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AUSTIN, TX | NOVEMBER 8-12
Austin welcomes creative delegates from its sister city of Angers, France to the Live Music Capital of the World, to celebrate the cultural connection between the two cities. Angers Week features French music, cinema, art, culture and technological innovation from Angers. Austin Angers Creative facilitates Angers Week and the French counter-festival Austin Week to present the unique collaborative exchange between the two cities to the greater public. LEARN MORE |
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AUTHORS ON TOUR AND LECTURES |
AUSTIN, TX | NOVEMBER 6
The 2016 Texas Book Festival features Sophie Glasser, French illustrator, designer and author of Le Big Manual: a book of 182 family activities that invites children of all ages to craft, cook and experiment. At the festival, Sophie Glasser and her publisher Marie de Crécy from Supereditions, are hosting a workshop with DIY activities from Le Big Manual.
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HOUSTON, TX | NOVEMBER 7
Pap Ndiaye, historian, specializing in the social history of the United States with a focus on its minorities, gives a lecture at Rice University: The French Debate on Reparations for Slavery: A Pragmatic Approach. This program is organized with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S.
Pap Ndiaye holds a doctorate from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) where he was a lecturer before being selected in 2012 as Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). READ MORE |
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VISUAL ARTS |
FORT WORTH, TX | NOVEMBER 11
As part of the exhibition Monet: The Early Years
at the Kimbell Museum of Art, Richard R. Brettell, founding director, The Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History; Margaret McDermott Distinguished Chair, The University of Texas at Dallas, gives a lecture reconstructing Claude Monet's submissions to the 1872 Exhibition of Independent Artists in the context of his fellow exhibitors, including Boudin, Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, Sisley, and artists long forgotten. The lecture examines the extensive criticism of the Independents as well as Édouard Manet's decision not to join his friends and to show instead at the Salon of 1874.
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HOUSTON, TX | NOVEMBER 22 - FEBRUARY 19, 2017
Enchanted Promenade captivates downtown Houston visitors at Discovery Green
with its ten colorful, giant peony bouquets by TILT, a French light and art design studio. TILT's work focuses on the exploration of light and its interplay with art, architecture and space. They aim to provide unexpected and enchanting experiences by altering scale and engaging the environment in unique and unusual ways. Enchanted Promenade marks their first presentation in the United States. READ MORE |
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CINEMA |
AUSTIN, TX | NOVEMBER 11
The Austin Film Society joins in the celebrations of Angers Week
with two screenings. On Friday night, AFS screens a new Angers favorite, Vincent, a distinctly French fantasy comedy by Christophe Van Rompaey about a young man who gains magical powers in water. The film was a favorite of the Angers' Premiers Plans festival and will be introduced by Premiers Plans director, Xavier Massé. The film will be preceded by a short.
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MUSIC |
HOUSTON, TX | NOVEMBER 14-15
On the occasion of the Menil Collection's exhibition on view until January 8, 2017, Picasso: The Line, pianist and Da Camera artistic director Sarah Rothenberg
presents a program inspired by the work of Pablo Picasso. READ MORE |
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GRAND PRAIRIE, TX | NOVEMBER 19
Dirtyphonics is a French electronic music band from Paris, consisting of members Charly, PitchIn, and Pho. Their music style is based on electro, dubstep, drumstep, drum and bass and trap. Since 2006, they have been turning heads with their unique live act, combining the efficiency of a DJ set with the energy of a rock concert.
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AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO, TX | NOVEMBER 27 & 29
With the mighty new From Africa With Fury: Rise, Seun Anikulapo Kuti heads up Egypt 80, the extraordinary combo first fronted by his renowned father. From Africa With Fury: Rise sees Kuti finding his own idiosyncratic voice as songwriter, singer, and band leader, its songs and sonic approach marked by provocative edge and mature self-assurance.
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FRANCE ALUMNI USA |
www.usa.francealumni.fr
Do you live in the U.S.? Did you study or interned abroad in France? Join France Alumni USA, an international platform and network of professionals who have completed part or all of their studies in France.
France Alumni USA gives access to:
- job and internship offers in both the US and France
- special events organized throughout the US
- a directory of alumni who have studied in France
- discussion groups CREATE YOUR FRANCE ALUMNI PROFILE |
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Cultural Service of the French Embassy
Consulate General of France
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