November 2007 – January 2008
New York, NY
Lars Norén’s War
Performances at Rattlestick Playwright’s Theater. |
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2007 – 2008
New York, NY
New York Scandia Symphony
presents concert series of Scandinavian music at Trinity Church during the 2007-2008 season. This series presents imaginative and creative programs of music by classical, romantic and contemporary Scandinavian composers. |
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November 2007 – April, 2008
New York, NY and Chicago, IL
Dream Chamber
Performed by the Norwegian production company Ane Lan. |
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December 2007 – March 2008
Philadelphia, PA
American Swedish Historical Museum
An exhibition and educational programs based on the book, Elin’s Amerika. |
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January 14 – April 5, 2008
Houston, TX
Visual Voice: the Poster Art of Finn Nygaard
The Museum of Printing History exhibits the highlights of Danish artist’s work. |
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January – February 2008
Hancock, MI
Finlandia University’s Finnish American Heritage Center
Sámi scholar Bård Borg from Tromsø, Norway will participate in a symposium related to an exhibition on the Sámi Reindeer Herding Project in Alaska. |
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February 2008
Seattle, WA
Sisu Cinema: Nine From the Finnish New Wave
Film series by the Northwest Film Forum. |
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February 2008
Göteborg, Sweden
Zebrakorsning Teaterproducktion
will present Blue Surge, a play by American dramatist Rebecca Gilman, at Teater Trixter.
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February 16-17, 2008
Amherst, MA
University of Massachusetts presents "MYTH: A Graduate Conference in German & Scandinavian Studies" plus a screening of Embla, presented by the director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson. |
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March 6-8 2008
San Francisco, CA
Other Minds Music Festival
Performance by Swedish electro-acoustic composer Åke Parmerud at the 13th annual International Music Festival at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. |
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March 1-8, 2008
Espoo, Finland
Hanasaari Cultural Center
Seminar: "Managing Change in the Globalized Society for young American and Nordic leaders"
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March 14, 2008
Stockholm, Sweden
Rabbit Hole at Teater Playhouse.
Scandinavian premiere of American playwright David Lindsay-Abaire’s 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning drama at Teater Playhouse. |
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April 18-20, 2008
Decorah, IA
Vesterheim Museum presents "Coming Out of the Woodwork: A Vesterheim Symposium on Norwegian Folk Art". The program will include a variety of activities and formats, including illustrated lectures, hands-on demonstrations, museum exhibitions, multi-day classes, and roundtable discussions. Two keynote speakers for the symposium are Olav Mortensen, a knifemaker from Skein, Norway and Eivind Falk, director of Norsk Handverksutviking.
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May 10, 2008
Waterbury, CT
Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
presents the "Leroy Anderson Centennial Pops Celebration", including a parade and massed musical performance of Anderson's music. Conducted by Leif Bjaland and featuring soloist Simon Tedeschi. |
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May 15, 2008
New York, NY
Norwegian Seamen's Church
The Norwegian artist forum, Harding Puls, will be the"Main Exhibitor" in 2008 with an exhibition celebrating the centennial of two artists who had a connection to Hardanger, poet Olav H. Hauge and composer and pianist Geirr Tveitt.
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May - June, 2008
Denmark, Norway & Sweden
Augustana College Choir
Total of nine concerts, including local celebrations in Gavle and Hille honoring Augustana founder Lars Paul Esbjorn. Seventy-five representatives of the choir will participate in the tour. |
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May - October, 2008
Rockland, ME
Project Puffin, part of the National Audubon Society Seabird Restoration Program, will present the exhibition"Wings Across the Atlantic - The Shared Seabird Heritage of Sweden and Maine" featuring Swedish artist Karl Mårtens & his paintings at the Project Puffin Visitor Center. |
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June 2-4, 2008
Helsinki, Finland
Nordic Pragmatism Network
American scholars, Richard Bernstein, Larry Hickman & James Cambell, will participate in the Nordic Pragmatism Conference at the University of Helsinki |
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June, 2008
Rock Island, IL
Augustana College
Annual "Jenny Lind" mid-Summer concert featuring operatic soprano and Sweden's Jenny Lind scholar, Susanna Stern, from Royal Opera School, with accompanist Anna Christensson. |
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July 4 - October 26, 2008
Washington. DC
National Museum of Women in the Arts presents an exhibition of Finnish contemporary artist, Eija-Liisa Ahtila as part of NMWA's "Women Artists Worldwide" series. |
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August, 2008
Becket, MA
Jacob's Pillow 2008 Dance Festival
Swedish dance group Stockholm 59° North will preform a new number created by well-known choreographer Cristina Caprioli. They will also perform "Castrati" by Nacho Duato, as well as two pieces by Mats Ek. |
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October, 2008
Georgetown, TX
Williamson County Historical Museum presents a travelling exhibit entitled "From Småland, Sweden to Big Land Texas" as a component to the Swedish history exhibit currently at the Museum. |
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