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Festival d'Avignon
Sur le pont d’Avignon/ On y danse/ On y danse Perhaps these song lyrics sound familiar to you from your childhood (or a beginner French…
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La Fête nationale / Bastille Day
Each year, French people all around the world celebrate la Fête nationale on July 14, which they often call le quatorze juillet. This French national…
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Free Online Libraries for French Language Learning
The French Library is proud of our library’s physical collection of books, CDs, DVDs, magazines, and games and the fact that it is one of…
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Liberté, égalité, fierté ! French LGBT books for kids
June is here again, which means National LGBT History Month is in full swing! These stories of family and self-acceptance will resonate with readers of all ages. Gay dads, gay moms, first crushes, boy bears in dresses and princesses in love - you can find them all here!
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5 Garden Tours to Celebrate Rendez-vous aux jardins... in Boston like in Paris!
Each year, over 2,300 gardens open their gates to the public in Paris, Île de France, and, recently, in 20 countries all over Europe. Started…
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Meet Christopher Smith
We love our members! In fact, we love them so much that we want you to get to know them and share in our community.…
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Silence... Moteur... Action !
It's Cannes season! Missed your invite this year? Have a festival chez vous by screening a past prizewinner from the library!
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If Not for the Center...
I’m not a professional fundraiser and never thought that I would be writing an “annual appeal letter,” but when asked to do so for the…
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Le monde entier rêve de Paris
There was once a French TV commercial for the Aéroports de Paris with the tagline, “Le monde entier rêve de Paris” (The entire world dreams…
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La Fête du Muguet / La Fête du Travail
The first of May is a two-in-one holiday in France! It is both May Day (La Fête du Muguet) and Labor Day (La Fête du…
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