Alliance
Building Fund

Past Events

Annual Events

Fête des Enfants, each spring
Membership Meeting & Potluck, each April
Fête de la Musique, each June
Bastille Day Celebration, each July
Sacramento French Film Festival, each July
Fête du Beaujolais Nouveau, each November
Fête de Noël, each December

Special Events

2009
January - February 2008 - Les Precieuses Ridicules, a comedy by Molière presented in French & English. In collaboration with California Stage.
Saturday, February 28 at 4pm - Lecture by Professor Paul Archambault: Le Clézio, un Français citoyen du monde.

2008
Sunday February 17th - the Sacramento Philharmonic and the Alliance presented Fantastique! a concert presenting La Symphonie fantastique by Berlioz.
Saturday March 15th - Journée de la Francophonie. Complete program here.
Saturday April 26th - Alliance Française - Journee tout en francais
Wednesday May 21st - Lecture on "Do's and Don'ts in France" by Marie-Clémence Maysonnier
Saturday June 21st - Fête de la Musique
Saturday June 21st - Lecture on "Voltaire's Tormented Soul" by Alexander Nemeth

2007
12 Janvier - 11 Février 2007 - Le Médecin Malgré Lui / The Physician in Spite of Himself a comedy by Molière presented in French & English.
27 Janvrier 2007- Fête des Enfants - Goûter and Surprise Entertainment, at the Alliance Française
11 Février - Painting in France - Lecture by world renown Sacramento painter Greg Kondos, at the Alliance Française
12 Avril 2007 - CSUS University Union - Summit Room - Moliere than Thou - One Man Show and Lecture by Timothy Mooney
22 Avril 2007 - Annual Membership Meeting and Potluck Dinner
28 Avril 2007 - Alliance Française - Journee tout en francais
19 Mai 2007 - Alliance Beautification Day
1er Juin: Armchair travel in France 7pm- Alliance Française
9 Juin: Dinner-Demo in Folsom- 7pm
24 Juin: Fete de la musique - 7pm Coloma Community Center
19 Juillet - THE ART OF THE COTE D'AZUR - 7:30pm, Alliance Française
Lecture by Patricia Thaxter, owner of Infusions Travel and Certified France Destination Specialist.
23 Juillet - FRENCH POETRY READING by Alliance Française members - 7:30pm, Poetry Center
Organized by Rebecca Morrison from the Poetry Center.
Readers included Ellénore Bienick, Marc Feldman, Monique Heusner, Béatrice Hildebrand & Marie-Clémence Maysonnier.
29 septembre 2007 - Alliance Française - Journee tout en francais
13 Octobre 2007 - "A Rendez-vous with reality - Voltaire's Candide", lecture and discussion by Dr David Ross.
24 Septembre - 8 Decembre - Art exibit by painter Jo-Ann Marquard at the Alliance Française

2006
4 Novembre 2006 - Lecture: the creation of French chic: Louis XIV's influence By Vanessa Arnaud
30 Septembre 2006 - Journée tout en français at the Alliance Française
24 juin 2006 - Fête de la Musique - Sacramento World Music Ensemble
13 Mai 2006 - Lecture de poésie Française (French poetry reading)
Avril 2006 - Annual Membership Meeting

2005
Lecture on French cheeses and wine, September, 2005
Lecture on European Court of Human Rights, October 2005
Le mariage forcé, May/June 2005
French dinner/cooking demo with Raymond Salladarre, March/April/May 2005
Talk on buying property in France, by Laurence Raybois, February 2005
Mardi Gras Party at the Alliance, February 2005

2004
Talk on Rwanda by historian Sherri Patton,January 2004
Food Caravan, November 2004
Gourmet Lunch & French Film, La Provence Restaurant, Roseville, September 2004
Magic Show by Stéphane Jardonnet, September 2004
Les précieuses ridicules June 2004
D-Day Commemoration, June 2004
Dégustation de Fromages et Vin, Whole Foods Market, May 2004
Le Paris de Matisse, April 2004
Membership Meeting, April 2004
Claudel & Christo Tour, March 2004
Fête de Mardi Gras, February 2004
Journée tout en français, January 2004 
Conversation, La Bou, January, February, & March 2004
Conversation, Borders Books, Folsom, January 2004

2003
Wine Tour and "Degustation de Vins" in the Foothills, September 2003
Lecture/Slide Show on Belgo-French Expedition to Mount Everest, September 2003
French Camp: ages 3-6, July 2003
French Camp: ages 6-10, July 2003
Fat Fallacy Lecture by Dr. Will Clower, June 2003
Simon Dray Concert, May 2003
Gabriel Yacoub Concert, April 2003
Conversation Dinner chez les Harold, March 2003
French Folk Music and Dance, March 2003
Conversation Dinner chez Sharon Hack, February 2003
Dinner at Zachary Jacques Restaurant, Placerville, January 2003
Blind Wine Tasting, Placerville, January 2003
Tahiti slide show and talk, January 2003

2002
Nuit Blanche Film, February 2002

2001
Versailles Lecture, June 2001
Hélène Tolence, Chanson Française, March 2001
12ème Réunion des Alliances Françaises de la Côte Ouest, March 2001
Eiffel Tower Lecture, January 2001

2000
French Creek: Traditional French Music, December 2000