This month join AF Ciné-club for a special Francophonie event, a selection of short film screenings from Québec in partnership with Le Bureau du Québec à Houston. Stay on for Q&A with Marie-Michèle Déraspe from the Québec Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie. March 17 shorts to include:

MARGUERITE - An aging woman makes peace with her past

FAUVE - Two boys engage in a power game with Mother Nature

PILE OU FACE - A contested election proves that sometimes every vote really does count

POISSON DE MARS - Louis finds out that his family is planning a prank on him for April Fools' Day

LUNAR ORBIT RENDEZVOUS - A tale that captures the ferver of a first voyage to the moon

L'ASSAILLANT - Amid the chaos of life, a group of people peacefully enjoy their coffee break

L'APPARTEMENT - A mother welcomes her children to her modest apartment

SHORT FILMS FROM QUEBEC will be shown at 1pm Sunday March 17th at the AFS Cinema, 6259 Middle Fiskville Rd. $6 for AFA members and $9 for the general public. Click HERE for tickets and further information. Join us March 17th to enjoy wonderful Québecois shorts!

AFA’s next 2nd Saturday Salon de Conversation will be held at Upper Crust Bakery. On March 9th participants will asked to talk about a recent travel destination, vacation, or experience. What are some favorite places you’ve visited? AF Austin members at all levels of French are invited to attend and participate. Great coffee, pastries, and the chance to practice French with the help of native speakers.  Our Salon is a MEMBERS-ONLY event. Member levels & benefits at afaustin.org/join-us/

Speak French the second Saturday of each month with your AFA friends. Please be ready to tell about a favorite travel destination or experience on Saturday March 9th at 11:00am at Upper Crust Bakery, 4508 Burnet Road, Austin 78756.

Marwann is too preoccupied with adolescence to take interest in the Arab Spring demonstrations taking place throughout Paris. When Marwann stumbles into a street rally and has his picture taken by a journalist, he lands on the cover of the biggest newspaper in France and accidentally becomes the face of the Arab Spring. Marwann is instantly branded as a hero and the cool kid at his school. To win over a crush, Marwann embraces his new identity, only to find himself on a journey of connection to his roots.

MA RÉVOLUTION is the first film in the Francophone Film Series co-presented by the Bob Bullock History Museum and Alliance Française of Austin. The film is shown in conjunction with the Bullock Museum’s core exhibition Becoming Texas and includes a Q&A with Alliance Française d'Austin’s Ciné-Club Director Julia Podgorsek. MA RÉVOLUTION shows on March 7th at 7 P.M. in the Texas Spirit Theater. Join us for outstanding French-language film followed Q&A . $5 for AFA Members & Bullock Museum members. $8 for nonmembers. Purchase tickets HERE. French & Arabic with English subtitles.

 The AFA School offers private lessons and over 40 French classes per week beginning March 4th. 

Click HERE for March AFA School offerings and to Register Online.

In-person Registration is March 2nd. Classes Begin March 4th.

Check out a class at the Alliance Française of Austin French School. PLEASE NOTE - Students encouraged to register by 4pm March 2nd. Classes with less than three students will close March 2nd at 4pm. Students in under-enrolled classes may request an alternate class, a credit or a refund. New Experiences, New Friends, and a New You. It begins with Bonjour @ the AFA French School!

Alliance Française welcomes LEILA SLIMANI to Austin Feb 25 to discuss her novel Adèle at AFA partner organization BOOK PEOPLE. After the rocket success of CHANSON DOUCE, award-winning French/Moroccan author Leïla Slimani is touring the US to discuss her provocative novel ADELE.

A journalist & commentator on womens' rights & human rights, Ms Slimani was recently named one of The Fifty Most Influential French People in the World. DON'T MISS the opportunity to hear LEILA SLIMANI in Austin. Leila Slimani is the bestselling author of Chanson douce, a New York Times Book Reviews’ 10 Best Books of the Year, for which Slimani became the first Moroccan woman to win France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt. She won the La Mamounia prize for Adèle.  Hear Ms Slimani Monday February 25th @ 7pm at Book People, 603 N Lamar Blvd in Austin.

AFA will not hold Feb 10 Pétanque due to the wet and chilly Sunday forecast.  

Join AFA for Pétanque, food, drinks and fun on February 24th at the Muller Hangar!

Join Nelson Ranch Pétanque Club, Legation Boules Club and Alliance Française for our Feb 3rd La Chandeleur Potluck featuring crêpes, drinks, and Pétanque on Sunday Feb 3rd.

Pétanque from 1:00-5:00pm. Crêpes served at 2:30pm. La Chandeleur is a French holiday during which people eat crêpes and drink hard cider. La Chandeleur is often associated with the Catholic holiday Candlemas. Some say la Fête de la Chandeleur celebrates the return of mild weather, while others say that celebrating with crêpes ensures a good harvest and brings prosperity later in the year.  Join your friends in the park and enjoy food, drink, fresh air, French and Pétanque. Beautiful Nelson Ranch Park features well-styled courts, covered dining, and a full playground. Whip up crêpe shells, bring fillings or cider to share, pack up the kids and join us February 3rd! No Admission-Members & Nonmembers are welcome. Hope to see you Feb 3rd @ Nelson Ranch Park.

Join your French-speaking friends on February 1st for AFA Game Night at Cherrywood Coffeehouse.  Pick up coffee or a glass of wine for yourself, enjoy dessert, and take part in a game.  We'll speak French as we play traditional French board & card games as well as American board games en français.  Members' names must appear on the current membership list.  Non-members & guests will be charged a $5 fee.  

Memberships may be purchased online anytime and at Game Night.  Sign-in with Alliance Française is required. There will be lots of laughter and fun as we practice French and play board games with friends.  We hope to see you at Cherrywood Coffeehouse on Friday February 1st to speak French, eat, drink, and play.  We hope to see you for French Game Night Feb 1 at Cherrywood Coffeehouse.

Join AFA Ciné-club every month for great French film.  AFA Ciné-Club is open to everyone, both AFA members & non-members.  Snacks & drinks are available from AFS Concessions.  Films are presented in French with English subtitles. Join us for a screening and stay for our post-film discussion.

Hervé is an assembly-line worker whose years of service count for little when his employer shutters its shoe factory in northern France. Hervé uses his severance pay to pursue his love for fishing, but his attempts to turn his hobby into a vocation run afoul of the local authorities. While this is going on, the shoe factory is reassembled across the Mediterranean in a Tunisian suburb, where Foued takes a low-paying job in questionable conditions, forging ahead in the hope of a promotion and a romance with his coworker Karima. Both soon make the discovery that the word “mobility” means different things for people of differing circumstance. Join AFA Ciné-club at the AFS Cinema for this 2017 drama directed by Walid Mattar on Sunday January 20th at 1:00pm. 89 Minutes, French & Arabic with English subtitles.

Alliance Française of Austin is a self-financed nonprofit whose programs depend on the critical financial support of our donors.  Those who make a donation to the Operations Alliance Française of Austin during the 2018 calendar year in the amount of $250 or more in support of the AFA Annual Fund by December 31st enjoy membership in the AFA Donor Club.  Donor Club members are invited to join AFA Board members, staff, and key contributors for AFA’s upcoming Dinner & Wine Donor Club Party to be held January 8th at 7:30pm.  This invitation-only event features seated dinner, wine, and dessert with AF Austin Board members, Staff members, and key contributors.   For information on the mission of Alliance Française of Austin and information about the AFA Donor Club, contact Alliance Française d'Austin at info@afaustin.org.

Make your $250 donation to AFA’s Annual Fund by December 31st, look for your Paperless Post invite, and join us for AFA’s January 8th Donor Club Dinner after the new year. Alliance Française of Austin thanks you for your friendship and financial support. We hope to see you January 8th!

Alliance Française invites you to join us on January 5th for a delicious and fun La Galette des Rois Apéritif down the steps at the long tables near the Playground @ Central Market on North Lamar. AFA will provide small plates to share beginning at 4:00pm. Guests pick up their own drinks. 

After a bite to eat and conversation, AFA will serve a wonderful Galette des Rois, a cake composed of puff pastry filled with sweet almond frangipane cream that is traditionally shared in celebration of the Epiphany each year in early January. AFA Apéritifs are free to AFA members. Members' names must appear on the current member list and check-in with Alliance Française is required.  Non-members & guests will be charged a $10 fee. Stop by the playground area at Central Market on January 5th to enjoy cesar salad, vegetable penne, prosciutto, bread & cheese followed by delicious Galette des Rois.  Sign in when you arrive and join us for food, fun, and French at AFA's January Galette des Rois Apéritif.  We hope to see you Saturday afternoon by the long tables near the Central Market Playground on North Lamar January 5th.

On December 9th Members are invited to attend AFA’s Annual Meeting at 3:15pm at Halcyon Coffeehouse @ Mueller. The meeting will be followed by holiday treats across the street at Mueller Playground at 4:00pm. Alliance Française will furnish bottled water and holiday goodies. The Annual Meeting is a members-only event. 4:00pm Holiday Treats are for members and their guests. Join your friends at the Alliance Française table near the playground entrance for treats, drinks, conversation and playtime.

AFA’s Annual Meeting will include a recap of 2018 , a preview of new opportunities for members and students in 2019 , and a vote to fill available positions on the Alliance Française Board of Directors.  The Annual Meeting will be held at Halcyon Coffeehouse @ Mueller at 3:15pm. After the meeting, bring the kids and enjoy conversation and holiday treats.  Not a member?  Sign on for AFA membership and join us for AFA's December 9th Annual Meeting and holiday celebration.

Browse through loads of books and assorted French, Spanish, and English materials at this year’s Book Fair Soirée to be held at the Austin International School Wednesday Dec 5th from 6:00-8:00pm. Find a gift for a friend or treat yourself to a few books to read over the holidays! While browsing, stop by the Alliance Française of Austin table to learn about the benefits of AFA membership, about classes offered through the AFA School, about new AFA offerings in 2019, and about upcoming French film screenings presented by AF Ciné-club.

Alliance Française of Austin and our friends at The Austin International School look forward to seeing you at the December 5th Book Fair Soirée at 4001 Adelphi Lane in northwest Austin beginning at 6:00pm on December 5th. We hope to see you there.

It's been said that one can never fully understand one language until one understands at least two. Why study language? Language study provide windows into worlds beyond our own. Alliance Française of Austin promotes French language and French & Francophone culture in central Texas via classes offered through our School, through ongoing programs, and through French-themed events.  Donations to the AFA Annual Fund allow for ongoing enhancement of AFA programs & services.  Your donation in any amount is important and greatly appreciated.  Those who donate $250 or more by December 31st will be honored at AFA's Dinner & Wine Donor-club Party after the new year.

This year’s Annual Fund goal is $3,000. Our campaign ends Sunday December 31st. Please consider a donation of $10 or more to the AFA Annual Fund and help us reach our goal.  AFA thanks you for your investment in the mission and work of your Austin AF chapter. Alliance Française celebrates language, friendship and cultures.  We connect people and we are here to serve you - thank you for your trust and your support.

AFA’S great wine and food event, tonight’s Beaujolais Nouveau Party at Auguste and Marcel Wine Bar is SOLD OUT.  We so look forward to having 60 members, friends and neighbors with us this evening.

Beaujolais Nouveau wine is released on the third Thursday in November. The release has become an international party around the world, an event where friends, families, and entire communities come together to celebrate with delicious wine that is meant to be shared.  Tonigt AFA Book Club members will meet their Pétanque neighbors, Ciné-club fans will meet their friends who frequent AFA Game Night and our Réseau Jeunes Francophones group.  AFA School Students will meet your neighbors from AFA's Salon de Conversation group, and those new to Alliance Française will have a great evening as they check out our organization. Thrilled to hear Arielle Laguette and to see you all tonight for great wine, food, friends French and music! A très bientôt.

The Alliance Française Ciné-club is a proud community sponsor of the Austin Film Festival & Writer's Conference Oct 25-Nov 1. This is a special year for the Austin Film Festival, the 25th Anniversary of showing great films and offering outreach and education opportunities throughout the city. This year the Austin Film Festival offers four great French films:

Happy as Lazzaro, King of the Wing Demons, La Boîte, and Achoo.

Get information and a discounted Film Pass with promo code AFFcommunityFP at the Austin Film Festival website, https://www.austinfilmfestival.com/aff/live/ 

Don't miss AFA's September Soirée, an evening of hors-d'oeuvres, dessert, wine, music, socializing, and French conversation. AFA Soirées feature authors, artists, experts, scholars and distinguished guests who present informal talks about their area of expertise.  TONIGHT, Saturday September 22nd Alliance Française d'Austin welcomes AF Cinéclub Director Julia McMahan to lead a discussion in French about art, film, French cinema, and AF Austin’s Ciné-club. Admission includes hors-d'oeuvres, dessert, Ms McMahan's presentation, and two drink tickets.  Member ticket price is $17. Nonmembers tickets are $24. Don't miss Julia McMahan's presentation in French about art, film, and French cinema at AFA's September Soirée held in a private home off Bell Mountain Drive, 6100 Maury’s Trail, zip code 78730.  

Enjoy light food, dessert, drinks, music, socializing, Ms McMahan's presentation en français and a wonderful evening with Alliance Française of Austin. Click HERE to get your September Soirée tickets before tonight’s event. Members $17, Nonmembers $24. Receipt for ticket purchases will be sent to patrons via email. Pick up your purchased tickets at will-call at 6100 Maury’s Trail on September 22nd. All ticket sales final. We look forward to seeing you tonight for food, drink, French and fun!

Réseau Jeunes Francophones meets on first & third Thursdays at the Butterfly Bar at the Vortex Repertory Theater.  Réseau Jeunes Francophones invites people AGE 18 TO 34 with an interest in French & Francophone cultures and the world to join us.  Relax & hang out with friends on October 4th.  FRENCH CONVERSATION ENCOURAGED.  Happy hour prices are available on wine from 5-7pm.  

Alliance Française welcomes you on October 4th - MEMBERSHIP NOT REQUIRED.  If you are 18 to 34 and have an interest in the world, languages and cultures check out this group  Thursday October 4th @ the Butterfly Bar off Manor Road @ 5:30pm.

Alliance Française and  AF Ciné-Club is proud to serve as a Community Sponsor of the 31st annual aGLIFF Film Festival taking place this week, Sept 6 through Sept 9 at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar Blvd.  See two tremendous French-language films offered by the aGLIFF Film Festival -- Diane Has the Right Shape showing September 6th @ 9:45pm and The Wild Boys showing September 9th @ 6:00pm. Information, Festival Badges and Individual Tickets are available HERE. 

Join AF Ciné-club for DIANE HAS THE RIGHT SHAPE showing Sept 6th at 9:45pm.  Diane's best friends Thomas and Jacques have asked her to serve as a surrogate for the birth of their baby - she happily accepts and as her pregnancy progresses, Diane's infatuation with her electrician Fabrizio grows.  Join aGLIFF for this thought-provoking narrative. 87 minutes, 9:45pm Alamo South Lamar. 

Réseau Jeunes Francophones meets on first & third Thursdays at the Butterfly Bar at the Vortex Repertory Theater.  Réseau Jeunes Francophones invites people AGE 18 TO 34 with an interest in people, languages, and the world to join us.  Relax & hang out with friends on Oct 18th at Austin's iconic Butterlfy Bar. FRENCH CONVERSATION ENCOURAGED.  Happy Hour prices on wine from 5-7pm  - get yourself a drink and join us!  AFA MEMBERSHIP NOT REQUIRED.  If you are 18 to 34 and have an interest in the world beyond Austin and Texas, French language, and cultures CHECK OUT THIS GROUP.

Thursday October 18th on the high deck @ the Butterfly Bar on Manor Road in East Austin.

On August 23rd Alliance Française invites you to join us at the Butterfly Bar at the Vortex an Austin original that offers great food, beer, wine and cocktails in a laid back setting, for a Summer Party and Apéritif.  AFA will provide baguette, dips, and appetizers to share from 8:00-9:00pm on the upper deck at the Butterfly Bar.   Members and guests pick up their own drinks.  

AFA Apéritifs are free to AFA members.  Pick up a wrist band when you sign in with Alliance Française.  Members' names must appear on the current member list.  Membership may be purchased ONLINE today.  Non-members & guests will be charged a $10 fee.  Small plates to share, wine, music by Danielle Reich, and French conversation from 8:00-10:00pm Thurs Aug 23rd at the Butterfly Bar. 

French conversation, happy hour prices on wine, giveaways & fun with Alliance Française and AFA Ciné-club, August 17, 6:00-7:00pm in the AFS Cinema Lobby.   Check out Happy Hour at the AFS Cinema Bar @ 6:00, then stay for the 7pm screening of FANTASTIC PLANET directed by René Laloux.

Giveaways from 6-7pm, Happy Hour prices on wine and speak French with your AFA friends Friday August 17th, an hour before the FANTASTIC PLANET film screening.  We hope to see you July 13th in the AFS Cinema Lobby for Happy Hour and fun, 6:00-7:00pm.

AFA Ciné-club is partnering with the Austin Film Society to bring four great Jean-Paul Belmondo films to you in July.  In the 1973 film LE MAGNIFIQUE, Belmondo reunites with director Philippe de Broca in this multifaceted comedy about a pulp fiction writer who can barely eke out a living, whose love life is a mess and who fantasizes endlessly about the adventures of reckless spy Bob Sinclair, the hero of his novels. The film spins between the mundane life of the novelist and the jet-setting adventures of the novelists' imaginary spy, with witty and revealing results. With Jacqueline Bisset as the woman “both” men are striving to impress.  

See LE MAGNIFIQUE July 27th at AFS Cinema.  LE MAGNIFIQUE tickets are available here.  Current AFA members will receive a discount code via email for $2 off each ticket purchased. Not yet a member? Become an Alliance Française of Austin member to receive the discount code, and join us for fast and fun LE MAGNIFIQUE on Friday July 27th at 7pm.

AF Ciné-club is partnering with the Austin Film Society to bring four great Jean-Paul Belmondo films to you in July.  LEON MORIN, PRIEST portrays the story of a priest and the widow who falls for him in a setting of the total chaos of a progressing war. .  See LEON MORIN, PRIEST at AFS Cinema on July 24th at AFS Cinema.  LEON MORIN, PRIEST tickets are available here.  Become an AFA member and receive a code for $2 off tickets.

July 14, the date of the 1789 storming of a fortress in Paris called the Bastille, is celebrated nationwide in France and around the world. This year July 14 falls on a Saturday and Alliance Française d'Austin encourages everyone to enjoy dinner, live music, dancing, signature cocktails and special events that will be held throughout the city!  Bastille Day festivities will be held at Chez Nous, Blue Dahlia, Justine's, Toulouse at the Domain, Hopfields, Chez Zee, Mort Subit, Sala and Betty, and Le Politique.  Bastille Day crêpes, Belgian waffles and macarons will be available at Crêpe Crazy, La Pâtisserie, the Wafel Guys, Julie Myrtille and Saperlipopette, and enjoy live French chansons by Julie Slim and RendezVous at the Parker Jazz Club. 

Don't miss this big night of French, fun and celebration, all available to you July 14th!  Celebrate with friends French-style - AFA looks forward to seeing you out and about in Austin to celebrate Bastille Day on July 14th.  

If you're interested in French language & culture, are age 21 to 34, and love trivia check out Réseau Jeunes Francophones on July 19th at the Butterfly Bar on Manor Road.  Réseau Jeunes Francophones is an umbrella program comprised of the AFA YOUNG PROS NETWORK and the AFA STUDENT NETWORK.  AFA's Young Professionals & Student Networks invite people with an interest in French & Francophone cultures AGE 21 TO 34 to join us.  French conversation encouraged, light snacks provided.  Happy Hour prices available from 5-7pm. 

Everyone age 21-34 is welcome, members and non-members.  Join us for Réseau Jeunes Francophones on July 19th, team up with friends for friendly Trivia competition, and French things up with Alliance Française friends @ the Butterfly Bar at the Vortex, Thursday July 19.

On Saturday April 7th, Alliance Française will host an AFA Student Party and Open House from 2:00-4:00pm at the AFA building on Medical Parkway.  Stop in to meet our teachers, see our building and classrooms, and to check out the many relevant fun ways to learn French through the AFA School. Members, friends, and past, current, and future students join us - everyone is welcome to attend AFA's Party & Open House.

The Alliance Française School offers a community of people interested in language, culture, and the world, and exceptional teaching in a relaxed atmosphere.   Refreshments served French-style.  Bring a friend and join us April 7th for food, drinks, music, conversation and fun!  4101 Medical Parkway, Austin 78756.