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Week of Events
Monday, June 20, 2022
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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June 21, 2022 –Salka Valka by Halldór Laxness
Salka Valka by Halldór Laxness
On June 21, translator Philip Roughton joins us with Doug McIntyre for a discussion on celebrated Icelandic novelist and Nobel Prize Laureate Halldór Laxness's novel Salka Valka, out June 7 in new translation from Archipelago! On a winter night, an 11-year-old Salvör and her unmarried mother Sigurlína disembark at the remote, run-down fishing village of Óseyri, where life is “lived […]
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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June 22, 2022 –Psychosis in Stockholm
Psychosis in Stockholm
"With a sensitive attitude and impressive acting, captures...the conditions for a beautiful but problematic mother and daughter relationship" (Nöjesguiden) — On June 22, see the new Swedish drama Psychosis in Stockholm /Psykos i Stockholm (dir. Maria Bäck, Sweden, 2020) at Scandinavia House! A mother and daughter are on their way to Stockholm to celebrate the daughter's 14th birthday. When on […]
Thursday, June 23, 2022
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June 23, 2022 –Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio
Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio
Nordic Summer Jazz continues on June 23 with Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs, an expatriot of Brooklyn, and her trio featuring Tag Jonsson on bass and Scott McLemore on drums! The members have blended their voices as performers and composers to create music with a lyricism and subtlety that has taken them far beyond Iceland’s shores. Tickets to […]
Friday, June 24, 2022
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Saturday, June 25, 2022
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June 25, 2022 –Family Midsummer Celebration
Family Midsummer Celebration
Celebrate the longest day of the year Scandinavian-style! In our annual celebration for families, we’ll fashion flower wreathes, learn traditional Midsummer songs, and decorate the maypole. The program will take place in Volvo Hall featuring the music of Finnish singer/songwriter Ida Metsberg, and stories from acclaimed folk storyteller Bill Gordh. Enjoy the festivities with us […]
Sunday, June 26, 2022
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