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

18 July 2015 Last night, a small group of students headed to City Winery NYC to see Paris Combo live in concert. What a memorable show! For those unfamiliar with the group, their music is an eclectic mix of sounds, influenced by cabaret, gypsy jazz in the style of Django Reinhardt, 1930s French pop, North African rhythms, and swing. We were fortunate to have seating right in the center of the room at a long table directly in front of the stage. After ordering some food and dr