Video – Jack London, the Rebel from Oakland
Sponsored content - with Alexis Orand and Virginie Goubier's video. MerciSF is not responsible for the elements contained in this article. Did you know Jack London was a native of Oakland? Two neighboring towns face each other above a bay, animated by the same...
How to Get Foie Gras in California in 2021
Is Foie Gras legal or not legal in California? Amateurs, be happy, the anti-foie gras ban ended on July 14, 2020! Foie gras can be purchased again from the state of California but it must ship from another state or country. So never mind, here is a list of producers...
New Stand Up Comedy Show Hosted by Clara Bijl in Oakland
Clara Bijl, the Franco American stand-up comedian hosts a comedy show called the Nuthouse at the Golden Squirrel, a gastropub in Oakland. Nuthouse is a weekly stand-up comedy show in the heart of the Rockridge neighborhood. Every Saturday, the so-called Nuthouse hosts...
French Movie – Titane, Palm d’Or at Cannes Movie Festival 2021
Titane is a 2021 horror film written and directed by Julia Ducournau. The film follows the story of Alexia (Agathe Rousselle), a young dancer in her thirties who has the particularity of having a titanium implant in her skull following a car accident. Seized with...
Entwined – A Wonderland of Lights Comes Back to Golden Gate Park
Entwined, A Wonderland of Lights comes back to Golden Gate Park for its second year. The Golden Gate Park shines for the darkest months of the Winter with Entwined, an art installation that transforms the Peacock Meadow into an enchanted forest of ever-changing...
Ecole Bilingue Berkeley Offers an International Track Starting in Grade 6
Sponsored Article - In August 2019, Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley (aka EB Berkeley) opened its new Grade 6 International Track with just three students! The concept was new and exciting: welcoming non-French speaking students into the Middle School. Ecole Bilingue de...
San Francisco Art Institute: Artists from French Caribbean and Haiti
Dust Specks on the Sea: Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean & Haiti introduces the visitor to the sculptural works by twenty-two contemporary artists from Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and Haiti. Derived from a sentence pronounced by General...
Vincent Salimi, French and Mayor of Pinole in Contra Costra County
The pathway to the American dream can be varied but always challenging. Vincent Salimi, elected at Pinole is a classic example. Naturalized French in 2000, Salimi was born in Iran. He left his home country in 1984 with his parents when he was still a child. The family...
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Video – Jack London, the Rebel from Oakland
Sponsored content - with Alexis Orand and Virginie Goubier's video. MerciSF is not responsible for the elements contained in this article. Did you know Jack London was a native of Oakland? Two neighboring towns face each other above a bay, animated by the same...
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How to Get Foie Gras in California in 2021
Is Foie Gras legal or not legal in California? Amateurs, be happy, the anti-foie gras ban ended on July 14, 2020! Foie gras can be purchased again from the state of California but it must ship from another state or country. So never mind, here is a list of producers...
Education
New Stand Up Comedy Show Hosted by Clara Bijl in Oakland
Clara Bijl, the Franco American stand-up comedian hosts a comedy show called the Nuthouse at the Golden Squirrel, a gastropub in Oakland. Nuthouse is a weekly stand-up comedy show in the heart of the Rockridge neighborhood. Every Saturday, the so-called Nuthouse hosts...
French Movie – Titane, Palm d’Or at Cannes Movie Festival 2021
Titane is a 2021 horror film written and directed by Julia Ducournau. The film follows the story of Alexia (Agathe Rousselle), a young dancer in her thirties who has the particularity of having a titanium implant in her skull following a car accident. Seized with...
Entwined – A Wonderland of Lights Comes Back to Golden Gate Park
Entwined, A Wonderland of Lights comes back to Golden Gate Park for its second year. The Golden Gate Park shines for the darkest months of the Winter with Entwined, an art installation that transforms the Peacock Meadow into an enchanted forest of ever-changing...
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Ecole Bilingue Berkeley Offers an International Track Starting in Grade 6
Sponsored Article - In August 2019, Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley (aka EB Berkeley) opened its new Grade 6 International Track with just three students! The concept was new and exciting: welcoming non-French speaking students into the Middle School. Ecole Bilingue de...
San Francisco Art Institute: Artists from French Caribbean and Haiti
Dust Specks on the Sea: Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean & Haiti introduces the visitor to the sculptural works by twenty-two contemporary artists from Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and Haiti. Derived from a sentence pronounced by General...
Vincent Salimi, French and Mayor of Pinole in Contra Costra County
The pathway to the American dream can be varied but always challenging. Vincent Salimi, elected at Pinole is a classic example. Naturalized French in 2000, Salimi was born in Iran. He left his home country in 1984 with his parents when he was still a child. The family...