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Coucou les égarés ! Pour le mois d'avril, je vous propose la lecture de "Le maître d'escrime", d'Arturo Pérez Reverte. On se retrouvera à l'étage de l'Indiana Café de Montparnasse, pour en discuter autour d'un dîner, comme d'habitude. À bientôt !

Genre: black metal Tickets : * 15,90 € sur https://my.weezevent.com/malphas-bedrangnis-paris-le-klub Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1965183440704292 Some music: * MALPHAS - Evil: https://youtu.be/2qKfR2D7314 * BEDRÄNGNIS - Zwischen Welten und Nichts: https://youtu.be/eOvjcUN4fBU Mes coordonnées sont dans la partie "Comment nous trouver" de l'événement Meetup... Pour pouvoir se retrouver sur place. / My contact info are in the "How to find us" part of the Meetup event... So that we can find each other there.

"Roberto Zucco" au Théâtre 14 Informations et réservation : https://www.theatre14.fr/programmation-25-26/roberto-zucco (chacun gère son billet) Infos pratiques : La pièce démarre à 20h et dure environ 1h30. Retrouvons-nous sur place vers 19h30. Après la représentation, nous pourrons pour ceux qui le souhaitent aller prendre un verre dans le quartier.

*¡Hola!* ¿Quieres una velada solo para chicas, para charlar, divertirte y crear un pequeño grupo de amigas antes de ir a una gran fiesta internacional con locales e internacionales en París? ¡Únete a nosotras para un **bar-hopping divertido** **Concepto** Un momento agradable y cómplice reservado a chicas para compartir conversaciones, risas y cócteles. Ya sea para relajarte, intercambiar ideas o disfrutar de una noche entre amigas, ¡es la ocasión perfecta! Después iremos a la mayor fiesta con happy hour prolongado. Ven lo antes posible para conocernos mejor antes de salir a la gran fiesta. **Información práctica:** Horario Afterwork Entre Chicas: De 19h a 21h Gratis con el pase Socializus WhatsApp para info rápida: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/GrWPdecuEG1LmomqzwJZCF](https://chat.whatsapp.com/GrWPdecuEG1LmomqzwJZCF) **Cómo participar:** * Verifica la dirección exacta con la app gratuita y el pase gratuito: [www.socializus.org](http://www.socializus.org) * O apoya a la asociación con una tarjeta de miembro anual aquí: [https://www.placeminute.com/event/afterwork/apero-linguistique-dans-un-bar-secret,36046.html](https://www.placeminute.com/event/afterwork/apero-linguistique-dans-un-bar-secret,36046.html) **Mantente conectada:** Meetup – [https://www.meetup.com/fiesta-latina-paris](https://www.meetup.com/fiesta-latina-paris/) WhatsApp (info & recordatorios): [https://chat.whatsapp.com/GrWPdecuEG1LmomqzwJZCF](https://chat.whatsapp.com/GrWPdecuEG1LmomqzwJZCF) (Activa “Recibir todo” para no perderte nada) Grupo de Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/paris.fiesta.latina/ Página de Facebook – Fotos, recuerdos y novedades: https://www.facebook.com/paris.fiesta.latina/ Socializus: [www.socializus.org](http://www.socializus.org) Hazte Organizadora: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/KtR79S8Obfs3WTPTIBsoCm](https://chat.whatsapp.com/KtR79S8Obfs3WTPTIBsoCm) Únete al equipo de voluntarias y recibe una bebida gratis Es 100% gratuito porque somos una asociación sin ánimo de lucro. ✦✦ Puede haber cambios de última hora, pero todo se actualiza en la app con el pase gratuito. Para gestionar mejor el número de participantes, contamos con las inscripciones a través del pase gratuito. ¡Apúntate solo si estás segura de venir, contamos contigo! Ven a disfrutar de una velada solo para chicas y luego de una fiesta internacional abierta a todos, en un ambiente cálido y multicultural. / Al participar en nuestra actividad, aceptas ser fotografiada y/o filmada. Las fotos y vídeos se compartirán en nuestras redes sociales y podrán usarse con fines comerciales. También puedes publicar tus propias fotos con el hashtag #socializus

Apologies for the late posting, this one snuck up on me again. The annual Cyclo Chevreuse, presented by Paris Bike Co and Expatriés Triathlon, will be held Sunday starting at 9 a.m at Paris Bike Co. The ride includes two different routes – 115 km and 60 km – that look the same for the first 30 km. The organizers will send you routes after you register. **[Register here](https://www.helloasso.com/associations/expatries-triathlon/evenements/cyclo-chevreuse-april-2026-paris-bike-co-and-expatries-triathlon)** This is NOT an official PCB ride, so it is vital to save the map to your computer before embarking Sunday morning. For a $6 donation you get to meet new friends, ride an adventurous route and finish with a beer and sausage. I recommend this ride enthusiastically and I am planning to be there myself. If it's warm enough, I'll wear my orange and white PCB team jersey. Safe riding! Jeff

## Details Hello writers, we are happy to meet you in our new permanent home: Bohème Coworking, located at 21 rue Sedaine in the 11th arrondissement. When you arrive, just tell the friendly folks at La Boheme reception that you are with the writing group. They will give you a little wooden knick-knack with the wifi codes and a number that they use to determine the cost based on time spent (it's 3,80 € per hour, paid at the end). ***Now, about Ready-Set-Write! ..*.** Ready Set Write! is a regular meeting of motivated writers who grab a beverage, then shut up and write. ***What it is:*** An opportunity for writers to get together and do short, intense bursts of writing. We write for 45-ish minutes, take a 15 minute break, rinse & repeat. ***What it is NOT:*** neither a forum for critiquing each other's work, nor shameless self-promoting your projects or groups. You pay for the time you spend, and have access to coffee, tea, and wifi. **AND FINALLY ...** * Register in advance, and only if you will join us in-person. * Update your RSVP if you cannot make it. * Please be respectful and considerate with our writing colleagues. ***Stay tuned for location updates!***

Rejoignez-moi à cette 2 ème édition de Raï Forever en hommage au Raï n B 😍🎶 Rdv avant à 20h30 faire connaissance manger ensemble au resto Turc en Face : Saray (33 Av. Corentin Cariou, 75019) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 🔗 LIEN DE RÉSERVATION : https://shotgun.live/events/rai-forever " 🎊 RAÏ Forever 💚🌙 11 Avril 2026 🔥 La Fièvre du Samedi Soir ✨ 🚨 SOLD OUT à notre dernière édition, RAÏ FOREVER revient à votre demande suite à son succès 🔥 organisé par Meet in Paris Events au Movida Club Paris 19 ème ✨️ @movidaclubparis @meetinparisevents 💿 Revivez les années 2000 : ➡️ R'n'B, Raï, Funk, Oriental, Zouk & Afro… De Leslie à Amine, de Magic System à Cheb Khaled, retrouve tous les sons qui ont marqué ta jeunesse. 💃🏻 Danceuse Oriental Narjisse🌙 @narjissedance 🎧 DJ Enis aux platines – Spécialiste des années 2000's 💿 Ambiance 100% fiesta & nostalgie garantie ! @dj.enis 🔗 LIEN DE RÉSERVATION : en Bio ⤴️ https://shotgun.live/events/rai-forever 📍 MOVIDA CLUB PARIS, 32 Av. Corentin Cariou, 75019 🗓️ Samedi 11 Avril | 23h – 5h 🎟️ Préventes dès 13€ – Places limitées⚡ 👉 Clique, réserve, et rejoins la fièvre du Samedi soir 🔥 #RaïParis #rnbmusic "

Ce soir, dans le cadre du cycle général, nous avons voté : **1 - "Un amour insensé" de Junichiro Tanizaki** "...L'occidentalisation, cette plaie du Japon moderne, thème majeur de l'œuvre de Tanizaki, fait de Naomi un être irréductiblement cynique, vulgaire, inconstant, dont les roueries et l'érotisme, cependant, fascinent Jôji Kawai. Amoureux, il l'épouse. Un amour insensé est la chronique douloureuse et ironique de leur vie conjugale." Babelio **2 - "Pastorale américaine" de Philip Roth** "...La vie de Seymour Levov ressemble à un cliché noir et blanc des années cinquante, un portrait de famille figé dans le bonheur. Petit-fils d'immigré juif parfaitement assimilé à l'American Way of Life, une réussite sociale exemplaire, une épouse ex-Miss New Jersey composent le tableau idyllique d'une histoire lacérée au couteau....." Babelio ***On peut lire l'un ou les deux livres programmés.*** **Pour les présentations d'auteurs :** -Jean va nous faire une présentation de Junichuro Tanizaki pour donner du contexte à nos discussions ; \- Yousra fait une présentation de Philip Roth pendant une dizaine de minutes\. **Pour les focus sur l'oeuvre :** -Je fais les deux focus sur l'oeuvre soit "Un amour insensé" et "Pastorale américaine". Et n'oubliez pas ! Partagez, si sous le souhaitez, quelques mots, passages et/ou citations qui vous ont marqués, touchés, et qui vous semblent importants à partager avec le groupe et les participants. Enfin, inscrivez-vous, je vous prie, uniquement si vous êtes sûrs d'être de la partie. Bien à vous tous, bonnes lectures, et à bientôt ! Jélila PS : la participation pour des raisons de frais liés à Meetup (240 euros par an) est de 2 euros par personne et par an. Mais elle reste facultative !

Dear members, I hope that you will join us in closing the year with two comedies very much in keeping with the sonnets’ renunciation of ideal love! Indeed, idealized love and the practicalities of romance are heavily contrasted in Shakespeare’s *The Merry Wives of Windsor* (April) and The Two Gentlemen of Verona (May). In very different ways, both **plays challenge romantic posturing and expose the distance between lofty declarations of love and the actual conduct of men.** In *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, Shakespeare forces romance into the comedic rooms of everyday life, where the intelligence, wit, and the common sense of **women cut through male fantasy and self-importance**. Maryama Antoine **About the Play:** *The Merry Wives of Windsor* or **Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor i**s a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a reference to the town of Windsor, also the **location of Windsor Castle in Berkshire,** England. Though nominally set in the reign of Henry IV or early in the reign of Henry V, the play makes no pretence to exist outside contemporary Elizabethan-era English middle-class life. It features the character Sir John Falstaff, the fat knight who had previously been featured in Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2. It has been **adapted for the opera at least ten times.** The play is one of Shakespeare's lesser-regarded works among literary critics. **Tradition has it that *The Merry Wives of Windsor* was written at the request of Queen Elizabeth I, who watching Henry IV, Part 1, is said to have asked Shakespeare to write a play depicting Falstaff in love.** **The Plot:** Falstaff arrives in Windsor very short of money. He decides that, to obtain financial advantage, he will court two wealthy married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Falstaff decides to send the women identical love letters and asks his servants – Pistol and Nym – to deliver them to the wives. When they refuse, Falstaff sacks them, and, in revenge, the men tell the husbands Ford and Page of Falstaff's intentions. Page is not concerned, but the jealous Ford persuades the Host of the Garter Inn to introduce him to Falstaff as a 'Master Brook' so that he can find out Falstaff's plans. Meanwhile, three different men are trying to win the hand of Page's daughter, Anne Page. Mistress Page would like her daughter to marry Doctor Caius, a French physician, whereas the girl's father would like her to marry Master Slender. Anne herself is in love with Master Fenton, but Page had previously rejected Fenton as a suitor due to his having squandered his considerable fortune on high-class living. Hugh Evans, a Welsh parson, tries to enlist the help of Mistress Quickly (servant to Doctor Caius) in wooing Anne for Slender, but the doctor discovers this and challenges Evans to a duel. The Host of the Garter Inn prevents this duel by telling each man a different meeting place, causing much amusement for himself, Justice Shallow, Page and others. Evans and Caius decide to work together to be revenged on the Host... **Sources:** Some elements of *The Merry Wives of Windsor* may have been **adapted from Il Pecorone, a collection of stories by Ser Giovanni Fiorentino**; one of these stories was included in **William Painter's** **The Palace of Pleasure.**

Let's bedazzle some books while we discuss our April pick: Bloodguard by Cecy Robson! Book description: One hundred years. Tens of thousands of gladiators. And today, only one will rise… Everything in the Kingdom of Arrow is a lie. Leith of Grey thought coming to this new land and volunteering to fight in the gladiator arena—vicious, bloodthirsty tournaments where only the strongest survive—would earn him enough gold to save his dying sister. He thought there was nothing left to lose. He was wrong—and they took everything. His hope. His freedom. His very humanity. All Leith has left is his battle-scarred body, fueled by rage and hardened from years of fighting for the right to live another day. Then Leith meets Maeve, an elven royal who is everything he despises. Everything he should hate. Until the alluring princess offers him the one thing he needs most: a chance to win the coveted title of Bloodguard—and his freedom. But in a kingdom built on secrets and lies, hope doesn’t come cheap. Nor will his ultimate revenge… Event: Please bring your own book, journal, bookmarks, etc to bedazzle. If you have bedazzling supplies, please bring them as well. I will supply gems, glue, and picker tools, but if you have certain colors in mind, you may want to bring your own.

Join Neurospicy Columbus at the Stauff's for coffee and then a stroll through the Book Loft nearby! This will be a friendly chat for like minded individuals with Autism and/or ADHD (or somewhere on the Neurodiverse Spectra).

**Our April novel is: *The Hong Kong Widow* by Kristen Loesch** **This month’s novel blends gothic atmosphere with historical fiction and chilling horror, set against the haunting backdrop of China. The book is 368 pages in print and 10 hours and 42 minutes on audiobook.** In 1950s Hong Kong, Mei is a young refugee of the Chinese Communist revolution struggling to put her past in Shanghai behind her. When she receives a shocking invitation—to take part in a competition in one of the city's most notorious haunted houses, pitting six spirit mediums against one another in a series of six séances over six nights, until a single winner emerges—she has every reason to refuse. Except that the hostess, a former Shanghainese silent film star, is none other than the wife of the man who once destroyed Mei’s entire life. It is promised the winner will receive a fortune, but there is only one prize Mei wants: revenge. Decades later, the final night of that competition has become an infamous urban legend: The police were called to the scene of a brutal massacre but found no evidence, dismissing it as a collective hallucination. Mei knows what she saw, but now someone else is convinced they know what she did. She must uncover the truth about the last night she ever spent in that house—even if the ghosts of her past are waiting for her there. . . .

Semi in honor of March being International Women's Month Columbus libraries: [https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3454709](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3454709) Location: SOW Plated Menu: [https://www.sowplated.com/menu-brunch/](https://www.sowplated.com/menu-brunch/) Book summary: In 2006 Julia Lerner is living in Moscow, a recent university graduate in computer science, when she's recruited by Russia's largest intelligence agency. By 2018 she's in Silicon Valley as COO of Tangerine, one of America's most famous technology companies. In between her executive management (make offers to promising startups, crush them and copy their features if they refuse); self promotion (check out her latest op-ed in the WSJ, on Work/Life Balance 2.0); and work in gender equality (transfer the most annoying females from her team), she funnels intelligence back to the motherland. But now Russia's asking for more, and Julia's getting nervous. Alice Lu is a first generation Chinese American whose parents are delighted she's working at Tangerine (such a successful company!). Too bad she's slogging away in the lower echelons, recently dumped, and now sharing her expensive two-bedroom apartment with her cousin Cheri, a perennial "founder's girlfriend". One afternoon, while performing a server check, Alice discovers some unusual activity, and now she's burdened with two powerful but distressing suspicions: Tangerine's privacy settings aren't as rigorous as the company claims they are, and the person abusing this loophole might be Julia Lerner herself. The closer Alice gets to Julia, the more Julia questions her own loyalties. Russia may have placed her in the Valley, but she's the one who built her career; isn't she entitled to protect the lifestyle she's earned?

Join us as we get together for a Discount Tuesday / Choose Your Movie event to see your choice of two great new films! Option 1 (and the one I'll be seeing) is the top-reviewed comedy-drama, THE CHRISTOPHERS! The film is set in the art world and follows the estranged children of a former artist who hire a forger. It is directed by Steven Soderberg, stars Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel and has been earning rave reviews on the indie circuit. Option 2 is the latest action-thriller starring Bob Odenkirk, NORMAL! The film follows a temporary small-town sheriff who uncovers dark mysteries after a local bank robbery. Here are descriptions, trailers and our plan for this event: THE CHRISTOPHERS: The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have a better inheritance when he dies. It is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel, Jessica Gunning and James Corden. BUZZ & ACCLAIM: The film is earning an excellent 97% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes where critics call it a “dynamic, emotional and surprising journey” and a “compelling chamber piece that works like intellectual comfort food.” Others call the film, an “incredibly funny, comedy drama with plot reversals that make it feel like it’s on the verge of a thriller!” TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H79-EqzmdwY&t=20s NORMAL: This action-crime-thriller follows a man who comes to the sleepy town of Normal, Minnesota to serve as the temporary sheriff. But a bank robbery leads him to a criminal underground reaches throughout the entire town. The film is directed by Ben Wheatley and stars Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler and Lena Headey. The film comes from the same team that brought us Nobody and the John Wick series, so expect an over-the-top, action-filled thrill ride! TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmm-lM33Qw0&t=19s PLAN: We’ll plan for a 7pm-ish showing of both films and will meet in the lobby area about 30 minutes before showtime. Once showtimes are announced, advance ticket purchase is advised (GFC website preferred)! Please list your movie of choice and seat number in the Comments section of this event. Showtimes and complete details will be confirmed/announced as the date gets closer. PARKING: Close, convenient parking is available in the nearby garage (located between 9th and 11th, just off High St). Bring your ticket with you and have it validated at the theater and for $2, you’re covered for the night! Look forward to seeing you there, Dan

**We are expanding our creative programming opportunities with Queer Quills, a quiet writing and sharing space. Queer Quills features some prompts, supplies and friendly faces to help get some inspiration or feedback for your writing. Hope to see you there!**