Former architect Marty Lehman paints buildings, cityscapes, landscapes and “all things Swedish.” In an exhibition entitled “Watercolor Impressions,” view works including Swedish landscapes and winter scenes.
On view through December. Gallery hours vary. Call 617.527.6566 to confirm availability.
Marty graduated from Cornell University’s College of Architecture in 1960, and had a professional career in architecture for nearly 50 years, working in Stockholm, Sweden, Boston ,Cambridge and for 22 years as one of DIGITAL’s corporate architects.
Marty recently “re-discovered” the joy of watercolor painting. This show represents work done in the past seven years, featuring his favorite themes… buildings, cityscapes, landscapes, and all things Swedish.
Marty Lehman is generously donating 20% of all sales to the SCC.
Gallery hours vary. Call 617.527.6566 for availability.
The Nordic Hall has been home to two pianos for nearly two years– one belonging to Suzuki School of Newton, and the other, the Center’s own Steinway B, installed in January of 2014. Hear these two instruments in a special “dueling pianos” performance with pianists Hankus Netsky and Daniel Padgett in this unique concert co-presented by the SCC and the Suzuki School of Newton.
ABOUT HANKUS NETSKY
A multi-instrumentalist, composer, and scholar, Hankus Netsky teaches improvisation and Jewish music. He is the founder and director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, an internationally renowned Yiddish music ensemble. Netsky has previously taught Jewish music at Hebrew College and Wesleyan University, and has lectured extensively in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Several of his essays on klezmer music have been published by the University of California Press.
ABOUT DANIEL PADGETT
Daniel Padgett enjoys an active and varied career in music. He is frequently engaged as an accompanist and collaborative pianist throughout the Boston area. Spring of 2016 will see Daniel collaborating with Ronan Tynan, of famed singing group The Irish Tenors, for a recording and series of performances. An accomplished improviser, he can be found playing in jazz combos during services at Old South Church in Copley Square and creating spontaneous piano compositions during services at other Boston-area churches. Daniel recently made his debut on iTunes and Spotify with the world premiere recording of Paul Sayed’s set of piano miniatures Seven Morsels in the Form of a Persimmon. His original compositions have been featured on Sirius XM satellite radio and in numerous podcasts. He also plays drums in Boston-based indie-rock band Whistle Jacket and writes his own singer-songwriter material. When not engaged in musical endeavors Daniel is invested in running JD Productions, a video production company with an emphasis on musical subjects featuring a talented all-high school staff.
Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Jonas Jonasson, the unlikely story of a 100-year-old man who decides it’s not too late to start over. For most people it would be the adventure of a lifetime, but Allan Karlsson’s unexpected journey is not his first. For a century he’s made the world uncertain, and now he is on the loose again.
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.
Directed by Susanne Bier. A romantic comedy set in Sorrento, Italy. Philip (Brosnan), an Englishman living in Denmark, is a middle-aged widower and estranged single father. Ida (Dyrholm) is a Danish hairdresser who’s just been left by her husband for a younger woman. The fates of these two souls are about to intertwine as they embark for a trip to Italy to attend the wedding of Patrick and Astrid, Philip’s son and Ida’s daughter. It’s a story about seeking love and having the courage to change your life – even when you think it’s too late. 110 minutes. In Danish, English and Italian 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.
Five years ago printmaker and book artist Annie Silverman was invited to attend summer artist residencies in both Denmark and Ireland. While in Denmark she bought some silver plated Danish tea spoons and a soup spoon in a charity shop in Holbæk, as well as an old Danish history school book that still had the scent of tobacco from the drawer in which it must have been kept. When she arrived in rural Donegal, Ireland, Annie used the spoons in her art making exercise everyday. She made rubbings of them, traced them onto patterned papers, and painted their shapes into the Danish history book. Later on she created an artist book DANISH SPOONS, which last year was awarded First Prize in the Beyond Books Exhibition in Woodstock, Vermont.
Altered pages from Danish History have been scanned, enlarged and printed for this exhibition.
On view September and October. Gallery hours vary. Call 617.527.6566 to confirm availability.
ABOUT ANNIE
Annie Silverman is printmaker and book artist living in Somerville, Massachusetts. In 1972 she first went to Denmark with the SCANDINAVIAN SEMINAR program, which began a life long connection to this country. She lived in Denmark for 2.5 years, speaks fluent Danish, and over the past 40 years has made many return visits.
Annie is the proprietor of ABRAZOS PRESS, a teaching and professional print shop in Somerville, MA. She has taught at Massachusetts College of Art and Design for over 20 years an exhibits her work nationally and internationally, most recently in Italy, Holland, Japan, and Worcester, Massachusetts. In the Spring of 2015 she curated THE BIRDS AND THE BEES exhibition at the NAVE GALLERY IN Somerville.
Join the Finlandia Foundation Boston as they celebrate 60 years of promoting and celebrating Finnish culture not only in the Boston area, but across the state. The 60th year anniversary party will start with a light dinner followed by a modern Scandinavian jazz concert with guitarist Olli Hirvonen & His Band (Marty Kenney – bass and Nathan Ellman-Bell – drums).
ABOUT OLLI HIRVONEN
Hirvonen is a Finnish jazz guitarist currently based in New York City. He is the most accomplished Finnish guitarist of his generation, having already been chosen as the Artist of the Year of the Pori International Jazz Festival 2011 and having an international career well on its way. Born in the city of Lappeenranta, a lakeside town in southeast Finland, he began his musical studies at the age of nine at the local music institute with classical guitar and piano.
After finishing high school in 2008, Hirvonen began his studies at the prestigious jazz department of Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where he finished his Bachelor’s degree in June 2011. In August 2011 he relocated to New York City to pursue his Master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music.
Hirvonen has been performing with his own ensembles all around the world since 2008. These performances include festivals in Finland and abroad, including the main stage of Pori Jazz, the most famous jazz festival of Finland. Hirvonen was nominated as the Artist of the Year of the Pori Jazz 2011 festival, which is one of the highest and the most visible recognition in the Finnish jazz scene.
Tickets: $30 RSVP at FinlandiaBoston@gmail.com
or
call Sirkku Konttinen at 617-484-6847 by November 30th.
You can
mail your check to:
FINLANDIA FOUNDATION – BOSTON
P. O. BOX 308
ARLINGTON, MA 02474-0007
You can also RSVP and pay at the door
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Join the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce New England and kick off this holiday season with good friends and new acquaintances at the 53rd annual Christmas Dinner on Saturday, December 12. The dinner event includes a glögg, lucia pageant, our traditional catered smörgåsbord with complimentary drinks and dessert as well as songs to accompany the snaps and a raffle.
Take the opportunity to meet other members of the Swedish–American Community in New England. Limited seats available – get your ticket today!
Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He’s odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he’s at war with Satan. The rectory is a half-way house for recently paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 12 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan’s thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan’s faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan’s insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightening. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution’s spring.
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.
A collection of recent prints by artists from Íslensk grafík / Icelandic Printmakers Association including etchings, Chine-collé, monoprints, lithographs and electro etchings inspired primarily by Icelandic landscapes and human nature.
This exhibition was made possible through a collaboration with The Boston Printmakers who completed an expedition to Iceland in August of this year and collaborated with Íslensk grafík artists.
The Belmont Gallery of Art will present a companion exhibit featuring additional works by Íslensk grafík artists alongside works by The Boston Printmakers through December 5th.
Íslensk grafík / Icelandic Printmakers Association celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. The Association runs its own gallery and studio in the centre of Reykjavik and serves as an organized interest group whose primary functions are promoting printmaking in Iceland, organizing combined exhibitions for members, and introducing international printmaking to Iceland and Icelandic printmaking abroad. Íslensk grafík has approximately 70 members.
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, Finlandia Foundation-Boston invites pianist Paavali Jumppanen for a special performance featuring works by the famed composer.
Save the date for another Sibelius150 event: Sunday March, 22nd at 3pm (free)
Continuing the Sibelius 150 years celebration, Finlandia Foundation-Boston welcomes Glenda Dawn Goss, author of Sibelius: A Composer’s Life and the Awakening of Finland. Ms. Goss will share her insight into the life and works of the great composer in the context of Finnish and Northern European cultural history.
About Sibelius
Jean Sibelius, born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957, was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic period. His music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity.
The core of Sibelius’ oeuvre is his set of seven symphonies. Like Beethoven, Sibelius used each successive work to further develop his own personal compositional style. His works continue to be performed frequently in the concert hall and are often recorded.
In addition to the symphonies, Sibelius’ best-known compositions include Finlandia, the Karelia Suite, Valse triste, the Violin Concerto in D minor, Kullervo, and The Swan of Tuonela (one of the four movements of the Lemminkäinen Suite). Other works include pieces inspired by the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala; over 100 songs for voice and piano; incidental music for 13 plays; the opera Jungfrun i tornet (The Maiden in the Tower); chamber music; piano music; Masonic ritual music; and 21 separate publications of choral music.
Sibelius composed prolifically until the mid-1920s. However, after completing his Seventh Symphony (1924), the incidental music to The Tempest (1926), and the tone poem Tapiola (1926), he produced no large scale works for the remaining thirty years of his life. Although he is reputed to have stopped composing, he in fact attempted to continue writing, including abortive efforts to compose an eighth symphony. He wrote some Masonic music and re-edited some earlier works during this last period of his life, and retained an active interest in new developments in music, although he did not always view modern music favorably.
The Finnish 100 mark bill featured his image until it was taken out of circulation in 2002 when the euro was adopted as a cash currency. Since 2011, Finland has celebrated a Flag Day on 8 December, the composer’s birthday, also known as the ‘Day of Finnish Music’.
