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Spring Open House
Discover all the center has to offer
Learn more about our classes, meet our teachers, take a placement test and enjoy special discounts on your registration!
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Building Intimacy with Didier Faustino
Challenging boundaries of self and space
Architect, artist and designer Didier Faustino will showcase his multidisciplinary practice in art and architecture that highlights the complex relationship between the body and the spaces it inhabits.
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Living Architecture with Elodie Nourrigat
Creating connections through Public art
Award-winning French architect and co-founder of the Festival des Architectures Vives (Festival of Living Architecture), Elodie Nourrigat shares her strategies and experiences connecting the people of Montpellier with contemporary installations and the city's rich architectural heritage.
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Tendances: Cuisine et culture pop
Savourez quelques découvertes culturelles
This event has been cancelled.
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Le bestiaire by Ionna Vautrin: Workshop for Kids
Imaginations run wild as children create animal costumes
Children create their own animal costumes inspired by French designer Ionna Vautrin's Le bestiaire exhibition.
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L'Heure du Conte: Contes en folie
Exploring the imaginary worlds of fairy tales
In this free, teacher-led story time, we will be exploring the world of fairy tales at a level accessible to children 2 to 5 years old.
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Le bestiaire by Ionna Vautrin
an imaginary zoo of abstract, unexpected and hyper realistic animals
Imagined by French designer Ionna Vautrin, Le bestiaire is a collection of costumes that celebrates the animal kingdom, rousing the imaginations of young and old alike.
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Ciné-Club de l'Alliance: Les Conquérants
The Conquerors (2013)
A screening of Xabi Molia's Les Conquérants, an adventure comedy about half-brothers seeking to undo a family curse, as part of the Francophonie Film Festival.
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Le Salon: La Faune et La Flore
Développons ensemble notre curiosité et notre culture générale
Share texts that have moved you in a small-group, intimate setting focusing on the topic of plants and animals.
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Atelier d’écriture rap avec Webster
le rappeur sénégalo-québécois stimule la créativité des jeunes
Teens with a passion for hip-hop or rap can join Sénégalo-Québécois rapper Webster for a hands-on workshop where they'll learn about the structure and form of classic hip-hop, then write and read aloud their own creations.
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Le Café Philo: Le bonheur
Regards croisés entre philosophie, économie, et neurosciences
La courbe du bonheur est-elle corrélée à celle de la richesse? Est-on prédisposé génétiquement au bonheur? Ou le bonheur est-il une attitude, une manière de pensée?
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Lecture théâtrale: Meursault, contre-enquête
écrit par Kamel Daoud - Prix Goncourt du premier roman 2015
Guy Ben-Aharon directs Nael Nacer in a staged reading of Meursault, contre-enquête by Kamel Daoud, considered a literary and historical retelling of Albert Camus' celebrated novel, L'Étranger.
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Bouillon de Lectures: Littérature haïtienne
Célébrons le Mois de la francophonie en littérature
Découvrez des auteurs haïtiens comme Frankétienne, Dominique Batraville and Yanick Lahens dans le contexte du Mois de la francophonie.
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De la musique jusqu’au silence
Celebrating Francophonie through visual art
A collection of three-dimensional mixed media paying homage to the great Francophone musicians of the 1970s.
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Emel Mathlouthi
the voice of the tunisian revolution
Listen to Emel's gorgeous, intricate sound as it moves between rock, trip-hop and electronica, all interlaced with classical Arabic tradition.
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L'Heure du Conte: Two Little Pigs
Share three adorable animal stories with your little ones
In this free, teacher-led story time, we will be discovering animals and their names, as well as getting to know two very special little pigs!
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Le Café Philo: L'Amour
Parlons de l'amour sous toutes ses formes!
Pour notre première séance, parlons de l'amour sous toutes ses formes, de Platon à Blaise Pascal, en passant par Schopenhauer. Venez debattre d’un sujet éternel et universel!
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La Cuisine Légère with Virginie Woo
Cooking that's all French, no fat!
Join CRISTEL culinary expert Virginie Woo for a hands-on cooking workshop where you'll cook (and eat) a gourmet French three-course menu that has no added fat!
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Le Café Gourmand with Franck Geuffroy
Sample the creations of a renowned chef
Transport yourself for an afternoon to a fashionable Parisian salon de thé and indulge your sweet tooth with the delicious creations of Franck Geuffroy, Pastry Chef & Director at the École de Cuisine Alain Ducasse in Paris.
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Pastry Workshops with Franck Geuffroy
Pie! Pie! Pie!
An exclusive, hands-on workshop with one of France's finest pastry chefs will teach you the secrets of sweet and savory pies, tarts and more!
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Pastry Workshops with Franck Geuffroy
All about la Pâte à Choux
An exclusive, hands-on workshop with one of France's finest pastry chefs will help you master this essential building block of French cuisine.
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La Chandeleur
Celebrate the season, deliciously!
Gather with fellow Francophiles and Francophones in our ballroom and celebrate winter with a glass of cidre and a freshly prepared crêpe, made by CRISTEL chef and culinary expert Virginie Woo.
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Un Beau Refuge
A special short-term exhibition exploring transcultural identity
A special short-term exhibition exploring transcultural identity through the lens of the French Huguenot legacy in Ireland. Presented in conjunction with the TransCultural Exchange 2016 International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts.
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Les arrêts de la vie
A tribute to the work of Arthur Rimbaud
A series of oil and acrylic paintings exploring natural scenes and celebrating Arthur Rimbaud’s prose poem "Départ."