Beginnings of the Cabane à Sucre Cabanes à Sucre, or sugar shacks, are small cabins or groups of cabins located in Eastern Canada and...

March is International Francophonie Month, recognizing the 80+ countries of the world where French is spoken.  Although French is a...

Congolese (Kinshasa) French Congolese French, also known as Kinshasa French after the capital city, is spoken in the Democratic Republic...

This hotel was one of the first of its kind to be built and is still run today as one of the most luxurious hotels in Québec. It has...

History Of Cirque The beginnings of the Cirque du Soleil show trace back to a 1980s group of performers. Founded by Gilles Ste-Croix, Les...

2022 has come to an end, so we wanted to look back at many of the things that we’ve learned, and remember many of the events that have...

History of Le Festival des Lumières      The Festival of Lights ( Le Festival des Lumières ) in Paris is coming back for its fourth year!...

Each year in the US, the National Dog Show airs just after the Macy’s Day Parade on Thanksgiving Day. This year, the Best of Show was...

What is Armistice Day? One-hundred and four years ago, a ceasefire to end the first World War was announced at 11am. The World War had...

The Book Last March, a collection of stories about the French language and Francophone culture in the U.S. was published. This book,...

The Statue of Liberty has become a symbol of freedom, democracy, and of America itself. But the statue wasn’t built here. It wasn’t even...

On February 3rd, 1949, a 40-boxcar train sailed into New York Harbor. Why would a train travel by boat? Well, this train had come across...

Thank you to Henri Vaillancourt, a native French speaker and student of the language’s origins, for his insights which formed the basis...