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Get ready for MAKE MUSIC MIAMI 2020

Kids and families are invited to join artist and bestselling children's book author Herve Tullet for a Giant Flower Workshop LIVE at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy's Facebook Page on Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. EST.

Join Albertine Books for a lively Zoom conversation with Nicolas Mathieu on his Prix Goncourt Award-winning novel, And Their Children After Them, translated from the French by William Roda

Go behind-the-scenes and explore five in-depth portraits of French and Francophone directors who were celebrated at the Walker Art Center at pivotal moments in their careers. With archival sound and video interview recordings, transcripts, photography, and ephemera, as well as essays and articles, explore their cinematic world from their visit at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis from 2000-2012 LEOS CARAX (2000)

Join Paris-based Argentinian artist Liv Schulman and Bemis Center Curator-in-Residence Sylvie Fortin for a virtual-but-lively conversation around Schulman’s The Gobernment, an exhibition that speculates on a realm where women, lesbian, and genderqueer artists defined the trajectory of twentieth-century art. 

Too shy to pick up 50 Shades of Grey on your subway commute? Well, no one is looking over your shoulder these days. So let’s catch up with our hot reading list.  Here are a few reads to start with, old and new, which will hopefully entice you into making 2020 somewhat of a pleasurable experience again. Grab a pen, take notes and maybe even start a new sex column, if that’s your thing. 

The Alliance Française de Chicago presents a daily virtual live reading of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Alain Delambre is a senior executive worn out and humiliated by six years of unemployment. So when a prestigious company selects him as a candidate, he is prepared to betray his wife, steal from his daughters, hit his son-in-law and even take part in a role-playing game in the form of a hostage-taking scenario, knowing that, if he is hired, all will be forgiven. But nothing will go as planned...