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Celebrate Christmas the French way!
This year, we are delighted to introduce a new way to celebrate the holidays at the Alliance Française.
Instead of our traditional seated dinner, join us for an elegant Christmas Cocktail Party — cocktail attire required!
Meet our teachers, connect with our Board, and celebrate all things French.
Raise a glass at our festive Cocktail Evening, marking the grand finale of our online Silent Auction, which opens two weeks ahead of the event.
Feeling generous? Outbid the rest to win unforgettable experiences — from a five-day escape to Paris to a private French chef soirée at home.
A dedicated table will display auction highlights throughout the evening.
✨ Program highlights:
Speeches, auction animation, hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and donors recognition — all in a warm and festive French ambiance!
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📅 Date: Friday, December 12 ⏰ Time: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
📍 Location : Solstice Seasonal Kitchen and Bar, 18555 Jamboree Rd, Newport Beach, CA 92612
💃 Dress code: Cocktail attire
🎟️ Tickets: $75 for Members · $85 for Non-Members · $95 Rush Tickets (after Dec. 4)
🍸 Each ticket includes two alcoholic beverages, as well as a chance to win a one-week immersion program in Vichy, France (value: 389€) generously offered by CAVILAM–Alliance française de Vichy .
🎨 Art in France: Dialogue Across Time
A new monthly online lecture series with Yara
✨ Session 1 — Satire and Caricature in French Art
Live online, all-levels kickoff that reveals how humor, exaggeration, and visual rhetoric contest power and shape opinion across press, posters, and the street. Grounded in semiotics, iconography, framing, and discourse analysis, the session offers a clear, image-first method with direct relevance to classrooms, campuses, cultural institutions, and public audiences.
Perfect for art lovers, educators, and curious minds looking to explore French culture through a critical yet playful lens.
Lecture in French, all levels welcome!
💻 Location: Online via Zoom (a link will be sent before the lecture)
📅 Date: Wednesdays, once a month
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
👥 Level: All level, lecture in French
🎟️ Fee: $23 for members / $28 for non-members
Once the event is sold-out, please contact events@aforange.org to join our waitlist.