BIENVENUE A CHICAGO
Le Consulat général de France annonce l'arrivée en poste de nouveaux agents dans les services français à Chicago.
Liste des nouveaux arrivants en page "Informations consulaires"

PERMANENCE CONSULAIRE A DETROIT
Le Consulat général de France vous informe qu'une permanence consulaire aura lieu le
VENDREDI 26 SEPTEMBRE de 9H00 à 16H00 à L'ECOLE FRANCAISE - 7100 Lindenmere Drive, Bloomfield Hills, MI. En savoir plus en page "Informations consulaires".

BOURSES SCOLAIRES
Dépôt des dossiers pour la seconde commission locale des bourses : du mardi 12 août au vendredi 26 septembre 2008 dernier délai. Informations complètes sur le site du Consulat général de France.

ACTUALITE/NEWS

PRESIDENCE FRANCAISE DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE : 1ER JUILLET - 31 DECEMBRE 2008
Dans le cadre de la présidence française de l'Union européenne plusieurs événements seront organisés dans le Midwest d'ici au 31 décembre 2008. Un calendrier des interventions et des manifestations culturelles est disponible en page : "L'Europe dans le Midwest."

FRENCH PRESIDENCY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION; JULY 1ST - DECEMBER 31ST, 2008
Several events related to the French Presidency of the EU will be organized in the Midwest .
Please check our special page Europe in the Midwest for a listing of meetings, addresses and cultural events.

Photo de famille
© MAEE/F. de la Mure

27-29 AOUT: XVIème CONFERENCE DES AMBASSADEURS
La Conférence des ambassadeurs est un événement majeur de la diplomatie française qui rassemble chaque année, depuis 1993, autour du ministre et des secrétaires d’Etat du pôle « affaires étrangères », l’ensemble des quelque 180 chefs de mission diplomatique français et les responsables de l’administration centrale du ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes (Lire).

Discours de M. le Président de la République lors de la XVIème Conférence des Ambassadeurs. Palais de l'Elysée – Mercredi 27 aout 2008. (Lire)

AUGUST 27-29 : SIXTEENTH AMBASSADOR'S CONFERENCE
Speech by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic at the opening of the Sixteenth Ambassador's Conference - Paris – 27 August 2008 (Read)

RETROSPECTIVE

CHICAGO 2016 - Interview du Consul général de France
La communauté française et franco-américaine de Chicago. Entretien avec le comité olympique Chicago 2016. (Lire l'article )

CHICAGO 2016 - Interview with Consul General of France
The French and French-American community in Chicago. Interview with the Olympic Committee Chicago 2016.
(Read the article )

M. Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissère

EVENEMENTS/EVENTS

CHICAGO (IL)

World Music Festival: Chicago 2008
September 19-25
www.cityofchicago.org/WorldMusic

One of the year's most important international musical events is back, with dozens of groups from around the world playing a dazzling variety of musical genres in venues across the city. Sponsored in part by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in Chicago.

· Lo Còr de la Plana. French Mediterranean Occitan Vocals and Drums;
· Seckou Keita Quartet. Acoustic African World Jazz, from Senegal, Gambia, Egypt and elsewhere.
· Baye Kouyate et les Tougarakes. West African Fusion from the U.S. and Mali.
· Vieux Farka Touré. Malian Desert Blues.
· Afrodisiac night: Featuring DJ's from African background and influence.
· Etran Finatawa. West African Nomadic Blues from Niger

CHICAGO (IL)

Manon by Jules Massenet opens September 27 at Lyric Opera of Chicago, featuring French soprano Natalie Dessay and Jonas Kaufmann.
Complete information - 20 N. Wacker Drive. Tel: 312-332-2244. www.lyricopera.org

CLEVELAND (OH)

September 6- November 2: GODARD from 1960-1967
French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard virtually sprinted through the 1960s, making one groundbreaking, irreverent, pop-infused movie after another. The most innovative and intellectual member of the French New Wave directed 18 features and at least 11 shorts during the decade; he seemed never to stop to take a breath. In this series we will show 10 features from Godard's most fecund period, all in new or good 35mm prints. Program.

STE GENEVIEVE (MO)

Saturday, September 20 at 10:30am: Rededication Ceremony for Beauvais-Amoureux House Restoration with featured speaker: French Consul General Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissière : "Prospects for Transatlantic Relations: Between the U.S. and France, Between the U.S and the European Union". Complete information.

KALAMAZOO (MI)
September 6-October 19: "Marc Chagall: The Early Etchings"
An exhibition of 65 early monochromatic etchings by Russian-born artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985), based on two popular literary documents: Les Ames mortes (The Dead Souls) by 19th-century Russian novelist Nikolai Gogol, and Selected Fables, by 18th-century French author Jean de La Fontaine
Sponsored by the Olin and Muriel Prather Charitable Foundation, Trustee T. Huff.
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts -http://www.kiarts.org/museum/exhibitions.shtml

LE MOIS PROCHAIN / COMING UP NEXT MONTH

CHICAGO (IL)
October 2-11 - Chicago (IL) : Messiaen Music Festival at the University of Chicago.
The event is sponsored by the French Cultural services. This event is part of the EU French Presidency activities in the Midwest.
The 2008 Olivier Messiaen Festival, UCP’s first-ever music festival, begins the season with a 10-day tribute to the prolific French composer who developed a musical language uniquely his own and set the stage for a new generation of composers. The celebration, sparked by the 100th anniversary of his birth, will take place at locations on the campus of the University of Chicago and downtown. Included among the lineup are performances, lectures, master classes and symposia dedicated to showcasing Messiaen’s life, inspirations, national pride and legacy.
Information & Programme

Dimanche 12 octobre : Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Une réception sera organisée pour les marathoniens français le vendredi 10 octobre en soirée et un stand français sera installé sur le parcours.