by MerciSF | 26-11-2025 | News Arts & CultureCultural DiplomacyFrench ConsulateInterviewNight of IdeasSan FranciscoVilla Albertine
Rouksana Simjee has a rich and truly international background in the service of French cultural diplomacy. After starting her career in the field of heritage and museums in Paris, she held cultural management positions in La Réunion, in India — where she led the... 
by MerciSF | 18-03-2025 | Agenda, Conference, Museum - Art, News, See All artCultureNight of IdeasSan Francisco
The Night of Ideas 2025, themed “(un)Common Ground”, returns to San Francisco on April 5, 2025, transforming San Francisco Public Library, Fulton Plaza and for the first time the Asian Art Museum into a hub for dialogue, art, and civic engagement. Join... 
by MerciSF | 7-02-2024 | Agenda, Conference, News, See All 2024Night of IdeasSan Francisco
Villa Albertine, in collaboration with the San Francisco Public Library and KQED, has unveiled the theme for the eagerly anticipated San Francisco 2024 Night of Ideas, scheduled for March 2nd. This event, renowned for its stimulating philosophical dialogues and... 
by Anne Marie | 5-02-2020 | News, SF Specials, Visit Consulat General de France San FranciscoDominique NoraNight of Ideas
We continued the Night of Ideas with the complicity of Dominique Nora, Chief Editor of L’Obs, which is the French equivalent of Time Magazine. She was the “guest star” for this event which brought together more than 5,000 people, a hundred speakers and nearly 180... 
by MerciSF | 20-01-2020 | Agenda, See All 836MKQEDNight of IdeasSF Public Library
The French Consulate of San Francisco, SFMOMA, San Francisco Public Library and KQED partnered for the second edition of the Night of Ideas. For its second edition in San Francisco, the Night of Ideas will embrace the six floors of the San Francisco Main Library!... 
by Anne Marie | 8-01-2020 | Consulat, Settle In 2020French Consul in San FranciscoFrench SchoolsNight of IdeasScholarship
We met with Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens, the Consul General of France in San Francisco to glance back on 2019, on budgets, education, but also on the 2020 cultural programs, the upcoming consular elections … in brief on the life of the French local community at... 
by Anne Marie | 10-12-2019 | News After TomorrowConsulat General de France San FranciscoFACSNight of IdeasOakland-Saint Denis
Whether it’s Oakland or Saint-Denis, these urban landscapes are evolving, the cities are changing. Demographic reasons, politics or natural course of things, the transformation is omni-present and central. It’s a reality. But it is often at the expense of its... 
by Anne Marie | 8-05-2019 | News After TomorrowFACSFranco-American Cultural SocietyNight of Ideas
Have you ever heard of the French American Cultural Society (FACS)? If you are an art and culture lover, you should take a peek at FACS’s cultural programing and calendar. FACS is a non-profit celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Accelerating its...
