The Europe Votes Challenge is a non-partisan campaign initiated by students to get Europeans living in Boston to vote. This challenge opposes universities and organizations in order to obtain as many promises of votes as possible. The current goal is to get 10,000 voting commitments.

The next European Parliament will make important decisions on security, environment, economy, as well as decisions on food quality, movie funding or travel rights. That is why Europeans from Boston should make sure that their voice is heard. The elections will be held from May 23 to May 26, 2019.

Find out how to vote from abroad on www.ivoteabroad.eu

You can pledge your vote now, and even organize events in your school and communities if you want to support the campaign.

To get involved, contact at hkseuropeanclub@gmail.com

The Cultural Services department at the Consulate General of France in Boston are pleased to present renownded French medieval historian and history professor at Collège of France, Patrick Boucheron, who will be leading a conference at Harvard University on April 29, 2019 at 5:30 PM for the publication of his work "France in the World. A new global history" in the United States.

Patrick Boucheron is the author of a multitude of books including Comment se révolter (2016) and Migrations, réfugiés, exil (2017). He is the editor of Histoire mondiale de la France (2017). His books are published in English by Other Press.

The Department of French Studies at Brown University is welcoming Patrick Boucheron on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. The historian and professor at the Collège de France will develop his understanding of French history by introducing his work "France is the World. A New Global History".

The talk will be in French.

Don't miss the first program of the French Innovations Series! Supported by the Consulate General of France in Boston, this event will take place on Friday, May 10, 2019.

A discussion on today's global biomedical web of innovations will be introduced by Maryaline Catillon, Harvard Ph.D candidate and former Hospital Director in France, Dr. Jean-Luc Boulnois, CEO of Quadrature, and Dr. Edward Kaye, CEO of Stoke Therapeutics.

The conference will continue with a presentation of BIOMODEX, a French medical startup. It developed a revolutionary technology in 3D, able to print organs.

This exploration into the world of medicine will end with a gallery show, looking back to the 16th century in France. It will highlight some of Ambroise Paré's sketches. Considered to be the "father of surgery", Paré was the royal surgeon of a number of French Kings. 

This event is in English. A reception with refreshments will be provided after the discussion, during the gallery show.

Tickets

$10 For Members

$20 For Non-Members

Cornerstone of the French pop music scene, L'Impératrice is coming to the Sinclair Music Hall on Friday, May 17, 2019. The Parisian band will perform its new album, Matahari, produced by the Microqlima label. In between disco and electronic music, L'Impératrice already seduced the French youth and is now starting an American tour. 

Tickets from $16 to $18

Christine and The Queens band is back to the Boston Calling Music Festival, three years after its first performance on the Boston stage. The band will be playing along with Twenty One Pilots, Greta Van Fleet, Chvrches and Lord Huron.

The eclectic pop-singer has recently released a new album, entitled "Chris", thus unveiling his new masculine identity and his new inspirations. Chris switched from French to English in his songs, but he kept the pop and electro musical tradition that made him appear on top of the charts in France, Belgium and Great Britain. This new album deals with topics such as gender and identity. Mixing his various skills, Chris is at the same time a singer, a dancer, a choregrapher, and a songwriter. 

Christine and the Queens concert at Boston Calling should definetely bring some human warmth to the Harvard Athletic Center.

Single Day General Admission Ticket : from $114.

Yann Tiersen, a composer and a multi-instrumentist, is performing at the Berklee Performance Center on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 8:00 PM. First known for his soundtrack of the movie Amélie Poulain, Yann Tiersen pursued his career by combining classical and folk music, thus creating his own specific genre. Inspired by his native region, Britanny, Tiersen's new album, entitled All, is tinted with Celtic melodies and lyrics. This album was recorded in Ushant, an island located between Britanny and Cornwall, in the Celtic sea. The musician lived there for ten years.

Yann Tiersen's concert at the Berklee Performance Center will probably give a taste of the Celtic atmosphere and of the peacefulness of the Iroise Islands.

Tickets starting at $30.

This exhibit features celebrities of 19th-century Paris made famous by renowned French artist, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who captured the spectacle of the fin de siècle in evocative posters, prints, and paintings.

“Toulouse-Lautrec and the Stars of Paris” explores the celebrity culture of Lautrec’s time and his fascination with the personal lives of the stars along with the roles that they played. With expressive lines and brazen colors, Lautrec depicted the defining gestures, costumes, and expressions of spectacular performers, many of whom were his personal friends.

The exhibition includes nearly 200 works and is composed of thematic sections highlighting Lautrec’s formal innovations, such as dramatic lighting effects and color combinations. The display also incorporates works by Lautrec’s contemporaries Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Pierre Bonnard, and others - presenting him in the context of his
heroes, peers, and followers.

Organized by the MFA in partnership with the Boston Public Library, the exhibition draws on both institutions’ rich holdings, and includes loans of paintings and graphic arts from both public and private collections.

Un Mois, Un Livre is a monthly literature workshop intended for intermediate to advanced French speakers (B1 +) that is led by French Cultural Center professor, Benjamin Capellari. This month the discussion will be about Denis Diderot's Le Fils Naturel. 

The required book is to be read in advance and can be purchased at the French Cultural Center's Reception desk.

The event is $20 for members and $25 for non-members.

The French New Wave Series Film is having its third meeting on Friday, May 3, 2019 in Worcester, MA.

The screening of Cléo from 5 to 7 is happening in a very particular context, as Agnès Varda, leading light of the French New Wave, has passed away on March 29, 2019.

The movie tells the story of a young and frivolous pop-singer, waiting for the results of her cancer diagnosis. The protagnonist is wandering around Paris in the 1960's, rambling through cafés and typical streets. Agnès Varda succeeds in encapsulating the fears and doubts of the heroine, who is anxiously questioning her future.

Cléo from 5 to 7 devotes Agnès Varda as an essential filmmaker for the French cinema. She helped popularize a woman's perspective in cinema. 

Jared Wagner will introduce the film and he will lead a discussion. 

Tickets from $8.50 to $10.

"Les Impayables", the Boston Accueil theater troupe, is pleased to present "Visa Pour l'Eternité", a thriller-comedy written by Sylvie and Paul Lemay. Directed by Bertrand Renaud, this play tells the story of a string of murders disturbing a small town in Touraine, France, in the 1920's. Intertwining the lives of ghosts and the lives of the living in an imaginative way, "Visa Pour l'Eternité" guarantees a lot of laughters.

"Les Impayables" troupe will perform at Matignon High School (Cambridge) on May 17, 18 and 31, 2019 at 8:00 PM.

Ticket prices

Students: $12

Adults: $20

The French Cultural Center is organizing a special event, introducing the May theme France: Past and Present. This event is reserved for the Family Members of the Center.

Many activities, including crafts, photo shoots and mini golf courses, will be offered to kids of all ages. A Let Them Eat Cake-eating contest will also be organized. 

Tickets are $25 (Event for Members Only)