CAL THEMES Final - Cultural Services of the French Embassy

CAL THEMES Final - Cultural Services of the French Embassy

MARCH 2014 ONE MONTH OF EVENTS IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA & ARKANSAS 2014 OFFICIAL CALENDAR nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn KICK OFF PARTY MARCH 7 I HOUSTON, TX DISCOVERY GREEN PARK 6PM Free concert ft. La Femme, Wild Moccasins, LYS – French food and wine www.discoverygreen.com Sponsored by the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston EDUCATION & FRENCH LANGUAGE MARCH 1-­‐31 I TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS Writing contest « Dis-­‐moi Dix Mots! » www.dismoidixmots.culture.fr frenchculture.org Sponsored by the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston MARCH 1 I PLANO, TX PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Fête Française Competition for High school students of French AATF North Texas www.ntaatf.org/wp/events/fete-­‐
francaise Sponsored by the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston MARCH 1 I EL PASO, TX EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE I 10AM-­‐3PM International festival and cultural bowl with Alliance Française www.afofelpaso.com MARCH 6 I DALLAS, TX DALLAS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Francophonie Cocktail $35 Dallas International School & French-­‐American Chamber of Commerce of Dallas www.dallasinternationalschool.org MARCH 10 I HOUSTON, TX TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE French-­‐Chinese Festival www.tsu.edu/academics/colleges__s
chools/colabs/foreign-­‐
languages/confucius-­‐institute.php MARCH 8-­‐23 I WORLDWIDE Printemps des poètes « Au cœur des Arts » www.printempsdespoetes.com MARCH 19, 20, 21 I TEXAS Training sessions for teachers of French “La Musique en Classe de Français” highereducation.frenchculture.org/ev
ents/free-­‐french-­‐teacher-­‐training-­‐
sessions-­‐in-­‐texas Sponsored by the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston MARCH 13 I UNITED-­‐STATES I 2:30-­‐ 4PM Pedagogical webinar “La correction phonétique par le rythme et l’intonation” by Régine Llorca – Register before March 12 frenchlanguage.frenchculture.org/ne
ws/webinaires-­‐pedagogiques Organized by the Educational Service of the French Embassy in the US MARCH 20: INTERNATIONAL FRANCOPHONIE DAY www.20mars.francophonie.org www.20mars.francophonie.org/?pag
e=evenements&code_pays=US&anne
e=2014 MARCH 24 I DALLAS, TX BARNES & NOBLES (PRESTON & FOREST) I 1–3PM Spelling Bee Alliance Française Dallas www.afdallas.org/01/ MARCH 28-­‐29 I HUMBLE, TX ATASCOCITA HIGH SCHOOL Texas French Symposium www.texasfrenchsymposium.org Sponsored by the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston MARCH 29 I HOUSTON, TX AWTY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL I 2-­‐5PM Francophonie Day with EFGH: students exhibit, games and French snacks www.efghouston.org LITERATURE MARCH 10 I HOUSTON, TX MURDER BY THE BOOK 6:30PM Discussion and book signing with Cara Black www.murderbooks.com MARCH 18 I DALLAS, TX ALLIANCE FRANCAISE 6:30-­‐8PM Book reading and Q&A with Yaël Hassan www.afdallas.org/01/ Sponsored by the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston MARCH 22 I AUSTIN, TX L’ARTISAN BISTRO 2:30–4:30PM French poems and literature reading Alliance Française Austin www.afaustin.org CINEMA MARCH 2 I HOUSTON, TX UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS DOHERTY LIBRARY DOH 009 3:30PM “L'Enfant d'en Haut” by Ursula Meier (2012) In French with English subtitles www.theswisscenter.org/Calendar/in
dex.aspx?ID=1274 Sponsored by the Consulate of Switzerland MARCH 7 – 13 I HOUSTON, TX SUNDANCE CINEMAS “Stranger by the Lake” (“L’Inconnu du Lac”) by Alain Guiraudie (2012) In French with English subtitles www.sundancecinemas.com/houston MARCH 7-­‐16 I AUSTIN, TX French films and cinema startups at SXSW Film www.sxsw.com MARCH 10 (7:30PM), 15 (8PM) HOUSTON, TX MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Houston Jewish Film Festival “Pour une Femme” (“For a Woman”) by Diane Kurys (2013) www.mfah.org/films/series/11 MARCH 13 (7:30PM), 14 (5:30pm), 15 (5:30PM) OKLAHOMA CITY OK CITY MUSEUM OF ART “Ernest et Célestine” by Stéphane Aubier, Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar (2012) In French with English subtitles tickets.okcmoa.com MARCH 14 I OKLAHOMA CITY OK CITY MUSEUM OF ART “The Painting” (“Le Tableau”) by Jean-­‐François Laguionie (2011) In French with English subtitles Free For Students of French tickets.okcmoa.com Sponsored by the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston MARCH 14 (8pm), 15 (8pm), 16 (2pm) OKLAHOMA CITY OK CITY MUSEUM OF ART “Approved for Adoption” (“Couleur de Peau : Miel”) by Jung, Laurent Boileau (2012) tickets.okcmoa.com/public/show.asp MARCH 17 I HOUSTON, TX EVELYN RUBENSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 7:30PM “Like Brothers” (“Comme des Frères”) by Hugo Gélin (2012) www.erjcchouston.org/filmfest MARCH 20 – APRIL 5 DALLAS, TX 18th Annual French Film Festival at the Southern Methodist University All showing are FREE and start at 7 PM. http://www.smu.edu/frenchfilmfesti
valsmu MARCH 20 I DALLAS, TX AMC NORTH PARK 15 I 7PM Quebec movie: “Louis Cyr – L’Homme le Plus Fort du Monde” by Daniel Roby -­‐ Free admission RSVP dallas-­‐[email protected] www.amctheatres.com Sponsored by the Consulate General of Canada in Dallas MARCH 20-­‐23 I HOUSTON, TX MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Five Funny French Films Festival Movies in French with English subtitles www.mfah.org Sponsored by the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston MARCH 20 (6 PM), MARCH 22 (8 PM) “Tip Top” by Serge Bozon (2013) MARCH 20 (8:15PM), 23 (7:30PM) “The Rendez-­‐Vous of Déjà Vu” (“La Fille du 14 Juillet”) by Antonin Peretjatko (2013) MARCH 21 (6PM), 22 (1PM) “Populaire” by Regis Roinsard (2012) MARCH 21 (8:15PM), 23 (5:30PM) “Love is in the Air” (“Amour et Turbulences”) by Alexandra Castagnetti (2013) MARCH 22 (6PM), 23 (2PM) “Tour de Force” (“La Grande Boucle”) by Laurent Truel (2013) MARCH 23 (4PM) “Seven Years Bad Luck” (“Sept Ans de Malheur”) by Max Linder (1921) Silent with English translation MARCH 27 (8PM), 28 (8PM), 29 (8PM), 30 (2PM) OKLAHOMA CITY OK CITY MUSEUM OF ART “Just a Sigh” (“Le Temps de l’Aventure”) by Jérôme Bonnell (2012) In French and English with English subtitles tickets.okcmoa.com/public/show.asp MARCH 31 I AUSTIN, TX REGAL ARBOR CINEMA 8 Austin Jewish Film Festival 4:30PM “It Happened in Saint Tropez” (“Des Gens qui S’embrassent”) by Danièle Thompson (2013) 8PM “For a Woman” (“Pour une Femme”) by Diane Kurys (2013) austinjff.org/wordpress/?page_id=10
77/ MUSIC MARCH 6 I SAN ANTONIO, TX ROOSEVELT LIBRARY 7PM-­‐8PM “Soirée Musicale” – French-­‐
language concert $20-­‐$25 Villa Finale www.villafinale.org MARCH 11-­‐16 I AUSTIN, TX French bands and music startups at SxSW Music www.sxsw.com MARCH 11 I TRINITY HALL I 7PM French Tech Club Party ft. Heymoonshaker, LYS, LO’JO, La Femme, Superpoze VISUAL ARTS UNTIL MARCH 23 HOUSTON, TX I MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE « Scenes from the Stone Age: The Cave paintings of Lascaux” www.hmns.org MARCH 14 I HOUSTON, TX Salé-­‐Sucré Restaurant Concert of French band Kirby Sur Seine www.salesucre-­‐tx.com UNTIL MARCH 23 I HOUSTON, TX I MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS “The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute” www.mfah.org UNTIL MAY 11 I HOUSTON, TX MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS “Georges Braque, A Retrospective” www.mfah.org UNTIL JULY 13 I HOUSTON, TX MENIL COLLECTION “Magritte – The Mystery of the Ordinary” www.menil.org UNTIL AUGUST 3 I AUSTIN, TX HARRY RANSOM CENTER –UT AUSTIN “The World at War: 1914-­‐
1918” www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions MARCH 1-­‐2 I HOUSTON, TX FRENCH CONSULAR RESIDENCE 11AM-­‐5PM “No Passport Necessary” Ailleurs/Elswhere photography exhibition ft. Studio Marlot & Chopard www.yvonamorpalixart.com MARCH 1-­‐12 I HOUSTON, TX REDBUD GALLERY “French Master” – Paper works exhibit ft. French masters ranging from Gauguin to Callot www.artshound.com/event/detail/44
1821631/French_Masters UNTIL MARCH 9 I DALLAS, TX DALLAS CONTEMPORARY “Inside out” by French artist JR www.dallascontemporary.org www.jr-­‐art.net MARCH 12 I HOUSTON, TX McCLAIN GALLERY I 6-­‐8PM Stephen Dean exhibition opening: The chaos theory of color and Anne Deleporte: DAZZLE http://www.mcclaingallery.com/exhi
bitions MARCH 15 – APRIL 15 HOUSTON, TX I DEFROG GALLERY “Faces” an exhibition by John Bernhard (USA/Switzerland) and William Ropp (France) – Reception March 20, 6-­‐8PM www.defrog-­‐gallery.com www.pug.no/william-­‐ropp www.johnbernhard.com MARCH 25 I HOUSTON, TX ALLIANCE FRANCAISE I 7PM “A Mountain Valley in France Encounters and Stories” presentation by Alain Sagault and Debbie Robertson www.afdehou.org UNTIL MAY 4 I HOUSTON, TX MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS “Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th century photographs” ft. French photographers Lucien Hervé, Gilles Peress, Brassaï and Henri Cartier-­‐Bresson www.mfah.org UNTIL JUNE, 15 I HOUSTON, TX I THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM « Wartime Escape : Margret and H.A. Rey's Journey from France » The exhibit tells the story of the daring escape of the creators of Curious George blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/20
13/11/the_wartime_escape_at_holoc
aus.php LECTURES MARCH 4 I HOUSTON, TX HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE I 6:30PM Lecture by Muriel Mauriac, curator of the Lascaux Cave in Dordogne and French Curator General of Heritage www.hmns.org MARCH 6 I HOUSTON, TX ROTHKO CHAPEL I 7PM «Mark Rothko, Traveler to the Sublime » lecture by Annie Cohen Solal www.rothkochapel.org MARCH 14 I DALLAS, TX ALLIANCE FRANCAISE “Le Texas au temps des Utopies : les récits d’une famille française au Texas au 19e siècle” by Gabrielle Cadier, Phd. Presentation in French. www.afdallas.org/01/ MARCH 18 I HOUSTON, TX ALLIANCE FRANCAISE “Le Texas au temps des Utopies : les récits d’une famille française au Texas au 19e siècle”by Gabrielle Cadier, Phd. Presentation in French. www.afdehou.org MARCH 26 I HOUSTON, TX ALLIANCE FRANCAISE I 7PM “Astonishing Albi-­‐France’s latest World Heritage Site” by Lynda Kelly and Frank Kelly. www.afdehou.org PERFORMING ARTS MARCH 1, 7, 8, 14, 15 HOUSTON, TX I TALENTO BILLINGUE I 8PM “Piège pour un homme seul” Et Voilà Théâtre www.etvoilatheatre.org GASTRONOMY MARCH 1 – 31 I HOUSTON, TX INSTITUT CULINAIRE LE NOTRE 5% discount on all cooking classes -­‐ Pswd : LINA www.culinaryinstitute.edu MARCH 4 I EL PASO, TX EL PASO I THIRTEEN09 RESTAURANT EPCC I6PM Celebrate Mardi Gras with a creole dinner by the Culinary Arts Students of EPCC and Savor Crepe www.afofelpaso.com MARCH 8 I AUSTIN, TX TWIN LIQUORS HANCOCK CENTER I 6-­‐8:30PM « Les vins de la Vallée de la Loire » Wine tasting Alliance française Austin & Austin-­‐Angers Sister Cities www.afaustin.org MARCH 12 I HOUSTON, TX SALE-­‐SUCRE RESTAURANT 6-­‐8PM Carnival of Nice Celebration “King of Gastronomy” Complimentary appetizers Houston-­‐Nice Sister Cities RSVP : [email protected] www.sistercitiesofhouston.org www.salesucre-­‐tx.com MARCH 20 I HOUSTON, TX HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE I 7:30PM Cocktail party – French regional cuisine and wines $45 to $70 www.facchouston.com MARCH 20 I AUSTIN, TX RUSSEL’S BISTRO I 8PM French desert and champagne tasting Alliance Française Austin www.afaustin.org MARCH 20 I SAN ANTONIO, TX VILLA FINALE « Santé!» Wine tasting and twilight tour of Villa Finale $15-­‐$20 www.villafinale.org MARCH 30 I EL PASO, TX UNIVERSITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH I 5PM Typical couscous and cultural presentation $20-­‐$25 Alliance Française www.afofelpaso.com LINKS nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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