👩‍🏫 Instructor: Etienne 
📅 Wednesdays
🕕 5:30 – 7:30 pm
🌎 A2 and above

French Through Theater Techniques helps you embody the language through movement, emotion, and real expression—perfect for building confidence and spontaneity.

👩‍🏫 Instructor: Manon 
📅 Thursdays
🕠 5:30 – 7:00 pm
🌎 A2 and above

Travel the Francophone world through films—from France to Haiti to West Africa—where French and Creole come alive on screen.

👩‍🏫 Instructor: Aileen
📅 Mondays / Online
🕠 4:30 – 5:30 pm
🌎 All Levels

This short, focused series (5 × 1 hour) is designed to help you hear, understand, and produce French sounds more clearly and confidently. Work on vowels, consonants, rhythm, and intonation with practical exercises you can use right away.

Koneksyon Starts Today!

👩‍🏫 Instructors: Sarah & Vanessa
📅 Tuesdays
🕠 5:00 – 5:30 pm
🌎 K-12

Our after-school program for Haitian families begins today at International School of Louisiana in Algiers—a welcoming space for language, culture, and community.

 Our January Ciné Club 🎬

📅Wednesday, January 21^st, 7:00 PM
📍1519 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans

Come around for our monthly Ciné-Club and discover Notre-Dame on Fire (French: Notre-Dame brûle), a 2022 disaster film based on the Notre-Dame de Paris fire that occurred on 15 April 2019. The film is directed by multi-award winner Jean-Jacques Annaud.

Sounds of Francophone world!

📅Sunday, January 25^th, 1- 6 PM
📍Broadside, New Orleans

We’re proud to partner with the Putumayo Celebrate the World Festival this Sunday for a joyful celebration of global sounds, cultures, and community. Francophone artists from Senegal and Cuba will take the stage, with a special highlight featuring Senegalese artist Cheikh Ibra Fam. Free for kids under 13, —bring friends and family and celebrate the world with us.

 Christophe Besnier Lecture Tour!

📅Tuesday, January 27^th
📍Tulane University, 10:30 AM, free
📍Old Ursulines Convent, 2:00 PM, free

Join French archaeologist Christophe Besnier as he reveals extraordinary discoveries made beneath Notre-Dame Cathedral after the 2019 fire. From medieval artifacts to mysterious sarcophagi, this rare lecture tour brings French research to Louisiana audiences, with stops in New Orleans as part of a tour with the Alliances Françaises of Houston and Dallas in partnership with the French General Consulate in Louisiana.

 Louisiana Creole Table!

📅Saturday, February 21^st
📍AFNO, 1:00 PM, free

Calling all former students of the French higher-education system! Join us at the Alliance Française of New Orleans on Feb 26 for Apéro Alumni — a relaxed evening to reconnect, share experiences from studying in France (including TAPIF), and enjoy drinks together.

This event is free and co-organized with Villa Albertine.

 Apéro Alumni!

📅Thursday, February 26^th
📍AFNO, 6:00 PM, free

Calling all former students of the French higher-education system! Join us at the Alliance Française of New Orleans for Apéro Alumni — a relaxed evening to reconnect, share experiences from studying in France (including TAPIF), and enjoy drinks together.

This event is free and co-organized with Villa Albertine.

 Right in the Eye🎬

📅Tuesday, February 4^th, 7:30 PM
📍 Manship Theater

Don’t miss Right in the Eye, a multimedia live movie concert at the Manship Theatre in Baton Rouge that brings the early films of French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès to life with live music and captivating visuals. Featuring a rich mix of film, sound, and theatrical performance, this unique show invites audiences on a magical journey through the imagination of cinema’s early days.

Discount code AFNOLA will get you $10 off the ticket price

Franco Happy Hour

📅 Wednesday, January 29^th, 5:30 PM
📍 O'Hara's Irish Pub

Join us in Baton Rouge for Hap’Apéro, a relaxed French-language meet-up ! Enjoy special drink pricing, great conversation, and a chance to practice your French with the AFNO community at O’Hara’s Irish Pub. 

 Grand Pique-Nique des Écoles d’Immersion!

📅Sunday, April 12^th
📍Audubon Uptown Live Oak Campus

We are excited to invite immersion schools, teachers, students, and families to the Grand Pique-Nique. Hosted this year at Audubon Uptown – Live Oak Campus, this festive French-language gathering brings immersion communities together in a joyful, welcoming setting.

 Calling All French Teachers: Café Pédagogique is back!

📅Tuesday, January 27^th
📍Alliance Française, 5:00 PM 

Join fellow French educators for an informal, friendly meet-up to exchange ideas, share classroom practices, and connect over a glass of wine. A welcoming space to talk teaching, language, and community—à la française, et à la louisianaise.

 Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus: Join the French Ship! 

📅Saturday, January 24^th
📍Faubourg Marigny / French Quarter

The parade is coming, the crew is forming, and the French Ship is still taking passengers. If you love Mardi Gras, French flair, and a good dose of absurdity, now is your moment to jump aboard and sail with Chewbacchus.