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Night of Ideas 2022 focuses on (Re)building Together: Where Are We Going?

by MerciSF | 3-05-2022 | Agenda, Conference, Music, See All
California Humanities Consulat General de France San Francisco French Embassy Cultural Services Institut Français KQED San Francisco Public Library SFMOMA Villa Albertine San Francisco

This year Night of Ideas returns in person, on May 17th, 2022 across a record-breaking 19 US cities and more than 100 countries, coordinated worldwide by the Institut Français. The public will join leading thinkers, authors, community leaders, and artists around the...

Night of Ideas 2021, a different way to “Close the Distance”

by MerciSF | 15-01-2021 | Agenda, Conference, Dance, Music, News, See All
California Humanities Consulat General de France San Francisco French Embassy Cultural Services Institut Français KQED La Villa San Francisco San Francisco Public Library SFMOMA

Closing the distance is a challenge larger than life in particular with this year of confinement and travel ban, but the Night of Ideas 2021 program should help us get over it! Last February, it was more than 5,200 participants from all corners of the Bay Area who...

Oakland Saint-Denis: Two Cities, Two Mayors, One Goal

by MerciSF | 12-01-2021 | Agenda, Conference
FACS Institut Français La Villa San Francisco Villa SF

A conversation with Mayor Libby Schaaf of Oakland, California and Mayor Mathieu Hanotin from Saint-Denis, France. In the midst of the COVID-19 public health crisis and the Black Lives Matter Movement, social issues are exacerbated. Already engaged in the...