Conversation Group
2024-05-02 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-09 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-06 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-13 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-27 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | Alliance Française de Louisville : Office, 1313 Lyndon Ln, Suite 111, Louisville, KY, 40222
French Conversation Group
Jeudi | 18h00 à 19h00
Informal French conversation group that will meet every Thursday at 6pm. Lead by Kim Weiss, these meetings are free for all AFL members and no registration is required.
Not yet a member? Learn more about AFL Membership or reach out to afschool@bellsouth.net for more info.

No Conversation Group
2024-05-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Alliance Française de Louisville : Office, 1313 Lyndon Ln, Suite 111, Louisville, KY, 40222
No Conversation Group May 4th

Children and teen classes will proceed as normal.

Conversation Group
2024-05-05 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Awry Brewery, 1025 Barret Ave, Louisville, 40204, United States
French Conversation Group
Select Sundays 4-5pm at Awry Brewery
Informal French conversation group that will meet, in general, every other Sunday from 4-5pm at Awry Brewery (meetings in May will be 5/5 and 5/19). Lead by native French speaker, Myriam Mattsson, these meetings are free for all AFL members and no registration is required.
Not yet a member? Learn more about AFL Membership or reach out to afschool@bellsouth.net for more info.

Conversation Group
2024-05-11 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Alliance Française de Louisville : Office, 1313 Lyndon Ln, Suite 111, Louisville, KY, 40222
French Conversation Group

This is an informal French conversation class lead by Richard Vivier. This group meets Saturday mornings at the AFL office.
10:00 – 11:00 A1/A2
11:00 – 12:00 B1+ (goes to North Lime Café when the small classroom is occupied)
Anyone, at any level, is welcome to stay for either or both. No registration required.

Conversation groups are for Members of the AFL. Not yet a member? Register here or email afschool@bellsouth.net with any questions.

Speaker Series: An Introduction to Quebec
2024-05-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Alliance Française de Louisville : Office, 1313 Lyndon Ln, Suite 111, Louisville, KY, 40222
An Introduction to Quebec and French-speaking Canada: History, Culture and Language
Presented by Jim Natsis
Free for Members | $10 for Non-Members* REGISTER BELOW
Saturday, May 11th, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
This lecture will serve as a one-stop shop for those interested in better understanding our friendly neighbor to the north—Canada. We will review the geography and modern history of the nation from the founding of the early permanent settlement and eventual capital of New France, Quebec City, in 1608, to the present.
We will also discuss the role of the catholic church and the French language as cohesive points of identity in Quebec society, and the eventual rise of the provincial government as the alternative to a mid-20th century generation seeking to partake in post WWII North American secularism and economic prosperity, while maintaining a distinct cultural and linguistic identity. Quebec would serve as an inspiration and support for French-speaking minority communities throughout Canada as well.
And finally, we’ll look at what makes Quebec and French-speaking Canada unique culturally and linguistically not only from the rest of Canada, but also from France and much of the francophone world.
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Conversation Group
2024-05-16 18:00 - 19:00 | KY

Cave Hill Walking Tours - Spring Walk
2024-05-18 10:30 - 12:00 | KY
Cave Hill Historic Walking Tours (register below)
Spring Walk : Route 1
MAY 18th | 10:30
Anne Harlan will be leading four walking tours through Cave Hill Cemetery this Spring. Cave Hill Cemetery is rich with Louisville’s history, stories, and symbols which Anne shares, along with French vocabulary and excerpts. The walks on May 18th and 19th will highlight the incredible beauty Spring brings to the hundreds of plants, flowers, trees, and shrubs within Cave Hill. A beautiful opportunity to learn some French words and phrases for Spring (or share your favorite!).
These walks are approximately 3.5 miles, and may be considered arduous.
Attendees will meet at the Cave Hill entrance off Baxter Ave. and will receive a folder with informational handouts to accompany the walk.
In the past, the group has met for lunch and conversation afterwards at the Bristol or the Eagle.
$10 Donation Request (may be made the day of or at this link)
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Cave Hill Walking Tours - Spring Walk
2024-05-19 10:30 - 12:00 | KY
Cave Hill Historic Walking Tours (register below)
Spring Walk : Route 2
MAY 19th | 10:30
Anne Harlan will be leading four walking tours through Cave Hill Cemetery this Spring. Cave Hill Cemetery is rich with Louisville’s history, stories, and symbols which Anne shares, along with French vocabulary and excerpts. The walks on May 18th and 19th will highlight the incredible beauty Spring brings to the hundreds of plants, flowers, trees, and shrubs within Cave Hill. A beautiful opportunity to learn some French words and phrases for Spring (or share your favorite!).
These walks are approximately 3.5 miles, and may be considered arduous.
Attendees will meet at the Cave Hill entrance off Baxter Ave. and will receive a folder with informational handouts to accompany the walk.
In the past, the group has met for lunch and conversation afterwards at the Bristol or the Eagle.
$10 Donation Request (may be made the day of or at this link)
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No Conversation Group 23 MAY
2024-05-23 18:00 - 19:00 | KY
No Conversation Group on May 23rd !

Conversation Groups
2024-06-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Alliance Française de Louisville : Office, 1313 Lyndon Ln, Suite 111, Louisville, KY, 40222

Conversation Group
2024-06-02 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Awry Brewery, 1025 Barret Ave, Louisville, 40204, United States
French Conversation Group
Select Sundays 4-5pm at Awry Brewery
Informal French conversation group that will meet, in general, every other Sunday from 4-5pm at Awry Brewery (meetings in June will be 6/2, 6/9, 6/30). Lead by native French speaker, Myriam Mattsson, these meetings are free for all AFL members and no registration is required.
Not yet a member? Learn more about AFL Membership or reach out to afschool@bellsouth.net for more info.

LE SAMOURAÏ
2024-06-07 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-06-08 15:00 - 20:00, 2024-06-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Speed Museum Cinema, 2035 S. 3rd Street, Louisville, KY, 40208, United States
LE SAMOURAÏ – 4K Restoration Trailer from Janus Films on Vimeo.
New 4K Digital Restoration
Le Samouraï
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
June 7, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
June 8, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS
June 8, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
June 9, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed and Alliance Française members
“The epitome of French cool”—Time Out
In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville, Le samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology. 1967, France, 4K DCP, in French with English subtitles, 105 minutes.
Restored in 4K by Pathé and The Criterion Collection at L’Immagine Ritrovata, from the original 35mm negative.

Annual Meeting
2024-06-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Alliance Française de Louisville : Office, 1313 Lyndon Ln, Suite 111, Louisville, KY, 40222
Annual Meeting
Alliance Française de Louisville

Tuesday, June 11th 6:30 PM | AFL Office : 1313 Lyndon Ln, Suite 111, Louisville, KY 40222
All AFL Members are invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Members and vote to elect the 2024-2025 AFL Board of Directors!

Pétanque au Parc
2024-06-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Pétanque Park, 9212 Norton Commons Blvd, Prospect, 40059
Pétanque au Parc
18 h 30 à 19 h 30 | Événement ouvert – Pour petits et grands | Gratuit
9212 Norton Commons Blvd, Prospect, KY 40059
Jouer à la pétanque au parc ! Join us to play this beloved French game on June 19th.
What is pétanque? If this is the first time you are hearing of this game, you are not alone! You can learn a bit more about Pétanque here.

LE RETOUR À LA RAISON (RETURN TO REASON)
2024-06-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Speed Museum Cinema, 2035 S. 3rd Street, Louisville, KY, 40208, United States
Music + Film: Soundtrack by Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan’s Sqürl
Return to Reason (Le Retour à la raison)
Directed by Man Ray
Sunday, June 23, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed and Alliance Française members
A high-water mark of early European avant-garde cinema, these four films that Man Ray directed between 1923 and 1929—Le retour à la raison, Emak-bakia, L’étoile de mer, and Les mystères du château du dé—form a seminal nexus of surrealist narrative, dark eroticism, and playful abstraction.
In these shorts, Man Ray began experimenting with the limitless possibilities of montage as well as the direct application onto celluloid of objects such as salt and pepper, pins, and thumbtacks. Juxtaposing undulating geometric patterns, a twirling fairground ride, and a female nude, among other striking images, Man Ray finds subconscious correspondences among seemingly incongruous materials and figures.
For the centennial of Le retour à la raison, the Jim Jarmusch–Carter Logan band SQÜRL presents Return to Reason, a program of four films by Man Ray featuring a newly recorded drone-rock score. The combo’s cosmic sounds beautifully complement Man Ray’s visuals, conjuring notes of the ineffable, the haunting, and the sublime. 1923-29/restoration 2023, France, DCP, 70 minutes. Recommended for 14+.
The restoration process, led by WOMANRAY and Cinenovo, involved sourcing original prints from all over the world, in partnership with the Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Library of Congress, the CNC, and the Cineteca di Bologna.2023, France, DCP, 70 minutes. Recommended for 14+.
