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PHOTO BY NIGEL PARRY<br />
PHOTO BY WWW.LAGE-LUND.COM<br />
For a complete and<br />
updated calendar <strong>of</strong><br />
events please visit<br />
www.norway.org<br />
new york<br />
performing arts<br />
Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler on<br />
Broadway<br />
NEW YORK, NY, through March 29<br />
A woman <strong>of</strong> dangerous independence<br />
restrained by a conventional<br />
marriage, the newly married<br />
Hedda (Mary Louise Parker)<br />
mourns the freedom and excitement<br />
<strong>of</strong> her former life by<br />
indulging in a cruel game, amusing<br />
herself with the misfortune she<br />
inflicts on those around her.<br />
Tickets: (212) 719-1300<br />
music<br />
Guitarist Lage Lund at The<br />
Village Vanguard<br />
NEW YORK, NY, March 17<br />
through 22<br />
Norwegian jazz guitarist Lage<br />
Lund will appear at the legendary<br />
club The Village Vanguard as part<br />
<strong>of</strong> the David Sanchez quartet.<br />
Lund came to New York in 2003<br />
on a grant from the Fulbright foundation<br />
to attend the Juilliard<br />
School as the first electric guitarist<br />
in the school's 100-year history.<br />
Info: www.lage-lund.com or<br />
www.davidsanchezmusic.com<br />
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PHOTO BY MARTINE PETRA HOEL<br />
Edvard Grieg Society Concert<br />
at Yasi Piano Salon<br />
NEW YORK, NY, April 7, 7.30 pm<br />
The Edvard Grieg Society celebrates<br />
the anniversaries <strong>of</strong> Joseph<br />
Haydn and Felix Mendelsohn with<br />
a concert featuring renowned<br />
Norwegian pianist Geir Henning<br />
Braaten.<br />
Info: (212) 339-9995<br />
U.S. premiere <strong>of</strong> Gunnar Berg's<br />
Hymnos at the Trinity Church<br />
NEW YORK, NY, May 28, 2009<br />
New York Scandia Symphony<br />
presents Scandinavia's musical<br />
heritage by Norwegian composer<br />
Gunnar Berg.<br />
Info: (212) 602-0747<br />
exhibits<br />
Anki King<br />
NEW YORK, NY, through April 26<br />
The Norwegian Seamen's Church<br />
and Trygve Lie Gallery is proud to<br />
present Norwegian artist Anki King<br />
with her most current work<br />
"Sisters." The oldest <strong>of</strong> three sisters,<br />
King has created a series <strong>of</strong><br />
paintings and drawings based on<br />
the relationships between siblings.<br />
Info: www.kjerka.com or call<br />
(212) 319-0370<br />
Martine Petra Hoel Exhibit at Art<br />
Raw Gallery<br />
NEW YORK, NY, through March 21<br />
Art Raw gallery will have four photographs<br />
by Martine Petra Hoel on<br />
view and hundreds <strong>of</strong> pieces <strong>of</strong> art<br />
created by other emerging international<br />
artists.<br />
Info: (212) 810-6503<br />
Jannicke Låker in Ecstatic Truth<br />
NEW YORK, NY, through April 26,<br />
Wednesday- Sunday, 12-6 PM.<br />
Norwegian artist Jannicke Låker is<br />
one <strong>of</strong> two artists with works in the<br />
exhibition Ecstatic Truth at the<br />
Dumbo Arts Center. "Ecstatic<br />
truth" is a term used to describe a<br />
filmmaking technique that favors<br />
emotional accuracy over detailoriented<br />
accuracy in a documentary<br />
context.<br />
Info: www.dumboartscenter.org<br />
PHOTO BY HUGO FAGERNES<br />
film<br />
"The Art <strong>of</strong> Negative Thinking"<br />
at Scandinavia House<br />
NEW YORK, NY, March 18, 6:30<br />
pm and March 21, 3.00 pm<br />
This black comedy, directed by<br />
Bård Breien, follows 33 year-old<br />
Geirr, who after becoming severely<br />
handicapped in a traffic accident,<br />
slips into isolation, self medication,<br />
and bitterness, and develops<br />
an odd yet worrisome<br />
weapons fixation.<br />
Info: www.scandinaviahouse.org<br />
or (212) 879-9779<br />
"Natural Born Star" at<br />
Scandinavia House<br />
NEW YORK, NY, March 25, 6:30<br />
pm and March 28, 3.00 pm<br />
This moving documentary from<br />
2007 chronicles the rise and fall <strong>of</strong><br />
Fred Robsahm, who gained fame<br />
in the 1960s as a Norwegian actor<br />
in Italian westerns and dramas<br />
including the cult classic,<br />
Barbarella (1968). The film is<br />
directed by Even Benestad.<br />
Info: www.scandinaviahouse.org<br />
or (212) 879-9779<br />
special event<br />
Miss <strong>Norway</strong> <strong>of</strong> Greater New<br />
York & Miss Norwegian Heritage<br />
NEW YORK, NY, April 4, 2.00 pm<br />
This event at the Norwegian<br />
Christian Home & Health Center<br />
includes lunch, c<strong>of</strong>fee and cake,<br />
live music, special guests and raffle<br />
prizes.<br />
Info: (917) 656-1552 or<br />
bskaar1@aol.com<br />
washington dc<br />
architecture exhibit<br />
Detour at the National Building<br />
Museum<br />
WASHINGTON, D.C., through<br />
May 25, 2009<br />
In recent years, small but sensational<br />
architectural projects along<br />
Norwegian tourist routes have<br />
gained national as well as international<br />
attention.The Detour exhibit<br />
showcases these eye-catching<br />
constructions.<br />
Info: www.norway.org or<br />
(202) 272-2448<br />
panel discussion<br />
Architects discuss Detour<br />
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 30, 6.30 pm<br />
The Norwegian Embassy and the<br />
National Building Museum are<br />
bringing together two Norwegian<br />
architects who have participated<br />
in the Detour project, and an<br />
American architect for a discussion.<br />
The event will <strong>of</strong>fer insight<br />
into the ideas behind the tourist<br />
routes project and highlights the<br />
nature <strong>of</strong> Norwegian architecture.<br />
Info: www.norway.org or<br />
www.nbm.org<br />
the king’s guard<br />
His Majesty the King's Guard at<br />
the US Navy Memorial<br />
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 12.30 pm<br />
His Majesty the King's Guard will<br />
perform at the US Navy Memorial,<br />
Pennsylvania Ave.<br />
Info: www.norway.org<br />
Twilight Tattoo at Ft McNair<br />
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 6, 7 pm<br />
His Majesty the King's Guard will<br />
perform at The United States<br />
Army's most popular outdoor ceremonial<br />
pageant.<br />
Info: www.norway.org<br />
virginia<br />
Wreath laying at Arlington<br />
Cemetery<br />
ARLINGTON, VA, May 8, 14.15 pm<br />
His Majesty the King's Guard will<br />
lay down a wreath at the Tomb <strong>of</strong><br />
the unknown soldier.<br />
Info: www.norway.org<br />
exhibit<br />
61 10' 00" North Latitude:<br />
Encounters and Memories at<br />
the Montpelier Center for Arts<br />
and Education<br />
MONTPELIER, VA, through April 19<br />
Five artists from Virginia will display<br />
images in oil, watercolor,<br />
charcoal and textiles, with motives<br />
based on their travels to <strong>Norway</strong>.<br />
Info: (804) 883-7378<br />
PAINTING BYMIRIAM AHLADAS<br />
PHOTO BY SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER TRANSFORMATION
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