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Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60640 Tel: 773-728 8111 | info@samac.org www.swedishamericanmuseum.org May 5 – Sunday 3 pm: Spring concert of the Chicago Swedish Male Chorus. May 11 – Saturday 1:30 pm: Monthly Scandinavian Jam Session with instructors Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler. May 11 – Saturday 5 pm: Performance of Swedish music by the choir Merula. May 18 – Saturday 10 am: Nordic Family Genealogy Center program, “Will the Real Sven Larsson Please Stand Up.” combined with the Computer Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois. May 19 – Sunday 11 am: Guided tour of the permanent exhibit, “A Dream of America: Swedish Immigration to Chicago,” by curator Veronica Robinson. Jun 7 to 9 – Friday through Sunday: Andersonville Midsommarfest street festival includes presentations of Swedish music and dancing around the majstång in front of the Museum. Continuing through Sunday Jun 23: “Entangled Routes”, an exhibit of sculptures, collages and wood carvings by Corinne Peterson, Tim Klassen and Stephen Klassen.
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Nobel-Monitor #130 V.O.A. 5200 Mayfield Road, Lyndhurst OH 44124 Tel: 216-371-5141 Marty.bergman@sbcglobal.net May 5 – Sunday 2-4 pm: Vasa Voices Spring Concert, in Swedish.
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Swedish Club of Southeast Mich. 22398 Ruth Street, Farmington Hills, Detroit, MI 48336 | Info: 734-459 0596 www.swedishclub.net April 27 – Saturday 4-9 pm: Valborgmässoafton May 5 – 1-2:30 pm: Buffet May 18 – 2:30 pm: Arpi/Scandia chorus present Spring Concert & Afterglow. Novi Methodist Church, 41671 W. Ten Mile Road, Novi, MI. June 2 – 1-2:30 pm: Swedish Flag Day Observance & Buffet. 8
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SACC-Los Angeles The Lot 1041 N. Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046 | Tel: 310-622 3616 info@sacc-la.org | www.sacc-la.org Apr 30 – Tuesday: Swedish Spotlight at Newport Beach Film Festival. Continuing through Jul 7: Ernest Cole Photographer – an exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation at the Fowler Museum.
MILWAUKEE
Swedish American Historical Society of Wisconsin Tel: 414-352 7890 | swedishamericanhistoricalwisc@gmail.com May 11 – Saturday 1:30 pm: Explore Sweden’s Kingdom of Glass at Redemption Lutheran Church, 4057 N Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa
MINNEAPOLIS
American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Ave Minneapolis MN 55407 Tel: 612-871 4907 | info@ASImn.org Apr 30 – Tuesday 7-11 pm: Cocktails at the Castle: Bonfires & Birchwood Plaques. Celebrate with bonfires, live music and a “make-your-own birchwood” plaque activity. Through May 26 – Exhibition on Eight Seasons in Sápmi, the Land of the Sámi People.
NEW YORK
Scandinavian House: The Nordic Center in North America 58 Park Ave @ 38th Street. New York, NY 10016 | Tel: 212 779 3587 Apr 27 through July 27 Munch|Warhol and the Multiple Image – the exhibition of two of the 20th century’s most prolific and inventive printmakers – Norwegian Edvard Munch and American Andy Warhol. May 16 – Thursday 8 pm: Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Concerts with Lively Commentary – Bach and the Romantics.
PORTLAND
New Sweden Cultural Heritage Society 8740 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223 Tel: 503-617 6826 | info@newsweden.org Apr 30 – Tuesday 7 pm: Valborgsmässoafton 18
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Swedish Cultural Center 1920 Dexter Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 Tel: 206-283 1090 info@swedishculturalcenter.org May 5 – Sunday 4 pm: Swedish concert at NHM. “Music from the Heart.” Swedish soprano Lena Moén makes her U.S. debut. May 7 – Tuesday 7 pm: Lecture: Greatest Moments of Finnish Film – Prof. Kimmo Laine from Finland.
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Embassy of Sweden Ottawa 377 Dalhousie Street, Suite 305 Ottawa ON K1N 9N8 | Tel: 613-241 2277 www.swedishembassy.ca April 25 – May 5 – HotDocs Film Festival in Toronto featuring 6 Swedish documentaries www.hotdocs.ca May 8 – The Real Group performing in Ottawa www.trgottawa.ca May 10 – The Real Group performing in Toronto www.singtoronto.com May 25 – Svensk Sommargudstjänst på ambassadörens residens i Ottawa, kl. 15.00. Se ambassadens hemsida för mer information. June 1 – Doors Open Ottawa, the official residence of Sweden open to the public.
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Scandinavian Community Centre 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC V5B 4P9 Tel: 604-294 2777 info@scandinaviancentre.org April 28 – Sunday 6 pm: Celebrate Valborg at Ambleside Beach, West Vancouver. May 25-26 – European Festival at Swangard Stadium, Burnaby BC. Info at www.europeanfestival.ca May 26 – Sunday 4:30 pm: Abra Cadabra, your favourite ABBA tribute group, in concert at the European festival. Concert is included in the Festival ticket price. 28
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