Images of Iceland by photographer Liza Voll are on display to coincide with the launch of Jenn Falk’s new book, Lunar Love Flow. This book is a celebration of the beauty of Iceland, a place where both Jenn and Liza have experienced profound spiritual shifts. It is also an offering on practicing yoga with the lunar cycles and with nature’s rhythms which then connects us to our own personal rhythms. This exhibition features landscape and nature shot in Iceland on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula during the fall of 2015 by Liza while on a yoga retreat led by Jenn.
This is exhibit will by on display through May. All prints are for sale. A portion of sales will benefit the programming at the SCC.About the creators:
Jenn Falk’s teaching is an expression of her artistic spirit and creative energy. She guides classes using intuition, energy awareness, and the cycles of the moon along with the variety of yoga styles/teachers she’s learned from over the years (hatha, vinyasa, yin and restorative). She calls her style of yoga Lunar Love Flow.
Liza Voll is a commercial photographer specializing in portraits, performances, and documentary media shot on location. Her work has been published in the New York Times and Dance Magazine. She has shot in venues from New York’s Lincoln Center to Boston’s Symphony Hall and Opera House, created work abroad in Iceland and France, and current clients include the Boston Ballet, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Lyric Opera, Google, and Harvard University.
With big plans for the future, city boy Tommi chases his girlfriend to the Wild West-fjords. This summer is not going to be like he expected.
Saturday, June 16th | 1:30 | Free; donations accepted
89 minutes. In Icelandic with English subtitles.
Films start at 1:30pm. Refreshments for attendees are served at 1pm. Lunch (not included) is available in the Kaffestugan, which is open until 3pm every Saturday.
Chances are you have seen (or visited) the iconic townhouses of the old commercial port area of Nyhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark. In this installment of our Nordic Kids series kids, of all ages, will get two wooden block houses to paint in the colors fashion of the classic houses.
*advance registration requested*
Saturday, May 19th | 10:30 – noon | $10 per painter; $5 for SCC Family Members
The SCC is proud to co-present Icelandic film Under the Tree (Undir trénu) as part of the 2018 Belmont World Film Festival.
When Baldwin and Inga’s next door neighbors complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbors in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control. Iceland’s submission for the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film.
Monday, May 7th | 7:30 | Admission $9 – $12 | SCC Members save $2 on advanced tickets
The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc is a fiddle trio from Norway, Sweden and the Shetland Islands who swiftly gained a reputation for their gripping and unique blend of fiddle music since their inception in early 2009.
Comprising Olav Luksengård Mjelva (Norway), Anders Hall (Sweden) and Kevin Henderson (Shetland Islands), each regarded as leading exponents of their respective traditions, they have found themselves in great demand throughout the world performing together as ‘The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc.’
With a firm focus on the rich traditional fiddle music from where they each belong, they have developed a sound that has been described as “unique”, “meaningful”, “intense” and “invigorating”. Their clever use of harmony, rhythm, riffs and bass lines creates a sound that leaves the listener enthralled but at the same time dumbfounded that the sound only comes from three fiddles.
Wednesday, May 2nd | 7pm | Tickets $20; $10 for SCC Members
Join Jenn for a basic, all levels yoga practice to celebrate the release of her book, Lunar Love Flow: practicing yoga with the Moon!
With the waning moon energy, she will take you through shapes that remain low-to-the-ground to introduce a more yin-like approach to movement and breath connection.
Saturday, May 12th | 9am – 9:40am | FREE with registration
Bring your own mat if you can.
Then, join Jenn and photographer, Liza Voll, to stay and discuss the book project coupled with Liza’s Icelandic nature photography series on exhibition in the Nordic Hall.
“Confrontation with mystery excites wonder. Whether as a child, when we discover a small universe, or as adults when overwhelmed by the beauty of some place. The Lofoten Islands 100 miles off the coast of Arctic Norway are such a place for me, where a vast, severe beauty forces breathless contemplation. This sort of experience takes us to a private place within.”
Lois T. Andersen is an expressionist and realist painter, illustrator, and art educator who lives and works in Concord, MA. She maintains a studio at the Umbrella Community Arts Center in Concord Center. View more of the artist’s work here.
STILLNESS will be on display March-April 2018 in the Nordic Hall. The free opening reception will be held Saturday, March 3rd from 7-9pm.
The German war machine arrives in Oslo in April 1940, leaving Norway’s king with a difficult choice that will change his country forever.
Saturday, May 19th | 1:30 | Free; donations accepted
130 minutes. In Norwegian with English subtitles.
Films start at 1:30pm. Refreshments for attendees are served at 1pm. Lunch (not included) is available in the Kaffestugan, which is open until 3pm every Saturday.
Swedish singer and accordionist Sunniva Brynnel grew up immersed in the Swedish folk song tradition. Together with her mother, also a folk singer, she travelled far and wide to festivals, concerts and spelmansstämmor – a folk jam meet-up made up of tunes, songs and of course fika (coffee and buns).
During her masters studies in jazz at the New England Conservatory, the conservatory library staff called her up and said … “Sunniva, we’ve found an old book of Swedish folk songs in our archive. We thought of you – do you want it?” She, of course, jumped at the chance!
From this book sprung the idea of this one-off concert; Swedish folk songs performed in a jazz context, by Sunniva with her trio of students from the New England Conservatory.
Saturday, April 28th | 1pm | admission $10 | free for SCC members
Maj Doris’ is a documentary that follows the 74-year-old legendary Sámi woman Maj Doris Rimpi. Twenty years ago she had another kind of life. She travelled all around the world and she experienced a lot. Nowadays Maj Doris lives alone on a farm above the arctic circle in Sweden. She keeps reindeers but she’s also a sought-after artist, painter and actress (e.g. Sámi Blood 2016).
Last winter was filled with hard work and she almost gave up. This winter Maj Doris gets help in an unexpected way, but does she have the energy to continue like this?
73 mins| In Swedish and Sami with English subtitles
Jenn Falk’s teaching is an expression of her artistic spirit and creative energy. She guides classes using intuition, energy awareness, and the cycles of the moon along with the variety of yoga styles/teachers she’s learned from over the years (hatha, vinyasa, yin and restorative). She calls her style of yoga Lunar Love Flow.
Liza Voll is a commercial photographer specializing in portraits, performances, and documentary media shot on location. Her work has been published in the New York Times and Dance Magazine. She has shot in venues from New York’s Lincoln Center to Boston’s Symphony Hall and Opera House, created work abroad in Iceland and France, and current clients include the Boston Ballet, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Lyric Opera, Google, and Harvard University.
