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 September 20th.  FRENCH CONVERSATION ENCOURAGED.  Réseau Jeunes Francophones features happy hour prices from 5-7pm.  

Alliance Française welcomes you on September 20th - AFA MEMBERSHIP NOT REQUIRED.  If you are 18 to 34 and have an interest in the world and/or French language and cultures check out this group  Thursday September 20th @ the Butterfly Bar off Manor Road @ 5:30pm.

New to Alliance Française d'Austin? AFA WELCOMES YOU!  AFA welcomes new members to our community year-round.  Attending an AFA NEW MEMBER COFFEE is a great way to familiarize yourself with AFA programs and with the benefits of AFA membership.  Attending an AFA New Member Coffee is also a great way to get to know AFA's Board, staff, advisors, longtime members, and other new members.  If you have been a member of Alliance Française d'Austin one year or less, enjoy treats & casual conversation over a relaxing cup of coffee with your friends at Alliance Française d'Austin. 

The New Member Coffee is free & open to new AFA members - those who wish to attend are asked to send a note to info@afaustin.org and provide their name and intention to attend.  Our New Member Coffee address (near Anderson HS) will be distributed via email by 10am Thursday morning September 13th.  New members, you are among friends at Alliance Française d'Austin!  RSVP to info@afaustin.org by 10am Thursday September 13th and join us for coffee, treats and conversation.  Get to know us and get involved.  New members, we hope to see you Thursday afternoon September 13th.

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.  See The Wild Boys showing September 9th @ 6:00pm. Information, Festival Badges and Individual Tickets are available HERE. 

Join AF Ciné-club for THE WILD BOYS, a genre-bending and gender-bending surrealist work that zigzags through a stylized world of transgressions, showing Sept 9th at 6pm.Join aGLIFF and AF Ciné-club for this supberb and wild ride, 110 minutes in French,  Alamo South Lamar. 

Join Alliance Française on September 9th from 3:00-5:00 at the Mueller Hangar to play Pétanque, a favorite French leisure sport.  Experienced players team up with novices to enjoy this exciting game.  No previous experience is necessary and all equipment is provided. 

Food and drink are potluck.  Participants are invited to bring bread, cheese or a favorite recipe to share.  AFA Pétanque is fun for people of all ages and there's no charge to participate.  Members and nonmembers are welcome. Pétanque is a family-friendly activity..  Enjoy fresh air, French conversation, food and sport on second and fourth Sundays.  Alliance Française of Austin hopes to see you at the Mueller Hangar to play Pétanque on September 9th.

AFA's Salon de Conversation meets the 2nd Saturday of each month from 11:00-12:15 at Café Express.  Last month Salon de Conversation participants had a great time talking about animals, so much so that we'll talk about animals again in September!  On September 8th, talk about a special animal companion in your life or what you love about animals. In what ways do animals enrich your home and life?   AFA's 2nd Saturday Salon de Conversation is guided by native French speakers.  Assistance & practice will be offered at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels - all members at all levels of proficiency are welcome to attend.

Please note the 2nd Saturday Salon de Conversation is a members-only event. Members' names must appear on the current membership list.  Sign-in with Alliance Française is required. Pick up a pastry, snack or drink for yourself or just come to speak French. All levels of fluency are welcome. We look forward to seeing you September 8th at 11:00am at Café Express.

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 Sept 6th 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 September 6th 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. 

On the third Sunday of each month join AFA Ciné-club at the AFS Cinema to discover French film.  AFA Ciné-Club is open to everyone, both AFA members & non-members.  Snacks & drinks may be pruchased from AFS Concenssions.  Films are presented in French with English subtitles. 

This month AF Ciné-Club presents Sólveig Anspach's L'Effet Aquatique.  Samir runs into young widow Agathe at a café in Paris. She's not interested but Samir is love-struck and signs up for lessons at the public pool where Agathe works. Samir's romantic pursuits take him to a lifeguard convention in Iceland, where he poses as a delegate with a plan to use swimming pools for peace in the Middle East. This final film by Sólveig Anspach is a fast & quirky comedy about the extremes that some will go for true love.  Online tickets are $6.  Tickets purchased at the door are $8. Purchase tickets by clicking HERE and join AFA Ciné-club on Sunday August 19th at 12:15pm at the AFS Cinema at IH35 and Hwy 290. Please note the venue is the AFS Cinema and start time is 12:15pm.  Join us at AFS Cinema Aug 19th.

AF Ciné-club and the Austin Film Society will co-host four screenings of director René Laloux's LA PLANETE SAUVAGE (Fantastic Planet) in August. Based on a story by French surrealist Roland Topor, FANTASTIC PLANET tells the tale of a race of giants who oppress their average-size neighbors until the average-size people discover a novel way to fight back.  This sci-fi looks strikingly alien even 45 years after its 1973 release.  See FANTASTIC PLANET at AFS Cinema August 17th @ 7:00pm. JOIN US for this extraordinary film and experience.   FANTASTIC PLANET tickets are available here.  

1973 France & Czechoslovakia, 1 hour 12 minutes - in French with English subtitles.

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.  

Soccer/football fans, start your Friday with a bang.  World Cup Soccer is heating up and the France Vs Uruguay game at 9am Friday July 6 promises to be a big event.  The game will be broadcast all around town this Friday morning.  Catch the game on the big screen in Northwest Austin at Mister Tramps at 8565 Research Blvd, get baguette and coffee while you watch downtown at Easy Tiger at 709 E 6th Street, see the game on the east side at Native Hostel Bar & Kitchen at 807 E 4th Street, or see the game on multiple HDTVs at Uncle Billy's Smokehouse at 1530 Barton Springs Road.  

AFA Club de Lecture meets the fourth Saturday of each month at 2:00pm at the Arboretum location of La Madeleine French Café. It is recommended that participants have at least an intermediate level of French proficiency to join book discussion.  All members are welcome to attend and listen. Book Club members supply their own books. Club de Lecture is open to AFA members whose names appear on the current member list.

On June 23rd AFA's Club de Lecture will meet to discuss the novel Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series of extraordinary encounters. His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to Earth and further adventures.  Become an AFA member and join us for Club de Lecture on June 23 at 2:00pm to discuss this acclaimed work.  

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.

Celebrate La Fête de la Francophonie on March 23rd with friends, cake and Alliance Française during 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 on March 23rd.  We hope to see you soon at Cherrywood Coffeehouse March 23rd to speak French, eat, drink, play games and to celebrate la Fête de la Francophonie.  We hope to see you Friday night March 23rd!

In celebration of Le Mois de la Francophonie, Alliance Française of Austin presents FESTINEMA, a French film festival that encourages children and young adults to see foreign films and encourages active appreciation of cinema.  Between March 8th and April 5th AFA will provide age-appropriate French film screenings to 200+ Austin and Central Texas students in schools around the city.  Information about the 2018 Festinema program, films to be offered, and accompanying educational materials can be found HERE.  If you are affiliated with a school and have interest in a Festinema-related French film screening for your students, contact Alliance Française d'Austin at info@afaustin.org.  

Festinema is an annual nationwide film festival and educational program designed for children and adolescents.  Festinema was created by the United States Alliance Française network.  The Festival is part of Kids Trail, a program initiated by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, and by the FACE Foundation. Now in its fifth year, Festinema encourages learning and understanding of international cultures through cinema. AFA is proud to offer Festinema to connect Austin-area youth to French language and Francophone cultures.

AFA Ciné-club is proud to partner with the Austin Film Society to present four outstanding French films in February.  The fourth one is Faces Places, a 2017 movie directed by Agnès Varda. Well into her 80s, Agnès Varda struck up a new creative partnership with young artist JR to combine their shared love for the discovery of place through encounters with photography. The resulting film is a truly stunning and moving tribute to Varda’s artistic legacy.

Join AFA Ciné-club and the Austin Film Society at the AFS Cinema on February 22 at 7:30pm for Faces Places.  Tickets available at www.austinfilm.org.  AFA members don't forget to use the discount code distributed Feb 7th for a $2 discount on each French Film ticket purchased.  Not yet a member?  JOIN ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE to receive the French Film discount code today.

AFA Ciné-club partners with aGLIFF in February to present L'Amant Double (Double Lover) by François Ozon, a 2017 deliciously duplicitous tale of psychoanalysis and seduction. 

See Double Lover on February 21st at 7:30pm at the Alamo South Lamar.  Tickets available at http://agliff.org/events/.  Mark February 21 on your calendar and join AFA Ciné-club and aGLIFF for Double Lover.

AFA Ciné-club is proud to partner with the Austin Film Society to present four outstanding French films in February.  The second one is Vagabond, a 1986 movie directed by Agnès Varda. For this landmark of feminist filmmaking, established starlet Sandrine Bonnaire signed on to play a hopeless, itinerant youth stuck on the fringe of society. Bonnaire’s frightening performance challenged expectations of what young women could do and be as leading ladies.

Join AFA Ciné-club and the Austin Film Society at the AFS Cinema on February 15th at 7:30pm for Vagabond.  Tickets available at www.austinfilm.org.  AFA members don't forget to use the discount code distributed Feb 7th for a $2 discount on each French Film ticket purchased.  Not yet a member?  JOIN ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE to receive the French Film discount code today.

AFA will not hold Feb 11 Pétanque due to the chilly wet Sunday forecast.  

We hope to see you for Pétanque food and fun on February 25th at the Muller Hangar!

It's time for La Chandeleur, an annual French celebration that features crêpes and hard cider.  Celebrate La Chandeleur with Alliance Française at Café Crème and enjoy food, drinks, and friends at AFA's fabulous Saturday February 3rd crêpe party. Festivities will begin with snacks, wine, and fun ChatPack conversation cards.   Enjoy hard cider & wine with a savory crêpe entrée served with salad.  After your savory crêpe meal try a selection of assorted caramels, chocolates, and traditional French café music in the bal-musette style by Austin folk musician Shirley Johnson.  Click HERE for detailed party information.

Tickets purchased February 1st through 3rd are $36 for current members and $44 for non-members.  We look forward to seeing you for a great celebration with savory crêpes, cider, delicious sweets, live music, friends, and French conversation.  Seating is limited!  Purchase  La Chandeleur tickets HERE.

Alliance Française of Austin is a self-financed nonprofit whose programs depend on the critical financial support of our donors.  Those who donate $200 or more to the general operations, programs, and/or scholarship efforts of Alliance Française enjoy membership in the AFA Donor Club.  Donor Club members are invited to join AFA Board members, key staff, and special guests for our upcoming Champagne & Dessert Donor Club Party to be held January 9th at 7:30pm in downtown Austin.  This invitation-only event will feature champagne, caramel tastings, music, and delightful desserts by AFA partner La Pâtisserie.   For information on becoming more involved in the mission of Alliance Française of Austin and the AFA Donor Club, contact Alliance Française d'Austin at info@afaustin.org

Alliance Française invites you to join us January 6th for our La Galette des Rois Apéritif at Sala & Betty, a casual French-inspired eatery that offers farm-sourced creative dishes, cocktails, wine, and beer on Airport Boulevard. AFA will provide small plates to share from 4:00-4:45pm - guests pick up their own drinks.  At 4:45pm enjoy 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 on January 6th.

AFA Apéritifs are free to AFA members. Members' names must appear on the current member list.  Non-members & guests will be charged a $5 fee.  Sign in with Alliance Française required.  Stop by on January 6th to enjoy cauliflower gratin, fried crab croquettes, and goat cheese tarts, 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 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.  AFA's School offerings, scholarship programs, and French-themed events depend on the crucial support provided by donations to the Alliance Française of Austin. Donations to the AFA Annual Fund allow for ongoing enhancement of AFA programs & services.  Your tax-deductible donation in any amount is important and appreciated!  Those who donate $200 or more by 11:59pm on December 31st will be invited to AFA's January 9th Champagne Donor-club Reception, featuring dessert by fabulous AFA partner La Pâtisserie. 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.  Please help us reach our goal.  We thank you for your trust and support.

On Friday evening December 8th, AFA Members are invited to celebrate the holiday season on East 17th Street near MLK Bvld with their Alliance Française d'Austin friends, classmates, and neighbors from 7:30-9:00pm. Attendees are asked to bring a hearty dish to share.   Alliance Française will furnish bottled water, soft drinks, wine, and a beautiful Bûche de Noël.   

Come and enjoy potluck supper, a recap of Alliance Française 2017 offerings, a preview of what's ahead for AFA members in 2018, and vote to fill available positions on the Alliance Française Board of Directors.  Enjoy lively French conversation, a glass of wine, decadent dessert, and your Alliance Française friends.  Not a member?  Check out the benefits of AFA membership and join us for AFA's December 8th Holiday Party and Annual Meeting.

Browse for books and delicious treats at AFA's Book & Bake Sale to be held Sunday Dec 3rd from 1:00-4:00pm at AFA's French Materials Library.   The AFA Library offers AFA members the opportunity to check out materials appropriate for all levels of French proficiency.  The Alliance Française Book & Bake Sale will feature French pastries from our partner Pâtisserie à la carte, cakes, cookies, and holiday candies, along with gently-used books en français.  Pick up a gift and a treat on December 3rd.  AFA's Book & Bake Sale will be held in Suite 106 at the Alliance Française building located at 4101 Medical Parkway.  

Discover the French-language materials available to AFA members during upcoming library hours while you check out AFA's Book & Bake Sale from 1:00-4:00pm on December 3rd.  We hope to see you soon.