Albertine, the bookshop and reading room operated by the French Embassy, will host its second annual Festival Albertine, a five-day event showcasing leading French-speaking and American thinkers tackling topics ranging from the state of feminism to the future of journalism to efforts to combat climate change.

Participants include David Remnick, Yvonne Rainer, Phoebe Gloeckner, Margo Jefferson, Abderrahmane Sissako, Kamel Daoud, and many others.

For a list of events, see albertine.com.