by MerciSF | 30-12-2020 | Food, News, Shopping BerkeleyGalette des RoisLos GatosMountain ViewSan FranciscoSanta Rosa
Here is a list of places to find King’s cakes (aka Galette des Rois) in San Francisco Bay; this dessert is a French tradition that marks the end of the holiday season. The official day to eat the famous cake is January 6th, the day of Epiphany, but most French... 
by MerciSF | 7-01-2020 | Agenda, Conference Ambassador of France in the USBerkeleyConferencePhilippe Etienne
His Excellency Philippe Étienne Ambassador of France to the United States will present “Tech for Good: A French vision for the 4th industrial revolution” on January 14, 2020 at 11 am. This public conference will take place at 290 Hearst Memorial Mining... 
by Sabrina | 1-11-2019 | Home, Shopping All Things FrenchBerkeleyFrench HomegoodsLe Marché on fourth
Le Marché on Fourth is a warehouse pop-up sale that takes place in Berkeley for a weekend. Owned by wholesaler Kiss That Frog, the company has existed since 1996 and was founded by the Belgian Guy Orban and his wife Maryanne. They started this adventure by importing... 
by Anne Marie | 31-10-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All Alexis MichalikBerkeleyFrench cinemaFrench movies with subtitlesLandmark TheatresSan Francisco
The delightful dramatic comedy Cyrano, My Love is set in Paris in December of 1897. Edmond Rostand (Thomas Solivérès) is not yet thirty but already has two children and too much anxiety. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great... 
by Anne Marie | 29-10-2019 | Movie, See All BAMPFABerkeleyFrench movies with subtitlesJacques Tati
BAMPFA spoils us one more time with a series of Jacques Tati movies that we will be able to enjoy week after week, from Nov 2nd through November 30th, 2019. Born Jacques Tatischeff, Tati (1907–1982) got his start in the 1930s music hall with humorous sketches miming... 
by Anne Marie | 28-09-2019 | Museum - Art, Visit BAMPFABerkeleyKader Attia
Presented at BAMPFA (Berkeley Art Museum) from September 18 to November 17, 2019 – MATRIX 274 is Kader Attia’s first solo exhibition in California. For over a decade, the French-Algerian artist Kader Attia has been deeply invested in researching and documenting... 
