Upcoming Events
Mentoring Launch Dinner
Tuesday, October 3rd, 7:00 pm
National Arts Club
Just as Benjamin Franklin had the critical task of enlisting France’s aid for the American cause, and our forebears in 1940 engaged in garnering American support for France against totalitarianism during World War II, we too have important work before us. Ours is to keep the torch of friendship burning brightly between France and the United States, at a time when some leaders on both sides of the Atlantic flirt with isolationism and divisiveness.
Dr. Irene Finel-Honigman of Columbia University will launch our new Mentoring Program. We believe that this is the club’s most important initiative in the past 25 years, as it provides a concrete raison d’être for young people to join our club – and for senior members to renew their commitment!
Oriented towards personal, professional, and social development within a one-on-one relationship, the Mentoring Program is an effective way to strengthen friendships and develop the best practices of French and American cultures, while at the same time, providing a unique benefit of club membership.
- The mentoring program provides advice, guidance, feedback, and support to assist one in personal and/or professional development through in-person meetings between a mentor and mentee over a six-month period;
- It requires a sincere motivation for both parties to remain open-minded facing challenges, share personal thoughts, and commit themselves to the program;
- Beyond typical work or educational mentoring, the PAC Mentoring Program includes exchanges between French and American languages and cultures in both the personal and professional realms.
Members of the Mentoring Committee will explain the program and Ludovic Iafrate and Véronique Chabrolle will discuss their progress in the first pilot program.
Please support this program by volunteering to be a mentor or mentee and attending this very important club event.
Donate to the Paris American Club’s Educational Fund, to benefit the School for International Studies, New York City’s first public high school featuring a French Dual Language 6
-12 International Baccalaureate program, created in partnership with the French Embassy and French American Cultural Exchange (FACE Foundation).
Calendar of Meetings & Events 2017
The Club is proposing more evening events in 2017, to attract members who find it difficult to get away from the office during the day for Thursday luncheons.
| Date | Event | Speaker/Topic/Partner | Venue |
| Jan 12, Thursday | Business Meeting & Luncheon, 12:30 Galette des Rois |
Celhia de Lavarène, UN Peacekeeping Missions & Robert Hansen, School for Int’l Studies | National Arts Club |
| Feb 2, Thursday | Luncheon, 12:30 La Chandeleur |
Guy Sorman France-Amérique |
National Arts Club |
| Feb 28, Tuesday | Luncheon, 12:30 Mardi Gras |
Dr. Irene Finel-Honigman, Columbia University |
National Arts Club |
| March 21, Tuesday | Reception, 7:00 | New Members | Private Residence |
| April 4, Tuesday | Dinner, 7:00 | Dean Foster, Cross Cultural Associates | National Arts Club |
| May 2, Tuesday | Party, 6:30–9:30 | Young Member Party | Hotel Chantelle |
| May 4, Thursday | Luncheon, 12:30 | Arnaud de Saignes, Domaine Chandon California | National Arts Club |
| May 19, Friday | Dinner, 7:00 | Young Member Induction | Château Village |
| June 11, Sunday | Brunch, 10:30–1:00 | French Open on Big Screen | Monte’s Trattoria |
| June 15, Thursday | Dinner, 7:00 | Cabaret français | National Arts Club |
| July 1, Sunday | First World War Centenary, 3:00–6:00 | Volunteers needed | Central Park |
| July 9, Sunday | Fête de la Bastille FIAF 12:00-5:00 | Volunteers needed at booth | East 60th Street |
| July 11, Tuesday | Pre-Bastille Happy Hour 6:30–8:30 |
Cocktail dînatoire Visite au District |
Le District |
| July 13, Thursday | Bastille Day Ball 6:30–10:30 |
Chloé Perrier and DJ Olivier Meiji |
404 Tenth Avenue |
| August 23, Wednesday | Summer Social 6:00–8:00 |
French-American Chamber of Commerce | 96th Street Boat Basin |
| Sept 14, Thursday | Dinner, 7:00 | Emmanuel Roux, INTERPOL, Special Representative to the UN | National Arts Club |
| Sept 17, Sunday | Pétanque, 3−5 | Minetta Block Association | Minetta Street |
| Oct 3, Tuesday | Dinner, 7:00 | Dr. Irene Finel-Honigman launches the PAC Mentoring Program | National Arts Club |
| Nov 2, Thursday | Cocktail, 7:00 | France-Amérique | Consulat de France |
| Nov 7, Tuesday | Soirée, 7−9:30 | Soirée d’automne | BARAWINE, Harlem |
| Nov 16, Thursday | Beaujolais Nouveau, 6−8 |
French-American Chamber of Commerce | TBD |
| Dec 6, Wednesday | Dinner, 7:00 | Christos Markogiannakis, The Louvre Murder Club, Editions Le Passage | National Arts Club |
| Dec 15, Friday | Holiday Cocktail, 7:00 | Ecole Internationale de New York | Consulat de France |
Calendar of Meetings & Events 2018 (Tentative)
| Date | Event | Speaker/Topic/Partner | Venue |
| Jan 10, Wednesday | Business Meeting & Dinner, 7:00 |
Galette des Rois | National Arts Club |
| Feb 13, Tuesday | Dinner, 7:00 | Mardi Gras | National Arts Club |
| March 14, Wednesday | Dinner, 7:00 | National Arts Club | |
| March 28, Wednesday | Reception, 7:00 | New Members | Private Residence |
| April 10, Tuesday | Dinner, 7:00 | National Arts Club | |
| May 2, Wednesday | Dinner, 7:00 | National Arts Club | |
| June 10, Sunday | Brunch, 10:30–1:00 | French Open on the Big Screen | Monte’s Trattoria |
| June 13, Wednesday | Dinner, 7:00 | ||
| July 8, Sunday | FIAF 12:00-5:00 | Fête de la Bastille Street Fair | East 60th Street |
| July 10, Tuesday | Cocktail dînatoire 6:30–8:30 |
Pre-Bastille Cocktail | TBD |
| July 13, Friday | Bastille Day Ball 6:30–11:30 |
CAFUSA | 404 Tenth Avenue |
| August 22, Wednesday | Summer Social 6:00–8:00 |
French-American Chamber of Commerce | 96th Street Boat Basin |
| Sept 12, Wednesday | Dinner, 7:00 | TBA | National Arts Club |
| Sept 16, Sunday | Pétanque, 2−5 | Minetta Block Association | Minetta Street |
| Oct 10, Wednesday | Dinner, 7:00 | National Arts Club | |
| Nov 7, Wednesday | Soirée, 7−9:30 | Soirée d’automne | |
| Nov 15, Thursday | Tasting, 6−8 |
French-American Chamber of Commerce Beaujolais Nouveau | TBD |
| Dec 12, Wednesday | Dinner, 7:00 | TBA | National Arts Club |
