Do you know the French cancan? Mayor Connie Boesen does now. "Moulin Rouge" has a tour stop at the Des Moines Civic Center this summer and ensemble member Stefanie Renee Salyers taught Mayor Connie ...

The class was hosted by Alliance Francaise de Chicago, which promotes French culture and language. That includes this often provocative form of dance that emerged from the music halls of France.

Last week, I was talking with reader Carol Dionne of St. John about her three years of French language lessons she had taken at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Dyer. “I’d taken Spanish language ...

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PARIS, France — While the athletes in the Olympic Games will be the center of attention in Paris next month, there's another place likely getting a little attention, too. We're talking about the ...