Dear friend of Arkadia, You are welcome to an Introduction to the Helsinki Refugee Film Festival and to the screening of “Zakia Did Stand Up” a short film by Afghan-Finnish director Shabika Adil on Wednesday 23.11 at 6pm. The first Helsinki Refugee Film Festival is a about to start – a good time to join [...]
Category Archives: Foreigners in Finland
Thursday 13.10 at 6pm: Kotona – Suomessa! by Doina Negruti
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are invited to Kotona – Suomessa! by Doina Negruti on Thursday 13.10 at 6pm. Doina has kindly accepted to speak of her experience as a refugee and about the life she subsequently made for herself in Finland. The talk will be in Finnish. Warm regards, Ian www.arkadiabookshop.fi -Entrance is free [...]
Monday 29.8 at 6pm: ‘Un cobra chez les lapons’ by Joël Vernet
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily invited by the Institut français de Finlande and the bookshop to “ Un cobra chez les lapons” by writer and poet Joël Vernet on Monday 29.8 at 6pm. Joël Vernet will talk of his research on Belgian painter, writer and poet Christian Dotremont. Christian Dotremont belonged to CoBrA [...]
Friday 19.8 at 6pm: “Why Did You Come Here (to Finland)?” by Russell Snyder
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily invited to “ Why Did You Come Here (to Finland)? “ by Russell Snyder on Friday 19.8 at 6pm. Russell Snyder (born in Los Angeles) came to Finland in 1982 to experience the northern Arctic ambiance of a remote nation. He had planned to stay a year, but [...]
Tuesday 5.4 at 4.30pm: Pekka Haavisto and Pekka Sauri will discuss entrepreneurship and immigration issues
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily invited to listen to Member of Parliament Pekka Haavisto and Pekka Sauri, Vice Mayor of Helsinki, discuss entrepreneurship and immigration issues in Finland on Tuesday 5.4 at 4:30pm. Many questions pertaining to foreigners in Finland, and especially in Helsinki, will be tackled. www.pekkahaavisto.com www.pekkasauri.fi The talk will in [...]