Finlandia Foundation of Boston brings the Finlandia Foundation National Lecturer of the Year, Peter MacKeith, to the Nordic Hall for a special lecture. The lecture traces the emergence, development and ongoing vitality of Finnish cultural identity through a century of significant architecture and design, presenting examples from across the last 100 years, and emphasizing the building of community through public architecture.
Sunday, March 25th | 3pm | this event is free; donations are accepted.
ABOUT PETER:Peter MacKeith is Dean and Professor of Architecture at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. For the last 20 years, since receiving a Fulbright Fellowship to Finland in 1990, he has worked as a liaison between the architecture cultures of the United States, Finland, and the Nordic nations, in the fields of education, professional practice, exhibitions, research and publications. Peter served as the Honorary Consul of Finland in St. Louis, Missouri, from 2012 to 2014. He is a member of the Finnish Cultural Institute-New York Advisory Board. In February of 2014 he was recognized by the President of Finland with the insignia of Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
Pro Arte’s Salon Series concerts offer intimate chamber music performances in unconventional locales.
Program:
Trio in G Major for Flute, Violin, and Cello, Hob. IV:3, London Trio // Haydn
Terzetto, Op. 22 for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano // Theodore Lalliet
First movement from Sonata for Flute, Violin, and Piano, H. 254 // Martinů
Quartetto, TWV 43:G2 // Telemann
Ann Bobo, flute
Nancy Dimock, oboe
Ron Haroutunian, bassoon
Rebecca Plummer, piano
Liana Zaretsky, violin
Sunday, February 4th | 3pm | Tickets $30 with discounts for seniors and students; 50% for SCC Members
The SCC welcomes you to join us for a screening of Big Time as part of Boston Design Week 2018. Much sought-after Danish architect Bjarke Ingels (one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People) embarks on his most ambitious project yet, NYC’s new World Trade Center, in this energetic documentary. An intimate insight into the life of a genius innovative mind and his struggle to maintain his own persona while making the world a better place to live.
Saturday, April 7th 7pm | Tickets $5; free to SCC Members
For fans of Games of Thrones, this movie is a high-stakes adventure set in the Middle Ages in the midst of a great civil war. When a monarch is murdered, two of his loyal soldiers must escape with the infant heir to the throne. With half the kingdom looking to kill the young King, the brave warriors risk life and limb to shepherd him across treacherous snowy mountains to claim his rightful place on the throne.
100 minutes. In Norwegian with English subtitles.
Free; donations accepted.
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.
After their public showing movies in our film series become part of the Scandinavian Library’s collection of DVDs available for borrowing by Library members.
Artist and author of Live Lagom: Balanced Living, the Swedish Way, Anna Brones joins us for a special papercutting workshop! While teaching the basics of papercutting Anna will focus on the benefit of crafts/using your hands called “pyssel”.
Papercutting is an art that spans history and cultures, from simple silhouettes to intricate designs. In this class, you will learn the basics of papercutting and how to create your very own papercuts. We will cover everything from paper, finding inspiration and cutting techniques. You will leave class with at least one finished papercut ready for framing.
Sunday, April 8th 2:30 | $40; $20 for SCC members | register here. (space is limited; advanced registration encouraged)
Supply List (please purchase and bring to class):
-Self healing cutting mat
-Hobby knife + lots of extra blades (these are the blades Anna recommends) X-acto blades work fine too, but these work even better – every single paper-cut artist she knows uses them!
-Anna will bring paper, but in the event you’d like to do more projects at home she recommends a variety, including regular white printer paper, and then other colors, anywhere in the 60-98lb range. Anna works predominantly in black (here is one she likes)
-A water bottle or beverage and snacks if you like.
Join a group of families for Norwegian playgroup! Give your kids a chance to speak Norwegian with other children while playing and learning. This week the group will be showing a movie based on Torbjørn Egner’s books.
Saturday, January 20th | 10:30 – noon | $5 suggested donation per child
Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American Museum and Heritage Center, brings their folk art school to Massachusetts again! In this workshop you will work on the basics of rosemaling, including the history, the strokes, and how to paint simple scrolls and flowers. This class will focus on the design and layout of three-dimensional square boxes utilizing the basics in rosemaling. You will begin with a candle box and you will be able to go home with a useful decorative item for yourself or as a gift. All materials for the class are included in the registration fee.
Friday, April 13th – Sunday, April 15th from 9am-5pm
Level of Instruction:
Advanced beginner to Intermediate.
Tuition: $243.00 (Vesterheim and Sons of Norway Members) $293.00 Non-members
Register: On the Vesterheim website. This course is sold out, use link to be added to the wait-list.
About the instructor: Linda Miller has taught rosemaling at Fletcher Farm in Vermont, John Campbell School in North Carolina, several different lodges on the east coast, and for adult education classes in her area.
This is touching a 1950s-set drama about love and a man who finds meaning in his life through the children who need him. Endel Nelis is a young man who leaves Leningrad to escape the secret police. Arriving in Haapsalu, Estonia, he finds work as a teacher and founds a sports club for his students, teaching them his great passion – fencing. But Endel is faced with a hard choice when the children want to participate in a national fencing tournament in Leningrad.
Saturday, April 21st | 1:30 | Free; donations accepted
99 minutes. In Estonian, Russian and Armenian 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.
A 14-year-old girl (Lene Cecilia Sparrok) belonging to the Sami people, a Scandinavian ethnic minority, is subjected to racism and eugenic scrutiny in the 1930s when she is removed from her family and sent to a state-run school that aims to reeducate her into Swedish culture. She must soon choose between new academic opportunities or staying true to her cultural identity, all while weathering the storms of adolescence.
Sami Blood was nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Friday, January 12th | 7:30pm | tickets $8; $4 for SCC Members
run-time of 110 minutes | in Swedish | Sami with English subtitles
Supply List (please purchase and bring to class):