French Alliance Columbus (OH) is a group of francophiles and francophones who enjoy French language and culture. All levels, ages, etc. welcome.
Your membership includes many free activities, such as conversation groups and cultural outings. There may be out of pocket expenses depending on the event. Members receive emails for announcements/updates/reminders.
Membership is for one year from the time your dues are received. Please download our PDF membership form:
MEMBERSHIP FORM
During the course of the year we organize a number of cultural events, including group visits to the Columbus Museum of Art, presentations on French and Francophone cultural themes, picnics with French dishes. Past events have included:
Join one or both of our conversation groups, Table Ronde and Eastside Conversation Group, where we practice speaking French and talk about French and Francophone culture.
Throughout the year we organize restaurant and cinema outings when French films or films representing French culture are released in the Columbus area. We also organize movie nights to watch French films, often in relation to themes covered in the French lessons or other Alliance events.
French lessons and tutoring are offered both for groups and individuals. Four levels of group classes are offered on a quarterly basis between September and June. See below for more information.
After an eternity the new version of the French Alliance Columbus web site is finally up and running! However, it is still being updated. New features will be added over time, the first and foremost being a fully responsive version of the site that displays properly on mobile devices. For the moment this remains a traditional site designed for computer screens.
A free comics art & animation festival based in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus AF friend Ben Towles has extended an invitation to the international cartoon festival in
Columbus this upcoming weekend. CXC has been successful in bringing in a Franco-Belgian
cartoonist this year -- the one we'd discussed in reference to AF, Léonie
Bischoff.
We also have Françoise Mouly coming in--the French woman who's been the art editor of The New Yorker for decades! (And wife of Art Spiegelman of MAUS fame, who will also be here.)
Here's Léonie Bischoff's events:https://frit.osu.edu/events/billy-ireland-cartoon-library-museum-and-cartoon-crossroads-columbus-cxc-hosting-swiss
Here's Françoise Mouly's events: https://cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org/speaker/francoise-mouly/
And general info about the festival: https://cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org/
Host Val has invited us to gather again for a salute to a French tradition. Since the 14th century, the 6th of January has been the occasion in France to tirer les rois (decide who is king of the day). A porcelain or earthenware figurine la fève is placed in a traditional flat cake or galette and the person who finds it in his portion is crowned king.
Join us to celebrate and learn about the history and customs surrounding the event. The Alliance will provide the galette and crowns.
Alliance fee is $15 per person which will be collected at the door. It does not include your own purchase of food and drink from the restaurant.Limited to 20.
RSVP: morvanhanf24@gmail.com by January 9.
As usual, this activity is entirely free for our active members of AF Columbus. We will always try to innovate with the topic of the conversation. Any suggestion, any idea is welcome as long as it is en Français et dans la bonne humeur!
For more details and reservation (it is important to reserve as the number of participants is limited), please contact: minnich9@msn.com.
There are several levels offered at different times but each group is limited to 8 or 9 students for optimum sharing of the screen and full participation of everyone. For most groups Sessions of 8 or 9 + 1 bonus week.
Some groups may meet on the weekend at different times of the day, in particular for the Total Beginners. This is a new group for this session and the days and time of the classes still have to be finalized. When you inquire about classes please, indicate if you are a Total Beginner (no prior background in the French language).
There are several levels offered at different times but each group is limited to 8 or 9 students for optimum sharing of the screen and full participation of everyone. For most groups Sessions of 8 or 9 + 1 bonus week.
All students (new and returning) will receive the detailed reminder for their chosen group.
These small group sessions are for adults only.
Private (one-on-one) classes are available
For a complete schedule, program and other details please contact Françoise at: minnich9@msn.com.
All the details in a later reminder. Limited to 20 people.
RSVP Rob at: mockard@hotmail.com
As usual, this activity is entirely free for our active members of AF Columbus. We will always try to innovate with the topic of the conversation. Any suggestion, any idea is welcome as long as it is en Français et dans la bonne humeur!
For more details and reservation (it is important to reserve as the number of participants is limited), please contact: minnich9@msn.com.
As part of our series Tea and Culture, Sharon will give us a presentation. We will also enjoy Tea with an array of the delicacies you can enjoy at the Café Majorelle.
The event is free but we kindly suggest you make a donation of $10.00 per person.
For questions and reservation please contact Sharon at: slkokot@gmail.com
This group of faux-débutants is very strong and will probably move up to A2 by the end of the session. The material (Objectif Express, A1-A2) we use covers A1 and A2 levels, one book for texts. "Grammaire en dialogues" débutants for additional language exercises and grammar exercises.
At this time this group's focus is on written comprehension, oral expression and grammar.
TWe will use the Cosmopolite 1 textbook.
At the request of several participants, this group will focus on articles for history and traditions, geography, economy, tourism, sports, arts and crafts and some representative literary texts -- vocabulary and grammar relevant to the texts. The chosen texts will be announced to the students in this group in a later reminder.