Come learn about our fall class offerings at our Open House! Enjoy some hors d'oeuvres and socialize while you learn about our classes, including our newest offerings, and meet our instructors. You may enroll for classes at this event.
The grandfather, reigning in his blue grotto, explains how the inventive Kirikou became a gardener, detective, potter, merchant, traveler and doctor, always the smallest and most valiant heroes.
French with English subtitles, 75 minutes.This animated film contains some mild, context-appropriate nudity (topless women and naked children in an African village).
$75.00 price includes 5-course meal, wine and a wonderful interactive cooking experience.
Join Executive Chef, Bruce Naftaly for Le Gourmand's 3-hour lecture/demonstration with a focus on classic French cooking using local, organically grown ingredients.
The meal will be prepared in real time from raw ingredients to finished dish. Complex technique is broken down into simple steps, allowing you to reproduce these dishes at home. Many sauces will be featured and wine is offered to the cooking students!
Le Gourmand has won national and international acclaim in articles ranging from the International Herald Tribune to the New York Times.Gourmet magazine's Guide to America's Best Restaurants calls it "A rare place. Le Gourmand restores your faith in cooking for the love of it."
François is a tough, but fair teacher working in one of France's toughest schools, and his honest demeanor in the classroom has made him a great success with the students. But this year things are different, because when the students begin to challenge his methods François will find his classroom ethics put to the ultimate test...
Rated PG-13 for language, 95 minutes.
Twelve mighty tasks to prove the Gauls are gods or mortals! After a group of legionaires is once again beaten up by the Gauls, the Emperor Julius Caesar offers the Gauls a deal; If they are able to complete a series of 12 tasks inspired by Hercules, he will give them the Roman Empire.
Join us as we go to Old World France for a very special soirée filled with music, good food and excellent wine.
6:00 PM
BUBBLY APÉRATIF
FRENCH CHANSONS
SILENT AUCTION
7:00 PM
THREE-COURSE DINNER
WITH WINE PAIRINGS
8:00 PM
SPECIAL CABARET GUEST
FIRST COURSE
Seasonal Greens with Warm Goat Cheese Crostini, Dried Cherries and Toasted Hazelnuts, with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Chateau Ste. Michelle 2009 Cold Creek Riesling, Columbia Valley
SECOND COURSE
Roasted Chicken Breast with Prosciutto-Sage Stuffing and Roasted Shallot Sauce
Penne and Butternut Squash with Parmesan Cream
Seasonal Vegetables
Chateau Ste. Michelle 2008 Chardonnay, Columbia Valley
~or~
Chateau Ste. Michelle 2006 Syrah, Columbia Valley
THIRD COURSE
Gingerbread Cake with Brandy Sabayon, Caramel Sauce and Warm Apples
Chateau Ste. Michelle 2008 Muscat Canelli, Columbia Valley
Coffee and Tea
Support of our Annual Gala helps us to carry out our mission to promote the French language, increase awareness of French and francophone cultures, and foster friendly relations between them.
Bilal, a young Kurdish man, arrives illegally at Calais, hoping to swim across the Channel to England. If he succeeds he hopes to find the girlfriend he hasn't seen for a long time and train to become a footballer. He gets to know Simon, a pool attendant, who is a loose ends after his recent divorce. Impressed by Bilal's mad dream, Simon decides to do all he can to help it become a reality...
Join the Alliance Française de Seattle for a reception and tour of the Picasso exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum! This landmark exhibition is travelling to only three cities in the U.S., and Seattle is its first American stop! The Seattle Art Museum has collaborated with the Alliance Française to bring you an insider's view of this rare exhibition. The evening will include a wine and hors d'oeuvre reception. A curator from the museum will give a presentation created uniquely for the Alliance Française de Seattle about the exhibition's journey from Paris to Seattle and a tour of the exhibition will follow the reception.
Planning a trip to France? Curious about what's new en France? Steve Smith is best known as Rick Steves' France tour guide in several episodes of Travels in Europe on public television, and as the co-author of Rick's France and Paris guidebooks. Come hear him speak about new adventures and old favorites when travelling to France. Presentation followed by Question and Answer session.
Bio - Steve's love for the farmhouse he and his wife renovated in Burgundy-where he lived for several years-is rivaled only by his passion for Volkswagen Westphalia campers. Steve spends his summers leading tours and researching guidebooks for Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door. When he's in the US, Steve heads up Rick's Tour Operations department, sending thousands of happy travelers to Europe each year.
Alliance Française de Seattle • 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N #205, Seattle, WA 98103
Ciné-club des enfants - les Douze travaux d'Astérix
Ciné-club - Welcome
Bio - Steve's love for the farmhouse he and his wife renovated in Burgundy-where he lived for several years-is rivaled only by his passion for Volkswagen Westphalia campers. Steve spends his summers leading tours and researching guidebooks for Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door. When he's in the US, Steve heads up Rick's Tour Operations department, sending thousands of happy travelers to Europe each year. 
