"Vis-a-Vis Festival" Aims to Bring Different Cultures Together

The Vis-a-Vis French-American Literary Festival this year is being held in Culver City for the first time. The event will feature French and American writers who will exchange ideas while participating in both readings and discussions.

Hundreds are expected to take part in this weekend's festival which organizer Etienne Farreyre said should offer something different for everyone involved.

"It's always nice to have people from different places, different cultures, different backgrounds to interact together and share their art," Farreyre said.

Culver City was chosen as this year's site because it is "easily walkable" and "it's a neighborhood with restaurants and a community," he said.

A "Speak Easy" is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight at Culver City City Hall in which slam poets from France as well as the executive director of "Urban Word" in New York are scheduled to perform.

Tomorrow's events will include a discussion of the differences between French and American theory and panels featuring French and American authors and screenwriters. The festival is free. All of tomorrow's events will take place at the Ivy Substation.

You can find out the complete schedule online.