comedy with Emma Thomson and Pierce Brosnan.

Marisa Berenson is the author of several books and has also been involved in both humanitarian and cultural outreach over nearly 20 years. In particular she has worked for UNESCO as an Ambassador, and then as an artist for peace, and with the UNESCO Foundation’s “Children for Peace ONLUS” in memoriam of her sister Berry Berenson who died during the 9/11 tragedy.

Marisa Berenson is also interested in beauty and well being. In 2011 she created the “Soin Sublime” line exclusively for Luxury hotels spas around the world. This product line now includes 15 products for hair, body and face.

Ms. Berenson will be signing her latest book at the luncheon and will be interviewed by Jim Bittermann, CNN's Senior European Correspondent based in Paris.

Venue: Cercle de l’Union Interalliée 33 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré – 75008 Paris

from 12:15 to 2:00 p.m. Last minute payments will not be accepted.

Price: Members 55 € / Guests 65 €

http://www.americanclubparis.org/db_event.php?id=352

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23rd, 2012
7:30 pm – 11:30 pm
The American Club of Paris is pleased to invite you to an elegant Thanksgiving dinner in the presence of
Ambassador David T. Killion, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and Madam Kristin Killion.
The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature is a private museum housed in the Hôtel
de Guenégaud (1651-1655 -- the only private mansion designed by architect
François Mansart that still exists) and in the adjacent Hôtel de Mongelas (1703) in the
Third Arrondissement. The museum has been characterized by the Smithsonian
magazine as “one of the most rewarding and inventive in Paris". The museum was
founded in 1964 by François Sommer (1904-1973) and his wife Jacqueline, who
were avid hunters and conservationists.

Drinks will be served in the salon overlooking the garden from 7:30 pm, followed by a
traditional Thanksgiving dinner in the vaulted ceiling dining room downstairs.

DRESS CODE : BLACK TIE

Venue: Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, 62 rue des Archives 75003 Paris
from 7:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Price: Members € 125 / Guests € 140
On-line registration: http://www.americanclubparis.org/db_event.php?id=355
Reply before 4:30 pm on Monday, November 19th, 2012. No exceptions.
Reservations with payment only. No payment at the door.

Tuesday 20 November 2012
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Venue: France - Amériques
9 avenue Franklin Roosevelt – 75008 Paris
Michael F. O’Brien, the Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations
will be speaking to us about the Curiosity rover on Mars, NASA and its present and future international activities.
Mr. O'Brien is responsible for NASA's interaction with Executive Branch offices and agencies; international relations for each NASA Mission Directorate;
administration of export control and international technology transfer programs; and, NASA advisory councils and commissions.
O'Brien came to NASA from the United States Navy. He served as a naval aviator in command positions and in Washington on the staffs of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
He also served as the Deputy Director for Research at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Washington. As a Navy combat pilot, he commanded a Navy carrier-based attack squadron, and has made over 900 aircraft carrier landings in high performance jet aircraft.
Mr. O'Brien has also served as a physicist for the Department of the Navy.

Champagne and canapés will follow the discussion

Price: Members (FA/ESU/ACP) 25 € / Guests 30 €

Last minute payments will not be accepted
On-line registration: http://www.americanclubparis.org/db_event.php?id=354
Reply before 4.30 p.m. on Friday, November 16, 2012.
Reservations with payment. No payment at the door.

E-mail: acp.americanclub@gmail.com
Website: www.americanclubparis.org
ASSOCIATION REGIE PAR LA LOI DE 1901

In collaboration with the Fondation des Etats-Unis,
the Mona Bismarck American Center for art & culture is delighted to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve this year with a spooky concert featuring the 2012-13 members of PONT – Portes Ouvertes aux Nouveaux Talents – the pre-professional program for outstanding
young artists and musicians in residence at the Fondation.
Join us for this unique musical event – and don’t forget your costume!

Concert, cocktail and candy.
Price: Members 20 € / Guests 30 €

On-line registration: http://www.americanclubparis.org/db_event.php?id=351

Reply before 4.30 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012.
Reservations with payment. No payment at the door.

For ACP Members and our friends:
Limited places available!
First come, first served!
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Exposition TERRE MERE – CARTES

Gabriela Spector

Maison de l 'Argentine

Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP)

27 A Boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris

www.casaargentinaenparis.org

Accès : RER B & T3 Cité Universitaire

Exhibition visit with the artist at Maison de l'Argentine - FRIDAY 14 September at 19h30 – champagne and softs

“Mother Earth – Maps” is a project which I have been working on for many years. It grows out of my “Maps of Memory” project that has been presented in many museums, cultural centers and galleries and deals

with similar themes. From time to time the project is enriched and em- bellished with new works that utilize new, original materials such as ge- ographic maps. Most recently these additions have also incorporated anatomic maps through new techniques which I devised. The underlying themes are identity, migration and the continuously evolving and trans- forming world.

This place from which we come is like a mother's womb. It is part of us and it imparts on us its traces. Our planet’s geography becomes our own anatomy. I start from the macrocosm, large size maps of 210 x 180 cm on which I position figures that walk, run and move. I present these figures, whose bodies are created by the contours of geographic maps, as links between broad territories and the intimate, integral anatomic maps of individuals. I construct sculptures using molds covered by geographic maps creating a sense of the journey, of peregrination.

This exhibition will take place in Paris with the support of Miguel Angel Estrella, founder of the Musica Esperanza Foundation, a humanitarian organization with over 50 offices around the world that promotes the importance of arts in social communication. The exhibit is also supported by Unesco and the Argentine Embassy, which is providing space within the Maison de l'Argentine on the beautiful campus of the Cité Universitarie.

Exposition

TERRE MERE – CARTES

Gabriela Spector

Maison de l 'Argentine

Cité Internationale Universitaire de

Paris (CIUP)

27 A Boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris www.casaargentinaenparis.org

Accès : RER B & T3 Cité Universitaire

Horaires : mardi à vendredi

de 10h à 13h et de 14h à 19hFermé les weekends et jours fériés.

AmCham Summer Garden Party

3 jul 2012, 19.00 to 22.00

Members and Partners - 50 Euros and Non Members and Guests - 70 Euros

Subject : Join us for a Champagne Cocktail, Wine Tasting and Live Music

Participants: Open to AmCham Members and Non-Members

Location : Mairie du 7e Arrondissement - 116 Rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris

Conditions : Members and Partners - 50 Euros and Non Members and Guests - 70 Euros

The AmCham France Board of Directors invites you to The AmCham Summer Garden Party at the Mairie du 7e on Tuesday July 3, 2012

from 19.00 to 22.00. Join us for a special evening including Champagne, wine-tasting, and live music.

Salons d’Honneur, Mairie du 7e arrondissement
116 rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris

In the presence of Rachida Dati
Mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris,
Member of the European Parliament

AmCham Members & Partners - 50 Euros

Non-Members & Guests - 70 Euros

The AmCham France Summer Party is being held in partnership with the following alumni associations and organizations in France: American Club of Paris, Barnard Club of Paris, Columbia Club of France, Dartmouth Club of France, Duke University Club of France, Georgia Tech, Haverford College, MIT Club of France,Paris Alumnae/i Network, Reseau Oudinot, Stanford Club of France, University of Michigan Alumni Group, University of Texas at Austin, Wellesley Club of France.

http://amchamfrance.org/theme91.php?idevent=736

Garden Party and Annual General Meeting
of

The American Club of Paris
June 20, 2012 at 7 pm
Mona Bismarck American Center for Art & Culture
34 avenue de New York, 75116 Paris

The American Club of Paris will hold its annual general meeting this year in the garden of the Mona Bismarck American Center for Art & Culture. The meeting, during which we will elect new board members and vote on revisions to the Club's constitution, will be followed by a Garden Party, where we will be serenaded by the Whiffenpoofs of Yale University.

The Whiffenpoofs are the oldest collegiate a cappella group in the United States, established in 1909. Best known for "The Whiffenpoof Song", based on a tune written by Tod Galloway (Amherst 1895) and adapted with lyrics by Meade Minnigerode (Yale 1910) & George S Pomeroy (Yale 1910), the group comprises college senior men who compete in the spring of their junior year for 14 spots in the group. The Whiffenpoofs have performed for generations at a number of venues, including Lincoln Center, the White House, the Salt Lake Tabernacle, Oakland Coliseum, Carnegie Hall and the Rose Bowl, as well as numerous locations throughout Europe. The group has also appeared on television shows such as Jeopardy!, The Today Show, Saturday Night Live, 60 Minutes, Gilmore Girls, and The West Wing. In December 2010, the group was featured on NBC's a cappella competition The Sing-Off.

On-line registration: http://www.americanclubparis.org/db_event.php?id=344

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American Club of Paris

Annual General Meeting

June 20, 2012 to Convene at 8 pm

Agenda:

- Report from the President Adoption of Revised Constitution

- Adoption of Revised Constitution

- Treasurer’s Report

- Approval of the Club’s Accounts for the year ending August 31, 2011

- Report of the Nominations Committee

- Election of Proposed Slate of New Executive Committee Members:


Term of office 2012-2014 Proposed by the Nominations Committee:

Christine Leonard

Denis Jager

Janet Street

John Eaton

Barbara Levi

Michel Oks



Continuing Board Term of office 2011-2013 – Not up for election

President: Joseph Smallhoover

1st Vice President: Van Kirk Reeves

2nd Vice President: Kristina Didouan

Treasurer: Mark Carroll

Honorable Secretary: Gail Negbaur

Daniel Shields



- Adjournment

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Caroline de Romand

The American Club of Paris
34 avenue de New York
75116 PARIS
Tel/Fax : 01 47 23 64 36

www.americanclubparis.org
acp.americanclub@gmail.com

Thursday, May 31st, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
STAND-UP COMEDY ROUTINE FOLLOWED BY A COCKTAIL
Sebastian Marx is a New Yorker who lives in Paris and, as you can imagine, he is a bit lost here. Therefore, he has decided to share his expat experiences in his native tongue through a show called “A New Yorker in Paris”, which is so funny that even the French find it “not bad”!
Influenced by Woody Allen, Jerry Seinfeld and Louis CK, Sebastian shares his humor that is:
As varied as the American landscape, As improbable as a Hollywood movie, As naïve as a cheerleader!!
So brings your friends to hear Sebastian, in English at :
Venue: Philomuses – 55 quai des grands Augustins
75006 Paris
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Last minute payments will not be accepted

Price: Members 29 € / Guests 35 €

Leon S. White, PhD
Tuesday, May 15 -7 :00 pm
“Experiencing Golf Poetry"
Read golf poetry out loud, It will lower your score; And if one poem doesn’t do it, Read two or three more!

A Little Golf History.” The first reference to golf is found in an Act of the Scottish Parliament in 1457 that bans the game! But the origins of the game are unknown. However, this didn’t stop an anonymous 19th century poet from giving us a charming version of the story in verse.
The earliest poem to include a reference to golf was published in Edinburgh in 1638. An Edinburgh medical student penned the first instructional golf poem in his diary in 1687. Furthermore, the first separately printed golf book was a 358-line mock-heroic poem first published in 1743.

For the last six years Leon White has been collecting poetry about golf, written by golfers¬ - a little known area of the golf literature. As his collection of poems increased, it became evident that reading these verses constituted a new way to experience all the attributes of the game. “I wanted to share what I had discovered with golf enthusiasts worldwide, so first I began developing a book and then I started writing a Blog. The book, Golf Course of Rhymes – Links between Golf and Poetry Through the Ages, with a Foreword by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., was published in 2011 and is available on Amazon.com. The Blog continues.”
Talk will be followed by a cocktail

Venue: AMERICAN GOLF STORE – 35 bis rue de l’abbé Grégoire -75006 Paris –www.americangolfparis.com- 7.00 PM to 9.00 PM. (Discount to American Club members on golf items in the shop)
Last minute payments will not be accepted
Price: Members 20€ / Guests 25€
On-line registration: http://www.americanclubparis.org/db_event.php?id=343

MONDAY, May 21, from 12.30 p.m. to 2.00 p.m.
“Une Française à Hollywood”
Mémoires by Leslie Caron
Interviewed by journalist and writer ALAN RIDING
One of the best-loved stars of classic American cinema tells all in this wry, funny, and poignant memoir
Born in Paris, France to a French father and an American mother, Leslie Caron began her career as a dancer at the age of 9 – joigned Roland Petit’s Ballets des Champs-Elysées at 16. Gene Kelly was searching for a dancer to co-star opposite him in the musical feature An American in Paris and spotted Caron performing in a ballet. She got the job and landed a contract with MGM. Caron went on to star in more than 45 features, including the lead role in the beloved classic Gigi (1958) alongside other French stars Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jordan. Her performance earned her a Golden Laurel Award for Top Female Musical Performance.
Caron made a smooth transition from musicals to dramas and won Oscar nominations and two BAFTAS, as well as a Golden Globe awards for her touching performances in Lili (1953) and The L-Shaped Room (1962). She has worked steadily throughout the years both in Hollywood and Europe, in features such as Daddy Long Legs (1955) with Fred Astaire, Fanny (1961) with Maurice Chevalier, Father Goose (1964) with Cary Grant, Chocolat (2000) with Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche , Le Divorce (2002) a Merchant-Ivory film - and in TV movies such as Murder on the Orient Express (2001) and The Last of the Blond Bombshells. She has also won the Emmy (2007) for best dramatic actress in the TV series « Law and Order, SVU » in the episode Recall.
She last appeared as Mrs Armfeldt, in « Little Night Music » at the Châtelet Theatre, in 2010 -

Venue: Cercle de l’Union Interalliée 33 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré – 75008 Paris
from 12.30 to 2.00 PM. Last minute payments will not be accepted

Price: Members 55 € / Guests 65 €

On-line registration: http://www.americanclubparis.org/db_event.php?id=342
Reply before 4.30 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
Reservations with payment. No payment at the door.