Open-air Cinema @ Parc de la Villete

Hello everyone!

By now, you've hopefully received the AU email or FB invite to our next event at Parc de la Villette. This month Accents United is heading out to the Open-Air Cinema at said Parc to watch "In This World" by Michael Winterbottom.

Here are a few details on the film:
Enayat and Jamal are Afghan refugees who live in a camp in Peshawar and try to escape to Great Britain by the help of people smugglers. The journey to freedom has no borders. Their dangerous journey leads them along the "silk road" through Pakistan, Iran and Turkey towards London.

And now for the important info:
Date: Thursday 13 August
Time: From 20.00 (The films generally start around 22h but we will meet up earlier for a picnic)
Place: at entrance to La Villette, Prairie du Triangle,
Metro: Porte de Pantin (ligne 5)

This year the cinema is free of charge ;-))

I wish I could join you all but I will be on vacation! Have a wonderful August and I will see you at our next event in September!!

Melanie

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Monday Musings...

What a beautiful day! Why didn't get all this sun love last Thursday? I guess it wasn't meant to be. We will be coming back to you in the next few days with a new date for the picnic. (And let's keep our fingers crossed that there will be sun on the new date!)

In the meantime, if any of you want to catch up over a nicely mixed cocktail, I will be at the Why Bar this Thursday, July 2 (cocktails hour begins at 7pm). My friend Forest, the hostess for this event, puts together a monthly cocktail meetup with one goal - to find the best cocktails in Paris (click here for more info on her 52martinis Cocktails Meetup). I can tell you this much for sure...you will now be asking yourself "Why?" when you taste their very yummy cocktails. I wish I could remember the name of my favorite cocktail but I can't...age is getting the best of me!

Hope to see you there!
Melanie

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We've Moved!

Welcome to Accent United's new virtual home. Sit back, relax, and explore the new digs.

Now as you know, moving can be...well, ummm...challenging to say the least. While not as physically straining, virtual moves are quite a challenge. I won't bore you with the details but know that there was a bit of work involved and there is even more work that needs to be done over the next couple of weeks.

The purpose of this blog is to share Accents United related information with you, our members (and those interested in becoming members). We will post information on Accents United events, charities we work with and Accents United administrative information. Links to our Facebook profiles and our Picasa photo albums can be found right below the header. We have also added a section for member events in case you have an event that you would like to share with the other Accents United members (right menu column). And of course, if you have any ideas for the blog, feel free to let us know. This is after all, a work in progress.

One last thing...as you can well imagine, we have a lot of photos (4 years x 12 events/yr = A LOT of photos!). This is the part of the move that will take the longest. Most of the photos will be housed on our Picasa site. Photos for our most recent events will be found on our Facebook group page. We'll let you know once all the photos are posted but in the meantime, keep checking back with to see how far we've come along!

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