On June 27, Vincent Courtois and his trio will be in Oakland to record their new album: do not miss this unique opportunity to attend a live recording session in a state of the art studio! (Be sure to book fast as number of spots are limited.) On July 2, Vincent Courtois will also give a reading-concert with actor Pierre Baux at the Oakland Public Main Library. This hybrid performance (free and open to all) will be the first step before the full adaptation of Jack London's novel Martin Eden.

On June 20, French artist Julien Prévieux will participate in a panel presented at Root Division gallery (San Francisco), as part of the exhibition "What's Your Mother's Maiden Name?", curated by Tanya Gayer (on show June 5-29). The exhibition analyzes the governance of individual history seen in security questions and implements this question and answer protocol as a precedent to discuss online authorship, culture-construction, and systems of knowledge. 

Fragments, a monumental temple leading to the sun by French artist Marc Ippon de Ronda, has been selected by the Black Rock City Honoraria Program as this year's French laureate amongst hundreds of applications! Learn more about how to help bring this artwork to Burning Man.

From June 20 to June 30, an impressive number of French and Francophone films will be presented during this year's edition of Frameline Festival, San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival.

French illustrator Jérémie Royer only has a few days left as the current resident of writing residency A Room with a View. Let's take a look back at the time he spent in the Bay Area and beyond!

Presented from June 27 to June 30, this enchanting program explores the wonderment of youth. The fantastic world of a young imagination comes to life in a dazzling production of Ravel’s The Child and the Magic Spells. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind performance by an all-star cast and featuring mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard!

On June 13, La Religieuse by Jacques Rivette will be screening at BAMPFA. In this notorious adaptation of Diderot’s novel, Anna Karina plays a young woman forced to become a nun.

For the first time ever, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will release a bi-weekly podcast, The Thing About France, in which Cultural Counselor to the United States Bénédicte de Montlaur interviews distinguished American cultural figures with notable connections to France about their experiences in both countries.

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