JUNE 2016 |
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The agenda for all things French in the US Southeast. |
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MUSIC |
Spoleto Festival USA | Charleston, SC | June 3, 2016
Grammy-winner Cécile McLorin Salvant returns to Spoleto Festival with success of the last several years marked by fresh interpretations and original compositions. READ MORE |
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Spoleto Festival USA | Charleston, SC | June 4, 5 & 6, 2016
Spoleto Festival USA is showcasing the world premiere of "Afram ou La Belle Swita", the last piece by African-American composer Edmund Thornton Jenkins. READ MORE |
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Spoleto Festival USA | Charleston, SC | June 7, 2016
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra will combine forces to present Olivier Messiaen’s "Couleurs de la Cité Céleste" for piano, winds, and percussion. READ MORE |
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Terminal West | Atlanta, GA | June 8 & The Orange Peel | Asheville, NC | June 9
French-Cuban Duet Ibeyi will be performing their unique musical style at Terminal West, in Atlanta, GA and Asheville, NC on June 8 and 9, 2016. READ MORE |
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Various Venues | Raleigh & Charlotte, NC & Manchester, TN | June 10, 11 & 14, 2016
French electro band M83 will be playing at Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN and in Raleigh & Charlotte this month. READ MORE |
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Various cities in the Southeast | June 21, 2016
Make Music Day is a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st, launched in 1982 in France as La Fête de la Musique and held in more than 700 cities in 120 countries every year. READ MORE |
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PERFORMING ARTS |
The Balzer Theater at Herren’s | Atlanta, GA | June 3 & 4, 2016
The Modern Atlanta Dance Festival will feature two nights of exceptional dance from eight choreographers at the Balzer Theatre at Herren's in downtown Atlanta on June 3 & 4, 2016. READ MORE |
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Spoleto Festival USA | Charleston, SC | June 4 & 5, 2016
Artist Collective L.A. Dance Project will make their Spoleto Festival debut this year, featuring 3 original pieces by renowned choreographers Justin Peck, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Benjamin Millepied. READ MORE |
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VISUAL ARTS |
Knoxville Museum of Art | Knoxville, TN | June 11, 2016
The Alliance Française of Knoxville's monthly meeting will be a Docent Tour at the Knoxville Museum of Art on June 11, 2016. READ MORE |
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Meymandi Exhibition Gallery | Raleigh, NC | Until June 19, 2016
Marks of Genius: 100 Extraordinary Drawings from the Minneapolis Institute of Art features some of the most important drawings by masters such as Edgar Degas, François Boucher and Henri Matisse. READ MORE |
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Dixon Gallery and Gardens | Memphis, TN | Until July 17, 2016
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens features a permanent collection including French and American Impressionist paintings and is celebrating 40 years of French art with "The Impressionist Revolution". READ MORE |
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Weatherspoon Art Museum | Greensboro, NC | June 25, 2016 – Sept. 18, 2016
Forty-five drawings from across fifty years of Henri Matisse’s career will be on display at the Weatherspoon Art Museum from June 25 to September 18, 2016. READ MORE |
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Weatherspoon Art Museum | Greensboro, NC | Jun 25 – Oct. 16, 2016
Major patrons of Henri Matisse, Claribel and Etta Cone of Baltimore, MD, bequeathed 69 prints and 6 bronze sculptures by Matisse to the Weatherspoon Art Museum’s budding collection. READ MORE |
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CINEMA |
Alliance Française of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | June 6, 2016
The Alliance française of Atlanta presents the first episode of the second season of "En français", a series of French-language video tutorials produced by Atlanta's local channel AIB. READ MORE |
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Memphis Pink Palace Museum | Memphis, TN | Opens June 25, 2016
Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of ocean pioneer Jacques Cousteau, offers a breakthrough look at a secret world within the ocean with "Secret Ocean" at Memphis Pink Palace Museum. READ MORE |
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