Are you a WICE member staying in Paris for the summer? Do you want to keep on practicing your French/English? Join us in the month of July for a casual, in-person conversation group.

The group will meet at the Jardin Luxembourg - Vavin Entrance on Rue D'Assas (the carrefour of Rues Guynemer, Vavin, and D'Assas). There are plenty of chairs around the entrance and the nearby Pavilion Davioud (pictured below).

In case of rain or general preference, we will gather at Cafe Le Guynemer, just across the street from the Vavin Entrance.

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Êtes-vous membre de WICE et restez-vous à Paris cet été ? Souhaitez-vous continuer à pratiquer votre français ou votre anglais ? Rejoignez-nous au mois de juillet pour un groupe de conversation convivial en présentiel.

Le groupe se réunira au Jardin du Luxembourg – entrée Vavin sur la rue d’Assas (au carrefour des rues Guynemer, Vavin et d’Assas). Il y a de nombreuses chaises autour de l’entrée et près du Pavillon Davioud. En cas de pluie ou selon les préférences, nous nous retrouverons au Café Le Guynemer, juste en face de l’entrée Vavin.

Tuesday Online French - English Conversation Group

There is no better way to practice your foreign language than by conversing with native speakers, and WICE can help you do just that.

We meet online (Zoom) every Tuesday. Participants are divided into small groups of 5-6 members. We converse 45 minutes in French and 45 minutes in English. Conversations are free-form and address topics of interest to the individual group members.

The group is open to WICE members at all language levels. However, to get the most out of the conversations, an intermediate level in both languages is helpful. 

Participation is free for WICE members.

To participate, contact Mike Franks at: mike.franks@wice-paris.org

Come enjoy a lively lunch with fellow WICE members. Catch up with old friends and meet new ones over a fun and leisurely meal in a charming café in the Latin Quarter.

You pay for what you eat and drink, no extra fees, but registration is required.

Served by metro line 10 (Sorbonne-Cluny), metro line 4 (Saint Michel), and busses 21, 27, 38, 63, 86, 87, and 96.

Friday In-Person French - English Conversation Group

Looking for a relaxed and welcoming place to practice and improve your French or English? WICE conversation groups allow you to practice your language skills in an easy, convivial atmosphere with native speakers.

The Friday group meets upstairs at the Le Nelsons, near Les Halles, from 15:00 - 16:30. Participants are divided into small groups of 5 - 6 people, and the conversations are 45 minutes in French and 45 minutes in English. The subjects are of  the group’s choosing. Though an intermediate level of English and French is expected, there is a wide range of abilities.

There is no need to register, just show up and look for the WICE tables upstairs.

Le Nelsons, 16 Rue Coquillière, 75001. Metro lines 1/4/7/11/14, RER A, B, D, and buses 74, 85

Participation is free with WICE membership.

Friday Online French - English Conversation Group

There is no better way to practice your foreign language than by conversing with native speakers, and WICE can help you do just that.

We meet online (Zoom) every Friday evening (Paris time). Participants are divided into small groups of 5-6 members. We converse 45 minutes in French and 45 minutes in English. Conversations are free-form and address topics of interest to the individual group members.

The group is open to WICE members at all language levels. However, to get the most out of the conversations, an intermediate level in both languages is helpful. 

Participation is free for WICE members.

To participate, contact Mike Franks at: mike.franks@wice-paris.org

Online voting opens for our combination Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) and our annual Ordinary General Assembly (OGA).

Online voting will remain open for 72 hours. During that period, we will have a 2-hour Zoom session on Monday, 07 July where you can ask questions of the current board.

You will have the opportunity to vote on:

• Our revised By-Laws (statuts)
• Our new Board of Directors
• The President's annual report
• The annual finance report

Imperfect Yoga founder Beth Jervis is partnering with WICE to offer a donation-based yoga class in English. The class will be a mix of dynamic (Vinyasa) and passive (Yin) practices, with a bit of breathwork thrown in. It will last around 90 minutes. There will be options to take it up or down a notch and all levels are welcome to join. Afterwards there will be a picnic brunch together, so don't forget to bring your picnic! If for any reason you do forget (or don't find the time to pull that together), there are kiosques in the garden where you can get snack food, so no pressure.

At brunch time, tour guide Hugo from 'Dans Les Pas' tours will meet you. After brunch, Hugo will take those who wish on a guided historical tour regarding the life of Victor Hugo. The tour lasts around 2 to 2.5 hours and will begin at the Jardins Luxembourg and wind its way through the Left Bank, before crossing the Seine to end at the Hotel de Ville. The organisers estimate that the tour should finish between 3:30 and 4:30pm (depending on departure time). There is a suggested 20€ donation for the tour, but it is not mandatory.

You should bring a yoga mat, water, and your picnic lunch. Wear loose/exercise-friendly clothing.

If there are no spaces available, please put yourself on the waitlist, and we will follow up with Imperfect Yoga to reserve more spaces.

Beth Jervis has taught yoga since 2023 after completing her 200 hour Ashtanga/Vinyasa yoga teacher training, which she followed up with a 100 hour training in Yin yoga. She prefers to keep groups small and classes on the longer side to allow for a proper warm up, a bit of breathing, and proper relaxation.

A two-hour Zoom session where WICE members can ask questions of the Board of Directors regarding the issues being voted on for the combination Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) and our annual Ordinary General Assembly (OGA).

Online voting will remain open for 24 hours after this Zoom session for members to cast their votes on the following:

• Our revised By-Laws (statuts)
• Our new Board of Directors
• The President's annual report
• The annual finance report

The Zoom link will be sent to all members.

Please Vote!

Join fellow WICE members for coffee on Tuesday mornings. And, if the weather permits, perhaps a walk through the Luxembourg Gardens afterwards.

Members meet at Brasserie le Bullier, named after the famous ball located opposite the "Port Royal" station, to which the whole of Paris once flocked.

Offering a beautiful interior and exterior space, where everyone's privacy is preserved, Le Bullier gives each guest the feeling of the warmth of a Parisian salon and the decor of the Brasseries of yesteryear.

WICE member Brise Rickey, who has lived in the neighborhood a few years, hosts the Tuesday morning coffees twice a month. It's a great opportunity to hang out with fellow WICE members, make new friends, and enjoy those special experiences unique to Paris.

Open to all WICE members, but registration is required. This is a public restaurant, and anyone can go, but WICE reserves 14 seats together, and if you don't register you may not be able to sit with us.

Registration opens on 25 June 2025.

Brasserie le Bullier is located at 22 Av. de l'Observatoire, 75014. It can be reached by RER B (Port Royal), metro lines 4 and 6 (Raspail), and busses 38, 82, 91.

Join us for an introduction to the life and work of Jean Dubuffet! This self-taught artist never mastered the art of drawing, yet was considered one of the greatest artists to emerge in France after World War II.  In recent years, his large scale sculptural pieces can be found in cities all over the world.  They are easily recognizable in their huge red white and blue colors or black and white form.  His chief d'oeuvre may be the 43 foot high "Group of Four Trees" commissioned by David Rockefeller and located in Manhattan.  Photos and maquettes of his work are displayed inside the Museum, and, if we're lucky, an English-speaking docent can give us a brief tour.

Your host for the event, WICE volunteer Suzanne Gurney, will meet you at Cafe Le Standard, 1 boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris, 75006, just around the corner from the Fondation Dubuffet to orient you to artist's works, then you will proceed as a group to the museum (linked here: https://www.fondationdubuffet.com/). 

The entrance fee to the museum is 8€, payable by participants on site.

WICE men . . . join us for a pay-for-your-own men's lunch!

This is nothing mysterious, it's just a chance for guys to hang out with other guys for a few hours and discover common interests and such over good food and beverages.

The Paname Brewing Company is a craft beer tap house overlooking the beautiful Canal de l'Ourcq, with a variety of beverages as well as interesting food choices befitting this unique establishment.

Location: 41 bis Quai de la Loire, 75019. Accessible by metro 7 (Riquet) and metros 2 and 5 (Jaures).

Registration opens on Friday, 13 June 2025.

Join fellow WICE members for morning coffee at Le Sarah Bernhardt, hosted by WICE members Gul'sum Abdukadyrova, Georgia Gruen, and Rick Jones.

Open to all WICE members, but registration is required. This is a public restaurant, and anyone can go, but WICE reserves 10 seats together, and if you don't register you may not be able to sit with us.

Registration opens on Saturday, 28 June.

Also, it is expected that all attendees will purchase at least one beverage or other item appropriate for sitting around a café.

Le Sarah Bernhardt is located at 2 Place du Châtelet. It can be reached by metro lines 1, 4, 7, 11, and 14 (Châtelet, Secteur Seine, Sortie 17),  and buses 38, 67, 69, and 72.

Summer is here, which means a more casual social schedule. To profite bien de l'été, WICE will host several "bring your own picnics" at the delightful Jardin d'Acclimatation. 

WICE will locate seating inside of the park and provide plates/flatware/cups/trash bags. You should plan on bringing your own food or drink, or, even better, something to share!

The Jardin d'Acclimatation is located near the Fondation Louis Vuitton, on the northern edge of Bois de Boulogne. It is serviced by metro line #1 (Les Sablons or Porte-Maillot stops), and the #73 bus (the La Garenne-Colombes-Charlebourg stop).

Note: Although there is no WICE fee, the Jardin charges a €7 entry fee (€5 for seniors).

Get out of central Paris and explore the newest of the Grandes Routes, the network of hiking trails that criss-cross Western Europe. GR 75, the newest of the Routes, is a 51 km route developed in preparation for the 2024 Olympics. Tracing the perimeter of Paris as it winds through parks and neighborhoods of the outer arrondissements, GR 75 highlights the parts of Paris most tourists and even some Parisians never visit. This is an urban walk/hike, so this is not strictly speaking a historical walk, but a time to enjoy the environment of this lovely city.

Join Yana Valentinova (WICE Photography) and Peter Dull (WICE Hiking) as we explore the section of the GR 75 running from Port de Bercy to Porte de Vanves. Along the way, we will explore thearchitectually interesting 13th Arrondissement, from the Bibliothèque François Mitterand, to Olympiades, and on to the Cité Universitaire and a funky section of the Petite Ceinture. This fun walk will include tips from Yana about composing photos with your phone as we explore this visually fascinating area outside of Central Paris.

Good to know: this walk will probably take about 3-4 hours with a break for lunch and covers approximately 9 miles of length. You will need comfortable shoes and water. There are some steep sets of stairs, but this is not generally a challenging walk.

Join fellow WICE members for coffee on Tuesday mornings. And, if the weather permits, perhaps a walk through the Luxembourg Gardens afterwards.

Members meet at Brasserie le Bullier, named after the famous ball located opposite the "Port Royal" station, to which the whole of Paris once flocked.

Offering a beautiful interior and exterior space, where everyone's privacy is preserved, Le Bullier gives each guest the feeling of the warmth of a Parisian salon and the decor of the Brasseries of yesteryear.

WICE member Brise Rickey, who has lived in the neighborhood a few years, hosts the Tuesday morning coffees twice a month. It's a great opportunity to hang out with fellow WICE members, make new friends, and enjoy those special experiences unique to Paris.

Open to all WICE members, but registration is required. This is a public restaurant, and anyone can go, but WICE reserves 14 seats together, and if you don't register you may not be able to sit with us.

Registration opens on 9 July 2025.

Brasserie le Bullier is located at 22 Av. de l'Observatoire, 75014. It can be reached by RER B (Port Royal), metro lines 4 and 6 (Raspail), and busses 38, 82, 91.

In the same way that—to some people—lobster is just an excuse to eat melted butter, WICE's afternoon pétanque games can be thought of as an excuse to hang out in a charming locale and have fun with other WICE members.

We play at Place Dauphine (at the western end of Île de la Cité) on the 2nd or 3rd Wednesday of the month from 2:30 pm until the last person decides to leave. A game usually takes about an hour, and generally everyone wanders over to one of the nearby cafés afterwards for beverages and a chat.

Link to Google Map Location

WICE provides four pétanque sets, and—if you're new—instructions on how to play.

The session is free for WICE members, but registration is required, and the registration limit is eight people. If the session is full, please join the waiting list so that we can better plan future sessions.

Look for Jo Jones (left), one of WICE's most seasoned pétanque players, who will be organizing the game:

Join fellow WICE members for morning coffee at Le Sarah Bernhardt, hosted by WICE members Gul'sum Abdukadyrova, Georgia Gruen, and Rick Jones.

Open to all WICE members, but registration is required. This is a public restaurant, and anyone can go, but WICE reserves 10 seats together, and if you don't register you may not be able to sit with us.

Registration opens on Saturday, 28 June.

Also, it is expected that all attendees will purchase at least one beverage or other item appropriate for sitting around a café.

Le Sarah Bernhardt is located at 2 Place du Châtelet. It can be reached by metro lines 1, 4, 7, 11, and 14 (Châtelet, Secteur Seine, Sortie 17),  and buses 38, 67, 69, and 72.

Join fellow WICE members for morning coffee at Le Sarah Bernhardt, hosted by WICE members Gul'sum Abdukadyrova and Georgia Gruen.

Open to all WICE members, but registration is required. This is a public restaurant, and anyone can go, but WICE reserves 10 seats together, and if you don't register you may not be able to sit with us.

Registration opens on Saturday, 12 July.

Also, it is expected that all attendees will purchase at least one beverage or other item appropriate for sitting around a café.

Le Sarah Bernhardt is located at 2 Place du Châtelet. It can be reached by metro lines 1, 4, 7, 11, and 14 (Châtelet, Secteur Seine, Sortie 17),  and buses 38, 67, 69, and 72.

Join fellow WICE members for coffee on Tuesday mornings. And, if the weather permits, perhaps a walk through the Luxembourg Gardens afterwards.

Members meet at Brasserie le Bullier, named after the famous ball located opposite the "Port Royal" station, to which the whole of Paris once flocked.

Offering a beautiful interior and exterior space, where everyone's privacy is preserved, Le Bullier gives each guest the feeling of the warmth of a Parisian salon and the decor of the Brasseries of yesteryear.

WICE member Brise Rickey, who has lived in the neighborhood a few years, hosts the Tuesday morning coffees twice a month. It's a great opportunity to hang out with fellow WICE members, make new friends, and enjoy those special experiences unique to Paris.

Open to all WICE members, but registration is required. This is a public restaurant, and anyone can go, but WICE reserves 14 seats together, and if you don't register you may not be able to sit with us.

Registration opens on 23 July 2025.

Brasserie le Bullier is located at 22 Av. de l'Observatoire, 75014. It can be reached by RER B (Port Royal), metro lines 4 and 6 (Raspail), and busses 38, 82, 91.

Join fellow WICE members for morning coffee at Le Sarah Bernhardt, hosted by WICE members Gul'sum Abdukadyrova and Georgia Gruen.

Open to all WICE members, but registration is required. This is a public restaurant, and anyone can go, but WICE reserves 10 seats together, and if you don't register you may not be able to sit with us.

Registration opens on Saturday,  9 August.

Also, it is expected that all attendees will purchase at least one beverage or other item appropriate for sitting around a café.

Le Sarah Bernhardt is located at 2 Place du Châtelet. It can be reached by metro lines 1, 4, 7, 11, and 14 (Châtelet, Secteur Seine, Sortie 17),  and buses 38, 67, 69, and 72.

Join fellow WICE members for coffee on Tuesday mornings. And, if the weather permits, perhaps a walk through the Luxembourg Gardens afterwards.

Members meet at Brasserie le Bullier, named after the famous ball located opposite the "Port Royal" station, to which the whole of Paris once flocked.

Offering a beautiful interior and exterior space, where everyone's privacy is preserved, Le Bullier gives each guest the feeling of the warmth of a Parisian salon and the decor of the Brasseries of yesteryear.

WICE member Brise Rickey, who has lived in the neighborhood a few years, hosts the Tuesday morning coffees twice a month. It's a great opportunity to hang out with fellow WICE members, make new friends, and enjoy those special experiences unique to Paris.

Open to all WICE members, but registration is required. This is a public restaurant, and anyone can go, but WICE reserves 14 seats together, and if you don't register you may not be able to sit with us.

Registration opens on 13 August 2025.

Brasserie le Bullier is located at 22 Av. de l'Observatoire, 75014. It can be reached by RER B (Port Royal), metro lines 4 and 6 (Raspail), and busses 38, 82, 91.

Summer is here, which means a more casual social schedule. To profite bien de l'été, WICE will host several "bring your own picnics" at the delightful Jardin d'Acclimatation. 

WICE will locate seating inside of the park and provide plates/flatware/cups/trash bags. You should plan on bringing your own food or drink, or, even better, something to share!

The Jardin d'Acclimatation is located near the Fondation Louis Vuitton, on the northern edge of Bois de Boulogne. It is serviced by metro line #1 (Les Sablons or Porte-Maillot stops), and the #73 bus (the La Garenne-Colombes-Charlebourg stop).

Note: Although there is no WICE fee, the Jardin charges a €7 entry fee (€5 for seniors).

Join fellow WICE members for coffee on Tuesday mornings. And, if the weather permits, perhaps a walk through the Luxembourg Gardens afterwards.

Members meet at Brasserie le Bullier, named after the famous ball located opposite the "Port Royal" station, to which the whole of Paris once flocked.

Offering a beautiful interior and exterior space, where everyone's privacy is preserved, Le Bullier gives each guest the feeling of the warmth of a Parisian salon and the decor of the Brasseries of yesteryear.

WICE member Brise Rickey, who has lived in the neighborhood a few years, hosts the Tuesday morning coffees twice a month. It's a great opportunity to hang out with fellow WICE members, make new friends, and enjoy those special experiences unique to Paris.

Open to all WICE members, but registration is required. This is a public restaurant, and anyone can go, but WICE reserves 14 seats together, and if you don't register you may not be able to sit with us.

Registration opens on 27 August 2025.

Brasserie le Bullier is located at 22 Av. de l'Observatoire, 75014. It can be reached by RER B (Port Royal), metro lines 4 and 6 (Raspail), and busses 38, 82, 91.

Ready to learn more about pairing wine and cheese in fun and funky setting? Discover five phenomenal French cheeses with "That Cheese Girl." Emily Monaco is a culinary journalist and international cheese judge who's written about cheese and other French food topics for Saveur, the BBC, the Infatuation, and more. This cheese tasting will take place in the underground stone cellar of a fromagerie and will include tastes of five different French cheeses with two wines to pair. Attendees will need to be able to navigate stairs.

About the Instructor:

Born and raised in New York City, Emily Monaco has been living in France since 2007. An Academy of Cheese Associate, international cheese judge, and die-hard cheese lover, she works as a journalist covering cheese (and other tasty specialties) for publications including Atlas Obscura and the BBC.

Join WICE in a fascinating tour de force of the places in Paris that are intimately associated with the American Revolution.

Through a combination of four PowerPoint presentations and three walks—based on the book "Paris:  Birthplace of the U.S.A."—attendees will gain an in-depth understanding of the critical role France played in the success of the American Revolution.

During this first session, our talk and presentation will explore and showcase:

• Hôtel des Ambassadeurs de Hollande, rue Vieille du Temple, once the headquarters of Beaumarchais and the fictitious trading company that channeled arms, ammunition, and uniforms to the American Insurgents.
  
• Hôtel de Coislin, on Place de la Concorde, where the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce were both signed on the same day (the latter being the treaty by which France recognized the independence of the USA).  
• Cimetière de Picpus, rue de Picpus, site of the graves of La Fayette and his wife, which allows a discussion of La Fayette’s military career in America and France.
  
• John Paul Jones’s residence, rue de Tournon, where Jones spent his last years after a brilliant naval career in the American Revolution and after.  
• The residence of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, on rue  du Cherche-Midi, which allows discussion of his actions during the American Revolution, including the Battle of Yorktown, and founding of the Society of Cincinnati. 
  

About the Series

This is a fundraising activity for WICE, and the series is open to all interested persons. The cost is €20 apiece for individual talks / walks, or €100 for the entire series of seven talks / walks.

Note: The dates, times, and location are provisional until the autumn trimester begins on 08 September 2025.

About the Organizer

Mary Jo Padgett is a journalist, teacher, former elected official, public relations consultant, and independent historian, with a special interest in the French connection to the American Revolution.

While living in Paris she was introduced to the book "Paris: Birthplace of the U.S.A." She has used this book as the foundation for walks and presentations, which she has conducted since 2013 for the American Library in Paris, the American Embassy, private groups, and WICE.

She lives in North Carolina, and does presentations at Lifelong Learning programs at community colleges, Furman University, Wofford College, and others. She is donating all proceeds from this series to WICE.

Join WICE in a fascinating tour de force of the places in Paris that are intimately associated with the American Revolution.

Through a combination of four PowerPoint presentations and three walks—based on the book "Paris:  Birthplace of the U.S.A."—WICE members will gain an in-depth understanding of the critical role France played in the success of the American Revolution.

This first walk begins in Autueil and ends approximately three hours later on the Champs Elysées. During the walk we will visit and discuss the hotel where John Adams and family lived 1784-85 and the historical marker for his eccentric neighbor Madame Helvetius, who was a great friend of Benjamin Franklin.

We’ll metro to Passy to see where Benjamin Franklin lived and had his office, print shop, and research station for studies with electricity. Then we'll visit Square Yorktown (near Place du Trocadéro) with its handsome statue of Benjamin Franklin to honor the Victory for the Americans in the Revolutionary War. An important monument here lists all the French soldiers and officers who died at Yorktown.

We’ll see the magnificent statue of George Washington at Place d’Iéna, learn why the statue of Rochambeau nearby is pointing west, explore the many mementos at Place des Etats-Unis, and see where Thomas Jefferson lived as America’s second Ambassador to the Court of Versailles.

At the end of the walk we can settle into a local café and discuss what we saw.

Note: Participants will gather at 13:30 at metro Michel Ange-Auteuil, street level, on rue d’Auteuil (sortie 2).  The organizer, Mary Jo Padgett, will have on a gray silky scarf.  After the first site visit, participants will take the metro to Passy, so please be prepared to provide your own metro ticket.  From Passy participants will walk to all other locations, ending the day’s tour at the Champs-Elyseés.  Altogether, we expect the walk to take about three hours, so please be prepared with comfortable walking shoes, water, umbrella, the usual things you need in Paris.

About the Series

This is a fundraising activity for WICE, and the series is open to all interested persons. The cost is €20 apiece for individual talks / walks, or €100 for the entire series of seven talks / walks.

Note: The dates, times, and location are provisional until the autumn trimester begins on 16 September 2024.

About the Organizer

Mary Jo Padgett is a journalist, teacher, former elected official, public relations consultant, and independent historian, with a special interest in the French connection to the American Revolution.

While living in Paris she was introduced to the book "Paris: Birthplace of the U.S.A." She has used this book as the foundation for walks and presentations, which she has conducted since 2013 for the American Library in Paris, the American Embassy, private groups, and WICE.

She lives in North Carolina, and does presentations at Lifelong Learning programs at community colleges, Furman University, Wofford College, and others. She is donating all proceeds from this series to WICE.

Join WICE in a fascinating tour de force of the places in Paris that are intimately associated with the American Revolution.

Through a combination of four PowerPoint presentations and three walks—based on the book "Paris:  Birthplace of the U.S.A."—WICE members will gain an in-depth understanding of the critical role France played in the success of the American Revolution.

This first walk begins in Autueil and ends approximately three hours later on the Champs Elysées. During the walk we will visit and discuss the hotel where John Adams and family lived 1784-85 and the historical marker for his eccentric neighbor Madame Helvetius, who was a great friend of Benjamin Franklin.

We’ll metro to Passy to see where Benjamin Franklin lived and had his office, print shop, and research station for studies with electricity. Then we'll visit Square Yorktown (near Place du Trocadéro) with its handsome statue of Benjamin Franklin to honor the Victory for the Americans in the Revolutionary War. An important monument here lists all the French soldiers and officers who died at Yorktown.

We’ll see the magnificent statue of George Washington at Place d’Iéna, learn why the statue of Rochambeau nearby is pointing west, explore the many mementos at Place des Etats-Unis, and see where Thomas Jefferson lived as America’s second Ambassador to the Court of Versailles.

At the end of the walk we can settle into a local café and discuss what we saw.

Note: Participants will gather at 13:30 at metro Michel Ange-Auteuil, street level, on rue d’Auteuil (sortie 2).  The organizer, Mary Jo Padgett, will have on a gray silky scarf.  After the first site visit, participants will take the metro to Passy, so please be prepared to provide your own metro ticket.  From Passy participants will walk to all other locations, ending the day’s tour at the Champs-Elyseés.  Altogether, we expect the walk to take about three hours, so please be prepared with comfortable walking shoes, water, umbrella, the usual things you need in Paris.

About the Series

This is a fundraising activity for WICE, and the series is open to all interested persons. The cost is €20 apiece for individual talks / walks, or €100 for the entire series of seven talks / walks.

Note: The dates, times, and location are provisional until the autumn trimester begins on 16 September 2024.

About the Organizer

Mary Jo Padgett is a journalist, teacher, former elected official, public relations consultant, and independent historian, with a special interest in the French connection to the American Revolution.

While living in Paris she was introduced to the book "Paris: Birthplace of the U.S.A." She has used this book as the foundation for walks and presentations, which she has conducted since 2013 for the American Library in Paris, the American Embassy, private groups, and WICE.

She lives in North Carolina, and does presentations at Lifelong Learning programs at community colleges, Furman University, Wofford College, and others. She is donating all proceeds from this series to WICE.