Updates from Learn French with Chloë

1 October 2016 On Saturday, October 1st, we attended the American spin-off of the biggest French music festival, Les Vieilles Charrues. The original festival began in 1992 in a small Breton village with a gathering of 500 people. Since then, it has grown in size every year, now attracting 250,000 music-lovers! This year, Les Vieilles Charrues is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special event at Rumsey Playfield, the site of Central Park's SummerStage on East 72nd Str

19 January 2016 This evening, we attended a discussion about politics in the Middle East with Jean-Pierre Filiu, a historian, professor at Sciences Po, the Paris Institute for Political Studies, and author of the new book, From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy (2015). The event was hosted by Albertine in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York City. Drawing on his experience as a former diplomat a