Zéro faute! Online French Dictée
2021-06-22 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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With Violaine de Landes
Tuesday | June 22 | 5:00 – 6:00pm
Levels: Intermediate/Advanced
Members $5 |Nonmembers $15

Le panorama de la télévision française
2021-06-24 11:00 - 12:30
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Come and discover the Who’s who of French TV personalities and the popular French programs.
With Veronique Courtois
Thursday | June 24 | 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Levels: Intermediate / Advanced
Members $20 | Nonmembers $35

Le Langage de la Cuisine
2021-07-06 11:00 - 12:30
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This is a repeat course!
Learn your way around the French Kitchen.
Impress your French friends when in the kitchen, join us to celebrate the love of French cooking.
Tuesday | July 6 | 11 am – 12:30 pm | Zoom
Levels: Intermediate/Advanced
Members $20 | Nonmembers $35

Club du Livre Online - July
2021-07-07 11:00 - 12:30
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How can a life be changed irrevocably in just one fateful moment?
Book: Je voudrais que quelqu’un m’attende quelque part from Anna Gavalda
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Wednesday | July 7 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Members $ 5 | Non Members $15
Level: Intermediate recommended
Moderated by Andrea Taylor-Brochet

Join Master Chef Jean-Louis Gerin LIVE
2021-07-13 12:00 - 13:00
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Join Master Chef Jean-Louis Gerin LIVE FROM FRANCE for a French Barbecue demonstration in honor of Bastille Day.

Jean-Louis will be cooking “en ville” from his idyllic village of Duingt, located on the Western shore of Lake Annecy, accompanied by Marc Rollin, Maire et Vice-Président du Grand Annecy, and Chef-owner Nicolas Falquet.

Jean-Louis will prepare Poisson du Lac, Jambon fumé et choux and Crozet Crayfish with “insane” amount of crème fraîche along with fellow chef and restaurant owner Nicolas Falquet preparing Pig Trotters, Leek Chiffonade avec la Bonne Sauce Mousseline Câpres et Cornichons. The Village Baker, Polo le Boulanger will present the famous Brioche de Saint -Genis. Recipes will be sent to all registered participants in early July in order to cook alongside Jean-Louis and prepare for Bastille Day chez vous.

Enjoy this fabulous opportunity to cook alongside Chef Jean-Louis Gerin sharing specialties from the region while also learning about the magnificent area around Lake Annecy. For more details on the presenters, please click here.

This event will be on Zoom and is free for all Alliance Française members, AATF members, and invited guests of the presenter or publicist. Non-members or persons who have no AF chapter nearby can purchase tickets ($10). Click here to register.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021
12pm PST / 1pm MST / 2pm CST / 3pm EST
Federation of Alliances Françaises USA
In English and in French
Free event for members. Become a member here!

Bastille Day 2021
2021-07-14 18:00 - 2021-07-15 00:00
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Bastille Day celebration organizes by French Tuesdays.
Wednesday July 14th let’s celebrate the French Independence Day.
Expect a French DJ to dance all night long, French Cancan dancers , face and body painting, incredible french champagne and rose wine and much more.
Get your tickets now as we have limited space and meet all international people who appreciate French Culture.
Alliance Française de Los Angeles will share with you how to learn french faster and better. Our new French Consule of Los Angeles will be present too.
Get your tickets ASAP before price increases getting closer to the event.

Cine Salon Online - July
2021-07-15 17:30 - 19:00
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Embark for a fast paced and terrific French Thriller!
Watch film here!
Movie : Ne le dis à personne
Thursday | July 15 | 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
All levels are welcome to join
Led by Andrea Taylor-Brochet

Donation based event /registration

HOW DOES IT WORK?

We have chosen a film for you to view at home; our selections are available via various streaming services.
Every participant must watch the film before the discussion at a time that fits their own schedule.
When prompted, enter your first name and your French level. This will help us organize discussion groups by level.
Have fun discussing the films with other participants in a relaxed atmosphere! Each event will last about 90min.

Club du Livre Online - August
2021-08-04 11:00 - 12:30
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Follow the incredible path of the young Rosa in the flagship Basque Country of the Espadrille.
Book: Les Demoiselles from Anne-Gaëlle Huon
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Wednesday | August 4 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Level: Intermediate Recommended
Members $5 | Nonmembers $15
Moderated by Andrea Taylor-Brochet

Creative Writing
2021-08-05 11:00 - 12:30
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Join us for our creative writing in French workshop. Use your imagination and your personal memories to tell stories in a warm and friendly environment
Thursday | August 5 | 11:00am-12:30 pm
Level: Advanced
Members $20 | Nonmembers $35
With Camille Berta

Cine Salon Online - August
2021-08-12 17:30 - 19:00
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Premiered in Competition of the Critics’ Week in Cannes 2019

You can see the world and experience it in a different way depending on your perspective.

Movie : J’ai perdu mon corps

Watch the movie on Netflix

Thursday | August 12 | 5:30 – 7:00 pm

All levels are welcome
Moderated by Andrea Taylor-Brochet
Donation based event
HOW DOES IT WORK?

We have chosen a film for you to view at home; our selections are available via various streaming services.
Every participant must watch the film before the discussion at a time that fits their own schedule.
When prompted, enter your first name and your French level. This will help us organize discussion groups by level.
Have fun discussing the films with other participants in a relaxed atmosphere! Each event will last about 90min.

Le Langage du Cinéma
2021-08-17 11:00 - 12:30
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langage du cinéma summer repeat
Silence, Moteur, Action

Dive into the technical terms used during film shoots, the different film genres, the vocabulary of film description, and a presentation of current and upcoming French talent

Tuesday | August 17 | 11 am – 12:30 pm | Zoom

Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Members $20 | Nonmembers $35

French History Series : La Renaissance Française Part 1
2021-08-19 11:00 - 12:30
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Discover and explore a key artistic and cultural movement in France History
Thursday | August 19 | 11 am – 12:30 pm

Levels: Intermediate/Advanced
Members $20 | Nonmembers $35
With Violaine de Landes

Grand Reopening
2021-08-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles
RSVP Mandatory!
We would like to welcome you back to our redesigned space.
Register for a class on August 26th and receive a gift.
Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles
August 26 | 6 – 7:30 pm
RSVP Mandatory
Former, current and new students are welcome at the Alliance française from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
In order to safely celebrate the reopening of the Alliance Française de Los Angeles without a mandatory facemask, please note that the following measures have been implemented: the guest list is limited, your vaccination card OR a negative PCR test taken less than 72 hours before the event are mandatory.
For more information & to register:
AFdeLA.org | admin@afdela.org | 310 652 0306

Demystifying the French: A Panel Discussion
2021-08-28 10:00 - 11:00
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Free event for members. Become a member here!
Non-members or persons who have no AF chapter nearby can purchase tickets ($10)
Saturday | August 28 | 10 – 11 am PST
We’ve all encountered clichés about the French. We may have heard that the French can be rude and arrogant, and even perhaps that the French may secretly harbor a dislike for Americans. My goodness – ma foi – could these clichés have some truth in them? Or could there, perhaps, be some kind of culturally based misunderstanding going on? Our panel of experts will share their insights, perspectives, and experiences, gathered over the course of many years of living, traveling, and/or working in France, and will take questions from the audience about how to understand, appreciate, and best deal with the sometimes bewildering, often admirable, nearly always fascinating ways of the French!
Mark Greenside was born and raised in New York, and now lives in northern California. In 1991 he was dragged to a little village in Brittany by a girlfriend to spend the summer. He and the girlfriend fell out of love with each other, but he fell in love with the village, and to his astonishment ended up buying a home there, a rollicking adventure he recounts in I’ll Never Be French (no matter what I do), described by the San Francisco Chronicle as a “fun and high-spirited read, and proof that one is never too old to find true happiness in life.” In his latest, and equally entertaining (and helpful) book, he tells the continuing story of how he is (not quite) Mastering the Art of French Living.
Janet Hulstrand grew up in Minnesota, has lived in New York and Washington D.C., and has spent as much time as she can in France since her first trip there in 1978. Since 1997 she has taught “Paris: A Literary Adventure” for City University of New York study abroad programs; she also teaches literature and culture classes focusing on France for Politics & Prose bookstore. She writes for Bonjour Paris, France Today, and France Revisited, and is the author of Demystifying the French: How to Love Them, and Make Them Love You, which Jake Lamar called “a witty, wise, and keenly observed cultural handbook.” She lives in the lovely little village of Essoyes, in the Champagne region, where she is working on her next book: A Long Way from Iowa: A Literary Memoir.
Adrian Leeds was born and raised in New Orleans. In 1994, she moved to Paris with her family for a one-year “sabbatical” and never left. Her company, the Adrian Leeds Group, provides a full range of property and consultation services for North Americans–– “French Property the American Way.” She is fully committed to helping people realize their dream life in France, and has helped many hundreds of Francophiles to do just that. She is most well-known as the network’s most popular real estate agent on the HGTV series House Hunters International. Since 2001 she has published Nouvellettres® (newsletters) three times a week that are a source of a great deal of practical information about living in France, as well as lively stories about her day-to-day experiences in Paris, Nice and beyond.
Harriet Welty Rochefort grew up in Iowa, bought a one-way ticket to France after graduating from college, and once she got there, never left. She is the author of three nonfiction books about the French: French Toast, French Fried, and Joie de Vivre, all published by St. Martin’s Press. Diane Johnson, author of Le Divorce, called French Toast the “gold standard” of books about the French, and the Los Angeles Times called it “wise and devastatingly funny.” Harriet’s latest book, published in 2020, is Final Transgression, a novel set in France during World War II, based on a true story from her husband’s family. A bi-national, Harriet lives with her husband, Philippe, in Paris. They divide their time between their garden apartment there and their second home in Brittany.

Non-members or persons who have no AF chapter nearby can purchase tickets ($10)

Café des Sciences : In the world of Algorithms : Why we should all become power users of technologies
2021-09-08 17:00 - 18:00
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In the world of Algorithms : Why we should all become power users of technologies
With Aurelie Jean, PhD
Computational scientist & Entrepreneur, CEO and founder of In Silico Veritas – CAIO and co-founder of DPEEX
Nowadays, we interact on a daily basis with an increasing number of technologies that embed artificial intelligence components, materialized by algorithms and data. Understanding how those algorithms are built, trained and used, as well as how the data is collected and analyzed, is key to embracing the opportunities and avoiding any threats. To reach such a goal, the tech actors as well as scientists and engineers have to explain the underlying mechanisms, and consequently empower every single user. In this Café des Sciences, we will define what an algorithm is, what data is, as well as discuss some concrete examples of algorithms that are the base of common technologies such as social media or medical devices. This discussion will be the first step for every single attendee toward becoming a power user of AI-based technologies.
Aurélie JEAN has been working for more than 15 years as a research scientist and an entrepreneur in computational sciences, applied to engineering, medicine, education, economy, finance and journalism. In the past, Aurélie worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Bloomberg. Today, Aurélie works and lives between the USA and France where she shares her time between consulting, research, and teaching in grad schools and executive education mainly at MIT.
Wednesday | September 8 | 5 -6 pm

Rencontre avec Dominique Bona de l’Académie Française, romancière et biographe
2021-09-09 11:00 - 12:30
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Thursday, September 9, 2021
11am PST / 12pm MST / 1pm CST / 2pm EST
Alliance Française de Miami Metro & Federation of Alliances Françaises USA
En français
En français
« Immortelle » depuis 2013, Dominique Bona est la huitième femme élue à l’Académie Française depuis sa création en 1635. Journaliste, critique littéraire, romancière et biographe, Dominique vient à la rencontre de l’Alliance Française de Miami Metro pour nous parler de ses passions : La langue française, l’Académie, les femmes et hommes dont elle a écrit la biographie, et l’inspiration des personnages de ses romans.
Divine Jacqueline (Gallimard 2021), une biographie de Jacqueline de Ribes est son vingtième livre.
https://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/dominique-bona
Les livres de Dominique Bona sont disponibles sur https://www.culturetheque.com/US/
Event Description in English
“Immortelle” since 2013, Dominique Bona is the eighth woman elected to the French Academy since its creation in 1635. Journalist, literary critic, novelist and biographer, Dominique comes to the Alliance Française Miami Metro to tell us about her passions: the French language, the Academy, the women and men whose biographies she has written, and the inspiration behind the characters in her novels.
Divine Jacqueline (Gallimard 2021), a biography of fashion icon Jacqueline de Ribes, is her twentieth book.
https://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/dominique-bona
Dominique Bona’s books are available at https://www.culturetheque.com/US/
This event will be on Zoom and is free for all Alliance Française members, AATF members, and invited guests of the presenter or publicist. Non-members or persons who have no AF chapter nearby can purchase tickets ($10).
Become a member here!
Level: high intermediate or advanced levels of French are recommended, since the entire discussion will be in French.

Zéro Faute! French Dictée Online Package
2021-09-14 17:00 - 18:00
Buy pack here!
Buy a pack of 4 for $60 and save $20

Tuesday | September 14 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM
Tuesday | October 12 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM
Tuesday | November 9 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM
Tuesday | December 7 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM

With Violaine de Landes
Level: Intermediate / Advanced
Members $10 | Non Members $20

Club du Livre Online
2021-09-15 11:00 - 12:30
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Dive into an exquisite romance story about age, deep love and sexuality in the early 20th century.
Moderated by Andrea Taylor-Brochet
Wednesday | September 15 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Online
Level: Intermediate/ Advanced
Member $10 / Non Member $20

The Language of Gardening
2021-09-15 11:00 - 12:30
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With Véronique Courtois
Wednesday | September 15 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Online
Level: Intermediate / Advanced
Members $25 | Non Members $40

Cine Salon Online - September
2021-09-16 17:30 - 19:00
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Three completely different people under a single roof, learning together to ease their doubts and their sorrows.
Watch the movie on Amazon Prime : Click here!
Moderated by Paz Leon
Thursday | September 16 | 5:30 – 7 pm
Level: All levels welcome
Members: Free | Non Members $10
Become a member here!

HOW DOES IT WORK?

We have chosen a film for you to view at home; our selections are available via various streaming services.
Every participant must watch the film before the discussion at a time that fits their own schedule.
When prompted, enter your first name and your French level. This will help us organize discussion groups by level.
Have fun discussing the films with other participants in a relaxed atmosphere! Each event will last about 90min.

French History Series: La Renaissance et l'Architecture
2021-09-23 11:00 - 12:30
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French History Series: La Renaissance et l’Architecture
Discover and explore a key artistic and cultural movement in France’s History
With Violaine de Landes
Thursday | September 23 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Levels: Intermediate/Advanced
Members $25 | Nonmembers $40

Grammar Workshop : Le Subjonctif
2021-09-27 11:00 - 12:30
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Grammar Workshop : Le Subjonctif
Strengthen and polish your French grammar skills.
With Cécile Chantepie
Monday | September 27 | 11 am – 12:30 pm
Level: Intermediate/advanced recommended
Member $25 | Non member $40

French Trivia Night
2021-09-28 17:00 - 18:00
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How well do you know France?
Join us for a fun, friendly competition, and a chance to win prizes.
Trivia questions will be in French. You will answer the questions via Kahoot.
Tuesday | September 28 | 5 – 6 pm | Online
Levels: All levels are welcome
Members $10 | non members $20

Federation of Alliances Françaises USA 2021 Virtual Convention
2021-10-08 10:00 - 11:30
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Federation of Alliances Françaises USA 2021 Virtual Convention
With Leïla Slimani
10 AM PST | Friday | October 8
Born in 1981 in Rabat, Morocco, Leïla Slimani settled in France in 1999. She holds degrees from Sciences Po Paris and the ESCP Business School. In 2014, she published her first novel, “Dans le Jardin de l’ogre” (Adèle in English translation) with publisher Gallimard. In 2016, her novel, “Chanson douce” (Gallimard) (The Perfect Nanny in English translation), won her the Prix Goncourt. Trained as a journalist who worked for a time at the magazine Jeune Afrique, in 2017 she published an essay on Morocco titled “Sexe et mensonges” (Sex and Lies in English translation) with publisher Les Arènes, as well as a graphic novel, “Paroles d’honneur” (Les Arènes). In 2020 she published “Le Pays des autres” (Gallimard), first volume of a series, and “Le Parfum des fleurs la nuit” with publisher Stock. Since 2017 she has been the personal representative of the French President Emmanuel Macron to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
Moderators: Florence Klein, Startup Vision TV & Isabelle Leroux, President of Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles

Zéro Faute! French Dictée Online
2021-10-12 17:00 - 18:30
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With Violaine de Landes
TUESDAY | OCTOBER 12 | 5:00 – 6:30PM
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
MEMBERS $10 | NON MEMBERS $20

Club du Livre Online
2021-10-13 11:00 - 12:30
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Dive into the memoir of a man back to his homeland of Haïti after several decades of exile in Montréal.
Book: L’énigme du retour de Dany Laferrière
Ebook click here!

Wednesday | October 13 | 11:00 am-12:30 pm
Moderated by Andrea Taylor-Brochet
Members $10 | Nonmembers $20
Level: Intermediate recommended

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Wine and Cheese Workshop
2021-10-13 11:00 - 12:30
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Attention all Wine & Cheese Lovers! Learn about the amazing variety of French cheeses and get ideas about how to compose the perfect cheese platter and pair them with different wines.
Wednesday | October 13 | 11-12:30pm
Members $25 | Nonmembers $40
Levels: Intermediate/advanced recommended

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Cine Salon Online - A Tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo
2021-10-14 17:30 - 19:00
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Join us to discuss one of the major movies of the French New Wave with the legendary Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Movie : A bout de souffle
Watch the movie on Amazon Prime

HOW DOES IT WORK?

We have chosen a film for you to view at home; our selections are available via various streaming services.
Every participant must watch the film before the discussion at a time that fits their own schedule.
When prompted, enter your first name and your French level. This will help us organize discussion groups by level.
Have fun discussing the films with other participants in a relaxed atmosphere! Each event will last about 90min.

Moderated by Andrea Taylor- Brochet
All levels welcome!
Thursday | October 14 | 5:30-7 pm
Members: Free | Nonmembers: $10
Become a member today!

French History Series: La Renaissance et l’Art de Vivre
2021-10-21 11:00 - 12:30
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Discover and learn what was the daily way of life like during the Renaissance.
With Violaine de Landes
Thursday | October 21| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Levels: Intermediate/Advanced
Members $25 | Nonmembers $40

Zéro Faute! French Dictée Online
2021-11-09 17:00 - 18:30
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Tuesday | November 9 | 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Members $10 | Non Members $20
