Saturday, October 15, 2011

Scandinavian Festival "A Celebration of The Nordic Heritage" at Divine Saviour Catholic Church, 9079 Greenback Ln, Orangevale CA

15th SAT - 10.00am-4.00pm TODAY

Scandinavian Festival "A Celebration of The Nordic Heritage"

at Divine Saviour Catholic Church
9079 Greenback Ln
Orangevale, CA 95662
tel (916) 987-8193

Sacramento's Finlandia Club will be there is full force. The event offers a wonderful selection of music and folk dancing and all things Scandinavia - especially great food.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Sat, Oct 22 Concert ($60 in advance)


Finlandia Foundation National and San Francisco Bay Area Chapter present:

Two former Finlandia Foundation Performers of the Year in a festive evening of instrumental and vocal music to be followed by a traditional Scandinavian buffet, catered by award-winning Chef Pelle Nilsson


2007 
POY: 
Maria 
Männistö


Maria Männistö is one of the finest young sopranos in the Pacific Northwest, with versatility in different styles, medieval chant to jazz and rock-'n-roll. Her recent New York debut in composer Garrett Fisher's new installation opera Kocho, based on a Japanese Noh play, was highly acclaimed: "Finnish- American soprano Maria Mannisto soared as Kocho."

2009 
POY: 
Terhi 
Miikki­ Broersma


Terhi is a multi-talented musician who performs on organ, piano, bassoon and accordion. She earned a Master’s Degree in Music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and worked full-time as a cantor-organist before moving to the United States. Chamber music has always been close to her heart, either accompanying on piano, organ or cembalo or playing bassoon, her favorite instrument. Terhi will also sing and play the accordion during the social hour.

Saturday, 
October
 22

First 
Presbyterian 
Church

1140
 Cowper 
Street; 
Palo 
Alto, 
California


Honored Semi­-formal
 attire 
requested


Concert 
4:00
p.m.

Social/Cocktail
Traditional


$60.00
 per 
person
 in 
advance.
 Please 
send 
RSVP 
with 
check 
(made 
out 
to 
FFSFBAC)


Mail checks to
 Gunnel
 Pero;
 1365
 Green
 St. 
#204; San
 Francisco
, CA 94104


No
 admittance
 at 
the 
door.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

UC Berkeley Finnish Film Night, TUES, Oct. 13, 6pm "Putoavia Enkeleitä" – Falling Angels (2008)

Hello everyone!

There will be a Finnish film night next week on Thursday Oct. 13th, 6 PM. The location is Dwinelle B-4 (the doors to Dwinelle on the Campanile side will be unlocked). Everyone is welcome!

The movie is shown in Finnish with English subtitles. You can read the synopsis below.

-Jenni Tuikkala
TA in Finnish





Putoavia Enkeleitä – Falling Angels (2008)

The daughter of two great poets, Lauri Viita and Aila Meriluoto, has trouble finding her own path and keeps living her life through her father’s poetry. When her mother starts writing a biography of her father, she wants to read the script to see if it’s truthful. Reading the lines she starts to remember and understand the real truth – the tragedy of her talented father.

The movie is partly based on the Autobiography of Aila Meriluoto. The year it was published, the movie received three Jussi awards (the Finnish Oscar!) for the best actor, best actress, and best supporting actress.

If you’d like to explore Lauri Viita in some more detail, here is one link in English:
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/lviita.htm

Here is a link to an article on Aila Meriluoto visiting the theater version of Putoavia Enkeleitä:
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Poet+sees+her+own+life+onstage/1101978697195

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

7PM, 10/16 Singer/Songwriter Jonathan Rundman performs @Berkeley Finnish Hall (all ages welcome, suggested donation $10 at the door, $5 for students)

Finnish-American SINGER/SONGWRITER JONATHAN RUNDMAN TO PERFORM IN BERKELEY

Minneapolis, MN - Critically acclaimed folk/pop songwriter Jonathan Rundman will perform in Berkeley, CA, on October 16th, 2011. Rundman is touring the country in support of his forthcoming self-titled career-retrospective CD.

Sunday, October 16th, 7PM
all ages welcome, suggested donation $10 at the door, $5 for students
JONATHAN RUNDMAN in concert
Finnish Brotherhood Hall
1970 Chestnut St
Berkeley, CA 94702
510-845-5352

Born and raised in the isolated Finnish-American communities of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Jonathan Rundman has been writing songs and performing across the country since he was 18 years old. Rundman’s
fresh and inventive brand of melodic folk/pop songwriting has generated rave reviews in Billboard, The New York Times, Performing Songwriter, Paste, and countless regional publications. Jonathan's music can be heard on radio stations across America, in Scandinavia and England, and have been featured on the Ellen Degeneres Show.

Later this year Salt Lady Records will release a new retrospective CD entitled Jonathan Rundman, collecting 20 of his best songs from the past decade.

Born and raised in the isolated Finnish-American communities of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Jonathan Rundman has been writing songs and performing across the country since he was 18 years old. Rundman’s fresh and inventive brand of melodic folk/pop songwriting has generated rave reviews in Billboard, The New York Times, Performing Songwriter, Paste, and countless regional publications. Jonathan's music can be heard on radio stations across America, in Scandinavia and England, and have been featured on the Ellen Degeneres Show.

Later this year Salt Lady Records will release a new retrospective CD entitled Jonathan Rundman, collecting 20 of his best songs from the past decade.

“bright, catchy, indie-pop” NEW YORK TIMES

“[Rundman] weds clever, intelligent songwriting to delectable guitar hooks” PASTE MAGAZINE

“Rundman's lyrics paint vivid pictures...utilizing clever phrasing and fresh rhymes." PERFORMING SONGWRITER

“literate…excellent” CITY PAGES

For hi-res press photos and other downloadable info, visit the online press kit here:
HYPERLINK "http://www.jonathanrundman.com/presskit.html" http://www.jonathanrundman.com/presskit.html

To schedule an interview or in-studio appearance with Jonathan Rundman, or to request a CD for review, please contact rundman@gmail.com, 612-382-5299.

Salt Lady Records
PO Box 24163
Minneapolis MN 55424-0163
612-382-5299
http://www.jonathanrundman.com