Early Registration Discount Through Tomorrow!
Register for a ten-week onsite adult class before Thursday, December 22 to receive a $30 discount! Ten week classes include our Foundation, Intensive and Conversation classes, À la recherche de Proust, Focus on Listening and Speaking, and Le Petit Prince.
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Fête des Rois
Friday, Jan 6 from 6-7 pm
Join us for a family-friendly get-together to enjoy un verre de cidre et la galette des Rois. | Read more
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P'tit Dej Breakfast Conversation Group
Saturday, Jan 7 from 9:30-11:30 am
Le café, les petits pains, et la conversation en français! Open to all levels of French. Un grand merci à notre sponsor
Breadsmith|
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Les Djeunes: Soirée Raclette
Saturday, Jan 7 from 6-8 pm
*This event was rescheduled due to weather*. High school French speakers of all levels are encouraged to meet at AF for raclette and an ugly sweater contest. | Read more
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Take a Trip to Bordeaux and Tours
A guided tour with Sara Monick and Christina Selander Bouzouina, May 12-22, 2017
Join Alliance Française for a unique trip to France in May 2017, to discover the castles, vineyards, gardens and countryside in the areas of Tours and Bordeaux.
This trip is half-full! Be sure to reserve your place!
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2017 en français
Winter Classes: Jan 9-Mar 19
Intensive Classes
Fast track French for Beginner and Intermediate students.
Beginner: M/T/W/Th Jan 9-Mar 16, 9 am-noon OR 6-9 pm
Intermediate: M/T/W/Th Jan 9-Mar 16, 9-11:30 am OR 6-8:30 pm
Shorter semi-intensive options also available! View all
here.
Five Week Classes in St Paul
Take a class at the historic University Club this January or February! Classes include 5-Week Beginner Conversation, French for Travelers, and a literature class on Colette.
AF Classes in Edina
Classes begin the week of January 9 and are for all levels and interests; Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Topics classes, workshops, and review! Five-week and Ten-week options.
Register directly through Edina Community Ed.
View the class options
here.
Ten-Week Topics Classes
Apply your French knowledge and build your vocabulary in a Topics Class. This winter we're offering three 10-week classses, to which you can apply the early registration discount!
Focus on Listening and Speaking:
Do you have a hard time understanding a conversation in French and jumping in to add your two cents? Get some practice with Virginie.
Mondays from 10 am-noon OR Saturdays from 11 am-1 pm
Le Petit Prince: Take some time with Virginie to revisit this modern fable and dig a little deeper. Discover what you may have missed! Mondays from 6-8 pm.
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Les cours pour enfants et ados
Winter Session: Jan 9-Mar 19
Children who were registered in the previous session will continue at the same level. New students are welcome to join groups that have already started in the fall. Contact
Alix with questions. Register
children. Register
teens.
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Discount on Bûche de Noël for AF members!
20% off at Patrick's French Bakery & Café
Edina, Richfield and Maple Grove
Un grand merci à Patrick et son équipe! This year they are extending a 20% discount on bûches de Noël to AF members.
Bring a French tradition to your festivities.
Choose from four delectable flavors:
-Chocolate
-Vanilla with Raspberry
-Hazelnut Praline
-Mocha
Show your member card when picking up! To order call Patrick's and mention AF. Click here for the link and numbers for all three locations.
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Les annonces
Your Holiday Shopping Can Benefit AFMSP!
Online shopping this year? Use Amazon Smile! Amazon Smile offers the same pricing as Amazon.com, but with the added benefit of donating a small percentage of your purchase to AFMSP. Every bit counts, and it does add up. Just use your usual Amazon log-in information- and it works with your Amazon Prime account.
Follow this link!
Holiday Hours
This weekend AF will close Friday, Dec 23- Monday, Dec 26. Tuesday, Dec 27-Friday, Dec 30 we will hold shortened office hours (9 am- 5 pm). We will close in celebration of the new year Saturday, Dec 31- Monday, Jan 2.
AF Merch is Available for Purchase
Share your love of AFMSP everywhere you go! Choose from t-shirts, baseball caps, tote bags, water bottles, notebooks, and more! Visit our
online store for more items.
Family Photos from Fête d'Hiver
Un grand merci à Jonathan Charpentier, le photographe à la Fête d'Hiver. Jonathan took lots of beautiful photos, including some family portraits. See all the photos
here and share them with friends and family!
French Voter Registration
French citizens currently residing in Minnesota are eligible to vote at AFMSP in spring 2017. Online voter registration must be completed by December 31, 2016.
Plus d'information.
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Autour des Villes Jumelles
Des Jeux, Illusions, et Bêtes: 1930s Jean Renoir
Weekends in December, view five works by Jean Renoir at the Trylon Microcinema. With the advent of sound, Renoir, came into his own creating masterful films in the 1930s that led him to be ranked among the medium's greatest directors.
Friday Dec 23-Sunday Dec 25: Boudu Saved from Drowning
Friday Dec 30-Sunday Jan 1: The Rules of the Game
Concur Travel and Expense Solutions
Concur's Minneapolis-Eden Prairie office is now looking for a bilingual French/English speaker to assist in a rapidly expanding support network for Concur Travel and Expense solutions. Concur is looking for candidates who possess proficient and professional French skills to provide first level support for desktop solution users, which includes assistance with service features, report inquiries, payment inquiries along with navigational support to end users.
Those interested may apply here.
Host French Middle School and High School Students
This Feb 24-Mar 1 welcome French students into your home. A group of ten students, led by their English teacher, who is originally from Minnesota, will be visiting the US. They are seeking families who live nearby Richfield, and who have a child the same age. If allowed, the French students would love to visit the school of their host student.
Student age ranges: 3 girls in 7th grade, 3 girls in 8th grade, 2 girls in 10th grade, 1 boy in 10th grade and 1 boy in 11th grade. With interest please contact their teacher Megan.
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