Tartuffe by Moliere
What is a poor girl to do when her father is being conned by a religious hypocrite? Join Mariane, her maid Dorine and the rest of the family as they try to convince Orgon that Tartuffe is indeed an imposter. Translated from Moliere's French by Richard Wilbur, the witty rhyming couplets keep the action moving as plots swirl and power is stolen.
April 23 - May 17, 2010
Hours: Fridays & Saturdays @ 8:00 pm / Sunday @ 3:00 PM
Location: Studio 205 at the Off-Market Theater
965 Mission St., San Francisco (between 5th and 6th)
Admission: From $15.00 to $30.00
Website: generationtheatre.com
AIR ON TOUR
French electronic pop duo AIR returns to Los Angeles for their first tour in three years, in support of their new record – Love 2. Don’t miss this unique event at the Fox Theater
March 26th, 2010
Hours: 08:00 PM
Location: FOX THEATER
1807 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94612
Admission: Buy Tickets on line
Website: www.thefoxoakland.com
FRENCH FILM CLUB OF PALO ALTO
- Friday March 26th: L'Ami de Mon Amie
- Friday April 9th: Les nuits de la pleine lune
- Friday April 30th: Le Rayon Vert
March 26 - April 30, 2010
Hours: 7.00pm
Location: Palo Alto Art Center - 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Website: www.frenchfilmclubofpaloalto.org
Notre Combat, Responding to mein Kampf
“Our Struggle”: Responding to Mein Kampf
How do we respond to evil? To tragedy? And, to genocide?
Artist Linda Ellia confronted Adolph Hitler’s Mein Kampf by inviting both artists and the general public to respond to the text by altering one of the books 600 pages. Creativity emerges from tragedy in a riveting exhibition of the altered pages, that represents a collective struggle and a multiplicity of perspectives.
Daily through June 8th, 2010
Website: www.thecjm.org
Tour de Champagne
Come celebrate the French art de vivre at the Tour de Champagne! Featuring many prestigious Champagnes along with cuisine from some of San Francisco's most talented chefs, Tour de Champagne provides a fabulous occasion to celebrate the most delightful fruits of France.
- Taste Champagnes from over 15 Houses
- Culinary delights from some of San Francisco's finest Chefs
- Live Music
- Special Raffle benefiting The Make A Wish Foundation
Fin de Soiree in the Magnum Room with a feature Champagne, a special cognac Tasting by Peyrot and desserts by the Bubble Lounge Pastry Department!
April 7th, 2010
Hours: From 7.00 pm to 10.00 pm
Location: The Bubble Lounge
714 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Admission: $80 General Admission / $95 VIP Admission
Website: www.tourdechampagne.com
PRIVATE LIVES: THE FILMS OF ALAIN CAVALIER at Pacific Film Archive
A protégé of Louis Malle, whom he assisted on Elevator to the Gallows and The Lovers, Cavalier (b. 1931) began his career in the early sixties with films that, although they took on challenging political themes, were relatively traditional in method: they had narrative scripts, professional crews, and trained actors. Over the years, he has moved away not only from overt politics and fictional storytelling but from anything resembling conventional methods of production. His works of the past decade are acutely personal and resolutely small-scale - the better to capture the fullness of life, in all its detail. Schedule: PORTRAITS, Wednesday, March 31, 7:00 p.m. (Alain Cavalier, France, 1988-92, 88 mins); LE COMBAT DANS L’ILE. Saturday, April 3, 8:30 p.m. (Alain Cavalier, France, 1962, 104 mins) "Not to be missed." - Village Voice LA RENCONTRE. Wednesday, April 14, 7:00 p.m. (Alain Cavalier, France, 1996, 74 mins) THERESE. Friday, April 16, 7:00 p.m. (Alain Cavalier, France, 1986, 108 mins). With short Lettre d'Alain Cavalier. LIEUX SAINTS. Tuesday, April 20, 7:00 p.m. (Alain Cavalier, France, 2007, 87 mins). Supported by the Cultural Services
March 31 - April 20, 2010
Website: www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
WORLD PREMIERE of PROVOQUEE
A French rendition of a biting, bitter, ferocious, and farcical English Restoration comedy, by R. David Valayre, in French, based on Sir John Vanbrugh's "The Provoked Wife" (1697) Can harmony triumph over provocation when a husband no longer loves his wife; a wife does not yet love her lover; a coquette woos a misogynist; a confirmed bachelor meets love at first sight; servants plot against their masters; and masters go slumming? ALL PERFORMANCES IN FRENCH Freely adapted and directed by Roland David Valayre. With Michel Gasquy, Pierre-Yves Gouret, Cecile Lejeune, Francoise Lejeune, Benoit Levet, Marion Lovinger, Vincent Madiot, Thierry Rosset and Mireille Sagne. A GenerationTheatre presentation. Contact: RDVtheatre@gmail.com
March 24 - March 28, 2010
Hours: Mar 24 and 26, 2010 8:00 PM - Mar 28, 2010 3:00 PM
Location: Studio 250 @ Off-Market Theaters 965 Mission Street, btw 5th and 6th San Francisco,
Website: www.brownpapertickets.com
L’Atelier des Merveilles
Atelier Emmanuel, institut de soins du corps et du cheveu, présente L’Atelier des Merveilles.
Une installation artistique féerique peuplée de personnages extraordinaires, inspiré du pays des Merveilles d’Alice, imaginés par Velocity Arts & Entertainment, sous la direction artistique de Gregangelo.
Venez converser avec les papillons dans le salon des métamorphoses, assister aux démentes expériences esthétiques des perruquiers fous dans le laboratoire magique. Offrez-vous un massage relaxant au sein du spa Illumination avant de traverser les 7 portes donnant accès au jardin enchanté. La visite dure environ une heure.
March 22nd, 2010
Hours: From 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm
Location: Atelier Emmanuel
Whitell Building
166 Geary Street #1606
San Francisco, CA 94108
Admission: Free
FRENCH BIOTECH TOUR
The FRENCH BIOTECH TOUR California (FBT) is a US/French partnering event with a focus on infectious diseases. The event will consist of the following:
- US and French company presentations
- Pre-booked, validated one-to-one meetings (30 minutes)
- Informal networking opportunities
The FBT is organized by Ubifrance, the French Agency for international business development, in partnership with Lyonbiopole, Office for Science and Technology of the French Consulate in Los Angeles and French BioBeach in San Diego.
Please, don't forget to RSVP.
March 17th, 2010
Location: Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
1675 Owens Street
San Francisco, CA 94143 - 3008
Admission: Registering below
Phone Number: (415) 568 4581
Website: www.ubifrance-events.com
The Imaginary Invalid
Eccentric and very rich Argan, a self-centered hypochondriac preoccupied with body functions, will do anything to defeat his fear of dying including marrying his daughter Angelique to an idiot man-boy whose main qualifications are that he is in Med School, his father is a doctor and his uncles a pharmacist. Witty, wily servant Toinette and creates in a series of outrageous tricks and disguises that force Argan to accept that his greedy second wife the scheming for his money, and to see that Angelique truly loves him. The Imaginary Invalid targets medical quacks and unfaithful wives while skewering those who imagine they are sick at the expense of others.
March 19 - March 27, 2010
Hours: 7:30 PM
Location: Evert B. Person Theatre
1801 E. Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Admission: $8.00 - $15.00
Phone Number: (707) 664-2353
RHYTHM AND HUES: CLOTH AND CULTURE OF MALI
Mali, in West Africa, is home to more fiber artists and designers than most other countries. See examples of the bright colors and complex graphics in the textiles from this region. The exhibit also addresses social issues facing women.
Every Monday through Tuesday, Thursday through Sunday through May 2nd, 2010
Hours: 11am - 6pm / Saturday - Sunday: 11am - 5pm
Location: San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art
51 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, CA 94103
(@ Mission between Third & Fourth)
Admission: $5.00
Phone Number: (415) 227-4888
French films at the Pacific Film Archive
Wednesday, March 10: Night and Fog @3:00pm(Alain Resnais, France, 1956, 95 mins)
Tuesday, March 16: Tehran Without Permission @7:00pm (Sepideh Farsi, France/Iran, 2009)
Wednesday, March 17: Last Year at Marienbad @3:00pm (Alain Resnais, France, 1961, 108 mins)
Friday, March 26: Eve @7:00pm (Joseph Losey, France/Italy, 1962, 119 mins)
Thursday, April 1: La Danse, The Paris Opera Ballet @7:00pm (Frederick Wiseman, France/U.S., 2009, 158 mins)
Saturday, April 10: Mr. Klein @8:20pm (Joseph Losey, France, 1976, 122 mins)
Wednesday, April 21: The Beaches of Agnès @3:00pm (Agnès Varda, France, 2008, 110 mins)
Daily through April 21st, 2010
Location: PFA Theater Location
2575 Bancroft Way
Between College and Telegraph
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone Number: (510) 642-0808
Global Lives Project
YBCA presents the world premiere of the Global Lives Project, an innovative video installation featuring documentaries that capture 24 hours in the lives of ten people from around the world who represent the diversity of the global population. Working with acclaimed filmmakers, artists and designers, Global Lives assembles the realities of everyday life from Lebanon, Serbia, China, India, Japan, Malawi, Indonesia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and San Francisco into an installation by architectural and design visionaries of Sand Studios and FOURM design+build+educate.
Daily through June 20th, 2010
Location: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street, San Francisco, 94103
Website: www.ybca.org
Yann Tiersen
April 15th, 2010
Location: Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco
Admission: Tickets on sale now
Website: gamh.com
Tiburon International Film Festival
Among other films selected, 15 French films and co-productions will be presented :
Drama:
- Alive! (Dir. Artan Minarolli, 2009, Albania/Austria/France, 90 minutes)
- Armando and Politics (Dir. Chiara Malta, 2008, Italy/France, 73 minutes)
- You Will Be Mine (Dir. Sophie Laloy, 2009, France, 96 minutes)
Animated short films:
- Allons-y! Alonzo! (Dir. Camille Moulin-Dupré, 2009, France, 8 minutes)
- Clouds, Hands (Dir. Simone Massi, 2009, France, 9 minutes)
- Madagascar, a Journey Diary (Dir. Bastien Dubois, 2009, France, 11 minutes)
- Malban (Dir. Elodie Bouédec, France, 2008, 8 minutes)
Experimental shorts:
- Ten (Dir. Fabrice Le Nezet, Francois Roisin, Jules Janaud, 2008, France, 7 minutes)
Documentaries:
- Around the World with Joseph Stiglitz (Dir. Jacques Sarasin, 2009, France/USA/Ecuador/India/China, 52 minutes)
- Empire State Building Murders (Dir. William Karel, 2008, France, 73 minutes)
- Petition (Dir. Zhao Liang, 2009, China/France, 124 minutes)
- Wild Opera (Dir. Laurent Frapat, 2009, France, 75 minutes)
- Zanzibar Music Club (Dir. Philippe Gasnier & Patrice Nezan, 2009, France, 85 minutes)
Documentary short:
- New Skin (Dir. Clara Elalouf, 2008, France, 13 minutes)
March 18 - March 26, 2010
Location: Tiburon International Film Festival
1680 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon CA 94920 USA
Admission: The tickets to all films and events for the Tiburon International Film Festival will go on sale on March 1
Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay
Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay puts forth nearly 100 works by the famous masters who called France their home during the mid-19th century and from whose midst arose one of the most original and recognizable of all artistic styles, Impressionism.
This exhibition begins with paintings by naturalist artists such as Bouguereau and Courbet, and presents American expatriate James McNeill Whistler’s Arrangement in Gray and Black, known to many as “Whistler’s Mother.” Early work by Manet, Monet, Renoir and Sisley are on view, as well as a selection of Degas’ paintings that depict images of the ballet, the racetrack and life in “la Belle Époque.”
May 22 - September 6, 2010
Location: De Young Museum 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive - San Francisco, CA 94118
French films posters from the BAM/PFA Collection
The film poster was developed in the 1890s, concurrent with the birth of cinema. And just as France pioneered the art of film, it also took the lead in creating notable poster art to advertise motion pictures. The French artists whose works are presented in this exhibition were among the foremost graphic artists of their day. Today, their original works are highly sought after by collectors.
Every Wednesday through Sunday through May 31st, 2010
Hours: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m
Location: BAM GALLERIES
2626 Bancroft Way
2621 Durant Avenue
Between College and Telegraph
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone Number: (510) 642-0808
Geography of Transterritories
Geography of Transterritories gathers artists from France (the cooperatives Claire Fontaine and Société réaliste), Switzerland (Ursula Biemann) and from the United States (Carlos Motta and Michael Arcega). The exhibition addresses those issues of transborder conflict that are profoundly changing global modes of production, communication, and space/time organization.
Every Tuesday through Saturday through May 22nd, 2010
Hours: 11:00am–6:00pm
Location: San Francisco Art Institute (Main Campus)
800 Chestnut Street (between Jones and Leavenworth)
San Francisco, CA 94133
Admission: Free and open to the public
Phone Number: (415) 771-7020
40ème anniversaire de L’Ile de France
L'Ile de France, société française de la vallée de Santa Clara fête ses 40 ans.
Venez célébrer avec eux, diner dansant avec Baguette Quartette, Odile Lavault et son accordéon, ses musiciens.
March 20th, 2010
Hours: A partir de 5.00pm
Location: Restaurant “Michaels at Shoreline” - Shoreline 2960 N. Shoreline Blvd - Mountain View CA 94043
Admission: Inscription avant le 10 mars via le site Internet
Phone Number: (408) 839-8556
Website: www.ilefr.com
A PROPHET by Jacques Audiard
Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes (where it was one of the universally admired films), and also France's official submission for Academy Award consideration, this powerful drama from filmmaker Jacques Audiard (Read My Lips, The Beat That My Heart Skipped) focuses on Malik (Tahar Rahim), part Arab, part Corsican, who begins a French prison sentence a naïve and illiterate young man. Under the wing of a brutal Corsican gangster (Niels Arestrup), he educates himself and starts to become someone capable of controlling his own destiny and the destiny of others.
In French with English subtitles
Daily through March 18th, 2010
Location: The Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael CA 94901
Website: www.cafilm.org
Alisha Green
Alisha Green's dreamlike paintings explore the natural world of island paradise as muse for her exhibition Rêve d'Île. Roused from experiences of wonder and exploration, the paintings draw on recent visits to Polynesia. In this current body of work Alisha investigates the mystery and allure of the culture and environment that has inspired artists and explorers alike.
Daily through March 28th, 2010
Hours: Opening reception Thursday, March 4, 6-8:30pm
Location: Alliance Française: 1345 Bush Street - San Francisco, CA 94109
Admission: Free and open to the public
Website: www.alishagreen.com
Linda Ellia at Contemporary Jewish Museum
“Our Struggle”: Responding to Mein Kampf
How do we respond to evil? To tragedy? And, to genocide?
Artist Linda Ellia confronted Adolph Hitler’s Mein Kampf by inviting both artists and the general public to respond to the text by altering one of the books 600 pages. Creativity emerges from tragedy in a riveting exhibition of the altered pages, that represents a collective struggle and a multiplicity of perspectives.
Daily through June 8th, 2010
Cartier and America, Legion of Honor
Cartier came to fame as the “King of Jewelers” during the Belle Époque for his beautifully made diamond and platinum jewelry created for the courts of Europe and Americans of the Gilded Age. During the Art Deco era, Cartier fashioned some spectacular pieces for celebrities of the day from the Duchess of Windsor to Jean Cocteau. Cartier and America celebrates the imagination and creativity of Cartier in the 20th century. The jewelry and works of art include pieces from the private collection of Cartier.
Daily through May 16th, 2010
Location: Legion of Honor museum, San Francisco
Website: www.famsf.org
