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Spring Open House
Discover the Center's Education Programs
Learn more about our classes, meet our teachers, take a placement test and enjoy special discounts on your registration!
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Francophonie Film Festival: Polina, danser sa vie (2016)
Screened at the Coolidge Corner Theatre
Co-presented with the Consulate General of France in Boston. In this film, a young girl from a modest Russian family studies classical ballet. After many difficulties, she succeeds as a young woman to enter the prestigious Bolchoi. However she turns to modern dance, then improvisation, then choreography.
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Le Bal Dada
Come lose all sense of reality at a French surrealist soirée!
Le Bal is back and promises to be... surreal! Join us for our 6th annual soirée in support of our Mosaïque initiative for expanded and exceptional cultural programming.
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French Library hosts annual wine dinner
The French Library hosted its annual Le Tour de France Viticole wine dinner at the Chilton Club on Monday. The black-tie fund-raiser featured fine wines…
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Le Tour de France Viticole: A Taste of Bordeaux
On November 21, 2016, The French Culture Center hosted an exceptional evening of fine wines and food at The Chilton Club in order to raise…
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French Library hosts annual Bastille Day celebration
The mood was subdued at the annual Bastille Day celebrations put on by the French Library this past Friday, July 15, after a moment of…
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Bernar Venet at MIT
A lecture with world-renowned artist Bernar Venet about the influence of science and mathematics on his artwork
Conceptual artist and sculptor Bernar Venet will give a special lecture at MIT where he will address his decades of work and the influence of science and mathematics on his artwork.
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Concours Proxima
Aspiring astronauts and fans of Le Petit Prince: here's your chance to send your stories into space! Faites voyager vos histoires dans l'espace ! In…
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Ciné Francophonie: Le journal d’Aurélie Laflamme
The diary of Aurélie Laflamme
Aurélie Laflamme feels all alone in the universe. Between joy and sorrow, successes and failures, love and friendship, we follow Aurélie as she finds her very own place in this universe.
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RAW: Portraits of Artists
by Bernar Venet
Join us on Thursday, March 2, for an exclusive artist lecture at 6:00 PM (RSVP only) and the opening reception and official kickoff of le mois de la Francophonie at 7:00 PM!
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Stage d’habilitation examinateurs-correcteurs au DALF
Stage de formation habilitante examinateurs-correcteurs aux niveaux C1 et C2 pour le DALF.
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L'auteur du mois : Émile Jadoul
Emile Jadoul (1963-) est un écrivain belge qui crée les livres doux et amusants pour les petits. Après ses études à l’Ecole de Beaux-Arts de…
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Atelier découverte: La langue française autour du monde
A look at French outside of France
This month's Atelier découverte will highlight les mots de la francophonie: expressions, dialects, and variations of French spoken around the world.
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L'Heure du Conte
Story time in French for children 3 to 4 years old
We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our médiathèque for a magical story time in French! We welcome families with children 3-4 years old to this story time. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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L'Heure du Conte
Story time in French for children 1 to 3 years old
We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our médiathèque for a magical story time in French! We welcome families with children 1-3 years old to this story time.
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Bouillon de Lectures: La littérature canadienne
Célébrons le mois de la francophonie en littérature
This month's book club will focus on Canadian literature, from classics like Les Anciens Canadiens, one of the first Quebecois novels, to contemporary favorites from Michel Tremblay and Denise Bombardier.
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Stage d’habilitation examinateurs-correcteurs au DELF
Stage de formation habilitante examinateurs-correcteurs aux niveaux A1, A2, B1, B2 pour le DELF Junior/Pro/TP.
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Ciné-Club de l'Alliance: L'enquête
The Clearstream Affair (2014)
Ripe with political and financial intrigue, this film follows Journalist Denis Robert as he sparks a storm in the world of European finance by denouncing the murky operations of banking firm Clearstream.
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From the Bench to the Sketchbook
A discussion between U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and famed courtroom artist Noëlle Herrenschmidt
The event is sold out, please register to our waiting list, we will contact you directly if we are able to accommodate you. If we do not contact you please understand that we are not able to accommodate you.
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L'Heure du Conte
Story time in French for children 3 to 4 years old
We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our médiathèque for a magical story time in French! We welcome families with children 3-4 years old to this story time.
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L'Heure du Conte
Story time in French for children 1 to 3 years old
We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our médiathèque for a magical story time in French! We welcome families with children 1-3 years old to this story time.
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L'auteur du mois : Annie Ernaux
Je n’ai pas cherché à m’écrire, à faire œuvre de ma vie : je me suis servie d’elle, des évènements, généralement ordinaires, qui l’ont traversée,…
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L'Heure du Conte
Story time in French
We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our médiathèque for a magical story time in French! We welcome families with children 3-4 years old to this story time.
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Bouillon de Lectures: Le théâtre de Molière
From L'avare to Le malade imaginaire
This month's book club will focus on plays penned by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin.
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Atelier découverte: Bon appétit !
Gastronomy at the Library
Come to our Atelier découverte to learn more about cuisine in our collections!
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L'Heure du Conte
Story time in French
We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our médiathèque for a magical story time in French! We welcome all families with children 1-3 years old to this story time.
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Sur le Chemin de la Loi
A selection of works by famed courtroom artist Noëlle Herrenschmidt
This exhibition features a selection of works from famed courtroom artis Noëlle Herrenschmidt's latest book, Dans les coulisses de la loi. Through the drawings from her fascinating career, we are given an inside look at the path of law in France and some of its most famous trials.
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Most borrowed at our Library in 2016
Is one of your resolutions for 2017 to bring out your inner rat de bibliothèque (bookworm)? Have you been putting off watching a movie without…
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Ciné-Club de l'Alliance: L'enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq
by Guillaume Nicloux
The story of how the famous author Michel Houellebecq is kidnapped and held for ransom by three men during a promotional tour in 2011.
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La Fête des Rois
Become king or queen for the day!
This traditional French holiday is celebrated with delicious cake fit for a king (or queen), so don't miss it!