[ { "post_id": "101", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "Blake Ramsey", "post_content_short": "", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/blog\/blake-ramsey\/", "post_date": "2025-06-16 13:42:00" }, { "post_id": "85", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "Federation of AF USA Livre de Cuisine", "post_content_short": "", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/blog\/federation-of-af-usa-livre-de-cuisine\/", "post_date": "2024-12-05 20:12:44" }, { "post_id": "78", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "Prix Charbonnier: Important Information", "post_content_short": "", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/blog\/prix-charbonnier-important-information\/", "post_date": "2024-10-21 17:52:48" }, { "post_id": "76", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "Practical Tips for the Seattle Convention", "post_content_short": "", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/blog\/practical-tips-for-the-seattle-convention\/", "post_date": "2024-10-04 11:02:03" }, { "post_id": "58", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "AF de Reno fall PBS ad campaign", "post_content_short": "", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/blog\/af-de-reno-fall-pbs-ad-campaign\/", "post_date": "2024-08-26 18:21:49" }, { "post_id": "56", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "AF du North Shore Opening Ceremony Watch Party", "post_content_short": "", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/blog\/af-du-north-shore-opening-ceremony-watch-party\/", "post_date": "2024-08-20 11:28:19" }, { "post_id": "55", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "AF de Las Vegas_Sept2024 E-Flash", "post_content_short": "", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/blog\/af-de-las-vegas_sept2024-e-flash\/", "post_date": "2024-08-19 17:28:33" }, { "post_id": "49", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "Jouer à la Pétanque with a twist à l'AF de Grand Rapids", "post_content_short": "Imagine playing pétanque on the grass. It’s a little bit challenging to point or shoot because since the ground is hidden below the grass,\n\tyou have no means to study the terrain between you and le cochonnet.  So, playing on grass is like “pétanque sauvage” as Jolene\n\tVos-Camy, President of AF Grand Rapids, introduced the event. With that kind of terrain, discovery while playing pétanque was source of a\n\tlot of fun and camaraderie.\n\n

\n\tI had the opportunity to participate in such an event, the annual pétanque tournament this last June 23, 2024, organized by l’Alliance\n\tFrançaise Grand Rapids. The event was set in the beautiful backyard of Jolene’s home. The place was prepared and ready for the competition\n\twith three courts, les boules, et les cochonnets. As well as plenty of food and drinks to enjoy during the beautiful weather on a Sunday\n\tafternoon in Grand Rapids. Plenty of people registered for the competition or just to be there and socialize while enjoying a good glass of\n\trefreshing rosé.\n\n

\n\tThe competition was between thirty people divided into fifteen teams of two each. Teams played with each other and went, in between each\n\tgame, for refreshments and delicious dishes spread inside for all to enjoy. There were plenty of laughs and clapping among the spectators\n\tand follow teammates.\n\n

\n\tLike in any pétanque’s game, there was a lot of discussion around le cohonnet to decide whose boule is closest, before agreeing and moving\n\tto the next game.\n\n

\n\tAfter a couple of hours of pure enjoyment of a game of pétanque on the grass, we got to watch the final game between the “Kati-Sue” team\n\tversus the “Jim-Todd” team. The competition was tough, both teams had proven themselves by getting to the final. Everyone was watching\n\twhile divided on who to root for. We heard a lot of “go Jim! go Todd!” or “go Kati! go Sue!”. After each throw of a boule, cheers sounded\n\twith the usual “bien joué!”\n\n

\n\tFinally, the count of points was there, the winner of the tournament was declared. The first place went the “Jim-Todd” team, standing on the\n\t“podium”, they were congratulated by President Vos-Camy under the cheering from all.\n\n

\n\tAF Grand Rapids creativity in using a well-known game of pétanque and adding a twist to make it fun for all levels is certainly something to\n\tfollow by other AF chapters.  Meanwhile, I am going to practice the game in my own grassy backyard to improve my skills and be ready\n\tfor the next pétanque sauvage event in Grand Rapids.\n\n

\n\tMo Omari, PhD.
\n\tPrésident Alliance Française de Detroit\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/media\/website_posts\/49\/Picture3.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/blog\/jouer-a-la-petanque-with-a-twist-a-laf-de-grand-rapids\/", "post_date": "2024-07-03 18:39:26" }, { "post_id": "39", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "ALP Book Award", "post_content_short": "", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/blog\/alp-book-award\/", "post_date": "2024-06-25 19:38:55" }, { "post_id": "38", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "Alliance Française d'Oklahoma City Bastille Day Celebration", "post_content_short": "", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/media\/website_posts\/38\/OKC-BD.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/blog\/alliance-francaise-doklahoma-city-bastille-day-celebration\/", "post_date": "2024-06-25 19:22:00" }, { "post_id": "37", "post_category_id": "9", "post_title": "Projet ciné-éducatif autour de la série Les Grandes Grandes Vacances", "post_content_short": "As part of the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the Liberation of France, the Embassy of France – Villa\n\tAlbertine and TV5MONDE are offering a free educational project featuring the animated series 'Les Grandes Grandes Vacances'<\/em>. <\/strong>\n\n

\n\t<\/strong>From May 1st to December 31st, 2024, this project will provide French teachers with unique pedagogical resources\n\tto explore the topic of World War II and the Normandy landings with their students. Les Grandes Grandes Vacances <\/em>is an\n\tanimated TV show consisting of 10 episodes, each lasting 26 minutes. It will immerse young viewers in the daily lives of children living in\n\tNormandy during WWII and the Normandy landings. <\/strong>\n\n

\n\t<\/strong>The project Les Grandes grandes vacances <\/em>is available to French teachers in public schools, Alliances\n\tFrançaises, and écoles du réseau homologué. By participating in this project, teachers will gain access to a free 6-month subscription to\n\tTV5MONDEplus, a global Francophone streaming service, and will have access to the TV show and many other resources that can be used for\n\tteaching French. <\/strong>\n\n

\n\t<\/strong>REGISTER HERE: https:\/\/forms.gle\/SqWghEsptVGbownv7<\/a> <\/strong>\n\n

Registration is open from May 1st until the end of November 2024.<\/strong>\n

\n\t<\/strong>For more information: Projet\n\tCiné-Éducatif ‘Les Grandes Grandes Vacances’ – French Culture<\/a><\/strong>\n\n

\n\t<\/strong>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact nathalie.charles@villa-albertine.org<\/a><\/u> and\n\tjade.serieys@villa-albertine.org.<\/a><\/u>  <\/strong>\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afusa.org\/media\/website_posts\/37\/TV5_grandes-vacances_backplate_R1b.png", "post_content_type": "url", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/frenchculture.org\/news\/projet-cine-educatif-les-grandes-grandes-vacances\/", "post_date": "2024-05-07 18:37:47" } ]