Bonjour Mai
May is here, bringing longer days, extra sunshine, and just enough pollen to keep life spicy. As everything blooms, so does our calendar:
packed with special highlights, your favorite monthly clubs, and a few events you’ll want to claim early… before your schedule mysteriously
fills itself (it happens to the best of us).
This month, you can test your skills in a fun contest, enjoy live music, dive into intriguing talks about France, catch a great film, or
simply soak up the community. And of course, there’s always the chance to practice your French; boldly, bravely, and with only occasional help
from Google Translate.
However you choose to join us, we’re glad you’re here.
Défi 2026, Quiz Contest
Compete for a chance to win a FREE Core or Conversation Class with Défi, a quiz contest about "La Francophonie". The
top U.S. performer advances to the international showdown in Bruxelles!
Free and open to AF students (A2+)
Gypsy Jazz Night
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6320 Pleasant Pines Drive, Raleigh NC 27613 |
Start your evening in style with a relaxed Happy Hour, then let the energy rise with a lively Gypsy jazz
concert! With
the Onyx
Club Boys and vocalist Sophie
Del-Pra.
As a thank-you, 2025 AF Raleigh donors receive discounted tickets at $5 (regularly $20).
Is it really cheaper to live in France?
The answer is… yes-and no. After more than 30 years helping clients relocate to France, Adrian Leeds can
tell you this with certainty: The cost of living in France is not just different - it’s structured differently.
In English, free for AF members.
The Paris Effect
What is it about Paris - and French culture - that so powerfully moves and inspires people around the world? In this engaging talk,
journalist Elaine Sciolino explores the answer in one compelling word: seduction.
In English, free for AF members.
Ciné-Dîner in Wilmington
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Far From France, 1474 Barclay Pointe Blvd #201 - Wilmington, NC 28412 |
Enjoy a specially curated prix fixe dinner for $45/person, followed by the film Intouchables
In French with English subtitles.
Seating begins at 5:30 PM - movie starts at 6:30pm.
Reserve your table by calling Far from France at (910) 833-5002 - limited
to 30 people.
Yoga en Français
| May 23 - 10:00AM - 11:30AM |
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6320 Pleasant Pines Drive, Raleigh NC 27613 |
This 90-minute yoga workshop is taught entirely in French. No yoga experience needed, some understanding of French
preferred. Space is limited.
$25/member - $35/future member
Ciné-Club
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6320 Pleasant Pines Drive, Raleigh NC 27613 |
This month's selection is Délicieux (2021),
set in the Cantal region on the eve of the French Revolution. The film follows a dismissed chef who sets out to create something new: the
very first restaurant!
In French with English subtitles.
Free for all - limited to 18 participants
Click below for details about our monthly events:
Café, Pétanque, Conversation du Mardi, Club de Lecture, Café Chansons & Walk in French
Bon mois de mai!
