12/7 @ 2 p in Berkeley "Finland’s Independence Day Celebration"

Finland’s Independence Day Celebration 2014

You are cordially invited to celebrate the

97th anniversary of Finland’s Independence

Berkeley Finnish Kaleva Hall
1970 Chestnut St., Berkeley, CA
Sun, Dec 7th, 2014 @ 2:00 pm

The program:

• Kalevala-themed music and poetry presentation in Finnish and English
• Heikki Koskinen, Kati Pienimäki Schenker, Tuula Cotter-Tossavainen and Rent Romus, music
• Rent Romus and Sirpa Tuomainen, poems
• Main Address: Mrs. Anja Miller
• Display of Finnish national costumes
  Guests are encouraged to wear their own costumes to the celebration
• Introduction: Scholars & students from Finland & those studying Finnish
• Closing song: Finlandia Hymn in Finnish and English
  Accompanied by Thor Miao
• Refreshments after the program
  Donations welcomed.

Finnish female conductor Susanna Malkki performs 2 pm Sun, 11/30 at SF's Davies Symphony Hall.

Finnish female conductor Susanna Malkki performs 2 pm Sun, 11/30 at SF's Davies Symphony Hall. discounted seats call box office (415) 864-6000. Lodge 21 members plan to meet afterwards for an early supper nearby at the Grove on Hayes St

--riku

Tues, Dec 2 @ 6 p.m. --> Former Finnish Studies Student Tim Jollymore discusses his new book in Berkeley, CA

Former Finnish Studies Student Tim Jollymore discusses his new book, LISTENER IN THE SNOW

on Tues, Dec 2nd at 6 p.m.
at University Press Books
2430 Bancroft Way in Berkeley

Book signing will follow the discussion. “How can we talk about each other with dignity and with truth?” This is the question Tim Jollymore poses in his presentation CHASING THE WINDIGO, a discussion of appropriation and fair use in fiction. Can men write women characters? Women men? Listener In The Snow, Jollymore wonders can non-Native writers use Native materials and write Native characters in fiction? What are the outcomes? 

Can whites write African-American characters? Blacks write whites? Particular to his novel,

Using excerpts from American Indian essay and fiction as well as photographs, Jollymore outlines the difficulties, pitfalls, and positive results of the fair use of Native American lore and custom in contemporary writing as he revisits the text of his novel. 

Please do come & join the discussion on December 2nd. 

Contact me at sirpa@berkeley.edu with questions. 

-- Sirpa Tuomainen

FREE Finnish Film Tonight, "21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage"

FINNISH MOVIE TONIGHT ON UCB CAMPUS

While the fall nights are getting darker and the warmth is starting to flee, come witness the sparks of the unquestioned love flying all around the Dwinelle B4.

Director Johanna Vuoksenmaa’s movie 21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage tells the story of a researcher Sanna Manner, who thinks marriage is an unnatural state for the 21st century people and interviews married couples on their wedding anniversaries to back up her dissertation “X ways to ruin a marriage”.

21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage was also one of the most watched movies of Finland in 2013 and it introduces the new generation of Finnish (comedy) actors like Armi Toivanen, Aku Hirviniemi and Riku Nieminen.

Come and fight for love!

Dwinelle-B4, from 6-8 p.m.