Film Screening: Cinémélodie—Dans la cuisine des Nguyen (In the Nguyen Kitchen)

Join us for the May installment of our 2025/2026 music-themed film series, Cinémélodie! In celebration of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re screening French filmmaker Stéphane Ly-Cuong’s 2025 musical Dans la cuisine des Nguyen (In the Nguyen Kitchen).

Plein Air Concert: Gabrielle Goudard

Our beloved plein air concert series is back with a performance by Chicago-based French soprano Gabrielle Goudard, accompanied by her full band for the first time at the Alliance! Gabrielle and her musicians will enchant listeners with an hour of French jazz.

Concert: Steve Yépez with Jeff Panko

In celebration of the season, join us for a springtime concert featuring flutist Steve Yépez, accompanied by pianist Jeff Panko. Guests will enjoy complimentary sparkling rosé and salted nuts. Doors at 6:00 p.

Film Screening: Cinémélodie—Montréal New Wave

Join us for the June installment of our 2025/2026 music-themed film series, Cinémélodie: québécois filmmaker Erik Cimon’s 2016 documentary Montréal New Wave, which explores the ups and downs of new wave music from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s and its influence on today’s cultural scene.

Film Screening: Cinémélodie—Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)

JJoin us for the final installment of our 2025/2026 music-themed series, Cinémélodie: French director Jacques Demy 1964 musical romantic drama *Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)*! We kicked off Cinémélodie in September with a screening of Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort, and so it’s only fitting that we bookend the series with the other musical for which he is best known.