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Christo’s Arc de Triomphe Posted by Tim Hildreth on Sep 21, 2021
A dream almost 60 years in the making is finally a reality. Last Thursday – on the eve of the Journées Européennes du Patrimoines – President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated l’Arc de Triomphe empaqueté de Christo. Christo’s Arc de Triomphe Thursday’s ceremony celebrated a project that Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude first imagined in 1962, “une…
French News Round-up Posted by Tim Hildreth on Sep 14, 2021
Keeping up with the news is a great way to expand your cultural knowledge and practice your vocabulary. This week we take a look at some of the latest headlines in a little French news round-up. French News Round-up It’s been a while since we’ve looked at what’s happening à la une des actualités françaises. The past…
French Proverbs Posted by Tim Hildreth on Sep 7, 2021
It’s September. In France, that means la rentrée. Here in the US, September is also National Library Card Sign-up Month. Les bibliothèques are amazing places where you can find all sorts of wonderful content … including, at many, access to Transparent Language’s online learning portal. Learn more here. Les proverbes français Watching the great French movie…
I wanna have a French mustache Posted by Tim Hildreth on Aug 31, 2021
One of the reasons I’ve always loved the Eurovision Song Contest is because of just how odd it can be. This year’s competition may already be dans le rétroviseur but I just had to share this little gem from 2014 by the rock-pop-hip-hop French trio Twin Twin. Moustache Earning only 2 points, the song finished a disappointing…
Josephine Baker Posted by Tim Hildreth on Aug 24, 2021
Connaissez-vous Josephine Baker? Born in 1906 into a poor family in Mississippi, she would grow up to conquer France … and to help conquer the Nazis. And now this woman of many firsts, is about to conquer one more first. Osez Joséphine Thanks to the writer Laurent Kupferman and his Osez Joséphine petition, Josephine Baker…
Let’s get moving French style Posted by Tim Hildreth on Aug 17, 2021
I’ve talked before about some of the ways that the French government has been focused on encouraging people to live healthy lives. As mentioned last week, this is also a concern for the Paris 2024 Olympic Committee who wants to use the upcoming games to mettre plus de sport dans le quotidien des Français. But they’re not…
So now on to Paris Posted by Tim Hildreth on Aug 10, 2021
The 2020 (2021) Olympic Games in Tokyo were good for Team France. Les Bleus ended the two weeks with a total of 33 médailles, putting l’équipe de France 8th in the overall medal rankings. But the Tokyo games are over and so now on to Paris … for 2024. France represents in Tokyo In overall medal…