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
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.
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.
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.
