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Mailing Address
PO Box 721
Buffalo, NY 14207

Office & Library
659 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14203

Office & Library Hours
Mondays, 4:30-5:30 pm
Wednesdays, 4:00-5:00 pm
Saturdays, 1:00-2:00 pm

Email
info@afbuffalo.org

Upcoming events

    • 05/09/2025
    • 5:30 PM
    • The Winesmith, 846 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202
    Register


    May's Apéro at The Winesmith (corner of Main and Virginia)

    We're back at The Winesmith for this month's apéro. Bring snacks to share!

    When: Friday, May 9th from 5:30 PM -whenever!

    Where: The Winesmith, 846 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202

    • 07/21/2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • 07/25/2025
    • 3:00 PM
    • 1
    Register

    Week 1 still has room for 1 more child. There are still several spots in Week 2.

    Join us for one or two weeks of our Children's French and Art Summer Program! Registration is open for children aged 4 to 10 to learn and practice French through fun activities centered around the Arts.

    Children will need to bring/wear the following every day: sneakers, art smock, hat, sunscreen, water bottle, lunch in a cooler with ice pack, and a snack.

    Cost per week for Members:

    FULL DAY $160 1st child / $144 each additional sibling

    HALF DAY $96 1st child / $86 each additional sibling

    Not a member? The cost for two children without membership is $352 per program. Family membership is only $50/year, which brings the cost for family membership + two children to $354 for each program. That’s like getting a family membership to the Alliance Française of Buffalo for only $2! Click here to become a member.

    Cost per week for Non-Members:

    FULL DAY $185 1st child / $167 each additional sibling

    HALF DAY $111 1st child / $100 each additional sibling


    Activities include
    (subject to change):

    - Learning French through crafts, stories, songs, and games

    - Visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography)

    - Performing arts (theater, dance, music, and poetry)

    - 2-3 field trips (walking distance) per week including an art gallery visit, CEPA photo gallery visit and activity, WNY book arts visit and activity, theater visit, downtown architectural walking tour, Canalside walking tour and carrousel ride

    • 07/28/2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • 08/01/2025
    • 3:00 PM
    • 7
    Register

    Join us for one or two weeks of our Children's French and Art Summer Program! Registration is open for children aged 4 to 10 to learn and practice French through fun activities centered around the Arts.

    Children will need to bring/wear the following every day: sneakers, art smock, hat, sunscreen, water bottle, lunch in a cooler with ice pack, and a snack.

    Cost per week for Members:

    FULL DAY $160 1st child / $144 each additional sibling

    HALF DAY $96 1st child / $86 each additional sibling

    Not a member? The cost for two children without membership is $352 per program. Family membership is only $50/year, which brings the cost for family membership + two children to $354 for each program. That’s like getting a family membership to the Alliance Française of Buffalo for only $2! Click here to become a member.

    Cost per week for Non-Members:

    FULL DAY $185 1st child / $167 each additional sibling

    HALF DAY $111 1st child / $100 each additional sibling


    Activities include
    (subject to change):

    - Learning French through crafts, stories, songs, and games

    - Visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography)

    - Performing arts (theater, dance, music, and poetry)

    - 2-3 field trips (walking distance) per week including an art gallery visit, CEPA photo gallery visit and activity, WNY book arts visit and activity, theater visit, downtown architectural walking tour, Canalside walking tour and carrousel ride

Past events

04/26/2025 Spring 2025 Adult Classes
04/25/2025 Jacques Brel, ou l'Impossible Rêve
04/11/2025 April Apéro at Cafe Bewilderment
03/28/2025 Spring 2025 Children's Classes
03/20/2025 March Apéro at Wine on Hertel
03/02/2025 Le goûter de Mardi Gras !
02/14/2025 February Apéro at The Winesmith (formerly Just Vino)
01/17/2025 January Apéro at Wine on Hertel
01/13/2025 Winter 2025 Children's Classes
01/11/2025 Winter 2025 Adult Classes
01/04/2025 Children's Event: Le goûter d'Épiphanie
12/15/2024 Le goûter de Noël
12/07/2024 Dîner de Noël
11/15/2024 November Apéro at The Bijou
10/18/2024 October Apéro at Wine on Hertel
09/21/2024 September Apéro at Cabernet's Wine Cafe
09/16/2024 Fall 2024 Children's Classes
09/09/2024 Fall 2024 Adult Classes
08/17/2024 August Apéro at The Bijou + Pre-Apéro Book Sale
07/22/2024 Children's French Summer Program | Centre de Loisirs Français pour Enfants WEEK 2: L'Écologie
07/15/2024 Children's French Summer Program | Centre de Loisirs Français pour Enfants WEEK 1: Les Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques
07/14/2024 Fête de la Bastille | Bastille Day Celebration
06/22/2024 Fête de la Musique at The Cave!
06/15/2024 June Apéro at Cabernet's Wine Cafe
06/09/2024 D-Day Celebration & Apéro
05/31/2024 The Annual Meeting of the Alliance Française de Buffalo
04/27/2024 Chante La Vie, Chante
04/13/2024 Spring 2024 Adult Classes
03/18/2024 Spring 2024 Children's Classes
03/16/2024 March Apéro at Just Vino
02/18/2024 Le petit-déjeuner de Mardi Gras !
02/16/2024 February Apéro at the Hyatt Hotel
01/26/2024 January Apéro at Wine on Hertel
01/20/2024 Winter 2024 Adult Classes
01/06/2024 Le goûter d'Épiphanie !
12/16/2023 December Apéro at Just Vino
12/03/2023 Dîner de Noël
10/21/2023 October Apéro at Cabernet's Wine Cafe
09/22/2023 September Apéro at Wine on Hertel
09/07/2023 Fall 2023 Adult Classes
08/18/2023 August Apéro at the Phoenix at 269
07/15/2023 La Fête Nationale (Bastille Day) Picnic
06/21/2023 La Fête de La Musique
06/02/2023 Annual Meeting
05/19/2023 May Apéro at the Hyatt Hotel
04/21/2023 Apéro at the Ciao Cocktail Lounge
04/13/2023 Spring 2023 Adult Classes
03/24/2023 Fête de La Francophonie
02/24/2023 February Apéro at the Hyatt Hotel
01/27/2023 Apéro at The Burning Buffalo
01/19/2023 Winter 2023 Adult Classes
12/16/2022 December Apéro at Wine on Hertel
10/14/2022 October Apéro at the Steer
10/13/2022 Mad Men! Chez Molière
10/02/2022 Dedication of the AFB Hinz Bench
09/30/2022 September Apéro at the Terrace
08/27/2022 Elmwood Festival of the Arts
08/19/2022 August Apéro at Wine on Hertel
07/16/2022 La Fête Nationale (Bastille Day) Apéro
06/01/2022 AFB Annual Meeting 2022
05/13/2022 Apéro at KO Bar & Grill
04/30/2022 2022 Spring Kids Classes
04/18/2022 2022 Spring Adult Classes
03/27/2022 Stand Together for Ukraine
03/18/2022 Apéro with the Cultural Center Italian (CCI)
03/08/2022 March Apéro National Conversation Group in French
02/12/2022 Servir la France napoléonienne à Washington avec Luc Delambre (en français)
02/10/2022 Valentines Recipe: Îles flottantes
02/10/2022 Valentine’s Day Macarons with Chef Alain LeNôtre (in English)
02/08/2022 Apéro National Conversation Group in French
02/04/2022 L’influence de la langue française sur l’anglais : identification, catégorisation et réflexes étymologiques : Anthony Lacoudre (en français)
01/29/2022 Demystifying the French: A Panel Discussion
01/29/2022 2022 Winter Kids Classes
01/24/2022 2022 Winter Adult Classes
01/15/2022 Contemplating Immersion? A Discussion of the Top Immersion Programs
01/11/2022 Apéro National Conversation Group in French
12/14/2021 Live from Normandy: Bûche de Noël with Héloïse Brion of Miss Maggie’s Kitchen
12/10/2021 Christmas Tree Farm and Pot luck
12/05/2021 Opera: Carmen
11/18/2021 Beaujolais Nouveau and New Member Welcome
11/16/2021 Saumon Poché
11/06/2021 Pursuing the Dream: Living and Investing in France, with Adrian Leeds
10/14/2021 AFB Dinner in October!
09/18/2021 2021 Fall Kids Classes
09/13/2021 2021 Fall Adult Classes
09/09/2021 Rencontre avec Dominique Bona de l’Académie Française, romancière et biographe
07/25/2021 Apéro: Celebrating La Fête Nationale/Bastille Day
07/20/2021 'Visit the South of France' Summer Workshop
07/13/2021 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
07/13/2021 Join Master Chef Jean-Louis Gerin for a French Barbecue Demonstration
07/10/2021 2021 Summer Kids Classes
07/06/2021 Le Petit Prince Summer Workshop
06/16/2021 AFB Annual Meeting
06/09/2021 Gilles Legardinier guides you through The Paris Labyrinth
06/08/2021 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
06/01/2021 Virna Lorentz presents Mirage Blues
06/01/2021 French Art, Culture, and History (Part 2)
05/28/2021 “My Place at the Table” with Alexander Lobrano
05/21/2021 French Apéro May 2021
05/20/2021 Meet Martin Walker, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police series
05/13/2021 Le Métro dans les Arts with Charles Coulon
05/11/2021 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
04/22/2021 Carolyn Campbell, author of “City of Immortals”, on Père Lachaise Cemetery
04/17/2021 Demystifying the French with Janet Hulstrand
04/16/2021 French Apéro April 2021
04/14/2021 Lupin: Netflix Discussion part 2 -Cancelled
04/13/2021 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
04/13/2021 Meet Janet Skeslien Charles, author of the new best-seller THE PARIS LIBRARY
04/10/2021 The Olympic Games from Antiquity to the Present
04/10/2021 2021 Spring Kids Classes
04/06/2021 Thematic Workshops for Adults
04/04/2021 2021 Spring Adult Classes
04/02/2021 Stolen Renoir: the fate of a painting and a family in wartime France
03/27/2021 Plat du Jour with Susan Herrmann Loomis- Zoom Event
03/20/2021 Voyage en Francophonie A Musical Voyage
03/19/2021 French Apéro March 2021
03/19/2021 How the Le Pen family built and rules the postwar French far right
03/13/2021 Reinventing Universalism for Postcolonial France; NeMLA Conference
03/13/2021 Discover NEW Hidden Secrets of Paris with Oliver Gee
03/09/2021 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
03/08/2021 Lupin: Netflix Discusion
03/07/2021 André Nerman presents Molière, Décidément Contemporain
02/20/2021 Mardi Gras Week: Children's Story Time in French
02/19/2021 Mardi Gras Week: French Apéro February 2021
02/18/2021 Mardi Gras Week: ’Paul Taylor’s Franglais’ YouTube Watching Party
02/17/2021 Mardi Gras Week: PechaKucha Night
02/17/2021 Discussion with Scott Carpenter, French Like Moi en française
02/16/2021 Mardi Gras Week: Cooking crêpes with Frederic Vienney
02/15/2021 Kick off to Mardi Gras Week: Fireside Chat and Film Discussion
02/12/2021 Coco Chanel: The Woman Who Dressed the World
02/09/2021 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
02/09/2021 Secrets of Mastering French from the Experts at the Alliance Française
02/06/2021 Pamela Druckerman Presents Paris by Phone
02/04/2021 Celebrate Mardi Gras with inspiration from NY Times Food Writer Melissa Clark
01/23/2021 Pursuing the Dream: Living and Investing in France, with Adrian Leeds
01/22/2021 The French-American Journeys of Josephine Baker
01/17/2021 Dances and Improvisations with pianist Mark Markham
01/16/2021 2021 Winter Kids Classes
01/15/2021 French Apéro January 2021
01/12/2021 Paper Bullets : Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis
01/07/2021 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
01/04/2021 2021 Winter Adult Classes
12/18/2020 French Apéro Décember 2020
12/02/2020 Tom Wohlmut – The Light Between Two Towers
11/23/2020 2020 December Extension for Adult Classes
11/20/2020 French Apéro November 2020
11/16/2020 Discussion with Harriet Welty, author of Final Transgression
11/12/2020 Uncovering the secrets of the Paris Metro (En Français)
11/10/2020 Uncovering the secrets of the Paris Metro
11/10/2020 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
10/23/2020 French Apéro October
10/13/2020 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
10/09/2020 Betrayal in Occupied France: Who killed Jean Moulin?
10/06/2020 The Seine; The River that made Paris presentation by author Elaine Sciolino
10/03/2020 2020 Fall Kids Classes
10/01/2020 French Like Moi; A Midwesterner in Paris presentation by author Scott Dominic Carpenter
09/27/2020 French Games
09/26/2020 A Frenchwoman in Provence, with Mireille Guiliano
09/18/2020 French Apéro September
09/14/2020 2020 Fall Adult Classes
09/13/2020 French Games
09/08/2020 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
08/22/2020 Undiscovered secrets of Paris
08/13/2020 Uncovering the secrets of the Paris Metro
08/11/2020 National French Conversation Group as an Apéro
07/17/2020 French Apéro July 2020
06/25/2020 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting
05/22/2020 French Apéro May 2020
04/24/2020 French Apéro April 2020
04/20/2020 2020 Spring Adult Classes
02/15/2020 Conversation groups



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