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Events Nov 2009

24 Oct 2009 - 23 Oct 2010

KIDS: A Child’s Adventure in the Swedish Countryside

This fall, children will be able to enjoy some of Sweden’s most popular children’s storybook characters at Scandinavia House. An interactive installation based on Swedish children’s literature will then open its doors, inviting kids to hear stories and read while surrounded by a vibrant and imaginative Swedish landscape.

Leave New York City to discover the magical lives of some of Sweden’s most popular classic and contemporary children’s storybook characters! On October 24, Scandinavia House introduces the sixth installation of its popular annual celebration of children’s literature spotlighting Sweden.
 
A Child’s Adventure in the Swedish  Countryside is an interactive playscape that takes children on a magical journey from New York City across the ocean to Sweden where they can explore, hear stories, and read while surrounded by vibrant and imaginative murals evocative of the bucolic Swedish landscape. Kids will encounter a fantasy city skyline, inspired by the simple, bright building blocks of Brio. A mini-balcony suggests a penthouse roof where they can build their own Brio buildings. Following a whimsically-stylized road, they will leave behind the big city, meeting along the way some of the country’s most beloved storybook characters. Children can read and listen to stories in the giant blueberry basket “sofa” and other woodland-inspired cushions that litter the forest, go camping in a tent with Findus the Cat or play in Elsa Beskow’s capricious hat house.

The storybook installation is designed by renowned set designer and artist Sarah Edkins and has received support from the Consulate General of Sweden in New York.
 
> Read more about A Child’s Adventure in the Swedish Countryside

More Events

  • 1 Oct 2009 - 9 Jan 2010 ART: Carl Fredrik Hill: Swedish Visionary and Modernist
    The first major presentation in the United States on the work of Carl Fredrik Hill will open at Scandinavia House on September 30. The exhibition focuses on the series of astonishingly visionary and expressive drawings Hill produced during the last 30 years of his life.
  • 5 Nov 2009 POETRY: Rika Lesser on Göran Sonnevi at Poets House
    Rika Lesser will discuss her English-language translations of the poetry of the preeminent Swedish poet Göran Sonnevi at Poets House on November 5.
  • 6 - 9 Nov 2009 ART: Monika Marklinder at ISCP Open Studios
    Swedish artist-in-residence Monika Marklinder participates in an open studio weekend at ISCP in Williamsburg on November 6-9.
  • 6 - 11 Nov 2009 PERFORMANCE: Live Action New York 09
    Live Action New York 09 is a new visual performance art event that showcases 15 major and emerging Scandiavian performance artists.
  • 9 Nov 2009 MUSIC: El Perro Del Mar at Webster Hall with Peter Bjorn and John
    El Perro Del Mar joins US tour with Peter Bjorn and John, performing at Webster Hall in New York on November 9.
  • 11 - 12 Nov 2009 READING / FILM: Centennial Celebration of Selma Lagerlöf at Columbia University
    The Swedish Program at Columbia University presents a two-day celebration of the 1909 presentation of the Nobel Prize for Literature to the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman and the first Swede to receive the prize.
  • 11 - 21 Nov 2009 PERFORMANCE: Termik in New York
    The performance duo Termik with choreographer Teresia Björk and composer Mikael Godée, will present their work in New York. They will also develop a new production together with poet Ron Padgett and choreographer Douglas Dunn to open at Douglas Dunn & Dancers on Broadway.
  • 12 - 15 Nov 2009 CIRCUS: US Debut of Inside Out by Cirkus Cirkör at BAM
    Acclaimed Swedish cirque nouveau troupe Cirkus Cirkör will make its US debut at BAM presenting Inside Out featuring live music by Irya's Playground.
  • 12 - 15 Nov 2009 MUSIC: Classical Guitarist Krister Dahlstrom
    Following his concert at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Thursday, November 12, Swedish classical guitarist Krister Dahlstrom will perform in New York on November 14 and 15.
  • 17 Nov 2009 MUSIC: A Camp at Le Poisson Rouge
    Le Poisson Rouge presents an evening with A Camp, featuring Nina Persson of The Cardigans along with her husband, Nathan Larson of Shudder to Think, and fellow Swedish musician Niclas Frisk of Atomic Swing.
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