Friday, February 24, 5 – 9 p.m.

Relax and reflect with your cocktail of choice this February Final Friday as you join us for Art After Dark: Monet & Merlot. The Faux Frenchmen will be putting a modern twist on American-French “gypsy jazz” music while docents provide an in-depth look at the special exhibition, Monet in Giverny: Landscapes of Reflection. Performances and tours take place 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

FREE event with cash bar and appetizers available for purchase. Reservations not required.

Parking at the Art Museum is $4; FREE for Art Museum Members.

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival  

Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7pm AND Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 1pm
La Rafle (The roundup)
France, Drama, 94 minutes; French, German, and Yiddish with English subtitles; directed by Roselyne Bosch

This script brings to the screen one of the darkest moments in modern French history when 13,000 Parisian Jews, among them 4,000 children, were rounded up and sent on a road with no return at the demand of Hitler.

Special Guest, Fran Greenberg, a French Holocaust survivor

Public Adults

General admission $10 ($2 off per ticket for 10 AF members and plus)  Please send us a reservation at

af@afcincinnati.com

The Alliance Française of Cincinnati and The Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Inc. will present a lecture for young people age 5 to 18 by Heidi Hagedorn entitled “La France de Harriet Beecher Stowe/Harriet Beecher Stowe’s France” on Sunday, February 26, 2012 from 2-4 p.m. at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House located in Walnut Hills at 2950 Gilbert Avenue, at the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard. The lecture by Ms. Hagedorn will present an introduction to the ties between France and a prominent figure in local Cincinnati history in discussing the manner in which Harriet Beecher Stowe influenced France and how France was, in turn, influenced by her. The lecture will be given in both the French and English languages and is free and open to the public. Ms. Hagedorn is a recent graduate of Thomas More College where she majored in History, International Studies and French. She is a candidate for a Master’s Degree in French at the University of Kentucky. Among other previous presentations, Ms. Hagedorn has given lectures on “The Paris of Thomas Jefferson” and “The Presence of Foreign Language Education in Elementary Schools.” During  “La France de Harriet Beecher Stowe/Harriet Beecher Stowe’s France,” a bilingual French/English program will be given by Lauren Cook for toddlers through children five years in age that will introduce the  children to the French alphabet and numerals using songs and visual media. Ms. Cook recently graduated from Northern Kentucky University with a Bachelor’s Degree in French and is currently an Interpretation Manager, ESL Instructor and French Interpreter/Translator at Conversa in Cincinnati. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP

For only $ 8 per person ($6 for child), savor a Sweet or Savory Lucious Crepe prepared by Chef Nicola with a cup of tea while enjoying the charming Kentucky Palmieri’s location we discovered at the same occasion past years!

This is a family event & kids of all ages are welcomed! 

Space is limited to 30 per serving and we will hold 3 servings:

• 2:30 p.m.
• 3:30 p.m.
• 5:30 p.m.

Please let us know at what serving you plan on coming on the registration page or by email at af@afcincinnati.com.

Come and join us for a share of the French traditional  Epiphanie  “Galette des Rois”

Saturday January 7th from 2:00 pmto 5:00 pm in the village of Glendale

Harry Whiting Brown Community Center

The Scout House

34 Village Square Glendale, Ohio 45246

Direction N75 Exit 14 Take left on E Sharon RD

Bake a cake and bring it to participate to the contest of the best Galette!  We will have a workshop with children to make a crown as well!

Several traditions exist: a puff pastry layers with a dense centre of frangipane or a brioche with candied fruits.
Tradition holds that the cake is “to draw the kings” to the Epiphany. A figurine, “la fève” (trinket) is hidden in the cake and the person who finds it in their slice becomes king or queen for the day and he/she receives a crown, “une couronne”and chooses his king or queen.

Free event!

Superstar Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet Returns

The French Connection

Stéphane Denève conductor

Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano

at the CSO

THU APR 12, 2012 | 7:30 PM

SAT APR 14, 2012 | 8:00 PM

SUN APR 15, 2012 | 2:00 PM

The program includes:

• RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin
• SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian

• ROUSSEL: Symphony No. 3

• RAVEL: La valse
  

Join a group of Alliance Francaise Members & Friends:

Register Now!!!

Alliance Francaise members receive 25% discount at all CSO Events!

Understand the fascinating history of this country, which has witnessed one of the most extraordinary civilizations built: from its beginnings on the banks of the Nile, to the revolution of the Arab Spring.

From the pyramids of Cairo to the Place Tahrir, the diaporama will show you the splendors of the past of the Pharaohs, as well as different cultures which built Modern Egypt.

Sponsored by The Department of Foreign Languages of Thomas More College & The Alliance Française of Cincinnati

Free to the public

Final Friday of October, we are organizing a tour of the studios at the Pendleton Art Center.

Friday October 28  at 6:00 pm at Kay Hurley studio room 701.

Painter Kay Hurley and glass artist Oliver Debikey will welcome you at the Studio.

http://www.mkatherinehurley.com/oilpaintings.html

1310 Pendleton Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Valet parking

This year, the Alliance Française celebrating Beaujolais Nouveau on Thursday November 17

In the spirit of what you could experience in the streets of Quartier Latin, the Alliance Française has partnered with award wining Arnold’s Bar & Grill established in 1861, the quaintest, longest operated bar in town, to host an informal Beaujolais Nouveau Get-together starting at 5:00 p.m. and  featuring a French themed Dinner Menu with Beaujolais Nouveau by the glass or the bottle and live music in their heated courtyard!