We are celebrating Francophone month this year the week of March 18th! We have some very exciting events planned and we hope you can make it!

RSVP required for all Francophone week activities.

Here is the official schedule:

Monday, March 18 – Francophone literature with Madame Megan
AF library, 6-7pm
Click here to RSVP!

Tuesday, March 19 – Francophone film – “Le Brio”
AF library, 5:30pm
RSVP here!

Wednesday, March 20 – Francophone travel presentations
AF library, 5-6:30pm
Reserve your spot here!

Thursday, March 21 – “Découverte de la Tunisie”
AF library, 5:30-7pm
Purchase tickets here!

Friday, March 22 – Apéro-Concert: French singer, Eric John Kaiser
AF library, 6-8pm
Purchase tickets here!

Saturday, March 23 – Museum exhibit Bus trip to San Francisco: Gaugin et Monet at the De Young
Purchase tickets HERE!

Please join us to celebrate the Francophonie!

Join the Francophonie week celebrations with a unique Apéro Concert with live music by singer/songwriter Eric John Kaiser!

Known as The French Troubadour, Parisian-born Eric John Kaiser is a singer-songwriter re-imagining Americana music through a French lens. His new album “Made in Gaspésie,” recorded in Quebec in the summer of 2016, charted #14 in the Billboard World Chart the week of its release.

Eric John Kaiser has released five full length albums recorded in Paris, Oregon and Québec and played at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, as an “Artist in Residence” at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC, the Blue Nile in New Orleans, and the Solidays festival in Paris.

Eric John Kaiser website

Tickets –
Members: $10; non-members: $15.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Mark your calendar for this entertaining event and purchase your ticket today!
No entry at the door without reservation/payment in advance.

!! UPDATE : THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT !!

Celebrate the end of Francophonie week with an excursion to San Francisco on Saturday, March 23, to see “Monet: The Late Years” and “Gauguin: A Spiritual Journey” at the De Young! Our bus will leave the Alliance parking lot at 8:45am to drive to San Francisco, where we’ll have a timed entry to view the first exhibit.
The day continues with lunch (bring a bag or try the museum cafeteria) and time to see the second exhibit,
before a late afternoon return to Sacramento.

8:45 am: Bus leaves Alliance Française parking lot, 2420 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95816

6:00 pm: Bus returns to Sacramento

The trip includes transportation in a large, comfortable bus, admission to the De Young and Monet & Gauguin exhibitions.
Snacks will be served in the bus.

AF members: $70
Nonmembers: $80

Register HERE!!!

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: MARCH 7!!

Monet: The Late Years

“The exhibition will feature fifty paintings by Claude Monet dating mainly from 1913 to 1926, the final phase of the artist’s long career. During his late years, the well-traveled Monet stayed close to home, inspired by the variety of elements making up his own garden at Giverny, a village located about forty-five miles from Paris. With its evolving scenery of flower beds, footpaths, willows, wisteria, and nymphaea, the garden became a personal laboratory for the artist’s concentrated study of natural phenomena. The exhibition will focus on the series that Monet invented, and just as important, reinvented, in this setting. In the process, it will reconsider the conventional notion that many of the late works painted on a large scale were preparatory for the Grand Decorations, rather than finished paintings in their own right. Boldly balancing representation and abstraction, Monet’s radical late works redefined the master of Impressionism as a forebear of modernism.”

Gauguin: A Spiritual Journey

“In the first exhibition at the Fine Arts Museums dedicated to the work of Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), an exceptional display of more than fifty Gauguin paintings, wood carvings, and ceramics from the renowned collections of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, will be on view for the first time in San Francisco. In presenting these pieces alongside Oceanic art and Gauguin works on paper from the Fine Arts Museums’ permanent collections, the exhibition explores Gauguin’s inner quests and imaginings—his spiritual journey—and how his intimate relationships with his wife, other artists, and people he encountered during his sojourns shaped his experiences, his work, and his development as an artist. Included in the exhibition is a new video work, First Impressions: Paul Gauguin by interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara, commissioned by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, that addresses the colonial gaze represented by Gauguin and turns it back toward Western culture.”

Please join us for our monthly Soirée Cinéma on Friday, April 12th for “Visages Villages” (“Faces Places”),
a fascinating documentary about French life in the countryside.

Genre: Documentary

Director: JR Agnès Varda

Review (Rolling Stone):
“Sheer perfection – that’s the phrase that springs to mind when describing the humanist miracle that is Faces Places, the year’s best and most beguiling documentary. It’s also a testament to the talents of Agnes Varda, the pint-sized, 89-year-old goddess of New Wave French cinema, and JR, the lanky 34-year-old photographer and visual artist who teams up with the veteran filmmaker to chronicle French rural life.”

Cast:
JR Agnès Varda
Jeannine Carpentier

Trailer

https://youtu.be/dmHG5HXYc9w

Films are shown in the Alliance library, located on the second floor of the CLARA Studios for the Performing Arts, 2420 N Street in Midtown Sacramento. Please enter through the northeast door off the rear parking lot, as other building doors may be locked. If you need to use the accessible ramp, please contact the office no later than the Thursday before the film.

Our annual Spring Dinner Gala is on Saturday, April 27 this year!!
Limited seating will be available !
Don’t miss out and purchase your ticket(s) early for a fabulous event!!!

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Soirée Cabaret Parisien will take place on Saturday, April 27th on the 15th floor of the 1201 K Street Tower,
offering panoramic views of downtown Sacramento.

Our Spring Dinner Gala: Soirée Cabaret Parisien will be an elegant evening featuring a five-course Parisien-themed dinner
specially created by Brasserie Capitale, fine wines, music, entertainment, dancing, and both live and silent auctions.

Soirée tickets are $145 per person. (One table seats 8 guests).

Purchase tickets HERE!!

You can also purchase tickets by calling 916-453-1723.

For catering purposes, ticket sales will close on Friday, April 19th.
Please note that we only have 100 tickets available, make sure you purchase yours early to ensure a spot!

Soirée Cabaret Parisien is a benefit for the Alliance Française de Sacramento,
a 501(c)3 nonprofit French language and culture center founded in 2000.
Please click here for information on sponsorship opportunities.

Les membres du club de lecture ‘Joie de Lire’ vont se réunir pour discuter du livre:

               “Au bonheur des ogres” par Daniel Pennac

On se retrouve à l’Alliance Française de Sacramento dans la bibliothèque.
Apportez un goûter ou une boisson à partager si vous voulez.
The discussion of the book will be in French

Fulfill your Spring wardrobe needs at our French Fashion Show chez fashion expert and boutique owner Katia Davies-Kemmler on Thursday, May 9, at 6 pm.

See the newest and prettiest clothing and accessory fashions à la française for Spring!

Alliance members and friends will serve as models for selections that will be displayed and available for purchase at affordable prices. Pick up some accessories that complement the season and your personal style.

• Light buffet and wine will be served.
• 20% in-store discount (evening of the event only).
• Proceeds benefit the Alliance Française de Sacramento.
  

$20 members  $25 nonmembers

This event takes place at Katia’s Collections: 5619 H St, Sacramento, CA 95819
Space is limited – Reserve here before May 8 or at the Alliance office.

Reserve your space at 916-453-1723 or at afsacramento.org

Please join us for our monthly Soirée Cinéma on Friday, May 10th for “Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas” (“Don’t Worry, I’m Fine”),
a French drama that explores many aspects of family life and finding yourself.

Genre: Drama

Director: Phillippe Lioret (Nominated for César Award for Best Director)

Review (Variety): “Philippe Lioret tackles the stifling prefab conformity of the Parisian suburbs in the ironically titled “Don’t Worry, I’m Fine.” A young woman’s search for her missing twin brother leads her through some potentially pedestrian TV-movie territory, including a standard-issue dysfunctional family and a bout with near-fatal anorexia.”

Cast:
Mélanie Laurent (Winner of César Award for Most Promising Actress)
Kad Merad (Winner of César Award for Best Supporting Actor)
Isabelle Renauld
Julien Boisselier
Simon Buret
Aissa Maiga

Trailer:

https://dai.ly/x6hz78v

Films are shown in the Alliance library, located on the second floor of the CLARA Studios for the Performing Arts, 2420 N Street in Midtown Sacramento. Please enter through the northeast door off the rear parking lot, as other building doors may be locked. If you need to use the accessible ramp, please contact the office no later than the Thursday before the film.