Upcoming Events
We wish you a very happy and healthy New Year. A reminder, 2019 dues are now payable, consult the Join Us page for membership levels.
Wednesday, January 23rd
Cyrano de Bergerac by La Comédie Française
Wednesday, Feb 27th, 7:00 pm
Château Village, 1 Minetta Street, Apt 2E
New Member Reception (For members who joined in 2018)
Friday–Sunday, Feb 1–3, 2019
Ski Weekend in Vermont — Sold out!
We are very excited to partner again with the Swiss Ski Club of New York to offer members and their friends the opportunity to ski in Vermont. The private lodge features 40 beds, sauna, fireplace, kitchen, bar… We have 35 seats reserved, so please purchase your ticket today! NB: To receive the member rate, 2019 dues must be current, see the Join Us Now page of the website.
We board the luxury coach on Friday evening. A sandwich dinner, wine and bottled water will be provided on the ride to the lodge in Waitsfield, Vermont. Transportation is provided each day to Sugarbush or Stowe, depending on the best conditions that day. Discount Lift Ticket Vouchers are available.
Friday Bus Boarding
Long Island:
Exit 49 Park and Ride off the L.I.E.
Arrive by 3:30, depart at 4:00 pm SHARP.
Manhattan:
41st Street between 8th and 9th Aves
Arrive by 5:30, depart at 6 pm SHARP.
New Jersey:
NJ Transit – Ramsey, NJ, Route 17 Station (Park & Ride)
Arrive by 6:15, depart at 6:45 pm SHARP.
Return to Manhattan, Sunday, Feb 3rd, 11 pm
Included:
- Transportation
- All meals (except lunches)
- Accommodations
- Blankets and pillows
Out of pocket expenses (optional):
Lift tickets: $75-85/day (a 25%+ discount from the regular $101 at Sugarbush)
Ski equipment rental: $52/day, $90/2 days
What to bring?
- Sheets, pill
ow case and towel or a sleeping bag for the bed - A swimsuit if you wish to use the sauna
It’s a wonderful opportunity to bond with fellow members, thanks to the Swiss Ski Club’s organizational experience and magnificent lodge. Members, kindly remember, your 2019 dues must be up to date to qualify for the member rate.
NB: Once you have registered with the PAC, you still need to also register with the SSC to agree to conditions and specify pick-up location:
- Hit YES when asked if you are a PAC member or friend;
- At the end, hit ‘pay online’ and then hit ‘cancel and go back…’ at the bottom left corner, this step is important to actually confirm and send the form;
- DO NOT PAY on the SSC site, PAC will take care of the invoice.
We regret that the Ski Weekend is sold out as of January 17th.
Tuesday La Chandeleur Cocktail dînatoire & Soireée musicale | Feb 12th
7:00 | National Arts Club
Jacques Schwartz-Bart, Jazz Saxophonist
Jacques Schwarz-Bart has been at the center of several musical revolutions: neo soul next to D’angelo and Erika Badu, New Jazz as a founding member of Roy Hargrove RH Factor. He outright created two surging new styles: Gwoka Jazz, and Voodoo jazz, reuniting jazz music with its Afro-Caribbean and spiritual origins. Jacques’ impressionistic writing, powerful tone, and wide-ranging language – both lyrical and angular – have fueled a growing presence on the world stage.
« Return immediately to Paris and beg your senator to take you back. You don’t stand a chance to accomplish anything on the music scene starting at such an old age. It’s never been done and it will never happen« . That’s the kind of encouragement -or lack thereof- that Jacques received from his Berkley fellow students when he entered the school at 27, after starting the saxophone at 24.
Mardi Gras Lunch | March 5th
1:00 | National Arts Club
Prof. John Moran of NYU’s French department will be joining us to discuss how the French language got to Louisiana, how it has survived there, and how people are helping it to flourish there today. He’ll talk about his and his students’ fieldwork in Louisiana and about the various governmental and non-governmental efforts to promote French in Louisiana today. You’ll also get to hear how French is spoken in Louisiana. Plus we’ll be featuring a Louisiana-themed menu. So what better way to celebrate Mardi Gras than with the Paris American Club?
One of his students wrote: “This guy is awesome!! Probably my favorite teacher ever. He can come across as kind of pushy at times, especially for quiet students like me, but I learned so much about French in his class and had a lot of fun doing it. He’s super funny and genuinely cares about students. After taking one class with him I signed up for two more the next semester!!”
Lunch w/Luke Barr | Wed | April 10th
1:00 | National Arts Club
Author Luke Barr will discuss his new book Ritz & Escoffier, in which he tells a tale replete with scandal and opulence. In his book, Barr – author of the New York Times bestseller Provence, 1970 – transports readers to turn-of-the-century London and Paris to discover how celebrated hotelier César Ritz and famed French chef Auguste Escoffier- the chef who invented the modern restaurant kitchen – joined forces at London’s Savoy Hotel. There they created the modern luxury hotel and restaurant, where British high society and Americans – and both men and women – mixed, signaling a new social order and the rise of the middle class. Per The Economist, “When you eat a Peach Melba, or drink a Grand Marnier, you have these men to thank; they coined the names, then popularized the concoctions. Ritz himself became not merely a byword for luxury but the actual word for it.”
Calendar of Meetings 2019 (As of 12/31/18)
Registration generally opens one or two months in advance of each event, once prior events have concluded. So mark your calendar and come back to register once open.
| Date & Day | Event | Speaker/Topic/Partner | Venue |
| Jan 15 Tues |
Lunch 1:00 |
Annual Business Meeting Galette des Rois Frédérique Bedos |
NAC |
| Feb 1-3 Fri-Sun |
Ski Weekend |
Swiss Ski Club | Vermont |
| Feb 12 Tues |
Cocktail dînatoire 7:00 |
La Chandeleur Jacques Schwartz-Bart, Saxophonist |
NAC |
| Feb 27 Wed |
Reception 7:00 |
New Members | Château Village |
| Mar 5 Tues |
Lunch 1:00 |
Mardi Gras John Moran, NYU French in Louisiana |
NAC |
| Mar 12 Tues |
Soirée 6:30 |
Cocktail Français, Soirée parisienne, Reynaldo Hahn | NAC |
| April 2 Tues |
Théâtre 6:30 |
Cocktail Français, Soirée théâtrale, Goethe et Frédérique | NAC |
| April 3 Wed |
Fête 7:00 |
April in Paris | TBA |
| April 10 Wed |
Lunch 1:00 |
Luke Barr, Author Ritz & Escoffier |
NAC |
| May 14 Tues |
Dinner 7:00 |
Christos Markogiannakis Scènes de Crime à Orsay |
NAC |
| June 9 Sun |
Brunch 10:30 |
Roland Garros Finals | Monte’s |
| June 14 Fri |
Soirée 7:00 |
Le Cocktail Français | NAC |
| July 4 Thur |
10:30–6:30 | Barbecue & Pool Party | South Salem, NY |
| July 12 Fri |
Ball 6:30–11:00 |
CAFUSA Bastille Ball | Central Park Zoo |
| Aug 22 Thurs |
Summer Social 6:00 |
French-American Chamber of Commerce | TBA |
| Sept 15 Sun |
Pétanque 1−5 |
Minetta Block Association | Minetta Street |
| Sept 18 Wed |
Dinner 7:00 | TBA | NAC |
| Oct 16 Wed |
Lunch 1:00 |
TBA | NAC |
| Nov 12 Tues |
Soirée d’automne 7:00 | TBA | |
| Nov 21 Thur |
Tasting 6−8 |
Beaujolais Nouveau | TBA |
| Dec 11 Wed |
Lunch 1:00 |
TBA | NAC |
Donate to the Paris American Club’s Educational
Fund, to benefit the Boerum Hill 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.
