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NOVEMBER 2008
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QUATRE REGLES SIMPLES POUR EXERCER VOTRE DROIT DE VOTE A L'ETRANGER
Informations complètes.
7 juin 2009: ELECTION DES CONSEILLERS A L'ASSEMBLEE DES FRANCAIS DE L'ETRANGER
Pour participer à ce scrutin, vous devez impérativement être inscrit sur la liste électorale consulaire de Chicago. Si vous n’êtes pas inscrit sur cette liste, vous avez jusqu’au 31 décembre 2008 à 18 heures pour le faire. Informations complètes. Tout savoir sur l'AFE. |
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PRESIDENCE FRANCAISE DU CONSEIL DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE
FRENCH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
MIDWEST : LES EVENEMENTS DU MOIS / UPCOMING EU EVENTS |
| November 12 - Chicago (IL): "Not One of Us" - Issues Surrounding the Integration of Minorities in Europe. |
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The November International Affairs Committee of the Anti-Defamation League features a discussion with Jean-Baptiste de Boissière, Consul Général of France, and Honorable Wolfgang Drautz, Consul General of Germany who will examine the challenges and human rights issues surrounding the integration of minorities in Europe. Information and registration. |
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November 17 - Chicago (IL): "Priorities of the French Presidency", address by Consul General of France, Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissière.
Morning Conversation program organized by the Niagara Foundation.
Complete information and registration.
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November 5 - Chicago (IL): "European Jazz Meets Chicago."
Musicians from Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and Poland will meet with Chicago's own for an extraordinary evening of improvised jazz.This event is free and open to the public.
"European Jazz Meets Chicago" is the inaugural concert of this year's Umbrella Music Festival.(Program - PDF)
6:00 p.m.at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. |
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CINCINNATI (OH)
Fashion designer Sandra Cardoso Muendane at The Taft Museum
The Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati is pleased to welcome the African fashion designer Sandra Cardoso Muendane. Muendane is the Society's first international Artist-in-Residence, coming by way of Mozambique, Portugal, and France. Complete information. |
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COLUMBUS (OH)
November 19 and December 3: Retrospective : Alain Robbe-Grillet X 4
This tribute to Resnais’s cinematic artistry covers his most prolific years, from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. The films, seen in dazzling new prints, demonstrate his status as one of France’s most unorthodox and hypnotic filmmakers. Robbe-Grillet died earlier this year at the age of 85. Presented with the generous cooperation of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. Wexner Center for the Arts. |
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ST LOUIS (MO)
November 13-23 : 17th Saint Louis International Film Festival
The Saint Louis Festival showcases the best in cutting-edge features and shorts from around the globe. The majority of the films screened - many of them critically lauded award-winners - will receive their only St. Louis exposure at the festival. It spotlights the finest filmmakers in the world, whether fresh talent, emerging artists largely unknown outside their native countries, or directors of long-established reputation. It prides itself on identifying up-and-coming filmmakers, but the fest also offers high-profile films that garner Oscar nominations.
Complete information & Program. |
| NOT TO BE MISSED NEXT MONTH... |
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12th ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW CINEMA
DECEMBER 5-14, 2008
Be the first to discover new films by emerging French filmmakers at the annual Festival of New French Cinema, including
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| a dramatic comedy about different artists trying to succeed at their careers, starring Sandrine Kiberlain, Denis Podalydès and others; a melancholy comedy about love, friendship and losing one's way in life, starring Karin Viard, André Dussolier and François Cluzet; a visually entrancing, quietly engrossing drama about a hired assassin and the mark he follows for days, starring Grégoire Colin and Gilbert Melki; a documentary on the history of the sadly famous department 93; an art thriller about an 18th century French painter; a dramedy about a precocious teen trying to inject new vitality into her mother's life; Q&A's with visiting filmmakers Yamina Benguigui and Vincent Dietschy, and more! For complete schedule: Click here |
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For a listing of Cultural events in the MIDWEST click here
For the CHICAGO AREA go to LIAISON, The Newsletter of the French Cultural Services in Chicago. |
| English Teaching Assistantship - Teach English in France! |
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Every year, the French Ministry of Education and the Cultural Services at the French Embassy offer approximately 1,600 teaching assistantship positions in French primary and secondary schools and in the French teaching colleges ("IUFM") in all regions of France and the DOM-TOMs (overseas departments).
Deadlines : December 1st, 2008 & January 15th, 2009.
For more information, click here. |
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YEi’09 : Young Entrepreneurs initiative - Appel à candidatures :
Ouvert jusqu’au 23 novembre 2008
Encourage les jeunes chercheurs et entrepreneurs basés aux Etats-Unis à venir créer des entreprises a technologies innovantes en France. |
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YEi’09: Young Entrepreneurs Initiative call for proposals - Deadline: November 23, 2008
Are you currently starting a technology venture? Think global. In the increasingly competitive global technology market, a key element of new venture success is the ability to internationalize your vision early. YEI helps you study the feasibility of a project in France.
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