How do French Presidential Elections work?

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Join Hélène Crié-Wiesner for a talk about the French voting system and the 2022 presidential elections in particular. France has begun the process of selecting its next president; French people will go to the polls in April 2022. In many ways, the political trends in France are the same as those being witnessed across the European continent, if not the world.  But the French voting system ...

Free

Macaron baking class

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Online event, in English Pastry lovers, join us to learn how to make French macarons with our French baker Sandrine Wallace. Sandrine will teach you all her savoir-faire to bake the finest macarons from scratch. In this workshop we will make chocolate and raspberry macarons. Don’t want to cook but only watch and take notes? You are more than welcome! ...

$10.00 – $15.00

Fête de la Musique

Deering Oaks Park - Portland State Street, Portland , Me

Fête de la Musique

Deering Oaks Park - Portland State Street, Portland , Me

Fête du 14 Juillet

Winslow Park 10 Winslow Park Way, Freeport, United States

Événement gratuit! Rendez-vous au parc Winslow à Freeport à 18 heures, près des tables de pique-nique, sous la banderole « Alliance Française du Maine »! Les prix d’entrée au parc varient selon l’âge: https://www.freeportmaine.com/winslow-park-and-campground/pages/day-use Voici les directions: https://www.freeportmaine.com/winslow-park-and-campground/pages/directions

Bastille Day Celebration

Winslow Park 10 Winslow Park Way, Freeport, United States

Free event! We will meet at Winslow park at 6 pm, near the picnic tables, under the sign “Alliance Française du Maine”! Entrance fees vary according to your age: https://www.freeportmaine.com/winslow-park-and-campground/pages/day-use Directions here: https://www.freeportmaine.com/winslow-park-and-campground/pages/directions

“French All Around Us” — Meet the Authors

Virtual Event Virtual Event

We are excited to host the New England-based contributors to the new book "French All Around Us: French language and Francophone Culture in the United States", along with editors Kathleen Stein-Smith and Fabrice Jaumont. In this book, you will read stories that explain the history of French and of this language that is still alive in many regions of our ...

Free

Festival Champlain

USM - Talbot Lecture Hall 85 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, United States

L’Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis, le Consulat Général de France à Boston, le Consul honoraire du Maine, et l’Alliance Française du Maine, sont heureux d’annoncer la naissance du Festival Champlain. Un festival du cinéma francophone à Portland ayant pour objectif de célébrer 400 ans d’histoire et de Francophonie en Nouvelle Angleterre où 5% de la population parle le Français! La ...