At the beginning of the 20th century, Marie is married to Denmark’s world famous painter P.S. Krøyer. To be painted by him is a great honour and comes with great prestige. Marie, who adorns several of Krøyer’s paintings, is considered to be “the most beautiful woman in Europe”. Together with their daughter Vibeke they experience all the best life has to offer: parties, champagne and luxury. However, this is only the polished surface. Beneath it is living hell. After another of Krøyer’s violent fits of insanity and rage, Marie decides to leave for Italy with their daughter.
102 minutes. In Danish and Swedish 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.
The economic system does not support the bicycle, because the bicycle can change the economic system.
Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: climate, earth’s resources, cities where the entire surface is consumed by the car. An ever-growing, dirty, noisy traffic chaos. The bike is a great tool for change, but the powerful interests who gain from the private car invest billions each year on lobbying and advertising to protect their business. In the film we meet activists and thinkers who are fighting for better cities, who refuse to stop riding despite the increasing number killed in traffic.
Join MassBike and the Scandinavian Culture Center on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 11:00AM for a screening!
Refreshments will be available (including popcorn, of course!), The Kaffestugan will be open and serving Swedish pastries, open faced sandwiches, coffee, and other beverages.
Save the date – tickets go on sale soon!
MassBike will provide FREE bike valet at the event. Stay tuned for details about a ride convoy departing the Boston area for the event…
This program was made possible by a grant from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.
It is said that music does not lie in the notes themselves but between them, and it is exactly in that space where Boston-based Finnish fretless/fretted guitarist and oudist JUSSI REIJONEN‘s music thrives and blossoms. His critically acclaimed and Independent Music Award -nominated 2013 album, un, was a lifelong musical journey in the making – a journey that has spanned over three decades and four continents, and which has taken him from his native Northern Finland to years spent living in the Middle East, East Africa, and now the United States.
Where un brought together five seasoned musicians from Finland, Turkey, Sweden, Palestine and Spain to pay tribute to the traditions of American and Scandinavian jazz as well as the folk musics of the Middle East and Africa, Reijonen’s wandering muse has more recently found a home in that most symbiotic of musical constellations: the duo. Joined by his long-time collaborator, pianist Utar Artun from Turkey, the Finnish musician has begun to explore new sounds and shades of his handwriting in a more stripped down, naked setting, taking on the form of a fascinating multicultural collage where the open spaces and silences of Scandinavia effortlessly rub shoulders with the maqamat of the Arab world and the rhythmic richness of India and West Africa, creating a truly enchanting musical mosaic.
Saturday, April 16th | 7pm doors | 7:30 performance
tickets $15 general; $7 seniors | free for SCC members
ABOUT JUSSI:
Born in Rovaniemi, a small town on the Arctic Circle in northern Finland and moving between Finnish Lapland, the Middle East and East Africa, Reijonen has spent his life soaking up the sounds of various cultures. He studied music at the Pop & Jazz Konservatorio in Helsinki, as well as at Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory in Boston where he earned his Master’s degree in the groundbreaking Contemporary Improvisation Department. While living in Finland, he played with the country’s top artists; he has also performed in the USA, Canada, Sweden, Latvia, Germany, France and Lebanon with top names such as jazz drummer Jack deJohnette, legendary flamenco singer Pepe de Lucia, multiple Grammy Award-winning flamenco guitarist and producer Javier Limón, Palestinian oud/violin master Simon Shaheen, fretless guitar pioneer David Fiuczynski, Turkey’s gypsy clarinet legend Hüsnü Senlendirici, and Lebanese nay virtuoso and multi instrumentalist Bassam Saba, among many others.
ABOUT UTAR:
Pianist, percussionist, composer and arranger Utar Artun has performed in workshops, concerts and clinics with Bobby McFerrin, Maria Schneider, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Simon Shaheen, Jason Lindner, Kenwood Dennard and David Fiuczynski. He is in involved with the Rhythm of the Universe Project as arranger, performer and orchestrator, as well as the Planet MicroJam Institute at Berklee College of Music. He has also composed and arranged over 50 pieces for symphony orchestra, as well as more than 100 pieces for brass bands and big bands. Featured on various studio albums as a piano player, arranger, and drummer. His compositions and arrangements are performed in USA, Switzerland, Turkey, Holland and Russia. Artun is working as an arranger for Ankara Kent Bigband and is currently on the faculty of Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Seasonal drabness may be the rule outside, but inside, the hall will be full of color. Elizabeth Hunter’s show of her signature rugs begins January 16 and runs through the end of March. The South Portland, Maine weaver will speak briefly on her work at 2pm Sunday, January 31st
Hunter studied in Oslo, Norway and Reykjavik, Iceland. The Scandinavian sense of simplicity and color is evident in her work. She has shown in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. She is a member of the Maine Crafts Association and the Maine Crafts Guild. She also writes for Norwegian Textile Letter.
Gallery hours vary. Call 617.527.6566 for availability. All pieces available for sale. 15% of all sales will go towards the SCC’s Legacy Challange.
Moomintrolls. Moomintrolls. Moomintrolls. Say that three times fast!
What are these curious creatures? Where do they come from? Join local Moomin expert Sally Cragin to learn all about these delightful Finnish characters and create your own Moomin-crafts to take home.
For children ages 5 and up and their families.
admission $5 for children | FREE for SCC members
This program is made possible by a donation in memory of Ruth Williams. Ruth, originally from Canterbury, England, emigrated to Boston as a Fulbright Scholar, rare for her time. She went on to receive her MA and Ph.D. at Boston University. At The Park School in Brookline she taught lower school until she was appointed permanent Fourth Grade Teacher and Division Head of the Middle School. She was beloved by students and parents and fellow teachers — for her chipper manner, ready wit, and brilliant, surprising teaching styles.
Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home – a place where she can feel in control, alone with her husband and her thoughts. But Ingrid’s real problems lie within, not beyond the walls of her apartment, and her deepest fears and repressed fantasies soon take over.
96 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.
We are thrilled to host author Darra Goldstein as she talks with us about her time in Scandinavia and her beautiful book Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking. ABOUT THE BOOK: Scandinavia is a region of extremes—where effortlessly chic design meets rugged wilderness, and perpetual winter nights are followed by endless days of summer—and Fire and Ice proves that Scandinavian cuisine is no exception. Darra Goldstein explores the rich cultural history and culinary traditions of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. From the bold aroma of smoked arctic char to the delicate flavor of saffron buns, and from the earthy taste of chanterelle soup to the fragrant aroma of raspberry-rose petal jam, this beautifully curated cookbook features over 100 inspiring and achievable recipes that introduce home cooks to the glorious and diverse flavors of Nordic cooking.Darra will be signing books after her talk.
Saturday, March 12th | noon | FREE please reserve your seat below
ABOUT DARRA Darra Goldstein has spent much of the last four decades falling in love with Scandinavia; its people, its landscape, and most of all, its food. She is the founding editor of the James Beard Award-winning journal Gastronomica and a professor of Russian at Williams College. Goldstein has authored or edited more than a dozen books, including The Georgian Feast, which won the 1994 IACP Julia Child Award. She lives in Williamstown Massachusetts.
ABOUT KOLA: He was born in Vyborg (Viipuri) in 1937, but moved to the United States as a young boy. He is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, BFA 1959 and Yale University, MFA (with honors) 1962. He taught art at Wheaton College for many years. Numerous exhibitions and awards.
When Air Force One is shot down by terrorists leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness, there is only one person around who can save him – a 13-year old boy called Oskari. In the forest on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk, Oskari had been planning to track down a deer, but instead discovers the most powerful man on the planet in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their own “Big Game” prize, the unlikely duo must team up to escape their hunters. As anxious Pentagon officials observe the action via satellite feed, it is up to the President and his new side-kick to prove themselves and survive the most extraordinary 24 hours of their lives.
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.
**02.05.16 The show is still on for tonight. The roads should be clear by seven. It will be a cozy night for a lovely concert**
SWEA Boston and the SCC proudly present the 2015 Sigrid Paskells Scholarship award winner, pianist Lana Suran, in her first concert back in the United States after completing a European tour. Suran’s performance will also celebrate the two year anniversary of the installation of our Steinway B.
About Lana Suran
Lana Anikina Suran (b.1992) gave her first public performance at the age of five and is most recently the winner of the 2015 Paskéll Prize for Performing Arts given by SWEA International. She has performed in Alice Tully Hall, Scandinavia House, Steinway Hall, Steinert Hall, Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall in the U.S, Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen, Concert Noble in Brussels, Chateau du Lac in Brussels, Teatro Petruzelli and Santuario di Nostra Signora della Rovere in Italy, Wiener Saal and Mozarteum in Salzburg, Salle Cortot in Paris, Grand Hall of Tbilisi Conservatory and all major concert halls in Sweden.
She won the first Steinway Competition in Sweden at the age of eight and received first prize in all major Swedish competitions before turning sixteen, this includes First prize in Peter Jablonski Competition, Swedish Young Soloist and Berlindske Tidendes competition in Copenhagen, Silver medal at the 17th Young Musician International Competition ”Citta di Barletta” and Bronze medal at the Giovanni Talenti International Competition in Italy. During the Summer of 2014, Lana was invited to give a solo recital at Helsingborg Piano Festival in Sweden side by side with pianists Marc André-Hamelin, Haochen Zhang and Peter Jablonski.
She has worked and collaborated with Artists such as, Dmitri Bashkirov, Paul Biss, Aquilles Delle-Vigne, Vladimir Feltsman, Robert Hamilton, Jiri Hlinka, Philip Kawin, Kodály String Quartet, Lang-Lang, Laurence Lesser, Meng-Chieh Liu, Hans Leygraf, Jerome Lowenthal, Maxim Mogilevsky, Alexandre Moutouzkine, Svetlana Navasardian, Haesun Paik, Susan Starr, Peter Takaczs, Per Tengstrand, Jan Wijn, Frank Wibaut, Oxana Yablonskaya and Benjamin Zander.
She is currently studying with Professor Alexander Korsantia at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
This program was made possible by a grant from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.
Thanks to our co-sponsor
Program:
J.S Bach – Prelude and Fugue in
b flat minor, WTC book I
van Beethoven –
Sonata op.10 no.3 in D Major
Presto
Largo e mesto
Menuetto: Allegro
Rondo: Allegro
-intermission (10/15min)-
Schumann – Fantasie op.17 in C Major
Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton
This program is made possible by a donation in memory of Ruth Williams. Ruth, originally from Canterbury, England, emigrated to Boston as a Fulbright Scholar, rare for her time. She went on to receive her MA and Ph.D. at Boston University. At 
We are thrilled to host author Darra Goldstein as she talks with us about her time in Scandinavia and her beautiful book Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking.
