THE CONSULATE WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
The Consulate General of France in Chicago will be closed on Monday, September 6, 2010 in celebration of Labor Day. [read ...]
September 23-28: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra presents Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz’s personal tale followed by its sequel, Lélio. Riccardo Muti’s unique production of Lélio features French actor Gérard Depardieu as narrator. [read ...]
Officially launched on 14 July 2010, the France.fr site is the multilingual reference portal for all the resources and services of the French public Internet. It also aims to promote the image, values and specific characteristics of France around the (...) [read ...]
JULY 25 - OCTOBER 3, HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE MODERN CENTURY
The Art Institute presents "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century", this exhibition of more than 300 images is the first full retrospective devoted to Cartier-Bresson in three decades. [read ...]
BASTILLE DAY 2010 - OFFICIAL CELEBRATION IN CHICAGO
The ceremony organized by the Consulate General of France in Chicago will take place on Wednesday, July 14 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower =By invitation only= On this occasion the Consul General of France will award four WWII veterans with the French Legion of (...) [read ...]
15 JULY: BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATION IN DETROIT
The French-American Chamber of Commerce presents "La Fête de la Bastille 2010" under the partronage of Graham PAUL, Consul General of France in Chicago and in cooperation with Robert L. WEYHING, Honorary Consul to France in Detroit. [read ...]
SPATIAL CITY: AN ARCHITECTURE OF IDEALISM AT MOCAD
DETROIT—MOCAD is pleased to announce that Spatial City: An Architecture of Idealism, a major touring exhibition of contemporary art drawn from the French Regional Contemporary Art Funds (Frac), will open on Friday, September 10, 2010 and will remain on view through December 30, 2010. Spatial City brings together an international, multi-generational array of artists—with an emphasis on artists living in France—whose work contends with idealism, utopian thinking and, in counterpoint, the (...) [read ...]