Da Camera and Houston Early Music present visionary performer Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations in early French Baroque music, inspired by the 1991 Alain Corneau film Tous les matins du monde.

What is the nature of catastrophe? What can be considered cataclysmic - both literally and metaphorically? How do catastrophes, cataclysms, adaptation and survival translate in literature? What is a literature of survival? Presented by: University of Central Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma and University of Tulsa.

French language, music and art competition organized by the Texas French Symposium for Texas high school students of French, with the support of the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Houston. Theme: “La Normandie.”

McClain Gallery presents a group exhibition of portraiture and domestic objects placed within the context of Henri Matisse's work.

Nuit Blanche Houston presents an exhibition on the visionary work of Paris-based artist and architect Yona Friedman. Architect, artist, thinker, and writer, Friedman is no doubt a legendary figure in the architecture world, and his ideas have inspired architects around the world.

The exhibition is curated by the French non-profit Cercle de Valmont in collaboration with the Woodson Research Center to honor the memory of the American soldiers who went to combat with the allies on French soil. The exhibit shares two soldiers’ stories from two unpublished sources: a scrapbook album retracing the World War I experience of Galveston native and Rice graduate James S. Waters, Jr. and a private archive of 450 unpublished photographs taken in the trenches by a young French soldier, Paul Gueneau.

The company of 12 French-Algerian and African male dancers combines contemporary dance, acrobatics, capoeira, martial arts, urban and contemporary dance with powerful imagery evocative of Orientalist paintings.

Screening of Saint Laurent by B. Bonello, Little by Little by J. Rouch, and BPM (Beats Per Minute) by R. Compillo, in the framework of Tournées Film Festival, supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy through FACE Foundation. Films are preceded by a short introduction, then followed by a comment from a university specialist and discussion with the audience.

Austin Film Society presents the screening of Zero for Conduct, A Propos de Nice, L'Atalante, and Taris: the complete works of the visionary filmmaker Jean Vigo, who, before his death at age 29, made four groundbreaking films that would influence generations to come.

A conversation about the latest state-of-the-world film from Jean-Luc Godard, an illuminating discussion of this exciting and ‘cryptic’ work with film scholars Grant Wiedenfeld and Bearden Coleman, moderated by Marian Luntz, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston curator of film and video.
 

Learn how to cook foie gras au torchon with figs chutney, cassoulet de Castelnaudary, duck confit or French croissants with Culinary Institute LeNôtre professional chefs.

Celebrate Mois de la Francophonie with a special lineup from TV5MONDE!

Discover the richness of Francophone culture from around the world with poignant films, musical specials, and the exclusive television premiere of the "rockumentary" On Va Continuer!

For the full TV5MONDE programming schedule, visit the TV5MONDE website or download The Guide for March.