Events Calendar

Join us at the French Library for a special evening celebrating Francophonie Month 2026! Connect with members of Boston's Francophone community and institutions during a festive meet-and-greet honoring the richness of the French language and Francophone cultures.

Come join us for the new Theater Club at the French Library, a place to read, watch, discuss and recite contemporary and classic French plays with fellow enthusiasts.

Take a private tour of the MFA led in French, and discover a curated selection of modern masterpieces. This visit offers a fresh perspective on modern art; between imagination, abstraction, and bold new forms of expression.

We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our library for a magical story time in French!

Celebrate Francophonie Month in the kitchen. Learn to prepare a shrimp palombo and a coconut flan infused with Madagascar vanilla in this festive, hands-on cooking class -in French!

This workshop will focus on « constrained literature ». It will explore the challenges that come with translating texts that were written with specific constraints and will reflect on how the limitations of the original can serve as a source of creative inspiration.

Seeking opportunities to speak French? Join us online for our popular members-only conversation gathering.

We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our library for a magical story time in French!

We invite you to join the first edition of our Silent Book Club in French on March 17th. It’s a wonderful opportunity to dive into a good book while enjoying a peaceful atmosphere with fellow reading enthusiasts.

Join us at the French Library for a conversation on "The Years" by Annie Ernaux. We invite you to read the book in its entirety and meet us on March 17th, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

Join us for an evening celebrating Ru, the acclaimed film adaptation of Kim Thúy’s international bestseller, praised for “celebrating the healing nature of the kindness of strangers.”

The French Library is delighted to present this cooking class from our Gastronomy & Wine program. Guided by excellence, this program is designed to educate you in the fine art of cooking and oenology with a focus on different regions of France. Alsace is famous for its hearty, rustic dishes that combine rich flavors with a deep appreciation for locally sourced ingredients.

An elegant wine education series exploring France’s most important regions through the lens of culture, tradition, and taste. Each class embraces a region and incorporates a book as a narrative guide - framing the wines, places, and people that shaped France’s enduring wine culture. Across the series, we’ll move through key French regions in a cohesive tasting journey, offering both seasoned enthusiasts and curious newcomers a deeper, more intuitive understanding of French wine, guided by storytelling, expert insight, and shared conversation.

Seeking opportunities to speak French? Join us for our popular members-only conversation gathering.

For more than a century, one of America’s greatest operas was lost to history. Join documentarian Marguerite de Bourgoing, Harvard librarian Andrea Cawelti, and moderator Morgan Beckford of Boston Lyric Opera for an extraordinary journey into the rediscovery of Edmond Dédé’s forgotten masterpiece, Morgiane, featuring rare insights and archival revelations.

Join us for "La Pause Café”, a DROP-IN activity for you to practice your French skills, immerse yourself in stimulating conversations, and make new friends.

We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our library for a magical story time in French!

Celebrate the release of the new English translation of Soviet Land with Pierre-Henry Gomont. Set in post-Soviet Russia, this tragicomic thriller follows two small-time swindlers navigating the ruins of a vanished utopia.

The French Library is delighted to present this cooking class from our Gastronomy & Wine program. Guided by excellence, this program is designed to educate you in the fine art of cooking and oenology with experts.

Join us at the French Library for a conversation about Les filles de Monroe by Antoine Volodine. We invite you to read the book in its entirety and meet us on March 25th, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

Rediscover a classic and the film that launched Brigitte Bardot’s screen career. And God Created Woman remains a landmark of modern French cinema on the eve of the New Wave.

Seeking opportunities to speak French? Join us online for our popular members-only conversation gathering.

We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our library for a magical story time in French!