DECEMBER 2015 / JANUARY 2016 |
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The agenda for all things French happening in the Southeast |
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PERFORMING ARTS |
Select theatres | Broadcast from Moscow, Russia | Dec. 6, 2015
Internationally renowned Bolshoi Ballet, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, presents their new rendering of Dumas' "The Lady of the Camellias" in select theatres across the country. READ MORE |
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Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art | Winston-Salem, NC | Jan. 16, 2016
The Pearl Fishers, an opera by French composer Georges Bizet, is performed at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC for the first time in 100 years and will be broadcast live at SECCA in Winston-Salem, NC. READ MORE |
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VISUAL ARTS |
The Mint Museum Uptown | Charlotte, NC | Nov. 21, 2015 to Mar. 27, 2016
This installation features a selection of nineteenth and twentieth century European works on paper drawn entirely from The Mint Museum’s permanent collection. READ MORE |
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FILMS |
Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | Dec. 9, 2015
Wealthy Frenchmen hold a weekly contest to see who can invite the biggest idiot to their dinner parties. A classic French comedy featuring acclaimed actors Thierry Lhermitte and the late Jacques Villeret. READ MORE |
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North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | Jan. 14 to Feb. 11, 2016
The 2015-2016 Tournées Film Festival: French Films on Campus continues! In January, NC State University will host 6 contemporary and classic films as part of "Raleigh's French Connection". READ MORE |
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Multiple locations | Atlanta, GA | Jan.26 to Feb. 17, 2016
Held in Atlanta each year, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival will return in 2016 for a 16th edition featuring contemporary and classic independent Jewish film from around the world, including a variety of French comedies and dramas. READ MORE |
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MUSIC |
Blumenthal Performing Arts | Charlotte, NC | Jan. 8 & 9, 2016
American cellist Cicely will perform French composer Camille Saint-Saëns' "Cello Concerto No. 1" and Ravel's "Valses nobles et sentimentales" with the Charlotte Symphony at the Blumenthal Performing Arts. READ MORE |
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Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center | Birmingham, AL | Jan. 21, 2016
As part of their 2016 US Tour (January 9 through 25, 2016), the internationally-acclaimed Hermès Quartet will be performing at the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center in Birmigham, AL. READ MORE |
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SEMINAR |
National Humanities Center | Research Triangle Park, NC | Jan. 31, 2016
Dr. Helen Solterer, Professor of French at Duke University, will discuss "A Timely Villon" from her book project "Timely Fictions" on the cultural memory of pre-modern poetry, drama, and pictorial narrative. READ MORE |
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