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		<title>Alfa Newsletter 11.10</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[dear ALFANs
as you can imagine, we are still recovering from lit.ALGARVE &#8211; sorting reactions, pho tos and videos.
the first monday of the month unfortunately is not an automatic ALFA event anymore &#8211; due to too much quality and too little quantity interest from your side.
If anybody is around, i.e. contacts me and says: I would [...]]]></description>
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<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">as you can imagine, we are still recovering from lit.ALGARVE &#8211; sorting reactions, pho tos and videos.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">the first monday of the month unfortunately is not an automatic ALFA event anymore &#8211; due to too much quality and too little quantity interest from your side.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">If anybody is around, i.e. contacts me and says: I would love to give a talk on&#8230;. I gladly organize the event, but if not &#8211; we take a little regenerating rest, dwell on the lovely english and irish authors we had the opportunity to meet and enjoy during lit.ALGARVE and &#8211; look forward to coming events.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Next month, i.e. october sees a new ALFA exhibition on monday the 11th of October:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">the multi talented and art-ALFI-winning Gudrun Witt, long time resident in the Algarve shows an array of her art. Come and join the opening on monday the 11th at 6 pm.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Then it will be time for the first ALFA-movie of the autumn in Lagoa auditorio municipal:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">tuesday, the 26th of October at 7.30 pm we show Das weisse Band (the white ribbon) oscar nominated impressive film by austrian film maker Michael Haneke.German text with portuguese subtitles gives you the language lesson of the month.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">kind regards</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">keep reading</div>
<div>dear ALFANs</div>
<div></div>
<div>as you can imagine, we are still recovering from lit.ALGARVE &#8211; sorting reactions, pho tos and videos.</div>
<div>the first monday of the month unfortunately is not an automatic ALFA event anymore &#8211; due to too much quality and too little quantity interest from your side.</div>
<div>If anybody is around, i.e. contacts me and says: I would love to give a talk on&#8230;. I gladly organize the event, but if not &#8211; we take a little regenerating rest, dwell on the lovely english and irish authors we had the opportunity to meet and enjoy during lit.ALGARVE and &#8211; look forward to coming events.</div>
<div></div>
<div>Next month, i.e. october sees a new ALFA exhibition on monday the 11th of October:</div>
<div>the multi talented and art-ALFI-winning Gudrun Witt, long time resident in the Algarve shows an array of her art. Come and join the opening on monday the 11th at 6 pm.</div>
<div></div>
<div>Then it will be time for the first ALFA-movie of the autumn in Lagoa auditorio municipal:</div>
<div>tuesday, the 26th of October at 7.30 pm we show Das weisse Band (the white ribbon) oscar nominated impressive film by austrian film maker Michael Haneke.German text with portuguese subtitles gives you the language lesson of the month.</div>
<div></div>
<div>kind regards</div>
<div>keep reading</div>
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		<title>Marg Gee at Longevity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first of June, ALFA held an interesting meeting with author and film maker Marc Gee at the new Spa Resort Longevity. Marc presented his novell Autumn kill and talked about ups and downs in the cultural industry.

The combination of interesting speaker and new venue seemed to work well.
Next English Language event will be lit.ALGARVE [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first of June, ALFA held an interesting meeting with author and film maker Marc Gee at the new Spa Resort Longevity. Marc presented his novell Autumn kill and talked about ups and downs in the cultural industry.<br />
<a href="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ALFA-AUGUST_Page000.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-899" title="Marc Gee Longevity" src="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ALFA-AUGUST_Page000-300x231.jpg" alt="Marc Gee Longevity" width="300" height="231" /></a></p>
<p>The combination of interesting speaker and new venue seemed to work well.</p>
<p>Next English Language event will be lit.ALGARVE the first international literature festival taking place from 16th to the 19th of September with an array of interesting British and Irish authors.<br />
The programme is<a href="&lt;a href=&quot;http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Programm-lit-algarve-190810.pdf&quot;&gt;Program Lit.Algarve&lt;/a&gt;"> here</a></p>
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		<title>Marc Gee &#8211; Change of time and venue!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change of time and venue!
In August we will have a sunday instead of the monday session:
On monday, the 1st of August, 4-6 pm the UK author and film maker Marc Gee will be presenting his latest novel Autumn kill and answer your questions.
Where: In the beautiful wellness resort Longevity situated in the curve before arriving [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Change of time and venue!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">In August we will have a sunday instead of the monday session:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">On monday, the 1st of August, 4-6 pm the UK author and film maker Marc Gee will be presenting his latest novel Autumn kill and answer your questions.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Where: In the beautiful wellness resort Longevity situated in the curve before arriving at Caldas de Monchique. Make your way up to reception and you will be guided to the stunning bar where we look forward to Marc&#8217;s presentation.</div>
<div><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-857" title="Marc Gee" src="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/marc-gee.jpg" alt="Marc Gee" width="100" height="75" />In August we will have a sunday instead of the monday session:</div>
<div>On sunday, the 1st of August, 4-6 pm the UK author and film maker Marc Gee will be presenting his latest novel Autumn kill and answer your questions.</div>
<div>Where: In the beautiful wellness resort Longevity situated in the curve before arriving at Caldas de Monchique. Make your way up to reception and you will be guided to the stunning bar where we look forward to Marc&#8217;s presentation.</div>
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		<title>Alfa Newsletter 10.10</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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dear ALFANs
I hope you are enjoying the summer that finally seems to have arrived. Coming monday, the 5th of July there won&#8217;t be any ALFA (thanks god for that, I hear somebody say, what difference does it make, another voice).
Well, I have tried for more than two years to give authors a platform to make [...]]]></description>
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<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">dear ALFANs</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">I hope you are enjoying the summer that finally seems to have arrived. Coming monday, the 5th of July there won&#8217;t be any ALFA (thanks god for that, I hear somebody say, what difference does it make, another voice).</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Well, I have tried for more than two years to give authors a platform to make their books known. We have had some remarkable sessions and experiences, eye openers and &#8211; I have met the nicest, most helpful. loyal people, without whom I would not be able to plan lit.ALGARVE &#8211; the first international literature festival taking place in the ALGARVE from thursday the 16th through sunday the 19th of September. A remarkable 50 authors from 8 countries will be reading and discussing, performing and fascinating audiences in different languages at different places all over the Algarve.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">The program is in the making, meanwhile I enclose a list of venues and authors.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">On monday the 2nd of August, I have lined up an interesting author from the UK for you:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Marc Gee will be coming to the Convento S. José in Lagoa and present his latest novel Autumn kill and answer your questions</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Providing enough of you are coming.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Marc Gee</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Biography</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Marc Gee has written eleven stage plays which have been performed throughout the counrty. One of his plays Al&#8217;s Lads was made into a full feature film in 2001 and premiered by BAFTA at the Cannes Film Festival. Presently the film has been sold to over twenty two countries. Marc has lectured in screen writing at the BBC, various literary festivals, schools, universities and colleges.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Book News</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">&#8220;Autumn Kill has been one of the most intriguing and powerful books &#8216;The Keswick Book Club&#8217; have read and discussed this year.&#8221;</div>
<div>dear ALFANs</div>
<div>I hope you are enjoying the summer that finally seems to have arrived. Coming monday, the 5th of July there won&#8217;t be any ALFA (thanks god for that, I hear somebody say, what difference does it make, another voice).</div>
<div>Well, I have tried for more than two years to give authors a platform to make their books known. We have had some remarkable sessions and experiences, eye openers and &#8211; I have met the nicest, most helpful. loyal people, without whom I would not be able to plan lit.ALGARVE &#8211; the first international literature festival taking place in the ALGARVE from thursday the 16th through sunday the 19th of September. A remarkable 50 authors from 8 countries will be reading and discussing, performing and fascinating audiences in different languages at different places all over the Algarve.</div>
<div>The program is in the making, meanwhile I enclose a list of venues and authors.</div>
<div>
<div></div>
<div>Change of time and venue!</div>
<div>In August we will have a sunday instead of the monday session:</div>
<div>On monday, the 1st of August, 4-6 pm the UK author and film maker Marc Gee will be presenting his latest novel Autumn kill and answer your questions.</div>
<div>Where: In the beautiful wellness resort Longevity situated in the curve before arriving at Caldas de Monchique. Make your way up to reception and you will be guided to the stunning bar where we look forward to Marc&#8217;s presentation.</div>
</div>
<div></div>
<div>Biography</div>
<div><img class="size-full wp-image-857 alignleft" title="Marc Gee" src="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/marc-gee.jpg" alt="Marc Gee" width="100" height="75" />Marc Gee has written eleven stage plays which have been performed throughout the counrty. One of his plays Al&#8217;s Lads was made into a full feature film in 2001 and premiered by BAFTA at the Cannes Film Festival. Presently the film has been sold to over twenty two countries. Marc has lectured in screen writing at the BBC, various literary festivals, schools, universities and colleges.</div>
<div>&#8220;Autumn Kill has been one of the most intriguing and powerful books &#8216;The Keswick Book Club&#8217; have read and discussed this year.&#8221;</div>
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<div>Participantes lit.algarve</div>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Convidados</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Nacionalidade</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">António Lobo Antunes</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Barbara-Marie Mundt</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Brigitte Vollenberg</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">4</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Casimiro de Brito</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">5</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Corinna Holzheimer </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Holzheimerverlag</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">AutoraEditora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">6</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Editora Bertrand</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Editora</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">7</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Eilis Ni Dhuibhne</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Irlanda</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">8</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Franz Neumayr</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">9</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Gabriela Correia</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">10</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Gerry Smyth</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Irlanda</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">11</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Håkan Nesser</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Suécia</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
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<td height="11"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">12</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Harry Liedtke</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">13</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Heleen van Royen</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Hollanda</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td height="9"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">14</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Hera Lind</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Áustria</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">15</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Inês Pedrosa</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">16</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Iris Galey</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Suiça</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">17</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">James Ryan</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Irlanda</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">18</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Jenny Grainer</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Reino Unido</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">19</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Joachim Henn</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">20</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">João Negreiros</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor </span></td>
<td></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">21</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Jörgen Bracker</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor </span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">22</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">José Alberto Quaresma</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">23</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Jutta Ditfurth</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">24</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Lídia Jorge</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">25</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Maria do Rosário Pedreira, Leya</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Editora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">26</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Maria Sveland</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Suecia</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">27</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Mário de Carvalho</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">28</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Mary O´Malley</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Irlanda</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">29</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Mian Lodalen</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Suecia</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">30</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Nuno Júdice</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">31</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Peter Cunningham</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Irlanda</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">32</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Porto Editora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Editora</span></td>
<td></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">33</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Regina Schleheck</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">34</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Ricco Bilger Verlag</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Suíça</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Editora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">35</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Rita Sobral</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">36</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Robert Wilson</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Reino Unido</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">37</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Rui Zink </span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">38</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Ruth Möbius-Hansen</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">39</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Tanja Langer</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">40</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Titus Müller</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alemanha</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">41</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Vasco Graça Moura</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autor</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">42</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Adágio, Grupo choral</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">coro</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">43</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Maria Sousa Tavares</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Portugal</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Autora</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">X</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">44</span></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">45</span></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div>
<div>Locations:</div>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Aljezur</li>
<li>Convento S. José Lagoa</li>
<li>Auditorio Municipal Lagoa</li>
<li>Sitio dos Fontes, Lagoa</li>
<li>Quinta dos Vales, Estombar</li>
<li>Museu S. Bras de Alportel</li>
<li>Hotel Garbe, Armação de Pera</li>
<li>Hotel Hapimag, Albufeira</li>
<li>praças em varios sitios no Algarve</li>
<li>Casa Manuel Texeira Gomes, Portimão</li>
<li>Theater Tempo, Portimão</li>
<li>Biblioteca de Olhão</li>
<li>various places in Tavira</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<div>Types of  events:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>public readings (preferably outside conventional locations like libraries in order to catch and spellbind &#8220;non-readers&#8221;) in various languages (Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Swedish)</li>
<li>discussions</li>
<li>debates</li>
<li>book presentations and signings</li>
<li>meetings between national and international authors</li>
<li>poetry slam</li>
<li>workshops</li>
<li>reading marathon</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>Saturday, the 18th of September from 10 am to 10 pm anybody is welcome to read a story or recite a poem. At the square next to the Auditório Municipal de Lagoa, there will be a stage with access to microphone  and chairs for the audience.</div>
<div>Writing contest</div>
<div>Students from schools all over the Algarve are welcome to participate in a writing contest that will be judged by some of the participating authors. The entries have to be in Portuguese or English.</div>
<div>Good stories and good food</div>
<div>Various hotels and restaurants hold culinary evenings accompanied by authors who read  entertaining stories.</div>
<div>The festival will be accompanied by other activities such as:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>concerts</li>
<li>recitals</li>
<li>exhibitions</li>
<li>film viewings</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

EUROPE’S MOST SOUTHERN
 ENGLISH LITERATURE SALON
 
ALFA – the association of literature and film friends in the Algarve
A associação dos amigos da leitura e do filme no Algarve
 
 
ALFA – the association of literature friends in the Algarve holds a literature salon in English.
Every first Monday of the month, at 7.30 p.m. sharp [...]]]></description>
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<h3 style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">E</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">UROPE’S MOST SOUTHERN<br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ENGLISH LITERATURE SALON</span></span></span></span></h3>
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<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ALFA</span> – the association of literature and film friends in the Algarve</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>A associação dos amigos da leitura e do filme no Algarve</strong></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 84pt;"><span style="font-family: Eurostile;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">ALFA</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> – the association of literature friends in the Algarve holds a literature salon in English.</span></span></p>
<h5 style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Every first Monday of the month</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">, at 7.30 p.m. sharp a gathering of  authors and readers will inspire to unknown creativity.</span></span></h5>
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<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">ALFA is not a book club</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">, where you have to read certain books in order to participate.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Here you listen to others reading, get food for</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">thoughts and become inspired to read or write, paint or sing, simply be creative.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Eurostile;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Next event:</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">When: </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">7.30 pm sharp, on monday,</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">7th of June 2010</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Where: </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Convento de S. José, Lagoa</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">With:</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Lynne &amp; Peter Booker</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Peter Booker </span></strong></span><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">will be chairing the meeting and he will talk about the book,</span></span><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">The Madness of Queen Maria: The Remarkable Life of Maria I of Portugal by Jenifer Roberts. </span></em></span><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also appearing will be Paul Rees and Charles May, publishers of Algarves ́ e- newspaper </span></span><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">get real. </span></em></span><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Find out about the trials and tribulations of the media business. Lynne Booker will discuss her new cultural project with </span></span><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">get real</span></em></span><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">: writing about people who live in</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">the Algarve, either full or part time and who contribute to enhancing the region´s cultural diversity.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lynne would like attendees of the ALFA session to contribute their ideas</span></span><span style="color: #35581f; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">&#8216;</span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">I think an &#8220;Algarve Living Legends&#8221; series could interest many readers and encourage people to come forward with suggestions. I would like something ´interactive´ and I think</span></em></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></em></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: small;">get real</span></em></strong></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></em></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">is upfront in promoting culture here in the Algarve. </span></em></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></em></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">As you know I have always felt that the Ministry of Culture, the Câmaras and those promoting tourism should emphasise the multinational and multicultural nature of the Algarve. </span></em></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></em></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">The amount of talent here is amazing yet many talented people are struggling.&#8217;<br />
Paul Rees</span></em></span></p>
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		<title>Alfa Newsletter 09 10</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[last month it was Easter, this coming monday is&#8230; &#8211; no excuse is good enough, just get yourselves together and come to the May edition of the ALFA literary salon on monday the 3 rd of May when yours truely will tell you all about the great American who revolutionized American novel writing (and who [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">last month it was Easter, this coming monday is&#8230; &#8211; no excuse is good enough, just get yourselves together and come to the May edition of the ALFA literary salon on monday the 3 rd of May when yours truely will tell you all about the great American who revolutionized American novel writing (and who has been dead 100 years &#8211; that&#8217; s why he is en vogue so to speak)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">We will start &#8211; like always at 7.30 pm sharp, the bar opens at 7.00 pm.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Where? In the Convento Sao José in Lagoa, probably downstairs (but one never knows:)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">This time please be so kind and tell me that you intend to come</div>
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<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">memberships for 2010 are overdue. 15 Euros please which gives you reduced entries as well as the uplifting feeling to do something for Charity. CHARITY? Yes, because your contribution helps to further international cultural activities in the Algarve. And culture is charity for the soul!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Come in your droves &#8211; the more the merrier</div>
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<p>Look forward to seeing you and you</p>
<p>and YOU especially</p></div>
<p>Dear Alfans</p>
<p>last month it was Easter, this coming monday is&#8230; &#8211; no excuse is good enough, just get yourselves together and come to the May edition of the ALFA literary salon on monday the 3 rd of May when yours truely will tell you all about the great American who revolutionized American novel writing (and who has been dead 100 years &#8211; that&#8217; s why he is en vogue so to speak)</p>
<p>We will start &#8211; like always at 7.30 pm sharp, the bar opens at 7.00 pm.</p>
<p>Where? In the Convento Sao José in Lagoa, probably downstairs (but one never knows:)</p>
<p>This time please be so kind and tell me that you intend to come</p>
<p>as we never know whether to cater for 2 or 20 or 200 avid listeners <img src='http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Also:</p>
<p><strong>memberships for 2010 are overdue.</strong> 15 Euros please which gives you reduced entries as well as the uplifting feeling to do something for Charity. CHARITY? Yes, because your contribution helps to further international cultural activities in the Algarve. And culture is charity for the soul!</p>
<p>Come in your droves &#8211; the more the merrier</p>
<p>Look forward to seeing you and you and YOU especially</p>
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this is a combined english/german newsletter &#8211; a way to enhance your language learning
we start in English und hören auf Deutsch auf:
1.) TRACES/TRACKS
the time for the ongoing 5th multi-media-competition is coming to an end. By the 31st of March all entries have to be submitted &#8211; if not &#8220;for real&#8221; at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear ALFANS / Liebe ALFANS<br />
this is a combined english/german newsletter &#8211; a way to enhance your language learning<br />
we start in English und hören auf Deutsch auf:</p>
<p>1.) TRACES/TRACKS<br />
the time for the ongoing 5th multi-media-competition is coming to an end. By the 31st of March all entries have to be submitted &#8211; if not &#8220;for real&#8221; at least I need to know:</p>
<p>who is submitting what. Max. 2 items per person (!)<br />
dimensions, title of the artwork, technique and price (if sold, 20 % are for ALFA!)</p>
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<p>2) tuesday, 30th of MARCH<br />
ALFA cinema<br />
Die Tränen meiner Mutter (My mother&#8217;s tears) Love and life between Berlin and Buenos Aires.<br />
Auditório Municipal Lagoa  7.30 h free entry</p>
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<p>3) 3rd of APRIL<br />
Vernissage Gudrun Bartels 5 pm, Convento S. José Lagoa</p>
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<p>4)  5th of APRIL (easter monday &#8211; not a holiday in Portugal)<br />
ALFA literary salon + vernissage</p>
<p>6.00 pm Vernissage Siegfried Mundt<br />
will have an exhibition of his art (paintings, prints, and his model boats)  it&#8217;s a pleasure  to invite you to the vernissage on the 5th of april, 6 o&#8217;clock . in the Convento do S. Jorge in Lagoa. Our recorder-quartet will accompany the event.<br />
O quarteto das flautas &#8211; the recorder-quartet &#8211; das Flötenquartett:<br />
Sopranflöte: Barbara Mundt, Altflöte: Ilse Wilkes, Tenorflöte: Paula Sulzer, Bassflöte: Walter Sulzer</p>
<p>7.30 pm ALFA literary salon<br />
Dr. John Piper presents his latest book: St. Petersburg declaration<br />
Convento S. José, Lagoa</p>
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<p>5) check out the events calendar of the Portugal News:<br />
http://www.theportugalnews.com/</p>
<p>a great source to find out and to inform people about what is going on<br />
in the Algarve.<br />
and it&#8217;s a lot!!</p>
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<p>ALFA Kino: am 30. März, 19.30 h im Auditorio Municipal</p>
<p>Die Tränen meiner Mutter<br />
Regie: Aljandro Cardenas Amelio, Farbe, 93 Min., 2008</p>
<p>Alex wächst in den 80er Jahren als Sohn argentinischer Flüchtlinge in Berlin auf. Für seine Eltern ist die Anpassung an die neue Umgebung noch schwieriger als für ihn. Überzeugt, Dinge Kraft seiner Gedanken bewegen zu können, versucht er diese Gabe einzusetzen, als die Beziehung seiner Eltern kränkelt. Jahre später auf dem Weg nach Buenos Aires, wo sein Vater im Sterben liegt, erzählt Alex in Rückblenden seine ungewöhnliche Kindheitsgeschichte. (Max Ophüls Preis 2008)</p>
<p>Text Deutsch, Untertitel Portugues<br />
Wo?   Im schönen Auditório Municipal in Lagoa<br />
Wann? Um 19.30 beginnt der Film, ab 18.45 h hält Catrin Gaumenfreuden bereit.</p>
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<p>ALFA-Wettbewerb:   31.3. LETZTER EINSENDETAG Ihrer SPUREN!!!</p>
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<p>Kunstliebhaber kommen an diesem wohl leider wieder verregneten Osterfest so richtig auf Ihre Kosten:</p>
<p>Vernissage 3.4. 17.00 h  Gudrun Bartels, Convento Sao José Lagoa (CSJ)<br />
ALFA-Ausstellung:     5.4. 18.00 h CSJ  SIEGFRIED MUNDT- Vernissage (5.4. &#8211; 5.5.) Barbara Mundt schreibt dazu:</p>
<p>ich freue mich, Sie/Euch zur Vernissage meines Mannes Siegfried am 5. April, 18 Uhr im Convento do S. Jorge in Lagoa einzuladen. Gezeigt werden Bilder in verschiedenen Techniken sowie handgearbeitete Modellboote. Unser Flötenquartett (Sopranflöte: Barbara Mundt, Altflöte: Ilse Wilkes, Tenorflöte: Paula Sulzer, Bassflöte: Walter Sulzer) wird die Vernissage musikalisch ein wenig umrahmen. Anschliessend:<br />
ALFA english:           5.4. 19.30 h CSJ DR. John Piper presents the St. Petersburg declaration<br />
ALFA deutsch:         12.4. 19.30 h CSJ Einblicke hinter die Kulissen der lit.cologne und Barbara Mundt stellt vor:<br />
Mareike Rumpf: Frei wie ein Vogel</p>
<p>ALFA Kabarett:         30.5. Bruno  Jonas  AM<br />
ALFA -Ausstellung:   7. 6. 18.00 h  CSJ   Vernissage    5. Interaktive Ausstellung (7.6. &#8211; 5.7.)      Thema:SPUREN<br />
ALFA Kabarett:          5.9.  Urban Priol  AM<br />
ALFA-Ausstellung:    6.9. 18.00 h CSJ Vernissage, GISELE ARAUJO  (6.9.-6.10.)</p>
<p>lit.ALGARVE:    16.-19.9. 1. internationales Literaturfestival an der<br />
Algarve mit u.a. Håkan Nesser, Titus Müller, Inês Pedrosa, Vasco Graça Moura</p>
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<p>Ausserdem möchte ich Sie auf einen neuen Veranstaltungskalender aufmerksam machen:<br />
http://www.theportugalnews.com/<br />
links unten auf der Webseite von Portugal News finden Sie den events calendar.<br />
Leicht zu benutzen und täglich informativer werdend!</p>
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		<title>Alfa march</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[to all of you who were there and to all of you who missed it:
now I know what the ALFA effect is! &#8211; exclaimed one visitor who did
experience &#8211;  like so many others &#8211; what it means to be transformed
from a non committed member of an audience into a fan of an author (or
authoress as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">to all of you who were there and to all of you who missed it:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">now I know what the ALFA effect is! &#8211; exclaimed one visitor who did</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">experience &#8211;  like so many others &#8211; what it means to be transformed</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">from a non committed member of an audience into a fan of an author (or</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">authoress as it was).</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Dutch writer Heleen van Royen, sexy (&#8221;I love sex and I am completely</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">shameless!&#8221;), pretty, confident and convincing mesmerized the audience</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">by her witty, funny, humorous and touching comments on how to become a</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">successful writer.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">check out the events calendar of the Portugal News:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">http://calendar.theportugalnews.com/</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">a great source to find out and to inform people about what is going on</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">in the Algarve.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">and it&#8217;s a lot!!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">for all the members among you ALFANS:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">this coming monday, the 8th at 6 pm, we hold the AGM in the Convento.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Very welcome!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">don&#8217;t dispair with the weather</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">see the 2nd attachment and you&#8217;ll be alright</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">readable greetings</div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; border-collapse: collapse;">to all of you who were there and to all of you who missed it:</p>
<div></div>
<div>now I know what the ALFA effect is! &#8211; exclaimed one visitor who did experience &#8211;  like so many others &#8211; what it means to be transformed from a non committed member of an audience into a fan of an author (or authoress as it was).</div>
<div>Dutch writer Heleen van Royen, sexy (&#8221;I love sex and I am completely shameless!&#8221;), pretty, confident and convincing mesmerized the audience by her witty, funny, humorous and touching comments on how to become a successful writer.</div>
<div></div>
<div><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-830" title="Heleen van Royen" src="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IMG_0131-231x300.jpg" alt="Heleen van Royen" width="231" height="300" /></div>
<div></div>
<div><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-831" title="Heleen van Royen" src="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IMG_0133-246x300.jpg" alt="Heleen van Royen" width="246" height="300" /></div>
<div></div>
<div><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-833" title="Heleen van Royen" src="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IMG_0145-227x300.jpg" alt="Heleen van Royen" width="227" height="300" /></div>
<div></div>
<div><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-834" title="Heleen van Royen and Barbara Fellgiebel" src="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IMG_0148-300x203.jpg" alt="Heleen van Royen and Barbara Fellgiebel" width="300" height="203" /></div>
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<div><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-835" title="Panorama" src="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Panorama_-300x114.jpg" alt="Panorama" width="300" height="114" /></div>
<div><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-829" title="ALFA MARCH 2010" src="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ALFA-MARCH-2010_Page000-2-300x231.jpg" alt="ALFA MARCH 2010" width="300" height="231" /></div>
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		<title>Newsletter march</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear ALFANs
I do hope, you are still going strong, inspite of the not too friendly weather we have to endure.

If you master the Portuguese language enough to follow subtitles, come along tonight to the Auitório Municipal in Lagoa where we show the film DIE WEISSE ROSE with German spoken and Portuguese subtitles. It is the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Dear ALFANs</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">I do hope, you are still going strong, inspite of the not too friendly weather we have to endure.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"></div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">If you master the Portuguese language enough to follow subtitles, come along tonight to the Auitório Municipal in Lagoa where we show the film DIE WEISSE ROSE with German spoken and Portuguese subtitles. It is the remarkable story of German students in Munich, giving their lives in order to make people aware of the horrendous Hitler regime.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">The film starts at 7.30 pm, free of charge (donations welcome) the bar opens at 6.45 h.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"></div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Monday the 1st of March, we have the great pleasure to listen to the dutch bestselling novelist Heleen Van Royen. Her books are read by Millions, translated into 20 odd languages, made into films and theatre.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Come along and meet a real superstar writer.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">www.Heleenvanroyen.nl (click on international and read about her in no less than 16 languages!)</div>
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<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">When? We start at 7.30pm the bar opens at 7.00 pm</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Where? Convento de Sao José, LagoaDear ALFANs</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">I do hope, you are still going strong, inspite of the not too friendly weather we have to endure.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">If you master the Portuguese language enough to follow subtitles, come along tonight to the Auitório Municipal in Lagoa where we show the film DIE WEISSE ROSE with German spoken and Portuguese subtitles. It is the remarkable story of German students in Munich, giving their lives in order to make people aware of the horrendous Hitler regime.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">The film starts at 7.30 pm, free of charge (donations welcome) the bar opens at 6.45 h.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Monday the 1st of March, we have the great pleasure to listen to the dutch bestselling novelist Heleen Van Royen. Her books are read by Millions, translated into 20 odd languages, made into films and theatre.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Come along and meet a real superstar writer.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">www.Heleenvanroyen.nl (click on international and read about her in no less than 16 languages!)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">When? We start at 7.30pm the bar opens at 7.00 pm</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Where? Convento de Sao José, Lagoa</div>
<p>Dear ALFANs</p>
<p>I do hope, you are still going strong, inspite of the not too friendly weather we have to endure.</p>
<p>If you master the Portuguese language enough to follow subtitles, come along tonight to the Auitório Municipal in Lagoa where we show the film DIE WEISSE ROSE with German spoken and Portuguese subtitles. It is the remarkable story of German students in Munich, giving their lives in order to make people aware of the horrendous Hitler regime.</p>
<p>The film starts at 7.30 pm, free of charge (donations welcome) the bar opens at 6.45 h.</p>
<p>Monday the 1st of March, we have the great pleasure to listen to the dutch bestselling novelist Heleen Van Royen. Her books are read by Millions, translated into 20 odd languages, made into films and theatre.</p>
<p>Come along and meet a real superstar writer.</p>
<p><a title="Heleen van Royen" href="http:/www.Heleenvanroyen.n" target="_blank">www.Heleenvanroyen.n</a>l (click on international and read about her in no less than 16 languages!)</p>
<p>When? We start at 7.30pm the bar opens at 7.00 pm</p>
<p>Where? Convento de Sao José, Lagoa</p>
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		<title>First ALFA literary salon 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday 1st of February, the first ALFA literary salon of 2010 took place. The highly international audience concisting of at least British, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, German, French, Swiss, Ukrainian Nationals was amused, entertained and taught by the experienced lecturer Professor Brian Wood. He took us in his comical way on his expeditions (1961) and Cruisetours [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Monday 1st of February, the first ALFA literary salon of 2010 took place. The highly international audience concisting of at least British, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, German, French, Swiss, Ukrainian Nationals was amused, entertained and taught by the experienced lecturer Professor Brian Wood. He took us in his comical way on his expeditions (1961) and Cruisetours (1994) to the Antarctic, showed antique slides (50 years old) with astonishing quality differences and spellbound his audience in an easy going way.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-819" title="ALFA February 2010" src="http://alfacultura.com/alfa-en/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ALFA-February-20101-300x231.jpg" alt="ALFA February 2010" width="300" height="231" /></p>
<p>Next ALFA literary salon, monday, 1st of March, 7.30 pm Convento S. José, Lagoa. Very Welcome!</p>
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