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SUMMARY:WINE & OIL EXPERIENCE | BJÖRK CAFÉ NYC & SOMM IN THE GROVE
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an unforgettable evening of Nordic elegance and flavor at Björk Café at Scandinavia House! In this exclusive collaboration between Somm In The Grove and Chef Ulrika (founder and chef of Björk)\, a five-course dinner will take you on a culinary journey through Scandinavia — where modern Nordic cuisine meets carefully selected wines and handcrafted olive oils from Spain and Italy. Each dish is rooted in Scandinavian tradition\, and finished with hand-harvested and sustainably sourced olive oils\, highlighting purity\, depth\, and seasonal ingredients. Guided by Certified Wine & Olive Oil Sommelier Sara Jimenez of Somm In The City\, the evening will showcase the art of pairing wine with olive oil-forward dishes in a warm\, intimate setting. \nSeating is limited—reserve now to enjoy an inspired evening of flavor\, culture\, and craftsmanship! \n$105 pp \nReservations \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/wine-oil-experience-with-bjork-cafe-nyc-somm-in-the-grove/
LOCATION:Björk Cafe & Bistro at Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:PASTEL CHALK ON PAPER
DESCRIPTION:This series offers a gentle introduction to the tactile qualities of materials such as paper\, pastel\, paint\, graphite pencil\, and ink. Participants will explore the unique characteristics of various tools and surfaces\, learning simple techniques to get started and discover inspiration—whether drawn from the inner world or the world around us. The focus is on the process of making: approaching art as a meditative\, exploratory practice. Together\, we’ll experiment\, play\, and pay close attention to what unfolds on the page\, moment by moment. There are no expectations for finished pieces or specific outcomes —the class itself is the experience and the goal. Each session will close with a supportive group reflection\, where we’ll share and appreciate each other’s progress\, process\, and discoveries. \nIn this course\, students will explore and experiment with using various pastel chalks on paper. \nThe series can be experienced as a complete progression or as individual\, standalone classes. Participants are welcome to sign up for the full series or choose single sessions—there is no requirement to attend every class.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/pastel-chalk-on-paper/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:MY FRIENDS | NORDIC BOOK CLUB ONLINE
DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On July 8\, we’ll be discussing My Friends by acclaimed Swedish author Fredrik Backman\, a funny and deeply moving tale about a transformative bond between four teenagers\, acclaimed as a “tribute to the forces that make an ordinary life extraordinary (BookPage).” \nMost people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa\, an aspiring artist herself\, knows otherwise\, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures. \nTwenty-five years earlier\, in a distant seaside town\, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier\, telling silly jokes\, sharing secrets\, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning\, a reason to dream\, a reason to love. \nOut of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art\, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa’s care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace\, the more nervous she becomes about what she’ll find… A testament to the transformative\, timeless power of friendship and art. \nMy Friends is available in hardcover\, eBook\, and audio download from Simon & Schuster and other retailers. \nRegister
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/my-friends-nordic-book-club-online/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250712T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250712T150000
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT — WATER-BASED PAINTING
DESCRIPTION:This event is now sold out.  \nThis series offers a gentle introduction to the tactile qualities of materials such as paper\, pastel\, paint\, graphite pencil\, and ink. Participants will explore the unique characteristics of various tools and surfaces\, learning simple techniques to get started and discover inspiration—whether drawn from the inner world or the world around us. The focus is on the process of making: approaching art as a meditative\, exploratory practice. Together\, we’ll experiment\, play\, and pay close attention to what unfolds on the page\, moment by moment. There are no expectations for finished pieces or specific outcomes —the class itself is the experience and the goal. Each session will close with a supportive group reflection\, where we’ll share and appreciate each other’s progress\, process\, and discoveries. \nIn this course\, students will explore and experiment with water-based colored paint and water using brushes on paper. \nThe series can be experienced as a complete progression or as individual\, standalone classes. Participants are welcome to sign up for the full series or choose single sessions—there is no requirement to attend every class. \n 
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/water-based-painting/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T120000
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SUMMARY:AND WHEN THE LIGHT COMES IT WILL BE SO FANTASTIC | VIRTUAL BOOK TALK
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual book talk with Norwegian poet Kristin Berget on when the light comes it will be so fantastic\, with translator and poet Kathleen Maris Paltrineri. They’ll discuss the 2017 Brage Prize-nominated poetry collection\, now out in translation from Northwestern University Press\, with moderator Marisa Siegel (Fixed Stars\, 2022). \nand when the light comes it will be so fantastic weaves together themes of ecological and linguistic loss\, memory and deep time\, and motherhood and grief. Berget’s poetics point to landscapes used as sites of extraction\, where exhausted phosphorus\, starving clay layers\, and forest machines are encountered. The poems in this collection traverse forests\, deserts\, and seas—their poetic matter separated by fields of caesuras\, visual absences suggestive of Earth’s ongoing extinctions. As jurors of the Brage Prize commented\, within these pages is a universe where humans can seldom be separated from one another or from the nature they live in and among. Berget’s first book translated into English is an innovative exploration of the climate crises we are living with today and the complex emotions that ebb and flow along with it. \nRegister
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/and-when-the-light-comes-it-will-be-so-fantastic-virtual-book-talk/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:FOLKTALES | SCREENING & DIRECTOR TALK
DESCRIPTION:On July 16\, see the acclaimed new documentary Folktales followed by a film talk by Oscar®-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady! In this life-affirming masterpiece\, teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway where they must rely on only themselves\, one another\, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions. The film will be opening theatrically at IFC on July 25. \nIn Norse mythology\, the three “Norns” are powerful deities who weave the threads of fate and shape humans’ futures. Today\, Pasvik Folk High School in northern Norway aims to produce a similar life-changing effect on its students. Folktales tells the timely and heartwarming story of teenagers who choose to spend an unconventional “gap year” learning to dog sled and survive the Arctic wilderness\, in hopes of finding connection and meaning in the modern world. Guided by patient teachers and a yard full of heroic Alaskan huskies\, they discover their own potential and develop deep relationships with the land\, animals and humans around them. Through intimate verité storytelling and exhilarating cinematography\, Ewing and Grady examine humans on the cusp of adulthood\, finding themselves at the edge of the world.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/folktales-screening-director-talk/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT — CARVE A COOK SPOON!
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to carve a spoon from a fresh cut tree using traditional Nordic carving techniques. We cover tree anatomy\, axing out a blank (roughed out spoon shape)\, knife holds for the hook & sloyd knife\, drying\, and finishing. This class is great for the beginner or the person wanting to learn “Sloyd style” carving. The class fee includes tool rental\, materials\, a finishing kit\, and safety gloves. Please wear pants and close-toed-shoes\, as we are going to make some wood chips. \nRegister
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/carve-a-cook-spoon/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250719T150000
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SUMMARY:METAL & WOOD WORK | NORDIC ECHOES PANEL
DESCRIPTION:Held alongside our exhibition Nordic Echoes — Tradition in Contemporary Art\, the first major traveling exhibition of contemporary Nordic artist traditions from the Upper Midwest\, join us for a panel discussion with three featured in the show: Talon Cavender-Wilson\, Elizabeth Belz and Jess Hirsch. With exhibition curator Sally Yerkovich\, they’ll discuss their works in the show and their respective metalworking and woodworking practices.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/metal-wood-work-nordic-echoes-panel/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T200000
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SUMMARY:JOSTEIN GULBRANDSEN TRIO | NORDIC SUMMER JAZZ
DESCRIPTION:See a Nordic Summer Jazz performance on July 23 with Jostein Gulbrandsen Trio! The acclaimed Norwegian guitarist and composer Jostein Gulbrandsen will be accompanied by bassist Mike McGuirk and drummer Adam Nussbaum for this live show in Victor Borge Hall. \n 
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/jostein-gulbrandsen-trio-nordic-summer-jazz/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T150000
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT — GRAPHITE PENCILS
DESCRIPTION:*This program is sold out.* \nThis series offers a gentle introduction to the tactile qualities of materials such as paper\, pastel\, paint\, graphite pencil\, and ink. Participants will explore the unique characteristics of various tools and surfaces\, learning simple techniques to get started and discover inspiration—whether drawn from the inner world or the world around us. The focus is on the process of making: approaching art as a meditative\, exploratory practice. Together\, we’ll experiment\, play\, and pay close attention to what unfolds on the page\, moment by moment. There are no expectations for finished pieces or specific outcomes —the class itself is the experience and the goal. Each session will close with a supportive group reflection\, where we’ll share and appreciate each other’s progress\, process\, and discoveries. \nIn this course\, students will explore and experiment with using graphite pencils on paper. \nThe series can be experienced as a complete progression or as individual\, standalone classes. Participants are welcome to sign up for the full series or choose single sessions—there is no requirement to attend every class. \n 
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/graphite-pencils/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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