The Bilingual Revolution: The Future of Education is in Two Languages by Fabrice Jaumont The Bilingual Revolution: The Future of Education is in Two Languages tells the story of a grassroots movement that emerged out of the dedicated involvement of motivated parents, educators, and community actors willing to create and support dual language
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Gaston (Louis Jourdan) is a restless Parisian playboy who moves from one mistress to another, while also spending time with Gigi (Leslie Caron), a precocious younger friend learning the ways of high society. The platonic relationship between Gaston and Gigi changes, however, when she matures, but the possibility of something lasting seems unlikely since he
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FEASTING AND MERRIMENT IN FRENCH HISTORY. Since Antiquity, the French have developed a special talent for lavish feasting and entertainment : Gargantuan banquets of the Middle-Ages accompanied by music and poetry of Troubadours and Minstrels, the refined cuisine and fine wines of the Renaissance, not to mention Belle Epoque Gai Paris which prompted
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Meet other students and members and learn more about our cultural center and new class sessions that begin March 5th 2018. New student can register for a free beginner class from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. Register for a class or membership and receive a 10% discount off enrollment.
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Art History: Caravaggio et l'art Baroque By Damien Bigot Do you want to know more about Art History? Then join this Art History Workshop! Introduction to Art History: key movements and major artists. For this third lecture of our monthly workshops, Damien Bigot will present you the famous painter Caravaggio and the Baroque
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Screening 8 Femmes by François Ozon The film is set in the 1950s in a large country residence as a family and its servants are preparing for Christmas. When the master of the house is discovered dead in his bed with a dagger in his back, it is presumed that the murderer
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For the International month of Francophonie, the Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles is organizing a talk about the "Francophonie that binds us together". Panel discussion guests include several diplomats of French speaking countries. Details TBA
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Having trouble retaining French verbs? Do you want to learn French catch phrases? Come and join fellow students and teachers! Singing can boost your memory, give you an inside look at French culture, improve your comprehension and help you sound like a native French speaker. … You don’t need to sing in tune, just
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Book Club - Petit Piment By Nadine Juton Petit Piment is the story of the life of a Congolese orphan named Moses. His full name is Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya Bakoko, which means “Thanks be to God, the black Moses is born on the earth of our ancestors” in
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This double feature of documentaries from celebrated filmmaker and photographer Raymond Depardon offer compassionate looks at psychiatric commitment procedures (12 DAYS) and a cross-section of contemporary French people (FRANCE). Discussion between films with director Raymond Depardon.
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