5pm – 6pm: OPEN STAGE: readings about Body, Friendship, Love (in English, French, Spanish)

6:30pm – 8pm: CONVERSATION: Join us for an exclusive evening as we host French writer Colombe Schneck and Texan author Merritt Tierce. They will be in conversation with AF Director Emeline Colson (talk in English with a French touch).

8pm – 10 pm: MUSIC AND DANCE: DJ female artists playlist

Colombe Schneck is documentary film director, a journalist, and the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction. She has received prizes from the Académie française, Madame Figaro, and the Société des gens de lettres. On May 14, 2024, Penguin Press will publish SWIMMING IN PARIS, a stunning autofictional triptych of a woman’s life in three stories (Seventeen, Friendship, and Swimming: A Love Story), that marks the first English translation from Colombe. SWIMMING IN PARIS is a decades-long exploration of sexuality, abortion, friendship, femininity, death, and the complicated relationships that women so often have with their own bodies.

In Pamela Druckerman’s words, “Schneck offers a periscopic view into bourgeois Paris and captures the terror and truth of love like only a Frenchwoman can.”

Sponsored by Alliance Française Dallas. More information.