Thanks to all who joined us last night for ASF's Annual Spring Gala at The Metropolitan Club! Many congratulations to our honorees Thor Thors, Jr., recipient of this year's ASF Niels Poulson Award, and Craig Dykers and Elaine Molinar of Snøhetta , recipients of the ASF Cultural

Today is Norway's Constitution Day 🇳🇴 ! Celebrate Syttende Mai at Björk today with a prix fixe including 'SpeWe' ham with scrambled eggs, shrimp salad, berry pavlova, mimosas and drink specials; open til 8 PM. Gratulerer med dagen! #syttendemai

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Next Tuesday, on May 21, see a screening and film talk on Out of Fashion, a documentary exploring how to reduce environmental impact through fashion design, with Reet Aus and Anthony Luciano!
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This Friday, May 17th at 7 PM, in coordination with an ongoing celebration of the Faroe Islands, Colin Levin and painist/composer Evan Fein will perform a program of art songs by contemporary composers from the Faroe Islands!
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'Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir  lives up to the name of the film, an artist who creates from her heart. Her diminutive stature could potentially lead to people underestimating her, but she quickly proves them wrong with her wit and artistic talent.'

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On Thursday, May 16th, participate in an adult art workshop and tour of our current exhibition, Fog Swept Cargo. Inspired by the work of artist Hansina Iversen, workshop participants will create non-figurative acrylic paintings.
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TOMORROW at 7 PM, see Exodus! A warm-hearted story of survival inspired by Abbe Hassan’s experience leaving Beirut for Sweden, Exodus explores the joy of human connection amid the heartbreaking circumstances of the Syrian Refugee Crisis.
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Cinema at Scandinavia House is back with a screening of EXODUS! On Wed. May 15, see a gripping new drama about the global migration crisis as seen through the eyes of a shifty smuggler and the innocent young girl he takes under his wing.

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TOMORROW! See a live reading of the Scandinavian-American Theater Company’s new production of Jon Fosse’s Dream of Autumn, staged in translation by Sarah Cameron Sunde. Dream of Autumn is a look at what we cling to when it’s time to go.

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On May 12, treat your mother to a culinary taste journey through Scandinavia this Mother's Day with a prix-fixe celebration at Björk Cafe & Bistro!

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TONIGHT at 7 PM, see a performance with Faroese composer/pianist Eli Tausen á Lava of contemporary classical music from the Faroe Islands!

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Tonight at 7 PM, don't miss your chance to see The Quiet Migration: a Danish drama about an adopted South Korean Dane’s struggle to come into his own. This film is a thoughtful coming-of-age story about adolescents facing racism from their own families.
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It's not too late to RSVP for our Online Nordic Book Club tonight at 6 PM! The Tower at the Edge of the World is a “poetic evocation of life on an island that to the ocean is ‘just about the same as a grain of sand to the floor of a dance hall'” (Sjon).
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This Thursday, May 9, Faroe Islands Culture Days continues with composer and pianist Eli Tausen á Lava as he performs selected works from his solo piano albums Impressions (2020) and In a Field (2022), as well as new works from an upcoming album!
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Carl lives a quiet life in Denmark with his adoptive parents, who expect him to take over the family farm one day. But Carl carries a secret longing to explore his Korean roots and find his own place in life. See THE QUIET MIGRATION on May 8 at 7 PM.
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TOMORROW at 6 PM, discuss the Faroese classic The Tower at the Edge of the World by William Heinesen w/ our Nordic Book Club! This book is “a loosely autobiographical tribute to the power of the creative imagination” (Paul Binding, The Times).
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On May 9, composer and pianist Eli Tausen á Lava as he performs selected works from his solo piano albums Impressions (2020) and In a Field (2022), as well as new works from an upcoming album!

More info: scandinaviahouse.org/event/arctic-m…

On May 7, in connection w/ Fog Swept Islands: Faroe Islands Culture Days, we will be reading The Tower at the Edge of the World by William Heinesen. Heinesen is recognized for using his remote homeland as a setting for universal social and cosmic themes.
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