[ { "post_id": "16", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Regional French Christmas Traditions: les 13 desserts de Provence", "post_content_short": "If there is one Christmas tradition that perfectly captures the warmth, generosity, and culinary richness of Southern France, it is the\nfamous Thirteen Desserts of Provence<\/strong>.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/16\/Christmas-Tradition.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/regional-french-christmas-traditions-les-13-desserts\/", "post_date": "2025-11-29 23:25:48" }, { "post_id": "15", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Ten Years On — Remembering November 2015", "post_content_short": "Ten years ago, we were shaken to our core by the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/15\/KC-France-2015.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/ten-years-on-remembering-november-2015\/", "post_date": "2025-11-15 20:17:24" }, { "post_id": "11", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Bérénice Chouteau, Mother of Kansas City, Part 2", "post_content_short": "Bérénice Chouteau lived until 1888. Widowed at only 36 years old, she chose not to live in St Louis but instead in the rapidly changing\nsettlement that would become Kansas City. In this second Part, Professor Kathy Krause explores the rest of her life ...", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/11\/Maison-Chouteau.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/berenice-chouteau-mother-of-kansas-city-part-2\/", "post_date": "2025-11-03 17:20:00" }, { "post_id": "13", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Metz, our new Sister City", "post_content_short": "On June 13, 2025<\/strong>, Kansas City, Missouri (KC) and Metz, France, formalised a new Sister City agreement—making Metz KC’s 13th\ninternational partner.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/13\/moselle-211812_1280.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/metz-our-new-sister-city\/", "post_date": "2025-10-29 19:29:00" }, { "post_id": "10", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Discover Lyon: Where History, Culture, and Gastronomy Meet", "post_content_short": "Nestled at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, Lyon is a city that perfectly blends history, elegance, and a vibrant modern lifestyle. Want to know more about this city?", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/10\/lyon.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/discover-lyon-where-history-culture-and-gastronomy-meet\/", "post_date": "2025-10-09 05:00:00" }, { "post_id": "7", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Où est né le cinéma ?", "post_content_short": "Pop quiz: Where was film born?
\nAnswer: As film buffs and francophiles surely know, cinema has its origins in a factory warehouse in Lyon.
\nIt was there, in 1894, that brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière devised the cinematograph. ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/7\/antoine-photographe-1872.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/ou-le-cinema-est-nee\/", "post_date": "2025-09-10 20:45:10" }, { "post_id": "5", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Bérénice Chouteau, the “mother of Kansas City”- part 1", "post_content_short": "Kansas City: Une Ville Française - “Mother of Kansas City”: Bérénice Ménard Chouteau is so called because she was the first white woman known to have lived in the area that would become Kansas City", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/5\/Berenice_Chouteau_drawing.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/kansas-city-une-ville-francaise-berenice-chouteau-the-mother-of-kansas-city-part-1\/", "post_date": "2025-09-07 05:00:00" }, { "post_id": "1", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "French Women and the Founding of Kansas City", "post_content_short": "Presented by Dr. Kathy Krause, Emerita Professor of French, UMKC
\nOn March, 30th, 2025, Dr. K. Krause spoke about the role of French women in the founding of Kansas City. The founding of Kansas City is\ngenerally attributed to men, however the role of women in the city’s early development is often overlooked.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/1\/IMG_8454.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/french-women-and-the-founding-of-kansas-city\/", "post_date": "2025-04-16 05:00:00" }, { "post_id": "8", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "A Memorable Evening with Stupeur et tremblements", "post_content_short": "On March 8, 2025<\/strong>, AFKC had the honor of presenting an exceptional cultural event at the Musical Theater\nHeritage<\/strong>. The evening featured a theatrical interpretation of Stupeur et tremblements<\/em>, the acclaimed novel by Amélie Nothomb<\/strong>,\nperformed by Layla Metssitane<\/strong>.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/8\/Stupeurs-tremblement-image.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/a-memorable-evening-with-stupeur-et-tremblements\/", "post_date": "2025-03-12 05:00:00" }, { "post_id": "9", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Paris Lost and Found with Scott Dominic Carpenter", "post_content_short": "An afternoon with Scott Dominic Carpenter<\/strong> for his book Paris, Lost and Found<\/strong> in partnership with\nRainy Day Books", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/9\/carpenter.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/paris-lost-and-found-with-scott-dominic-carpenter\/", "post_date": "2024-10-20 13:00:00" }, { "post_id": "4", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "A taste of France: an evening with Jane Bercht", "post_content_short": "A Taste of France in Kansas City: An Evening with Jane Bertch and The French Ingredient<\/em><\/strong>
\n\tIn partnership with Rainy Day Books – June 20, 2024<\/em>\n\n

\n\tOn a warm summer evening in Kansas City, the charm of Paris came alive at an unforgettable literary event hosted in partnership with Rainy\n\tDay Books.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/4\/jane-Bercht.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/an-evening-with-jane-bercht\/", "post_date": "2024-06-20 05:00:00" }, { "post_id": "2", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Des fissures et des mots", "post_content_short": "On June 7th 2024, we were pleased to welcome the artist Layla Metssitane for the world premiere of the exhibition, Des Fissures et\ndes Mots<\/strong>. This exhibition, part of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, highlights unique works of art that celebrate Paralympic athletes, true\nheroes and heroines of the 21st century.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/2\/AFKC24060702197.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/des-fissures-et-des-mots\/", "post_date": "2024-06-08 05:00:00" }, { "post_id": "3", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Night of Ideas - 2024", "post_content_short": "Launched in 2016, Night of Ideas has become a worldwide event presented in 190 cities and 104 different countries. Night of Ideas 2045\n\tis presented by Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation thanks to the leadership support of the Judy & Peter Blum Kovler Foundation,\n\tand with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It is coordinated worldwide by the Institut Français.<\/em>\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/media\/website_posts\/3\/IMG_2021.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.afkc.org\/blog\/night-of-ideas-2024\/", "post_date": "2024-03-19 05:00:00" } ]