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Meet local French language and culture lovers for conversation and fun at the Alliance Française de DuPage! Come to a French Language Meetup and make new amis as you practice speaking, build your vocabulary and finally figure out those verb conjugations! Open to all, but we hope you will consider becoming a member.
Member activities include café-conversations, films, dinners, book readings, mini-Zoom cultural presentations, concerts and museum tours. All ages and levels welcome. The Alliance Française de DuPage is one of the 130 Alliance Française chapters nationwide. Check our website at http://www.afdupage.com to learn more about us and for membership options.
Please see the our Coronavirus Statement before attending any AFD event.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Conversation - Ballydoyle's - Downers GroveBallydoyle Irish Pub & Restaurant, Downers Grove, IL
French Conversation at Ballydoyle, 5157 Main St, Downers Grove IL
Please see the Conversation Groups page on our website .
We ask that our members support our host restaurant by purchasing something to eat or drink during the gathering.
- Marcher et Bavarder - McDowell Grove Forest PreserveMcDowell Grove Forest Preserve, Naperville, IL
Come energize your morning with your AF DuPage friends and speak French while walking.
For this “Marcher et Bavarder” conversation group we will return to McDowell Grove Forest Preserve - 4s500 Raymond Dr, Naperville, IL 60563.
Located on the West Branch of the DuPage River, McDowell offers a 3.5-mile loop turf and limestone trail which we will shorten to 2-2.5 miles. McDowell Grove has mature woodlands, open fields with eastern bluebirds and Cooper’s hawks, and a floodplain forest with towering butternuts and black maples. (Paintball guns are prohibited, so please leave yours at home. 😊)
Directions: The entrance is on the east side of Raymond Drive at McDowell Road 0.6 mile south of I-88 and 1.2 miles north of Ogden Avenue. We will meet at the parking lot which is located east of the intersection of Raymond Dr. and McDowell Rd., which has a stoplight, and is about half a mile south of Diehl Rd. There are porta-potties nearby.
Please RSVP here to let us know if you’re coming. We’ll ask for your mobile phone number so we can contact you if needed on the day of the event.
We will email everyone the day prior to the event with further information about the walk.
