Events

Performing Arts

NOLA

September 10 - 13, 2026

Celebrate the Return of the International Dance Festival New Orleans

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

Exhibition

CHI

Apr 14 - Sep 20, 2026

Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

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

Eva Doumbia Returns to Atlanta to Prepare the English Adaptation of Le Iench (The Dog)

Artist in residence

September 3rd through September 18th

Alice Diop in Person at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Talk

CHI

Sept 3-15, 2026

Author Laure Gouraige | Midwest Tour

Columbus, St Louis, Bloomington

Festival

NOLA

Friday, September 4 - Friday, September 18, 2026

Films on the Green 2026 | New Orleans

Alliance Française of New Orleans

Thursday, September 10

Talk

BOS

Thursday, September 10, 2026 - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Lafayette: A Reluctant Sailor

Boston

Performing Arts

NOLA

September 10 - 13, 2026

Celebrate the Return of the International Dance Festival New Orleans

Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) New Orleans

Friday, September 11

Film

NOLA

Friday, September 11, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Persepolis | New Orleans

Alliance Francaise of New Orleans

Saturday, September 12

Festival

HOU

September 12 - October 9, 2026 | 4 pm & 7:30 pm

Films on the Green 2026 | Houston

Film

HOU

Saturday, September 12, 2026 | 4 pm

Despicable Me (Moi, moche et méchant) | Houston

Houston Public Library – Central Library

Saturday, September 12

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

Thursday, September 17

Festival

HOU

September 17-27, 2026 | 8:00 pm

Films on the Green 2026 | Marfa

MAINTENANT

Film

HOU

Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 8:00 pm

Alphaville | Marfa

MAINTENANT

Thursday, September 17

Exhibition

ATL

From Marseille to Atlanta: En Route Opens at Emory University

Emory Visual Arts Gallery

Friday, September 18

Film

NOLA

Friday, September 18, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Arco | New Orleans

Alliance Francaise of New Orleans

Sunday, September 20

Film

HOU

Sunday, September 20, 2026 | 8:00 pm

Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) | Marfa

MAINTENANT

Tuesday, September 22

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

Thursday, September 24

Film

HOU

Thursday, September 24, 2026 | 8:00 pm

I Am Not Your Negro | Marfa

MAINTENANT

Thursday, September 24

Symposium

CHI

Sept 24-26, 2026

Shaping Contemporary Realities: Architecture and Beyond Symposium

Multiples Locations

Thursday, September 24

Symposium

CHI

Thursday, Sept 24, 2026 | 1:00 - 4:30 pm

Day 1| Innovative Adaptation Panel & Tour

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL

Friday, September 25

Festival

NYC

Friday, September 25 - Saturday, September 26, 2026

Literary Fall Returns to Villa Albertine in September

Villa Albertine

Friday, September 25

Performing Arts

NOLA

September 25, 2026

Flamboyants! Brings Reunion Island, New Orleans, and Puerto Rico Together on Stage at Tulane University

Tulane University

Friday, September 25

Symposium

CHI

Friday, Sept 25, 2026 | 1:00 - 4:30 pm

Day 2| Civic Changemaking Panel & Tour

Experimental Station & Obama Presidential Center , Chicago, IL

Saturday, September 26

Film

HOU

Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Arco | Houston

POST Houston | Skylawn

Saturday, September 26

Outdoor Film Series

Saturday, September 26, Gates Open at 5:30 pm

Films on the Green 2026 | Los Angeles

Hollyhock House, Los Angeles

Saturday, September 26

Film

Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 8:00 pm

Films on the Green 2026 | Portland

Garden of Mother Foucault's Bookshop

Saturday, September 26

Outdoor Film Series

HOU

Saturday, Saturday 26, 2026 | 6:30 PM

Films on the Green 2026 | Tulsa, OK

Gathering Place - QuikTrip Great Lawn

Saturday, September 26

Symposium

CHI

Saturday, Sept 26, 2026 | 1:00 - 4:30 pm

Day 3| Flourishing Environments Panel, Exhibitions & Reception

Chicago Architecture Center, Chicago, IL

Sunday, September 27

Film

HOU

Sunday, September 27, 2026 | 8:00 pm

Reality (Réalité) | Marfa

MAINTENANT

Friday, October 2

Film

HOU

Friday, October 2, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur) | Houston

Alliance Française de Houston

Friday, October 2

Festival

MIA

Friday, October 2 | 7pm

Persepolis | Puerto Rico

Alliance Française de Puerto Rico

Exhibition

BOS

"Because the Sky is Blue"

Center for Maine Contemporary Art

Friday, October 9

Film

HOU

Friday, October 9, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Jeanne du Barry | Houston

Rienzi

Saturday, October 17

Exhibition

CHI

October 17, 2026 - January 10, 2027

Impressionist Women and the Land

Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint-Louis, MO

Thursday, October 22

Performing Arts

ATL

Flamboyants! A Musical and Theatrical Journey Through the Creole World

7 Stages Theatre

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