by MerciSF | 16-04-2023 | Agenda, Music, See All Anthony GonzalezEast BayFox Theater OaklandFrench artist in San Francisco
Fantasy, M83’s 9th studio album, proves a towering sensory delight and marks his most personal album to date, an alternate world that Gonzalez has created as an escape from the disconnected world we live in today. Sonically expansive yet tenderly intimate, Gonzalez... 
by MerciSF | 22-02-2023 | Food, News, Shopping East BayFrench RestaurantOakland
Left Bank is the new brasserie opened by chef Roland Passot and his partners in the vibrant Jack London Square neighborhood in Oakland, an expanding pedestrian zone. Opened late February 2023, the venue was only serving dinner, and is now opened for lunch during the... 
by MerciSF | 19-01-2022 | Agenda, Music, See All East BayElectroFox Theater OaklandFrench artist in San Francisco
Caravan Palace are 7 piece band from Paris, who are an indelible act within the Electro swing genre. A band whose appeal has grown off-radar and appreciated for both their musical virtuosity and their sheer ability to deliver a ballistic good time. The group mixes in... 
by MerciSF | 1-12-2021 | SF Specials, Visit East BayGlen EllenJack LondonOaklandVisit California
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... 
by MerciSF | 29-11-2021 | Agenda, See All, Theater ComedyEast BayOaklandStand up comedy
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... 
by MerciSF | 24-11-2021 | Education, News, Schools, Settle In Bilingual schoolsEast BayEcole Bilingue de BerkeleyMiddle School
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... 
by Anne Marie | 24-11-2021 | News East BayimmigrationSuccess Story
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... 
by MerciSF | 17-11-2021 | Agenda, Movie, See All BAMPFAEast BayFrench Cinema BerkeleyFrench movies with subtitles
The celebrated French author and filmmaker Marguerite Duras is the focus of a trio of movies, including the Bay Area premiere of Suzanna Andler, featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg. Also featured are Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour and a new restoration of Le Navire...
