Tuesday, September 26, 2023 From 5:00 PM To 7:00 PM Add to Calendar 2023-09-26 17:00:00 2023-09-26 19:00:00 French apéro cooking series with chef Cécile Penot Dietrich What is more French and fun than enjoying an apéro with your friends? With this series, you will learn how to make 3 essentials of the apéro time: les choux, les verrines et les tartelettes. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA America/New_York
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 From 5:00 PM To 7:00 PM Add to Calendar 2023-10-24 17:00:00 2023-10-24 19:00:00 French apéro cooking series with chef Cécile Penot Dietrich What is more French and fun than enjoying an apéro with your friends? With this series, you will learn how to make 3 essentials of the apéro time: les choux, les verrines et les tartelettes. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA America/New_York
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 From 5:00 PM To 7:00 PM Add to Calendar 2023-11-14 17:00:00 2023-11-14 19:00:00 French apéro cooking series with chef Cécile Penot Dietrich What is more French and fun than enjoying an apéro with your friends? With this series, you will learn how to make 3 essentials of the apéro time: les choux, les verrines et les tartelettes. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA America/New_York
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Cécile Penot Dietrich
Cécile Penot Dietrich is a professional Chef graduated from CSCA professional Chef’s program. She created French in the Kitchen, a cooking class business in Arlington, MA, in 2015. She is passionate about sharing her decades long love for cooking with kids and adults by teaching a variety of classes including after school, corporate events, thematic classes.Originally a French attorney by trade, changed my career path after her relocation to the Boston area, 15 years ago.
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Discover the art and aspirations of May ’68 through original protest posters on view in our gallery. Curated by Emily Ternynck, this exhibition explores a movement that challenged authority and imagined a new society.
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The Frenchmen: French Theory from Paris to America
Emily Eakin in Conversation with Bruno Perreau
Join critic and essayist Emily Eakin and MIT professor Bruno Perreau for a lively conversation about The Frenchmen and how French theory captivated America, transformed intellectual life, and continues to shape today’s culture wars.
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We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our library for a magical story time in French!
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