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/
In person in the large conference room on the main floor. This is the moment to speak French! Informal conversation hour, dictée/questions or another game of words and phrases... toujours dans la bonne humeur. If you have a preferred topic, please, let us know and we will be happy to discuss it.
Free for our members but please, reserve your spot.
RSVP: minnich9@msn.com.
New member Eglé Morrison has invited us to her Bexley home for an Apéro evening. Following up on our recent discussion of the occupation of France during WWII, Egle will give a first person account by her Grandmother Eglé Gatins of the Liberation, from letters written to her parents from August 11, to September 14, 1944.
We want to extend a special huge Thank you to Eglé for joining the very select group of generous hosts who opened their doors so often for our EVENTS
For reservation, please contact: minnich9@msn.com.
Most French classes will resume October 8 and the following week. Each group will receive a full schedule with the details of the program for their chosen level. All groups will meet online via Zoom. Private classes can be arranged. We are not a "school" and our programs are limited.
No classes for children at this time. They may be arranged on a private basis if there is an available time for both child and instructor.
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.
There will be no classes offered on the weekends for this Fall session.
For a complete schedule, program and other details please contact Françoise at: minnich9@msn.com.
In person, in the available conference room after reservation. This is the moment to speak French! Informal conversation hour, dictée/questions or another game of words and phrases... toujours dans la bonne humeur. If you have a preferred topic, please, let us know and we will be happy to discuss it.
The event is free but we kindly suggest you make a donation of $5.00 per person.
FFree for our members but please, reserve your spot. RSVP: minnich9@msn.com
Une célébration "incontournable" de nos traditions de l'automne en matière de vignobles, vendanges, raisins et vins!
The third week in November is time for the annual fête du Beaujolais Nouveau. It's a party on both sides of the Atlantic and even in Asia, where the catchphrase is "Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!" We'll raise a glass and join the fun, enjoy some perfect pairings of charcuterie and cheese, and share the story of how a celebration in a small region south of Burgundy became an international phenomenon.
Again, Gail and Allen will be our generous hosts for this great event.
For reservation, please reply to: slkokot@gmail.com.
Reserve the date, mark your calendars. All the details for this event of tradition in a later announcement.
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.
This group will use Communications en dialogues B1 level. We should finish the book at the end of the session. Grammaire en dialogues level B1.
This group is tentative. The material to be covered will be announced to the students in this group in a later reminder.
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.