Mais Oui! Podcast - Zoe's Recommendation

The Mais Oui! Podcast from the Alliance Française de Chicago continues! Today- episode 4 of the Staff Recommendation series. We talk to Zoe Moore (cultural intern) before her internship is up, as she gives us her library recommendations!

Mais Oui! Podcast - Ethan's Recommendation

The Mais Oui! Podcast from the Alliance Française de Chicago continues! Today- episode 2 of the Staff Recommendation series. We talk to Ethan Safron (archive intern), as he gives us his library recommendations!

Mais Oui! Podcast from the Alliance Française de Chicago

Welcome to the very first Mais Oui! Podcast from the Alliance Française de Chicago. This podcast will feature different series and topics throughout the coming months. Today, we welcome Renée Saito (director of the Brown Library), as our first guest in the “Staff Recommendations” series!

Christiane Taubira,  « On n’y échappera pas »

Taubira… Ce nom porte des consonances différentes pour chaque personne vivant en France, mais il est rarement inconnu. Il évoque souvent une loi, celle de 2013, qui a valu à son auteure les insultes les plus féroces d’une grande part de la population et du personnel politique mais aussi le sincère respect d’une autre part de la population, probablement plus nombreuse encore.

Edith Piaf lives through "Piaf! Le Spectacle"

Edith Piaf. If you don’t know her name, you surely know her music. Her raspy yet smooth, inviting voice has captured the hearts of millions of people over the decades and all over the world.

Un café, s'il vous plaît!

Bonjour tout le monde, Your favorite Alliance intern here. If you are anything like me, you enjoy a good cup of coffee. I know some of you aren’t fans of coffee, and I get that… you’re just wrong.

Superfluous: An Architectural Project

J’ai rencontré dans la rue un jeune homme très pauvre qui aimait : son chapeau était vieux, son habit était usé ; il avait les coudes troués ; l’eau passait à travers ses souliers, et les astres à travers son âme.

Immersion Day: A fun French day

Being a new intern at the Alliance Française, I am still learning about the many classes, workshops, and events that go on here, including Immersion Day. For weeks now, we have been gearing up for Immersion Day, and to learn more about what exactly that is, I set out and did a little research.

Francophones in the outfield!

Does America’s pastime translate to the langue de Molière ? Mais oui! Learn les positions de baseball en français and meet some of the many big-name players have connections to France.