Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily to the presentation of Minä olin se katse J´étais ce regard (Kesuura 2012) by Anja Kosonen-Fantapié on Tuesday 24.4 at 6pm. This is a posthumous collection of poems Anja Kosonen-Fantapié wrote in secret after settling down in France. The translation of the poems into French are by Jean-Luc [...]
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Tuesday 24.4 at 6pm: Presentation of ‘Minä olin se katse J´étais ce regard’ by Anja Kosonen-Fantapié
Monday 23.4 at 6pm: “Armas Launis, successes and failures of a Finnish composer” by Henri-Claude Fantapié
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are invited to “Armas Launis, successes and failures of a Finnish composer in Nice (1930-1959)” by French composer and conductor Henri-Claude Fantapié on Monday 23.4 at 6pm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Claude_Fantapi%C3%A9 Henri-Claude Fantapié has kindly accepted to speak about past and present musical works composed in Nice and in particular about Armas Launis. [...]
Saturday 25.2 at 3pm: ‘Voiko Suomen sisällissotaa kuvata autenttisesti elokuvassa’ with film director Claes Olsson
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily invited to ‘Voiko Suomen sisällissotaa kuvata autenttisesti elokuvassa’ with film director Claes Olsson on Saturday 25.2 at 3pm. Claes Olsson has kindly accepted to discuss and present excerpts of his new film ‘Taistelu Näsilinnasta 1918’ (The battle of Näsilinna 1918). The talk will be in Finnish and Swedish. [...]
Wednesday 15.2 at 6pm: ‘Lähemmä läpi kyläisen’, a poetry performance by the Speech and Drama students of Snellman College
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily invited to “Lähemmä läpi kyläisen“, a poetry performance by the Speech and Drama students of Snellman College on Wednesday 15.2 at 6pm! “Lähemmä läpi kyläisen” presents a medley of poems from the traditional Finnish Kanteletar. These poems of sorrow, humour and love, offering glimpses of everyday life, are [...]
Tuesday 20.12 at 6pm: ‘Balanchine and the Lost Muse’ by Elizabeth Kendall
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are invited to ‘Balanchine and the Lost Muse’ by Elizabeth Kendall on Tuesday 20.12 at 6pm. Elizabeth has kindly accepted to talk about George Balanchine’s youth in St. Petersburg (Petrograd, Leningrad and Finland), and about his classmate, the young gifted ballerina Lidiia Ivanova, who died (a possible murder) in 1924, [...]
Friday 9.12 at 6pm: : ‘Finland 360°’ by writers and tourism developers Ulla-Maija Rouhiainen and Sari Snellman
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are invited to ‘Finland 360°’ by travel/culture writers and tourism developers Ulla-Maija Rouhiainen and Sari Snellman on Friday 9.12 at 6pm. Ulla-Maija and Sari will discuss themes related to Finland and its image, and their importance to tourism (sauna naturally and others). It will be photographic journey through Finland and [...]