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Metz, France
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Région:
Lorraine |
Quick Facts Metz is a city in the North-East of France, capital of the Lorraine région and of the département of Moselle. It is located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille. Although historically Nancy was the capital of the duchy of Lorraine and later the French province of Lorraine, it was Metz which was chosen as the capital of the newly created région of Lorraine in the middle of the 20th century. In ancient times Metz, then known as Divodurum (the town at the holy mountain), was the capital of the Celtic Mediomatrici, and the name of this tribe, contracted into Mettis, formed the origin of the present name. The administrative capital of Lorraine, the seat of the regional institutions, and a traditional centre of exchanges conducive to trade, Metz with the 200,000 people who live in the city and its suburbs, is today seeing a logical development in the service area. |
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Ann Sunderland/Sherrill Mulhern - Chair/Co-Chair
Celebrate Bastille Day-
Fête de la Bastille
DATE: Sunday, July 12, 2009
TIME: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Café des Amis
112 Main, Parkville, Mo.Cost: $10/$15
Food, and a cash bar will be available.
Please RSVP by Thursday July 9 by sending an e-mail to rsvp@afkc.org or by calling 816.221.2049 (press "3").
Attendees will once again be entertained by the wonderful jazz trio of Ted Horowitz, Bob Scaglotti and Mark Cohick and be treated to hors-d'oeuvres extraordinaires (see below) prepared by Café des Amis!
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Anyone who speaks and understands French is invited.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Metz Committee Event Thursday, April 2
The next Metz committee event will be
Thursday, April 2, 2009 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. We will
start off at the museum café at 6:30 p.m. for appetizers and drinks. At
7:30 p.m. we will meet at the Visitor Services Desk (in the Bloch
Lobby) where Bambi Shen will lead us in a tour of Chinese art. The tour
will be
in
French --NO English translation. Come and enjoy a
cross-cultural experience. Bambi, who lived in Taiwan for nine years, was
trained by the Palace Museum as a docent and conducted tours in English and
French.
Sunday, July 16, from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. at Café des Amis, 112 Main, in Parkville, MO
Click Here for Photos of the Event!