Beautifully photographed, this comedy drama chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious French dance Le Cancan as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge.
8:00 pm concert DJ Creature Island
8:30 pm screening

Breathless (À bout de souffle) is a timeless story of a charismatic gangster who is wanted by the authorities and reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy. A masterpiece of the French New Wave!
8:30 pm screening

St. John Cantius Church will host a free concert celebrating the spiritual and cultural significance of Notre-Dame de Paris in partnership with the Consulate General of France.

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy has just released a bi-weekly podcast: The Thing About France, in which Cultural Counselor to the United States, Bénédicte de Montlaur, interviews distinguished American cultural figures like musician Dee Dee Bridgewater, writer David Sedaris, journalist Liesl Schillinger, Whitney Museum director Adam Weinberg, and novelist Claire Messud with notable connections to France about their experiences in both countries. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.

A moderated panel of French and American experts will discuss the challenges facing biodiversity and the changes that need to be made to ensure the continuity of our ecosystems. The French-American Climate Talks – Biodiversity (FACT-B) is a new series of high level conferences bringing together French and American speakers from academia, government agencies, NGOs and think tanks organized by the Office for Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in the United States in partnership with local institutions.

Check out the list of French fiction, non-fiction, graphic books' authors on tour this fall. Call for applications for universities, libraries, bookstores, publishing houses, schools and other venues to host them for readings, signings, and lectures is open!

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