FRENCH CULTURAL EVENTS - FEBRUARY / MARCH 2010
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FRENCH CULTURAL SERVICES IN CHICAGO
For a listing of the French Cultural Events in the U.S.
check the pages of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
| March 8 at 6:30 PM: Don't miss the Soirée France with best-selling French author Delphine de Vigan! |
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On the International Women’s Day, the Cultural Services of the French Consulate in Chicago invite you to come and spend an evening with Delphine de Vigan, short-listed for the 2009 prix Goncourt and best selling author of “No et moi”, an intense, brilliant novel about home and homelessness. Translated in 20 languages and winner of Le Prix des Libraires, “No et moi” is currently being made into a movie. The US Tour is organized by the Délégation Générale de l’Alliance Française aux États-Unis and the Cultural services at the Consulate general of France in Chicago in collaboration with the Rotary Club Paris Academy and with the generous support of the Jean Bodfish Brown Fund. Supported in part by the Cultural Services of Consulate General of France in Chicago. Complete information. |
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February 6-24: Monsieur Tati's Holidays
The Gene Siskel Film Center, in collaboration with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York and Chicago, presents Monsieur Tati's Holidays, a series of six films by the great French comedy director Jacques Tati. These six films, presented in newly restored prints, represent all of Tati's features, including the four in which he stars as his most famous creation, Monsieur Hulot. |
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Tati's innovatively de-centered perspective gives us not just a character, but a world, in which every part of the entire audiovisual field--edges, corners, backgrounds, objects, decors, sound effects, colors--is potentially activated and competing for our attention (which is why his films play so much better on the big screen). Watching any Tati film is an adventure in visual and aural perception. Though he is seemingly sui generis, his influence on modern cinema is enormous and ongoing. Among the filmmakers clearly beholden to Tati are Robert Altman, Wes Anderson, Roy Andersson, Rowan Atkinson, Blake Edwards, Aki Kaurismäki, Elia Suleiman, David Lynch (who called Tati "a kindred soul"), and Sylvain Chomet (who is currently completing an animated adaptation of a Tati script, THE ILLUSIONIST). Supported in part by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York and the Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Chicago. |
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MARCH 5- APRIL 1: 13TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL
The 13th Annual European Union Film Festival takes place in Chicago is organized by the Gene Siskel Film Center, a cinematheque at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since its founding, the European Union Film Festival has become the largest and longest-running event devoted to the film production of European Union nations in North America. The EU festival attracts a sophisticated and influential audience and is a great source of word-of-mouth publicity for new films from Europe. Supported in part by the Cultural Services of Consulate General of France in Chicago. |
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Alliance Française de Chicago
810 North Dearborn Street; Tel: 312- 337-1070.
www.af-chicago.org |
| February 10 at 6:30 PM: Vivre Ensemble Series with Rachel Boué - Film : Zim and Co by Pierre Jolivet, 2005 |
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Part of the Vivre Ensemble Series presented by Rachel Boué: Watch four movies this season that explore multicultural France. After a banal motorbike accident, twenty-year-old Zim must find a proper job if he wants to avoid prison. Zim isn’t a lazy guy and he scans newspaper ads looking for a job. But the only one he finds, starting in ten days and that he must absolutely get, requires a car - and a driver’s license. Of course, he doesn’t have either. Fortunately Zim is good at inventing schemes. Even better, he’s got a gang of great buddies — Cheb, Arthur and Safia — who are ready to do anything, or almost, to keep him out of jail. |
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| Dr. Rachel Boué is interested, among other subjects, in the contemporary French society and its repercussions in art. She has taught at Jussieu in Paris, Wesleyan University (CT), and Columbia College of Chicago. Pre-film presentation in English begins at 6:30 p.m. and film screenings at approximately 6:45 p.m. French wine will be served. Complete information. |
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| February 13 at 1:30 PM: Ciné-club Series - Exemplary French Directors with Randy Williams - Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy (1964) |
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Jacques Demy's valentine to the Hollywood musical is one of the most beloved romantic movies of all time. Every word of dialogue is sung in this masterpiece starring a young Catherine Deneuve as Geneviève, a shop assistant madly in love with Guy (Nino Castelnuovo), a gas station mechanic. Their ill-fated love story unfolds to Academy Award winner Michel Legrand's score, which features the Oscar-nominated song, "I Will Wait For You." The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a symphony of color and music for the heart and mind. Randy Williams is past President of the Alliance Française de Chicago, a long-time Board member, and a film aficionado. Discussions will be insightful and fun. Pre-film discussion in English will begin at 1:30 p.m. Complete information. |
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February 26 at 7 PM: Les Lutins du court métrage
A winning selection of Europe’s best short films of the year! For twelve years, the “impish” French organization Les Lutins du court-métrage has worked to promote and disseminate short films to a wider audience. This ecletic selection is an unique opportunity to discover the latest trends in French movie making. Wine served at 6:00 p.m. Complete information. |
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March 17 at 6:30 PM: Ciné-club - Eldorado by Bouli Lanners (2008)
Yvan and Elie are two loners who wander aimlessly through their lives. Yvan is a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer while Elie is a young burglar and ex-junkie. One day Yvan catches Elie trying to rob him. Instead of beating him up, he becomes strangely attached to him and agrees to drive him home to his parents in his old Chevrolet. Yvan and Elie are both nostalgic about lost relationships, which is what leads them to undertake a bizarre journey through a region that is as spectacular as it is crazy. Both are trying to find the pieces of a puzzle that they want to put back together, but it might be too late. Winner of Best European Film Director's Fortnight Cannes Film Festival" a small but damn-near perfectly formed serio-comedy… never puts a wrong foot forward in the direction of sentimentality or cliché." — Leslie Felperin, Variety. Complete information. |
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March 12 at 6:45 & 8:30 PM: Coco Before Chanel by Anne Fontaine, 2009
Audrey Tautou, bearing a striking resemblance to the designer herself, embodies an ambitious young Coco Chanel. Less occupied with designing clothes than with maneuvering out of impoverishment and into the company, and bedrooms, of Belle Époque high society, Chanel still gets inspiration for some of her most enduring designs during this formative time. The film is at once a convincing account of romantic compromise and a tactile overview of the fabrics, foresight, and creative discontent essential to great fashion. Complete information. |
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February 6-7 at 11:30 AM: Le Cercle Rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville (1970)
Melville’s masterwork of film noir brings together four archetypal tough guys for their appointment with destiny: escaped con, relentless police inspector; alcoholic ex-cop; and just out-of-the-pen con. “The kind of experience that makes you glad movies exist!” —The New York Times. Complete information. |
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February 13-14 at 11:30 AM Elevator to the Gallows by Louis Malle (1958)
This film ushered in the French New Wave and made an international super-star of cool beauty Jeanne Moreau, here giving perhaps the most iconic performance of her career. “A terrific thriller! Moreau is radiant!”– The New York Times. Complete information. |
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March 5: A prophet by Jacques Audiard
After falling in with his prison's Corsican gang, a young Arab begins to build his own criminal empire.
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February 11 at 7 PM: Part of the series - A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham: Political Comedies
Next Floor by Denis Villeneuve, 2008
With a nod to Buñuel, Villeneuve’s eye-popping, Cannes winning short focuses on an opulent dinner party where the posh and pampered guests participate in a most bizarre banquet.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie by Luis Buñuel, 1972
Winner of the Best Foreign Language Oscar, Luis Buñuel's surrealist comedy of errors remains one of the director's most iconic films, on par with Belle de Jour and Un chien andalou. In a series of dream-like vignettes, six well-heeled couples find their meal plans repeatedly interrupted by corpses, armed soldiers, and flaring libidos. Not content to eviscerate middle class social decorum and expose the fear, hypocrisy, and ennui that lie within, Buñuel also digs his scalpel into politics, religion, and the idea of justice.
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Facets Cinematheque
1517 W. Fullerton Ave; Tel: 773-281-1441
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| February 5-7: The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) |
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After being diagnosed with tuberculosis, Tivii (Natar Ungalaaq, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner), an Inuit hunter from Baffin Island, is unexpectedly forced from his isolated home terrain by Canadian authorities and quarantined in a Quebec City tuberculosis sanitarium. Concerned for his family's survival, isolated from everything he knows, and stuck in a confusing environment with people that he cannot understand, Tivii slides into a deep depression and loses his will to live. Inspired by a real tuberculosis epidemic that broke out in the Inuit population in the 1950's, The Necessities of Life won several awards at the Montreal World Film Festival, including a special Grand Prize of the Jury.
CHICAGO PREMIERE! Directed by Benoit Pilon, 2008. Complete information. |
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Union Theatre - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2200 East Kenwood Boulevard, Milwaukee WI; Tel: 414-229-4070
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February 5-14 : 13th Annual Milwaukee French Film Festival
The thirteenth festival celebrates the diversity of French-language cinema, contemporary and classic, and France's multicultural society |
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Nine of the thirteen films are Milwaukee Premieres. The festival highlights films by three women--the U.S. premiere of Germaine Dulac's 1927 surrealist masterpiece, an Agnès Varda classic and her latest film, and a dark comedy by contemporary filmmaker Anne Fontaine. Milwaukee audiences will also view for the first time a rediscovered masterwork of the New Wave, as well as a just-released film on the Organic Revolution in France. All films are in French and other languages w/English Subtitles. All films are free unless otherwise noted. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Complete information and schedule.
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| This program is made possible with the generous support of French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Centre National de la Cinématographie, the Grand Marnier Foundation, the Florence Gould Foundation, highbrow entertainment, and the Franco-American Cultural Fund (Directors Guild of America, Motion Picture Association, SACEM & Writers Guild of America) for the Tournées Festival films and Dr. Richard Stone. We are also grateful for the co-sponsorship of UWM Union Programming, Center for International Education, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Jewish Studies Program, Women's Studies Program, UWM Cinema and Media Studies Program, Film Department, Department of Art History, Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature, Southeast Wisconsin Academic Alliance in French and the Alliance Française of Milwaukee. |
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March 4-7: Chicago International Movies and Music Festival
Don't miss the second edition of a unique festival that looks at the rapport between music and film, with several exciting offerings from France.The second annual is returning bigger and better than ever, hitting screens and rooms all over town. This year, CIMMfest has joined with the Paris Filmer La Musique Festival and is proud to host its representatives as our guests to introduce their films. The festival presents also the works of the French experimental filmmaker Marie Losier. Supported in part by the Cultural Services of the French Consulate in Chicago. For complete information click here. |
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February 14 at 7 PM: Show Your Love For Haiti - Haitian Relief Concert
The Old Town School and The Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti are partnering to fundraise for earthquake relief in Haiti on Valentine's Day. The show will feature 9 bands: Darwin Noguera and Evolution Trio (Latin Jazz,) Tchaka (Haiti,) Ecos del Pacifico (Afro-Colombian music and dance,) Mexican Folkloric Dance Company (Mexico,) The Pilgrim Jubilees (Gospel,) Jimmy Keane and Sean Cleland (Irish accordion and fiddle,) Tamboula Ethnic Dance (Haiti,) Seneke West African Dance Ensemble (African music and dance) and Chicago Barak (Haiti.) All proceeds will go to the The Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti through a special 501(c)3 fund / account at Charter One Bank: Haitian Crisis Relief Fund.
The Old Town School of Folk Music. Complete information. |
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February 23 at 9:30 PM: Vitalic (electronic)
To those who love his music, his unique sound, Vitalic, a french electronic music artist, is the pleasure provider: the ultimate rush, the greatest high, the invincible metal disco warrior. With his debut four-song ‘Poney EP’, first released in late 2001, Vitalic tore through dancefloors across the world like the Wagner of rave. The now classic ‘Poney EP’, ‘Fanfare’ and ‘My Friend Dario’ have built the path for his debut album, ‘OK Cowboy’. So to say it’s a major record for electronic music would be an understatement. It blends innovation with emotion, power with poise. On it you’ll discover symphonic rave, champagne rock’n’roll, blissful space-disco, robotic opera and curdled Gallic folk. The Empty Bottle. |
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February 27-28 at 7 & 10 PM: Tinariwen
There will be a dance floor at this show! One of the most mesmerizing live bands to ever set foot on the Old Town School stage, Tinariwen's sound is one of raw simplicity and melodic beauty with songs ranging from the epic and universal to the intimate and personal. Trance inducing and mesmerizing, their unique music was born from the Malian desert in which they have led a rootless Touareg existence. A Tinariwen live show is visually stunning as well with band members wearing traditional Touareg robes and turbans. Both political and poetic, Tinariwen in concert is an uplifting and powerful experience. The Old Town School of Folk Music. |
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| February 20 to March 17: The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz |
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Like a film, it moves at lightning speed from scene to scene — from enchanted forests to Heaven to Hell. Like a dream, it's filled with wondrous beings, from angels to creatures that would scare Satan himself. Be amazed as the artistic team brings this extraordinary world to the stage with more than 200 projections and incredible use of light. And be thrilled as Sir Andrew Davis leads the orchestra, chorus, and cast in a musical tour de force. Paul Groves "delivers the full range of Faust's character from suicidal depression to ecstatic love..." Classics Today. Lyric Opera of Chicago. |
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| February 28 to March 27: The Mariage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Based on the play Le Mariage de Figaro de Beaumarchais |
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Sublime music, wry comedy, and penetrating reflections on life and love — Mozart gets everything right in one of Western civilization's greatest artistic achievements. And it's fun too! Figaro, the count's whip-smart valet, is set to marry Susanna, the Countess's comely maid. But the Count wants Susanna for himself! Enter Figaro with a scheme that cuts him off at the pass and teaches everyone a lesson! Kyle Ketelsen is "an unforgettable Figaro with just the right mix of bravado and charm."Opera News . Danielle de Niese "can carry a show with sheer charisma." The Independent, London. Anne Schwanewilms: "Vocally ravishing...she's the Kiri Te Kanawa of her generation."Financial Times London. Lyric Opera of Chicago. |
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March 4-7: Chicago International Movies and Music Festival
Don't miss the second edition of a unique festival that looks at the rapport between music and film, with several exciting offerings from France.The second annual is returning bigger and better than ever, hitting screens and rooms all over town. This year, CIMMfest has joined with the Paris Filmer La Musique Festival and is proud to host its representatives as our guests to introduce their films. The festival presents also the works of the French experimental filmmaker Marie Losier. Supported in part by the Cultural Services of the French Consulate in Chicago. For complete information click here. |
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| March 5 at 8 PM: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France |
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor, Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Ravel - Mother Goose
Ravel - Shéhérazade
Ravel - Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from Daphnis and Chloe
Ravel - La valse |
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Très magnifique! The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, famous for its distinctive French sound, offers an all-Ravel program led by its gifted music director Myung-Whun Chung and featuring internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter singing Shéhérazade. She “brilliantly conveys the exotic allure of Ravel’s mesmerizing score.” —The Independent Symphony Center. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. |
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March 24 at 10 PM: Air
Air is a music duo from Versailles, France, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. The name Air is a backronym for Amour, Imagination, Rêve which translates to Love, Imagination, Dream. Air's music is often referred to as electronica; their form of electronic music was influenced by the synthesizer sounds of the 1970s such as Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis and Francis Lai. |
| Other influences include psychedelic rock pioneers Pink Floyd ; krautrockers Tangerine Dream; early pioneers of the eurodance electronica subgenre Space ; Jean-Jacques Perrey (although there are some echoes of dance music styles in the production); and French crooner Serge Gainsbourg. Air use many of their studio instruments (like Moog synthesizers, the Korg MS-20, Wurlitzer and Vocoder) live on stage, where their ability to improvise is more clearly highlighted. The band performs the well-known tracks from the albums live as extended or altered versions. Riviera Theatre. |
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For information on performances by French jazz singer and bass player Cécile Savage in the Chicago area, please visit www.cecilesavage.com.
For information on performances by cabaret chanteuse Claudia Hommel in the Chicago area, please visit www.cabaret-paree.com. |
February 12-21: The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas, adapted by Ken Ludwig, directed by Stephen James Anderson
Previews on February 10 and 11, This unhinged new version of the classic swashbuckler follows the renowned adventures of d’Artagnan and his three musketeer-mentors, as they fight with courage for king and country while distracted by spirits, sex and song. Anderson’s direction of this extraordinary quest will be sure to have audiences shouting "all for one and one for all !"
Depaul University - The Greenhouse Theatre Center - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. |
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March 17 – May 2: Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos, adapted by Christopher Hampton
Located at the Upstairs Mainstage and Directed by David Darlow Featuring Greg Matthew Anderson, Annabel Armour, Linda Gillum, Nick Sandys and Rebecca Spence. Christopher Hampton adapts Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Choderlos De Laclos 1782 novel of sexual intrigue and ruthless manipulation set in the salons and boudoirs of Pre-Revolutionary France. Feeling their aristocratic world waning, the Vicomte De Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, devise a game to test their skills as rapacious lovers. In their battle for the upper hand, they like their innocent prey, become part of the wreckage.
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company - Greenhouse Theatre Center - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago. |
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Anders Zorn, An Irish Girl, 1894, Etching. National Gallery of Art, Washington,
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February 11 – June 13: The Darker Side of Light
Although Paris in the 1800s is often associated with the art of Impressionism, with its light-filled landscapes and bustling boulevards, artists also probed the social and psychological depths of the period in more private media like prints, drawings, illustrated books, and small sculptures. This exhibition, organized by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, evokes the discreet world of individual collecting to tell a less familiar story of nineteenth-century art. In the second half of the nineteenth century, Paris reigned as the city of light and Impressionism captured the bustle of its lively streets and cafés. But there is another dimension to the period, one captured by less well known, sometimes enigmatic, and often melancholy imagery. This was the art of collectors who kept prints, drawings, and small sculptures under wraps, compiled in albums and portfolios or stored away in cabinets. While often unsuitable for more public display, such works were avidly collected and viewed discreetly on chosen occasions. Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Darker Side of Light reveals the private worlds of late nineteenth-century Europe through prints and other works meant for quiet contemplation. The exhibition presents over one hundred prints, drawings, illustrated books, and small sculptures by artists such as Félix Bracquemond, James Ensor, Max Klinger, Käthe Kollwitz, James McNeill Whistler, Charles Meryon, and Anders Zorn, among others. Within the intimate setting of the Smart Museum's galleries, The Darker Side of Light evokes shadowed interiors and private introspections to tell a far less familiar story of late nineteenth-century art.
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March 20–June 20: Matisse - Radical Invention, 1913–1917
This groundbreaking exhibition presents the first sustained examination of one of the most important periods of Matisse’s career—the years in which he labored over the Art Institute’s monumental and mysterious Bathers by a River among other works. Merging new art historical and archival information with new scientific technologies, Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917 offers a fresh look at this modern master’s most ambitious and inspiring work. Rigorously purged of descriptive detail, sharply composed, and dominated by the colors black and gray, the works Matisse produced between late 1913 and 1917 are among his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic. Though Matisse himself identified two canvases from this time—Bathers by a River and The Moroccans—as among his most “pivotal,” scholars have typically described these and other works of the period as singular responses to Cubism or World War I, disconnected from the rest of his artistic career. |
Henri Matisse. Bathers by a River, 1909, 1913, 1916. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. |
| This original exhibition is the first to offer an in-depth exploration of Matisse’s work from this important period, revealing fascinating information about his working methods, experimental techniques, and compositional choices, uncovered through extensive new historical, technical, and scientific research undertaken at the Art Institute and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Powerfully representing this remarkable aspect of his career are nearly 120 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints from around the world. Also on display are the artist’s innovative etchings, engravings, and monotypes—prints made only during this period—as well as the little-known series “Civil Prisoners of Bohain-en-Vermandois” which demonstrates how the artist attempted to unite art, life, and wartime concerns in the early 20th century. Art Insitute of Chicago - Regenstein Hall |
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February 11 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM: International Education Conference - Making Your School More International
This event serves as a strategy course to inform leaders in schools in the Chicago area the ways to broaden the scope of schools, which allows them to foster an environment conducive to communication on an inter-cultural level. Co-sponsored by the Center of International Studies. This event is free and open to the public. International House - University of Chicago, Assembly Hall. |
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March 12 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM: Montesquieu and the Uses of Nobility
A day-long conference sponsored by the Franke Institute, the France Chicago Center and the Department of History.
France Chicago Center - Cobb Lecture Hall, Room 307 - 5811 S. Ellis Avenue; Tel: 773-702-3662 |
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Indoor Season starting February 14 until the end of March - French Soccer Team : Les Bleus Chicago
Matchs will be on Sundays between 9 and 4 PM at Mercy Soccer Center (1001 W Adams). Teams must have 6 players plus a goalie, players must be 18 years and over. The cost is $95 per person for the season. For more information contact Sebastien Labat. Find "Les Bleus Chicago" or "French in Chicago" on Facebook.
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February 11 from 5 to 6 PM : Ciné teens - Les Lutins du court métrage
Come with us and enjoy this special and eclectic selection of short French films! A unique opportunity to discover the latest trend in French movie making and to meet other Chicago teens who share the same interest. A goûter will be served before the movie. Alliance Française de Chicago. |
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February 6 from 2-4 PM: Raclette Demonstration at Chicago's French Market with famed Chicago Chef Hans Aeschbacher
Raclette is a centuries-old dish indigenous to Switzerland and France. A specialty cheese, known as Raclette is traditionally heated in front of a fire or by special machine then scraped onto plates and served with potatoes, cornichon, pickled onions and cured meats. Chef Hans Aeschbacher will demonstrate the beauty and simplicity of this classic dish from his native Switzerland at the Chicago French Market. The French Market is located on Clinton at Randolph. |
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February 27 at 10 AM: La Grande Dictée de la Francophonie at Northwestern University
This contest is open to teachers, students, and Francophiles. There arefour categories;- Youth: all levels of high school, up to 18 years of age- College Age: Up to 21 years of age as of February 26, 2010 - Francophiles: 21 year of age and beyond- Professionals: French teachers, translators, interpreters, etc. Registration $5 by February 20, 2010. Contact: Marie-Simone Pavlovich - Tel: 847-491-5490 Northwestern University - Kresge 1-375.
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Union des Français à l’Etranger
For more than 30 years, UFEC organized monthly gathering and dinner with mainly Francophones. More information about UFEC at www.ufechicago.org. Please see below the upcoming events: |
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February 8 starting 7:30 PM :Table d’hôte Dinners at Bistrot 110 - 110 E Pearson St. Chicago
Dominique Tougne has prepared us a great dinner with French Onion Soup, Salmon, Gâteau Breton or Crème Brule… Bistrot 110’s French country inspired menu is the prefect escape from the cold winter weather! Transport yourself to that little village in the south of France all month long and sample our heart warming Bistro cuisine!We will have a free cocktail from 7:30pm to 8pm. RSVP at table@ufechicago.org
March 23rd at a French Restaurant downtown Chicago |
February 16: APERUFEC
Free monthly networking event with cheese and wine. An immigration lawyer will join to answer all the questions you may have about visas, green cards, etc.
March 10 at 6 PM: Wine Tasting at Salute Wine Bar - 46 E Superior St.
Salute’s Sommelier is organizing a great Cheese and Wine tasting for us. Salute is housed in the rehabbed pre-Victorian Hennessy House and boasts an approachable Italian wine list reigning from 20 regions, coupled with Italian comfort fare. Located on the lower level of the 130-year-old building, Salute embodies both traditional and modern Italian touches. RSVP: pbourbon@ufechicago.org |
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Les Bavards du Nord
An association that gathers every month in a restaurant in order to speak and exchange in French. This is an informal conversation group with ability to converse in a basic French.
February 20th and March 20th from 1:00 to 2:30 PM Berruti's Deli - 771 S. Buffalo Grove Road - Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
To reserve or for more information: lesbavardsdunord@yahoo.com |
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The Oak Park French Club
Tuesday evenings from 7:15 to 9 PM at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - 611 Randolph St., Oak Park.
The Oak Park French Club promotes fluency in the French language and appreciation of French culture through both formal and informal learning activities in a guided social environnment. The club is open to anyone who can speak at least basic conversational french. The Oak Park French Club meets weekly on. Meetings take place at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Oak Park Illinois. For more information, please contact the Oak Park French Club at oakparkfrenchclub@gmail.com |
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Alliance Française of Chicago: please visit the website for detailed information on the monthly discussion groups Café Conversation, Café Littérature, Café Poésie, Café Théâtre, French Blues Café and Café Philosophie: www.af-chicago.org
Wednesdays from 6:15 to 10:00 p.m. Informal gathering of Francophiles and Francophones at Portillo restaurant, 100 W. Ontario. Information at 312-255-0567.
Groupe Professionnel Francophone. Francophones from various professions meet for cocktails, French conversation and networking in French. Great Street Restaurant, Renaissance Hotel, 1 W. Wacker Drive. The last Thursday of every month, starting at 5:30 pm.
Tel: 773-275-7407 www.gpfchicago.org;
Alliance Française of the North Shore. Two monthly café conversation groups http://alliancefn.wlkcommunity.com.
Alliance Française of DuPage County. Please visit www.afdupage.com for a listing of conversation groups, outings, lectures and other social activities in French.
"Les Bavards," a monthly francophone dinner and conversation group in DesPlaines. Information: lesbavards@yahoo.com or http://lesbavardsfrancophones.blogspot.com/ Tel: 847-921-7864.
"Les Bavards du Nord,” a monthly francophone lunch and conversation group in Buffalo Grove. http://lesbavardsfrancophones.blogspot.com/ or lesbavardsdunord@yahoo.com Tel: 847-921-7864.
L'Institut Francophone. Weekly francophone gathering, every Monday at Latitude, 4500 North Lincoln Avenue, from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Contact groupe.de.lundi@gmail.com to be on the mailing list.
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