18 9 – 15 AUGUST 2012 WHERE TO GO TIMES COMPILED BY ANNA-MAIJA LAPPI

Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 Tickets €0/4/6 www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi

Until Sun 9 September Georgia O’Keeffe Northern flamenco Colorful and mysterious paintings Agricola Club, a charming little club in the north wing of Mikael Agricola’s church will fill with of flowers and landscapes. Tennis Palace hypnotizing flamenco music and dance, when top Finnish flamenco guitarist Raúl Mannola and ALHROTH MERVI Salomonkatu 15 flamenco dancer Aylin Bayaz step on stage on Thursday 9 August. Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00 Born in Buenos Aires to Finnish parents, Raúl started playing guitar at the age of 11 and discov- Tickets €0/8/10 ered flamenco at the age of 19, after seeing Paco de Lucia in concert with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin. The decisive moment came after hearing recordings of Chato de la Isla with Ramón Until Sun 9 September de Algeciras; it was flamenco that he had to dedicate himself to. Today, Mannola is one of the most Barked! Contemporary Birch Exhibition displays the expressions talented and appreciated flamenco guitarists in the Nordic countries. Besides enchanting the au- and manifestations of birch bark in diences with his amazing guitar playing, he teaches flamenco guitar in the Conservatory of Arturo contemporary art, design and ma- Soria in Madrid and has been competing successfully in Spanish flamenco guitar contests. terial culture. Aylin Bayaz is a flamenco dancer of Finnish and Turkish origin. Her flamenco dancing is skill- The Gallen-Kallela Museum ful and breathtakingly beautiful, diving deep into the soul of flamenco. With her daring, yet spir- Gallen-Kallelan tie 27 Mon-Sun 11:00-18:00 itual style and Mannola’s unique flamenco guitar, the evening at Agricola Club will definitely be Tickets €0/4/8 full of feeling. www.gallen-kallela.fi

Thu 9 August Until Sun 23 September Agricola Club, 19:00 Builders of the Future – Finnish Tehtaankatu 23 Design 1945-1967 Exhibition explores the fascinat- Tickets €18 Dancer Aylin Bayaz takes to the stage with Finnish flamenco ing recent history of and its www.ainoacktenhuvila.fi guitarist Raúl Mannola at Agricola Club on 9 August. golden age of design. Design Museum Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Helsinki Tue 11:00-20:00 MUSIC Fri 10 August Sat 11 August Wed 15 August EXHIBITIONS Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tavastian Kesäklubi: Olavi Uusi- The Soundstrippers Fabulous Thunderbirds (USA) Tickets €0/3/8 virta, Selja Sini Acoustic duo leaning to the early Grammy-nominated blues rock band. www.designmuseum.fi Until Thu 23 August Finnish pop rock. 90s rock/grunge. Tavastia Until Sun 12 August Etno Espa Tavastia, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Semifinal, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Karoliina Paatos: The American Until Sun 30 September Interesting contemporary Tickets €10/12 Tickets €6/7 Tickets €35/37 Cowboy Finnish Architecture 2010/2011 folk artists. www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.semifinal.fi www.tavastiaklubi.fi In her images, Paatos looks – Projects. Comments. Perspec- Espa Stage, Mon-Fri at 16:30 behind the spot lights and reveals tives. Fri 10 August Sat 11 August Wed 15 August the glamorous and rugged life of Review of Finnish contemporary Free entry Plastic Tears The Rivers of Mars Club Folks: Mary Ocher (GER) cowboys, not forgetting a touch of architecture. www.etno-espa.fi Glam rock. Rock. Singer-songwriter with an operat- warm irony. Museum of Finnish Architecture Semifinaali Tavastia, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 ic voice. Photographic Gallery Hippolyte Kasarmikatu 24 Thu 9 August Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €10/12 Korjaamo Culture Factory Yrjönkatu 8-10 Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 PMMP Tickets €6/7 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Töölönkatu 51 B Tue-Fri 12:00-17:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 Pop rock. www.semifinal.fi Free entry Sat, Sun 12:00-16:00 Tickets €0/3/6 Tavastia Sat 11 August www.korjaamo.fi Free entry www.mfa.fi Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Fri 10-Sun 12 August Atyd www.hippolyte.fi Tickets €22/25 Club Lumia Afterparty Alternative/industrial rock. Wed 15 August Until Sun 7 October www.tavastiaklubi.fi Coppershot Sound (JAM), Cosmo Bar Loose, Annankatu 21 Eva on the Western Castle Island Until Sun 19 August Camouflage Baker (USA) and DJ Coco (ESP). Tickets €6/8 Finnish/Malaysian indie/pop group. Outi Heiskanen: Primordial Sea Contemporary art and Thu 9 August Kuudes Linja, Hämeentie 13 www.barloose.com Bar Loose Outi Heiskanen is best known design intertwine. Battlelore Free entry Annankatu 21 for the sensitive line work of her Heavy metal. www.kuudeslinja.com Sun 12 August Tickets €6/8 graphics, but the artist’s 75th Mannerheiminaukio 2 Alakerta’, Madonna 2012 World Tour www.barloose.com anniversary exhibition also Tue 10:00-17:00 Telakkakatu 8 Fri 10-Sun 12 August Queen of pop. presents works lesser known to Wed-Thu 10:00-20.30 (10:00- Tickets €8 Flow Festival 2012 Olympic Stadium Wed 15 August the public; paintings, sculptures 17:00 on Thu 14 June) www.alakerta.fi One of the biggest urban festival in Paavo Nurmen tie 1 Aida and installations. Fri 10:00-22:00 Nordic countries with artists such Tickets €52.50-152.50 Verdi’s spectacular opera. Didrichsen Museum Sat 10:00-18:00 Thu 9 August as Yann Tiersen (FRA), The Black Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Kuusilahdenkuja 1 Sun 10:00-17:00 Winners Team Keys (USA), Horace Andy and Dub Tue 14 August Helsinginkatu 58 Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tickets €0/8/10 Synth pop. Asante (JAM) and Björk (ISL). Corrosion of Conformity (USA) Tickets €18-84 Tickets €3/7/9 www.kiasma.fi Korjaamo Culture Factory Suvilahti Hardcore punk and heavy metal. www.opera.fi www.didrichsenmuseum.fi Töölönkatu 51 B Parrukatu Tavastia, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Until Sun 14 October Free entry Tickets €70-160 Tickets €32/34 Until Sun 9 September www.korjaamo.fi www.flowfestival.com www.tavastiaklubi.fi THEATRE & DANCE Mats Bergsmeden: Border Line Major exhibition of one of Finland’s Every photograph in the exhibition most beloved artists. Fri 10 August Sat 11 August Tue 14 August is of a place where someone has Ateneum Art Museum Viikate Kuningasidea Treehouse From Wed 15 August lost their life in their struggle to get Kaivokatu 2 Melancholic metal. Fresh Finnish reggae. Acoustic folk pop. Stage – Helsinki Theatre Festival into the EU illegally. Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 Virgin Oil CO. Virgin Oil CO. Mascot Bar & Lounge Interesting selection of theatre per- The Finnish Museum of Photog- Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 Mannerheimintie 5 Mannerheimintie 5 Neljäs Linja 2 formances from around the globe. raphy Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets €15/17 Tickets €10/12 Free entry Various venues and ticket prices. The Cable Factory Tickets €0/10/12 www.virginoil.fi www.virginoil.fi www.soffa.tv/juise/mascot www.korjaamo.fi Tallberginkatu 1 www.ateneum.fi

Some 18 hot designer of Finnish fashion in a discus- names and brands are fea- sion panel. A fashion show or- The Senate tured at the event, including ganised with the co-operation such current names as Ivana of Costume magazine features Square Helsinki, Lumi, Nanso and the latest collections of the par- Villawool. ticipating brands. Various sub events also take Fashion Village is con- becomes place around the city, includ- structed from shipping con- ing a design forum where fash- tainers from the Port of a fashion ion professionals discuss their Helsinki and it is organised village outlook on the state and future by Lumi Accessories.

ANNIKA RAUTAKOURA Dragon Boat Racing is a fun event. HELSINKI TIMES

Suomen Dragonliitto has HELSINKI as World Design Cap- organised the local Dragon ital 2012 is a haven for fash- Race to entertain Boat Racing scene here for the ion lovers between 4-8 August, past 22 years, and has raised when HEL_FWRD/Fashion JAMES O’SULLIVAN ing against one another dur- over 500,000 euros for the Village takes over the Senate HELSINKI TIMES ing the three days. Hospital District of Helsinki Square. The open-for-everyone Each of the various com- and Uudenmaa’s child health event sees a gathering of the THE much-anticipated annu- pany teams comprises 22 services. Seeking to encour- biggest and most fascinating al Dragon Boat Races will be people, with oarsmen sitting age members of the working names of Finnish design. held 15-17 August at Kaisan- in pairs and a team mem- community to exercise to- The objective is for the iemi Bay. ber seated at each end of the gether, the event provides an designers to showcase their A sport originating in boat. Of these two, a drum- entertaining spectacle. lines of work, collectors to southern China, the local mer, or caller, can be found have a unique opportunity to version of the event has a at the bow facing toward the purchase products from their number of boats, measur- paddlers, and a sweep (other- Dragon Boat Races favourite designers face to ing some 12 metres in length wise known as the steerer) is 15-17 August face, and simply for people to and 1.1 metres in width, rac- located at the stern. Kaisaniemi Bay get to know each other.