Come join our French conversation table in Portland every first Saturday of the month at 10am! At Burundi Star Coffee 261 St John Street EVERYONE IS WELCOME! VIVE LA FRANCOPHONIE!

Come discover or re-discover the beautiful Portland Museum of Arts, in FRENCH! A bilingual docent will guide you around diverse exhibitions. This free event for members of AFduME requires you to sign up as places in the visiting group are limited. https://www.portlandmuseum.org/

Screening of the French Canadian film “Jules au pays d’Asha” (2023, directed by Sophie Farkas Bolla), followed by a discussion with the audience PMA, 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME / Free Event Event sponsored by the Boston Quebec Delegation and Canadian Consulate

From 1604 to 1607, Samuel de Champlain traveled through Acadie, first on the island of Sainte-Croix (Maine), then in Port-Royal (Nova Scotia). He explored and mapped the New England coast and developed relationships with indigenous communities. He lived his first North American winter there. His experience in French Acadie helped him greatly to found Quebec a year later, in 1608. ...