Celebrate Bastille Day with us!

“Le bel art de la gastronomie est un art chaleureux.
Il dépasse la barrière du langage, fait des amis parmi les gens civilisés et réchauffe le coeur.”

Samuel Chamberlain
 

Gather for a festive guinguette dinner in the picturesque Wissahickon Valley. Our Benefit Dinner at the Valley Green Inn will be an occasion to enjoy a great meal and to meet members, students and friends of the Alliance Française!

Live entertainment by Jen Fellman, singer, with accordionist Will Holshouser!

JEN FELLMAN is a singer, actor and cabaret performer living and working primarily in Philadelphia. She released her Debut Solo Album FORBIDDEN DRIVE (through Broadway Records Label & Grammy nominated, 12-time Emmy winner, Producer Michael Croiter) with sold out release concerts at Feinstein's/54 Below. Jen has performed regularly at various NYC venues including Theatre Row, Don’t Tell Mama, the French Consulate of New York, and Chez Josephine. She has lived and performed extensively in Paris, France. Venues include the American Embassy in Paris, the Petit Journal Montparnasse, and the Comédie-Française Theatre. Jen has written two original one-woman shows, FRENCHY (Winner Best One-Woman Musical - United Solo Theatre Festival NYC), and A SINGER’S CIRCUS (Recipient of the Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Grant Award, 1812 Productions). She plans to bring her newest solo show TOMBOY to Philadelphia this fall. Lead musical roles include Clara (The Light in the Piazza) and Luisa (The Fantasticks). 

WILL HOLSHOUSER is an accordionist and composer active in New York since the 1990s. His music draws on a wide variety of inspirations from traditional accordion folk styles to jazz, hymns, classical and experimental music, celebrating the accordion’s expressiveness and sense of fun. Will’s most recent album The Lone Wild Bird presents his music for solo accordion. He has made three albums with his own trio as well as collaborative recordings with Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans and with Musette Explosion, focusing on French musette music. Will has toured and recorded with Regina Carter, David Krakauer, Michael Winograd, and Antony and the Johnsons, and has also played with The Klezmatics, Suzanne Vega, Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, Saturday Night Live, and others.

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Fee : AF members: $130 / Non-members $150 / Price includes food, drinks, taxes, gratuity and entertainment.

Directions:

Valley Green Inn
Address: Valley Green Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19118

The Valley Green Inn has an adjacent public parking lot.

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