Spoleto Festival USA has established itself as one of the world’s leading performing arts festivals, with over 200 premieres each year. Now in its 40th season, the festival is announcing an impressive line-up including French artists, productions and performances, as well as French-themed shows.

"Marks of Genius: 100 Extraordinary Drawings": Drawn from the Minneapolis Institute of Art, this exhibition features some of the most important drawings from the superlative collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, including work by artists such as French masters Edgar Degas, François Boucher and Henri Matisse.

Memphis College of Art presents "Côte d’Azur, France", an exhibition of work from students and faculty who recently traveled to France’s Mediterranean coast. On display from April 29 to June 5 at the MCA Gallery in Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN.

The NCMA Lecture Series presents “Impressionism in America”, a talk on the long love affair between the United States and impressionism, particularly the work of Claude Monet on May 19, 2016.

Join us at Meymandi Concert Hall at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts for A DAY IN PARIS, a concert by the North Carolina Symphony with a French repertoire of Suppé: Overture to Light Cavalry, Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3, Bizet: Symphony No. 1.

The Alabama Symphony Orchestra has entertained audiences for decades, playing a variety of classical and popular music. This month, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra will perform Mozart's "Paris" Symphony at Brock Recital Hall in Birmingham, AL.

FRANCOFONIA, the latest film from critically acclaimed director Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) will be opening in Atlanta on May 6, at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema.

Christopher Hampton's irresistible adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France broadcast live from the Donmar Warehouse, in Covent Garden.

Proia Dance Project celebrates the dynamic power of collaborative works. This month, three new works are presented in TranscenDANCE: An Eclectic Evening with Proia Dance Project, a fundraising performance which marks the one year anniversary of Proia Dance Project.