MAY 2021
French Culture in May

How will we live together? This question, asked by curator Hashim Sarkis, is at the center of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition organized by the Venice Biennale. The Biennale, which will be open to the public from May 22 to November 21, includes the "Communities at Work" about 8 cities projects including Detroit by French architect and curator Christophe Hutin, who encourages communities to claim back their living spaces.

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The Cultural Services of the French Embassy is pleased to announce the first edition of the Dance Films Catalogue. This collection showcases the works of the best contemporary dancers, choreographers & directors.  A great resource for film programmers, universities & dance festivals!

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The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US, in partnership with FACE Foundation, and with support from the Ford Foundation, is proud to announce the new Beauford Delaney Research Grant, which funds travel and other expenses related to research projects on African American art undertaken by France-based academics and scholars. The call for application is open until May 14.

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May 15, 2021 | 11 - 3 PM (CST) | Online

In the frame of the festival Live Ideas 2021: Altered-Worlds/Black Utopia and the Age of Acceleration, New York Live Arts presents the work of Qudus Onikeku through an online talk and a screening of his performance Re:INCARNATION. 

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NEW FRENCH ARCHITECTURE SERIES

May 12, 2021 | 6pm (CST) | Online | Alliance Française de Chicago

Join Kim Herforth Nielsen, Founder and Creative Director at 3XN to learn more about the Palais des Congrès project as part of the New French Architecture series at the Alliance Française de Chicago. 

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May 26, 2021 | 6pm (CST) | Online | Alliance Française de Chicago

Join Jeanne Gang, Founding Principal and Partner at Studio Gang to learn more about the University of Chicago's Center in Paris Project as part of the New French Architecture series at the Alliance Française de Chicago.

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CINEMA & CREATIVE INDUSTRY

May 7 - Jun 1, 2021 | Trylon Cinema- Minneapolis

The Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis presents a series of Jacques Tati's hilarious features —Jour de fête, Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Mon oncle, PlayTime, Trafic, and Parade — who ranks among the most beloved of all cinematic geniuses.

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May 13-23, 2021 | Online & Outdoor

Check out the French films at the MSPIFF's hybrid festival with outdoor and virtual screenings that will showcase exciting new films by emerging and veteran filmmakers from around the globe including a selected titles from our Young French Cinema Program.

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If you are an american expert in creative industries, a manager in a cultural institution interested in innovative solutions and experiences, a tech professional, an entrepreneur, an investor: Let’s talk! We would love to explore collaborations to have you as a mentor or a speaker in our online program, as a guest at our Créative Lab events!

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May 20, 2021 | noon (CST) | Online

We all have brain limitations and unconscious biases, and we are mostly unaware of them. Therefore how to understand our unconcious biases and what is their impact on design and inclusion? Join this masterclass that will address this question. 

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IFcinéma à la carte continues to accompany you throughout 2021! This month, you can stream Run by Philippe Lacote to celebrate the Cannes Film Festival.

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Check out the 3rd season of Baron Noir about the political and judicial saga of the mayor of Dunkerque and the 1st season of Parlement about the comic adventures and misadventures of a young French parliamentary assistant in Brussels after the Brexit referendum.

VIRTUAL TALKS

Until Dec 15, 2021 | Online

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, with the support of Emory University, invite you all year long to Ideas and Ideals, a new series of lively conversations exploring how we inhabit our bodies, our identities and the world at large.

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May 11, 2021 | 11am (CST) | Online | Alliance Française de Chicago

Join U.S.-based French author and artist Olivier Bodart in conversation at the  with Isabelle David on Zones à risques, his first fiction novel that looks back at the natural disasters. In the four corners of the United States, he met witnesses and victims, he observed and immersed himself in these areas that inspired his novel.

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May 18, 2021 | 12pm (CST) | Online

French author Maylis de Kerangal will talk her new translated novel Painting Time and explore its themes, the contours of contemporary art and the profession of painting. 

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May 8, 2021 | 1pm (CST) | Online

Join acclaimed Proust scholar Jean-Yves Tadié and Caroline Weber as they discuss the Proust issue of The Seventy-Five Pages unpublished novel by the greatest 20th century novelist.

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VIRTUAL CONCERTS

May 7, 2021 | 8 PM (CST) | Online

Night, the world of myth and the mysteries of love are the subjects of this beautiful concert evoking an evening at the court of Louis XIII at the Palace of the Louvre by the Ensemble Correspondances, conducted by Sebastien Daucé, is being broadcasted by the Library of Congress.

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May 12, 2021 | 5 pm & 6 pm | Online

Tune in to the fourth French Jazz Series online concert at Smalls with Yvonnick Prene quartet, featuring Peter Bernstein (guitar), Brian Charette (orgue), and Allan Mednard (drums).

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KIDS

Albertine has launched its 2021 edition of Prix Albertine Jeunesse, a reader’s choice award in which children pick their favorite book by May 15 from a selection of works of Francophone and French youth literature that are available in English translation.

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May 9, 2021 | 10am (CST) | Online

Join the Albertine Bookshop for a morning of reading and activities inspired by Hélène Rajcak and Damien Laverdunt’s faboulus Carnaval des insectes (Actes Sud Junior).

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PODCASTS

Listen to the exciting conversation with Josephine Tritsch, a dual-language (French & English) immersion Kindergarten teacher at Stratton Academy of the Arts in Champaign, IL

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Have you ever wanted to know more about France's fascination with comic books (La bande dessinée)? Listen to US cartoonist Matt Madden talk about Angouleme, BD, and Oubapo…

 

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