New Date! Cooking Workshop: Sips, Shrubs, & Sweets from the Fort de Chartres Heritage Garden

Join us for a unique cooking workshop recreating 18th-century recipes featuring ingredients that would have been grown in a jardin potager du Pays des Illinois: an Illinois Country French colonial kitchen garden.

Plein Air Concart: Gabrielle Goudard

Our beloved plein air concert series is back with a performance by Chicago-based French soprano Gabrielle Goudard! Gabrielle will enchant listeners with an hour of French jazz, accompanied by two musicians.

Intermediate Wine Tasting with Alicia Barrett

What makes a wine taste the way it does — the grape, or the place it’s grown? Join Alicia Barrett for an interactive tasting that explores one of wine’s most fascinating questions through a guided comparison of six wines made from the same grape varieties, grown in different regions around the world.

Tasting: Wine 101 with Alicia Barrett

Calling all wine newbies! Join us for an accessible tasting experience in a casual, walk-around setting featuring fabulous French wines. At this beginner-level tasting, guests will: Start the night with a complimentary welcome cocktail Discover affordable (but délicieux !

Intermediate Wine Tasting with Cedar Stoltenow

Join us in the Alliance’s lush, jewelbox courtyard for our final wine tasting of the 2025/2026 season! Guests will enjoy a complimentary welcome cocktail and a seated tasting of five wines, led by sommelière Cedar Stoltnow.