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🎉 Garden Party at the Embassy of France 🎉
On Friday, July 20, an international mix and mingle event is happening with the Garden Party at the Embassy of France!
Organized by the French-American Chamber of Commerce (FACC), spend a beautiful evening in the French Embassy's expansive and gorgeous outdoor space to mix and mingle with francophiles, French VIPs, diplomats, professionals and business people.
In addition, prepare to experience the following:
Buffet campagnard (French buffet)
Ham from Bayonne cut in front of you
French Crepes Bar
Open Bar All Night (Bubbly, Rose, Red, White, Kir, Pastis, etc.)
Rosé de Provence provided by our partner Vin Sur Vingt
Authentic 1990 Citroen 2CV ‘Charleston’
Interested in going? 👀 Use our discount code “EMBASSYLIFE” to get 10% off on ALL tickets! Enjoy and see you there!
📆 Events List 📆
Check out the following international embassy and cultural events happening from Monday, June 24th - Sunday, June 30th :
Croatia vs Italy Euro 2024 Watch Party, Monday 06/24 ⚽️ Let's come together to watch the Croatia vs Italy Euro 2024 game live! ($12.51)
The Death of Truth Book Talk, Monday 06/24 📕 As the cofounder of NewsGuard, a company that tracks online misinformation, Steven Brill has observed the rise of fake news from a front-row seat. In The Death of Truth, with startling, often terrifying clarity, he explains how we got here--and how we can get back to a world where truth matters. 🆓
Everyone Who is Gone is Here Book Talk, Monday 06/24 📕 An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers who determine their fate, by New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer. 🆓
Copa America 2024 Watch Party: Peru vs Canada, Tuesday 06/25 ⚽️ Come watch the Tuesday, June 25, 6pm: Peru vs Canada at Wunder Garten. 🆓
Opening Reception - A Toast To The Boogie: Art In The Name of Funk, Tuesday 06/25 🖼️ Join the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) in celebrating the opening of A Toast To The Boogie, a juried art exhibition. 🆓
At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China Book Talk, Tuesday 06/25 📕 Wong tells a moving chronicle of a family and a nation that spans decades of momentous change and gives profound insight into a new authoritarian age transforming the world. A groundbreaking book, At the Edge of Empire is the essential work for understanding China today. 🆓
Copa America 2024 Watch Party: Ecuador vs Jamaica, Wednesday 06/26 ⚽️ Come watch the Wednesday, June 26th 6pm: Ecuador vs Jamaica at Wunder Garten. 🆓
Animezing! | Goodbye Don Glees, Wednesday 06/26 🇯🇵 Join us for a free film screening at the Japan Information & Culture Center (JICC). 🆓
Euro Cup 2024 Watch Party: Portugal vs Georgia, Wednesday 06/26 ⚽️ Come watch the Wednesday, June 26th 3pm: Portugal vs Georgia at Wunder Garten. 🆓
AI Media Forum - Journalists, Content Makers, Technologists, Thursday 06/27 🤖 Embark on a journey of exploration, collaboration, and innovation as we discuss the role and impact of AI in the Media Industry in Morocco. ($28.52)
Do I Know You? Book Talk, Thursday 06/27 📕 Join us to discuss a story about a journalist who explores the neuroscience of sight, memory,& imagination after she learns she is faceblind. 🆓
EYM Trio ft. Varijashree Venugopal Concert, Thursday 06/27 🎵 Experience Carnatic and jazz music through an emotional concert merging Balkan and Middle Eastern influences. ($16.82 - $27.37)
TASTE di ISLANDS | Caribbean Food & Music Block Party, Friday 06/28 🎵 Join us for a vibrant celebration of Caribbean culture at 'Taste Di Islands'! Indulge your taste buds in the mouthwatering flavors of jerk chicken, plantains, and other Caribbean delicacies, while immersing yourself in the rhythmic beats of reggae, soca, and dancehall. ($5 - $100)
Fine Art & Culinary Fusion Evening w/ Thomas Rogati, Friday 06/28 🖼️ Don't miss this unique opportunity to enjoy a feast for the senses, where art and gastronomy come together in perfect harmony. ($169.36 - $237.23)
Alaa Al Aswany Book Talk, Friday 06/28 📕 Author Al Aswany will discuss what he learned from his French teachers and reading French literature and how it influenced him. Please note this event is in French! ($0 - $12.51)
Celebration of India’s Democracy, Saturday 06/29 🇮🇳 Come join us as we celebrate the vibrant and diverse democracy of India with music, dance, food, and discussions on current political issues. 🆓
"La Golondrina" a play by Guillem Clua, Saturday 06/29 🎭️ The play "La Golondrina" by Guillem Clua brings together Amelia and Ramón. Amelia, a strict singing teacher, receives Ramón at her home because he wants to improve his vocal technique to sing at his recently deceased mother's mass. ($12.42 - $23.55)
Gentlemen's Gambit: A Prohibition Era Mystery, Saturday 06/29 🚶 Gentleman’s Gambit is an interactive, immersive, outdoor theater experience and fundraiser where visitors are invited to journey back to the Prohibition Era. Featuring live music, thematic cocktails, a costume contest, period dancing lessons, costumed actors, and an interactive history hunt, Gentleman’s Gambit is the perfect way to delve into DC’s past. ($50)
Hahaha Film Screening, Sunday 06/30 📽️ Sangwon (Kim Min-hee), an actress recently returned to South Korea, is temporarily staying with her friend, Jung-soo (Song Sunmi), and her cat, Us. Elsewhere in the city, the aging poet Uiju (Ki Joo-bong) lives alone, his cat having recently passed away. 🆓
In Water Film Screening, Sunday 06/30 📽️ A trio of friends ventures to the rocky shores of a large island to shoot a film together. The director, Seong-mo (Shin Seok-ho), recently gave up acting and has decided to make a film with his own money. 🆓
"La Golondrina" a play by Guillem Clua, Sunday 06/30 🎭️ The play "La Golondrina" by Guillem Clua brings together Amelia and Ramón. Amelia, a strict singing teacher, receives Ramón at her home because he wants to improve his vocal technique to sing at his recently deceased mother's mass. ($12.42 - $23.55)
👀 Looking Ahead! 👀
World Famous Chorus: Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, Monday 07/01 🎵 Join us in a special performance by the children's chorus: Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, under the artistic direction of Andrew Gray! $23.18 for general admission, FREE for children under 12.
What Should NATO do in the Balkans? Tuesday 07/02 As NATO soon celebrates its 75th Anniversary in Washington, the Alliance also commemorates a Balkans milestone: the 25th Anniversary of the NATO Air Campaign over Kosovo. Serious attacks on NATO KFOR troops in May 2023, followed by an increase in KFOR's size, are reminders that the Balkans region remains fractious. 🆓
Walking Tour: Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Capitol Hill, Thursday 07/04 🚶 Learn about Frederick Douglass as a resident of the Historic Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington and his activism as a Washingtonian. ($21.26 - $22.85)
Ocean Stories ~ The Italian Navy Exhibition, Friday 07/05 🎨 A multimedia and immersive exhibition on the Italian Navy and its contributions to the world (by appointment only at the Italian Embassy). 🆓
Screening of Talks by Woven Histories Artists, Saturday 07/06 🎨 In conjunction with the Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction exhibition, we will be sharing two recorded talks by exhibition artists Ann Hamilton (2011) and Zoe Leonard (2018). These presentations were part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture Series, which provides a forum for distinguished artists to discuss the genesis and evolution of their work in their own words. 🆓
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