Calendar - Events and Activities

Alliance Française Silicon Valley members can also further their immersion into the francophone world through a monthly variety of cultural and festive activities provided all year long. Come practice your French and meet new people!

Our Past Events

Advanced and Francophone French Conversation

French Premiere : La Vénus Électrique

Open House

Parisian Chapters with Kristin Harmel and Janet Skeslien Charles

Cercle de Lecture in Los Gatos: Dominique Barberis, Une façon d’aimer

French Cinémathèque: L'Origine du mal

Les Pitchouns de l'Alliance - C'est la rentrée!

Chocolat: Parisian Desserts and Other Delights with Aleksandra Crapanzano

Cercle de Lecture in Los Gatos: Jean Christophe Rufin, Notre otage à Acapulco, 2022

Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution

Les femmes pendant la Révolution Française

Club de Lecture in Palo Alto: Marc Maugin, Les Attentifs, 2017

Bastille Day Picnic 2026

La surprenante histoire entre la Liberty Bell et les Alpes françaises

Cercle de Lecture in Los Gatos: Patrick Deville, Fenua, 2021

French Cinémathèque: Vie privée

Club de Lecture in Palo Alto: Philibert Humm, Roman Fleuve, 2022

Rencontre des auteurs francophones: Nos Histoires d’Amérique

Le Café Tchat de l'Alliance de Juin 2026

Advanced and Francophone French Conversation

Intermediate French Conversation

Thé, café et livres avec Sylvie

Advanced and Francophone French Conversation

French Premiere : Le rêve américain

Intermediate French Conversation

Les Pitchouns de l'Alliance - STEM

Cercle de Lecture in Los Gatos: Jerome Ferrari, Nord Sentinelle, 2024

Advanced and Francophone French Conversation

Intermediate French Conversation

Club de Lecture in Palo Alto - Karine Tuil, La décision, 2022

Advanced and Francophone French Conversation

Intermediate French Conversation

French Cinémathèque: Un Homme et une Femme

Watercolor Worshop: Printemps Californien

Advanced and Francophone French Conversation

Intermediate French Conversation

Les Pitchouns de l'Alliance - La Fêtes des Mères

Advanced and Francophone French Conversation

Intermediate French Conversation

Advanced and Francophone French Conversation

Spectacle: Manu Payet "Emmanuel 2"

Intermediate French Conversation

French Cinémathèque: Jeunes Mères

Ciné-Club: Un Beau dimanche / Going Away (2013)

Cercle Lecture Los Gatos: Les amants de Casablanca-Tahar Ben Jelloun

Advanced and Francophone French Conversation

Intermediate French Conversation

Cercle de Lecture Palo Alto: Ceci n'est pas un fait divers - Philippe Besson

"Art Teaches Us about Life and Life Teaches Us About Art": Author Thomas Schlesser and Beth Gersh-Nesic discuss Mona's Eyes

Advanced and Francophone French Conversation

Intermediate French Conversation