Join us as we kick off our Nordic Kids Series new for 2016! Lindsay will join us at the SCC with an hour long show that will include two Hans Christian Andersen tales told in her own special Puppet Pals way.
Year round, Lindsay brings her Puppet Pals, lovingly crafted, giant hand puppets and marionettes, to child and family audiences across New England. Filled with silliness, crowd participation, and unique, memorable characters, this series of charming and positive short stories will delight the young and the young at heart!
Join the Finlandia Foundation Boston for a screening of 2016 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, The Fencer.
Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.
Director: Klaus Härö, Finnish with English subtitles.
Movie begins at 4pm in the Nordic Hall. Free admission.
Join us as local virtuosi from Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston as they present works by Mendelssohn, Dvorak, and Scandinavian-American composer and cellist Steven Laven.
FEATURING
Kristina Nilsson, violin
Colin Davis, violin
Anne Black, viola
Steven Laven, cello
Nina’s Journey is a feature film, but with an authentic narrator. We follow Nina and her family during six dramatic years, half of them spent in the Warsaw ghetto. The film tells the story of a young girl coming of age under extreme circumstances: Nina falls in love, goes to parties, and graduates high school – all in the Warsaw ghetto. One could say that, in these horrid times, she is almost living the life of a normal teenager. If it wasn’t for the fact that all those around her are vanishing, one by one. Nina’s Journey is shot in Warsaw, with Polish actors. But it is narrated by the elderly Nina Einhorn herself.
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.
As backdrop to the two tales, Thor Against the Frost Giants and The Mead of Poetry–each a half-hour long tale accompanied with a full score on 12-string guitar and told with character voices and narrative–-he’ll describe the Nine Worlds of Norse belief while playing the Celtic harp.
ideal for ages 6 and up
admission $12. Tickets available at the door. Cash or credit accepted. About Odds
Odds Bodkin, called “a consummate storyteller” by the New York Times, shares two of his favorite Norse myths and delves into how, during the Medieval Warm Period, when Europe’s seas warmed for three hundred years, Scandinavians––Swedes, Norwegians and men of the Danish Mark––ventured far across the world, sometimes raiding, but mostly trading their way all the way to the Caspian Sea.
Tiina Kivijärvi is a versatile violinist and violin teacher. Born in Savonlinna in 1988, she graduated from the Drama and Music Institute of the Lahti University of Applied Sciences in 2012. She continued her studies at Lahti Conservatory, where she completed her diploma in the spring of 2015. Tiina Kivijärvi has been teaching at music schools in Lappeenranta and Asikkala, and is currently a lecturer at the Music Institute of Lappeenranta. Tiina Kivijärvi is active in multiple chamber and popular music ensembles. She also has many years of experience in orchestral work with the Lahti Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Nordea Jean Sibelius Orchestra and others.
Please join us for an Open House. Enjoy delicious clam chowder served piping hot from Legal Sea Foods’ own food truck while listening to the music of pianist Marylynn Goldhaber.
Bring a friend, bring a neighbor, and bring an appetite!
Join the SCC as we screen Strange and Familiar: Architecture on Fogo Island as part of Boston Design Week. The film documents, Bergen, Norway-based Saunders Architecture, Fogo Island project in which Saunders skillfully designs buildings that pay homage to the traditional white timber houses that dot the Norwegian fjords in the body ultra-modern architecture. The final result achieves a dramatic balance of new (strange) and familiar. Through the flowing, visual narrative viewers of Strange and Familiar will be captivated by the process of this award-winning contemporary Norwegian firm.
admission free with registration; donations accepted
Princess Vendla knows ALL the languages of the world. How can she find a partner who is her equal?What happens when Timo the Woodsman wants to win her hand?
Performed by children for children and families by members of the Riverfront Children’s Theater. An original musical children’s play adapted by Sally Cragin from the Finnish folk tale. Presented as part of the Finlandia Foundation of Boston‘s monthly free programming.
FREE with registration 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.
Sara Pajunen is a musician and artist based in Minneapolis. After receiving classical music degrees in violin performance, she founded three touring ensembles based on her Finnish heritage. Pajunen’s new work is about finding similarities in difference: current duo Aallotar musically explores the reconnection of cultures grown apart, and developing solo work creates a communal climate to reflect on the universality of change. She has received grants from Jerome Foundation, MN State Arts Board, and is Finlandia Foundation’s Performer of the Year.
About Odds
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 
