Join Adrian at Après-Midi!
Photo by ©Meredith Mullins
Come and make new friends! Since 2003, Adrian Leeds personally hosts this popular meet-up, enhanced by a speaker from the community. Mix and mingle with other Francophiles and expats while you learn something new. It’s fun and it’s free—costs only what you drink or eat. Missed an event? View past Après-Midi recaps here.
Where
Upstairs at Le Café de la Mairie
51 rue de Bretagne, 75003 Paris (On the corner of rue des Archives and rue de Bretagne)
Métro Lines 9, 3 et 11, stations Temple, République or Arts et Métiers
When
Every second Tuesday of the month, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (closed August)
Special Note: Anyone attending Après-Midi must be willing to have their photograph taken and a brief description written about them for publishing in our newsletters. Your presence indicates your willingness to participate.
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Upcoming Speakers
Heather Hartley, Author
Heather Hartley is the author of Adult Swim and Knock Knock, both from Carnegie Mellon University Press and was the long-time editor at the lateTin House magazine. Her short fiction, poems, essays, and interviews have appeared in or on PBS Newshour, The Guardian, Slice, and other venues. She has presented writers at Shakespeare and Company Bookshop and has taught…
William Jordan – Retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer
William Jordan is a retired U.S. diplomat who has lived outside of the U.S. for 27 of the past 39 years. William was in the Foreign Service for 30 years (1981-2011) as a political officer specializing in the Arab world and France. His overseas assignments included Arab nations such as Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan…
David Downie, Author
David Downie is the award-winning author of three previous novels and over a dozen acclaimed nonfiction books translated into a variety of foreign languages, including French, Italian, Chinese and Korean. His articles and essays have appeared in anthologies, magazines and newspapers worldwide. Downie was born in San Francisco and graduated from UC Berkeley and Brown…
Craig Carlson, Author & Restaurateur
With a background in journalism, Craig received a B.A. from the University of Connecticut. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles where he studied at the University of Southern California, receiving an M.A. in film production. After winning the prestigious John Huston Directing Award, Craig wrote and directed a short film, Wheel of Torture, which…
Susan Herrmann Loomis, Author & Food Expert
Susan is an internationally-recognized expert on food and an award-winning journalist/author with a unique approach to her craft by combining training in journalism with a love for food and the people who produce it. It all started with cooking school in Paris, then a year co-researching and authoring The Food Lover’s Guide to Paris, by…
Sara Somers, Author & Blogger
Sara lives in Paris in a beautiful apartment that overlooks the river Seine and the Pont Neuf. She retired and moved to Paris eight years ago. She walks everywhere and sees a lot of everyday Parisian life, goes to movies, volunteers at the American Library in Paris and writes. Sara is the author of Saving…
Lisa Nesselson, Film Critic
Lisa Nesselson is an American film critic living in Paris since 1978. She has a weekly program reviewing current films on France 24. From 1986-2001 she wrote the irreverent monthly film pages of the Paris Free Voice. Her rambling 8000-word “Letter From Paris” appears erratically in Facets Features. A contributor to the BBC World Service…