Events

Book Signing

HOU

October 15, 2026 - January 17, 2027

Revisiting the Rothko Chapel at 55: Book Talk & Signing

Festival

NYC

Friday, September 25 - Saturday, September 26, 2026

Literary Fall Returns to Villa Albertine in September

Film Festival

All cities

Saturday, June 27 - Friday, October 9, 2026

Films on the Green 2026 Returns with a Celebration of America 250

All cities

Spring - Winter 2026

Resident Highlights: 2026 Events Calendar

Ongoing

All cities

Spring - Winter 2026

Resident Highlights: 2026 Events Calendar

Events Across the U.S. and France

Film

All cities

Discover the Cinémathèque Afrique Collection on TV5MONDE+

By Alexis Saulmier

Film Festival

All cities

Saturday, June 27 - Friday, October 9, 2026

Films on the Green 2026 Returns with a Celebration of America 250

Multiple Locations

Festival

MIA

27 Aug (The Artist) & 2 Oct (Persepolis), 2026

Films on the Green 2026 | Puerto Rico

Alliance Française de Puerto Rico | Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico

Exhibition

CHI

Sept 6, 2026 - Jan 3, 2027

Mary Cassat: After Impressionism

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Exhibition

CHI

Sept 10 - Dec 6, 2026

Valentin Noujaïm: La Défense

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

Festival

HOU

September 12 - October 17, 2026 | 4 pm & 7:30 pm

Films on the Green 2026 | Houston

La Vie Secrète des Vieux © Yohanne Lamoulère

Performing Arts

All cities

September 12, 2026 - March 5, 2027

Supporting Transatlantic Performing Arts: The 2026-2027 Calendar

Multiple Locations

Exhibition

ATL

September 17 - November 1, 2026 from 10 am to 5pm

From Marseille to Atlanta: En Route Opens at Emory University

Exhibition

BOS

"Van Lévé. Sovereign Visions from the Creole and Maroon Caribbean and Amazonia: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, and Haiti"

Alain Locke Gallery of African & American Art, Hutchins Center

Film

NYC

September 25 - October 12, 2026

NYFF64 - New York Film Festival 64th Edition

Film at Lincoln Center

Exhibition

CHI

Sept 26, 2026 - Aug 1, 2027

Pierre Bismuth: Love Bless America

Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, Chicago, IL

Concert

CHI

Oct 1 - 3, 2026

A Silent Film Classic Turns 100: Ménilmontant with Live Music

Northern Illinois University and Notre École de Musique, Dekalb & Chicago

Exhibition

BOS

"Because the Sky is Blue"

Center for Maine Contemporary Art

Saturday, October 3

Performance

CHI

Oct 3 -13, 2026

Flamboyants! — Three Creole Worlds, One Stage

Mutiple Locations, Chicago & Saint Paul/Minneapolis

Sunday, October 4

Community event

Saype Makes His San Francisco Debut with a Monumental Living Artwork at Yerba Buena Gardens

Exhibition

HOU

October 4, 2026 - January 17, 2027

Kimbell Art Museum Presents Photography’s First Century, Masterworks from the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Kimbell Art Museum

Sunday, October 4

Talk

CHI

Oct 4, 2026 | 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Leïla Slimani at the Chicago Humanities Festival

Chicago Humanities Festival , Evanston, IL

Tuesday, October 6

Book Signing

BOS

French+ MIT / French Library Author Series: Emily Eakin, Camille de Peretti, Elisa Shua Dusapin

The French Library

Thursday, October 8

Artist in residence

Fall 2026

Jean-Baptiste Phou in Person, Fall 2026

Friday, October 9

Film

HOU

Friday, October 9, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Jeanne du Barry | Houston

Rienzi

Wednesday, October 14

Film Festival

CHI

Oct 14-25, 2026

French Films at the 62nd Chicago International Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL

Thursday, October 15

Festival

BOS

Festival Champlain: Celebrating French-language Cinema From Around the World

Portland Museum of Art

Thursday, October 15

Concert

ATL

October 15, 2026 6pm-8pm

Lens, Rhythm and Stage: A Celebration of Photography at LOOP

Book Signing

HOU

October 15, 2026 - January 17, 2027

Revisiting the Rothko Chapel at 55: Book Talk & Signing

Rothko Chapel

Friday, October 16

Festival

October 16-19, 2026

French Films at Animation is Film Festival 2026

TCL 6 Chinese Theatres, Hollywood

Saturday, October 17

Exhibition

CHI

October 17, 2026 - January 10, 2027

Impressionist Women and the Land

Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint-Louis, MO

Saturday, October 17

Film

HOU

Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur) | Houston

Alliance Française de Houston

Saturday, October 17

Book Signing

BOS

French Voices at the Boston Book Festival

The French Library

Thursday, October 22

Performing Arts

ATL

Flamboyants! A Musical and Theatrical Journey Through the Creole World

7 Stages Theatre

Monday, October 26

Book Signing

Monday, October 26, 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Rencontre Littéraire: Marie NDiaye in Seattle

Tuesday, October 27

Performance

CHI

Oct 27, 2026 | 6:30 pm

Theater - Avec une légère intimité by Céline Malraux

Alliance Française de Chicago, Chicago, IL

Wednesday, October 28

Performance

CHI

Toi, moi, Tituba…by Dorothée Munyaneza

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Sunday, November 1

Concert

Sunday, November 1st, 2:00pm

A Transatlantic Journey in Notes

Tuesday, November 3

Concert

CHI

Nov 3, 2026 | 6:30 pm

The Bridge Returns to Chicago for Their Final Tour with ConstelNation

Alliance Française de Chicago, Chicago, IL

Saturday, November 7

Exhibition

BOS

On View November 7, 2026

"Metaphysical Maze" Exhibition by Laurent Grasso

MASS MoCA

Friday, November 13

BOS

Friday, November 13 - Sunday, November 15, 2026

"Le Porteur d'Histoire" by the French Theater Project

Virginia Wimberly Theater

Saturday, November 14

Performing Arts

CHI

Nov 14 - 15, 2026

Intermissions: François Chaignaud & Aymeric Hainaux

The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL