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The Kennedy Center’s fabulous month of Nordic Cool has come to an end, leaving those of us who were able to experience it, inspired by the exhibits and other displays of Nordic talent in art, music, dance, and literature. One of the exhibits that inspired me was Icelandic photographer/artist Rúrí’s “Archive-Endangered Waters.” This brilliant...
Read more →Finland’s Kaarina Kaikkonen’s wonderfully colorful, flowing and floating ship of shirts fills the Kennedy Center’s Hall of States. Viewable from many angles this sculpture gives a whole new meaning to recycling and staying afloat. As the accompanying sign explains, Kaikkonen used 1000 shirts which symbolize people working together. Check out the photos!
Read more →“Nordic Cool,” a month-long festival opening on Tuesday evening, February 19, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, celebrates the cultures of the Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland through music, theater, dance, literature, design, sculpture, film, and cuisine. The website http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/festivals/12-13/nordic lists the smörgåsbord of events being presented and the sumptuous...
Read more →Until I attended Hostfest 2011, I did not know about author Lauraine Snelling. (Okay, so I live under a rock.) I was impressed by the number of fans who lined up to get her books but even more so by her “entourage”–that is her family and a family of friends who accompany her annually...
Read more →North America’s largest Scandinavian Festival—Norsk Høstfest (aka Høstfest) celebrates its 35th anniversary in Minot, North Dakota, at the end of this month. Every year people come by RVs, planes, trains, RVs, automobiles, and by the busloads–and did I mention RVs?–from around the Midwest and Canada and even from the East and West coasts to...
Read more →When I was growing up, my Norwegian grandmother, “Nana,” always spoke highly of King Haakon VII who, after escaping the German invasion of Norway, had led the Norwegian fight against the Nazis from England. And Nana was a fan of King Olav V when he succeeded his father in 1957. She liked to tell...
Read more →It was a great weekend at Fort Mason in San Francisco May 5 and 6! Thanks to all who came and especially to those who bought copies of my book HIDDEN FALLS. And kudos and thanks to the hard-working Norway Day Festival Board of Directors and Committee who put in timeless volunteer hours to...
Read more →Do you live in the SF Bay area? If so, don’t miss the annual Norway Day celebration of Norwegian Culture at Fort Mason on the weekend of May 5 and 6. Lots of Norwegian food, art, jewelry, housewares, gifts, and cultural demonstrations AND AUTHORS and booksignings! I’ll be there with fellow authors Irene Levin...
Read more →April 19th is Holocaust Remembrance Day, a memorial day for the 6 million Jews murdered in Hitler’s Nazi death camps during World War II. (See also http://www.infoplease.com/spot/remembrance1.html) It’s important that there is such a day to remember the souls lost and to vow “never again”! Countless millions of people—those who survived or lost loved...
Read more →Happy Passover, Happy Easter, and to all a Happy Spring.
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