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If you enjoyed the events organized during the French Cultures Festival last month, you will love what the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston has selected for you this April across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. |
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COUP DE COEUR |
DALLAS, TX I APRIL 12, 2014
A tour of the Dallas Art District has probably been suggested to you a thousand times, but have you ever considered attending a performance that would take you from outdoor modern sculptures to science fiction architecture through the scope of natural history speculative phenomena? An event supported by the Institut Français and the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston
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PERFORMING ARTS |
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HOUSTON, TX I APRIL 26, 2014 I 8 PM
Twenty four-year-old French internationally acclaimed pianist, Lise de la Salle performs in Houston at the Cullen Theater, Wortham Center. READ MORE |
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CINEMA |
AUSTIN, DALLAS AND HOUSTON, TX I APRIL 2014
"Ernest & Célestine", the Oscar-nominated, animated film by Benjamin Renner is screening this month at the Regal Arbor Theatre in Austin, the Angelika in Dallas and Landmark River Oaks Theatre in Houston. READ MORE |
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AUSTIN, TX I APRIL 5 - 19, 2014
In conjunection with the Ransom's Center exhibit "The World at War 1914-1918," the Harry Ransom Center
at UT Austin presents a program of WWI films. This event is supported by the Institut Français and the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston READ MORE |
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DALLAS, TEXAS I UNTIL APRIL 5, 2014
The French department at the Southern Methodist University presents Holy Motors by Léo Carax and Populaire by Régis Roinsard during its 18th French Film Festival 2014. READ MORE |
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VISUAL ARTS |
HOUSTON, TX I UNTIL APRIL 27, 2014
Fotofest International was established to promote international awareness of museum-quality photography art from around the world. The French delegation at
Fotofest 2014 was comprised of: Christophe Laloi, Artistic Director of Voies Off Festival (Arles)
Marie-Pierre Subtil, Chief Editor of 6 Mois magazine (Paris)
Jim Casper, Founder and Editor of LensCulture (Paris)
Xavier Soule, President of Galerie VU & Agence VU (Paris) READ MORE |
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MARFA, TX I APRIL 4, 2014 I 8:00 PM
Film program Fetish and Figure, curated by Martha Kirszenbaum at Fieldwork Marfa,
brings together six films and videos by artists and filmmakers that address both the fetishisation of objects and the exclusive relation between the representation of objects and the body. Fieldwork Marfa is an international researcher-in-residence program for emerging artists, curators and/or researchers located in Marfa, Texas. It is the joint project of two major European art schools, ESBA Nantes Métropole and HEAD-Genève.
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HOUSTON, TX I UNTIL MAY 4, 2014
Due to the success of its "Age of Impressionism" exhibit, the MFAH has extended it for another month. This spectacular exhibition features more than 70 works of art by a stellar lineup that includes Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir among many others. READ MORE
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LECTURES |
HOUSTON, TX I APRIL 10, 2014 I 7:00 PM
The Consulates General of European Countries in Houston invite you to a European Science Café Echoes from the BIG BANG, the beginning of the Universe with Professor Dimitri Nanopoulos, a Greek physicist. READ MORE |
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HOUSTON, TX I APRIL 15, 2014 I 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Based upon his new book, The Architecture of Art Museums—A Decade of Design: 2000-2010, Ronnie Self's
lecture explores some of the most important museums built at the beginning of the 21st century in the United States and Europe and the lessons they reveal. Ronnie is a registered architect practicing in Houston and previously worked in the Paris office of Renzo Piano Building Workshop where, among other projects, he was in charge of the Atelier Brancusi for the Centre Georges Pompidou. READ MORE |
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TRANSLATIONS |
UNITED STATES I APRIL, 2014
Collected French Translations: Poetry, by John Ashbery and Rosanne Wasserman, edited by Eugene Richie, half of a long-awaited two-volume collection of translations by America’s foremost living poet, surveys John Ashbery’s lifelong love of French poetry was published this month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. READ MORE |
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UNITED STATES I APRIL, 2014
The Grand Vizier of the Night by Catherine Hermary-Vieille, Quartet Books, April 2014, set in the Islamic Empire in 785 AD is a fascinating tale of power, war, love and religion. READ MORE |
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UNITED STATES I APRIL, 2014
The Day I Lost My Superpowers, by French author Michaël Escoffier and illustrator Kris Di Giacomo, is a beautiful picture book published this April by Enchanted Lion Books. The authors were able to take the topic of superheroes and turn it into a completely original picture book, both in words and picture. READ MORE |
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UNITED STATES I APRIL, 2014
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Picketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer published by Harvard University Press, analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. READ MORE |
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UNITED STATES I APRIL, 2014
A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, translated by John Howe, a bestseller in France was published this April by Verso books. Leading thinker Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B — the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble — and reveals what they say about us. READ MORE |
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AUTHOR ON TOUR |
UNITED STATES - APRIL 23 - MAI 4, 2014
Frédéric Gros will be on tour in the United States from April 23 to Mai 4th, 2014 promoting his best-seller A Philosophy of Walking,
recently translated by John Howe published by Verso Books. It explores how the act of walking has influenced some of the greatest thinkers in history: Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Gandhi, Rousseau, Nietzsche, Kant and Schopenhauer. The book has sold over 40,000 copies in France and shines as a beacon of wisdom, as a quiet and poetic call to think in motion. If you wish to host this author for a book signing, reading or discussion, please contact: mary.einbinder@diplomatie.gouv.fr
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ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE |
HOUSTON, TX I APRIL 11 – 17 I
Bruno Meyssat, director of Théâtres du Shaman company in Lyon, six actors and a sound engineer are traveling to Houston this month to research on the Apollo programs
for a new theatre piece to be presented in November 2014 in Grenoble and Lyon.
A master class with theatre students of the University of Houston will be held on April 15 from 4:00 to 5:30 PM. This event is supported by the Cultural Service at the Consulate general of France in Houston READ MORE |
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FRENCH LANGUAGE |
DALLAS, TX I APRIL 5, 2014 I 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Join the Alliance Française de Dallas for a “dictée". The fourth annual competition is open to all ages and any level of French. READ MORE |
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EDUCATION |
Reminders
TEXAS, OKLAHOMA & ARKANSAS
- FLAM (Français Langue Maternelle) organizations : to apply for financial support, submit your application online
before April 20, 2014. - University teachers : sign up now for a free 30-hour training dealing with "Le Français des Affaires" and led by the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris, that will take place at Ohio University from May 19 to May 23.
Application deadline : April 14, 2014 More information - To subscribe to the Educational Agenda of the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston, click here. |
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IN THIS ISSUE
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Cultural Service
Consulate General of France
777 Post Oak Blvd
Suite 600
Houston, TX 77056
Tel : (713) 985-3263
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