Where: Woodside/Braseth Gallery at 2101 9th Ave

What: Parlez-vous … never mind, it doesn’t matter. The Alliance Française de Seattle’s celebration of Yves Saint-Laurent’s 50th anniversary will indeed be in English. I double-checked. The cultural non-prof is hosting Parisian museum curator and art and fashion historian Laurent Cotta for a lecture and Q and A on perhaps the greatest designer of the last century.

When: Wednesday, October 19 at 7:30; tickets are $10 for members, $15 for non-members. Call 206-632-5433 to make a reservation.