22 19 – 25 JANUARY 2012 WHERE TO GO TIMES

Wed 25 January Kunsthalle Helsinki Greystone Nervanderinkatu 3 Psychedelic garage rock. Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Bar Loose Wed 11:00-20:00 Annankatu 21 Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 ANTON VERHO Tickets €5/6 Tickets €0/5.50/8 www.barloose.com www.taidehalli.fi

Wed 25 January Until Sun 29 January In the mood for love Ana Popovic (SRB) Juhani Linnovaara – The Power Spring season at Zodiak starts in romantic mood, as new dance Brilliant blues. of Fantasy Tavastia Retrospective exhibition of an artist piece The Greatest Love Songs, directed by dancer and perfor- Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 with a distinctive visual world of his mance artist Maija Mustonen, premieres on Thursday 19 January. Tickets €20/22 own, includes paintings, graphics, Inspired by a nostalgic finding from the attic – a tape featuring www.tavastiaklubi.fi sculptures and jewellery. love songs from artists such as Elton John, Marvin Gaye and The Didrichsen Museum of Art Bangles – the author created a piece that is wildly melodramat- Wed 25 January and Culture Eva & Manu (FIN/FRA) Kuusilahdenkuja 1 ic, yet also sincerely intimate and highly personal. Sympathetic folk pop duo. Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 The performance is a sweet-scented dance cavalcade portray- Semifinal Tickets €3/7/9 ing the great love stories of the century – tales of heartbreak, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 www.didrichsenmuseum.fi jealousy and romantic fulfilment. The Greatest Love Songs con- Tickets €5/6 www.semifinal.fi Until Sun 29 January sists of ten mini-choreographies, with each dancer interpreting Anssi Kasitonni a love song with a personal meaning to them. Wed 25 January Exhibition by the winner of 2011 Ars Auteur Jazz Fennica Prize featuring sculptures Excellent jazz. and videos. Juttutupa Amos Anderson Art Museum Thu 19-Wed 25 January Tallberginkatu 1 B Säästöpankinranta 6 Yrjönkatu 27 Zodiak - Center for New Dance Tickets €12/20 The Greatest Love Songs is being performed over the coming Free entry Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Cable Factory www.zodiak.fi week in Zodiac on Tallberginkatu. www.juttutupa.fi Wed 10:00-20:00 Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Wed 25 January Tickets €0/4/6/8 Club Folks: Jaakko www.amosanderson.fi Laitinen+Roinari Wild accordion playing with Bal- Until Sun 29 January MUSIC John Storgårds. Metal. Telakkakatu 8 kan vibes. Erica Kovanen - A Room of One’s Music Centre, 19:00 Semifinal Tickets €16 Korjaamo Culture Factory Own II Concert Hall Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 www.elmu.fi Töölönkatu 51 B Photographic exhibition reflects Thu 19 January Tickets €6-25 Tickets €6/7 Free entry ideas of subjective existence, which Ville Leinonen & Majakan www.musiikkitalo.fi www.semifinal.fi Sat 21 January www.korjaamo.fi blends personal history with the Soittokunta Soul Kitchen Club: current moment. Rock/pop. Thu 19-Tue 24 January Fri 20 January Koivuniemen Herrat Photographic Gallery Hippolyte Tavastia Il viaggio a Reims Viikate Funky hip hop. THEATRE & DANCE Kalevankatu 18 B Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Bubbly opera by Gioachino Rossini. Metal. Kuudes Linja, Hämeentie 13 Tue-Fri 12:00-17:00 Tickets €12/14 Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Nosturi Tickets €8 Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Helsinginkatu 58 Telakkakatu 8 www.kuudeslinja.com Thu 19&Sat 21 January www.hippolyte.fi Tickets €14-77 Tickets €15 Aki Suzuki Spirits: Giselle Thu 19 January www.opera.fi www.elmu.fi Sat 21 January Noh interpretation of the dramatic, Until Sun 29 January Manfish Jo Stance but sentimental, ballet classic. Finnish Design Unwrapped Punk. Fri 20 January Fri 20 January Soulful grooves. Kanneltalo Exhibition presents the most inter- Semifinal UB40 (UK) Madame De C*** Virgin Oil CO. Klaneettitie 5 esting recent works of contempo- Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 British reggae. Indie rock. Kaivopiha Tickets €15/18 rary Finnish design, photographed Tickets €5/6 The Circus Bar Loose 5 www.kanneltalo.fi by Jani Kaila. www.semifinal.fi Salomonkatu 1-3. Annankatu 21 Tickets €15 Design Museum Tickets €49-125 Tickets €5/6 www.virginoil.fi Thu 19-Sun 22 January Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Thu 19 January www.thecircus.fi www.barloose.com Liisa Pentti + Co: The Weight of Tue 11:00-20:00 Euforia Sat 21 January My Heart Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Alternative rock with progressive Fri 20 January Fri 20 January Iskelmä Live: Suvi Teräsniska & Dance piece exploring the themes www.designmuseum.fi elements. 15 Minutes Before The Dive Jazz+Soul=Genius Arttu Wiskari of remembrance and memories. Bar Loose, Annankatu 21 Pop/punk. We Jazz and Soulsides DJs. Pop/rock. Liisa Pentti + Co´s studio, Henry Until Sat 4 February Tickets €5/6 Virgin Oil CO. Kuudes Linja The Circus Fordin katu 6 Yasushi Koyama: Panda Traveling www.barloose.com Kaivopiha Hämeentie 13 Salomonkatu 1-3. Tickets €8/17 Meeting with friends makes Panda’s Mannerheimintie 5 Tickets €6 Tickets €16/18 www.liisapentti.com journey happy! Artworks of Yasushi Thu 19 January Tickets €8 www.kuudeslinja.com www.thecircus.fi Koyama inspired by Finnish forests, Larry Price Blue Thursday Feat. www.virginoil.fi Tue 24 January folklore, and the work of the Niko Ahvonen Fri 20 January Sat 21 January On Equilibrium & Harmonia artists Niki de Saint Phalle and Yo- Soul and jazz. Fri 20 January Club Tech Noir Sansa, Anni Mattila Results of collaboration between shitomo Nara. Storyville, Museokatu 8 Lassi Valtonen Djs Niko Likainen, Milla Lehto & Two interesting female voices. young dancers from Helsinki and a Napa Gallery, Eerikinkatu 18 Tickets €8 Unique folk/pop. Plagia. Semifinal lighting designer. Tue-Fri 12:00-18:00 www.storyville.fi Tavastia Bassment Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Stoa Sat 12:00-16:00 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 Tickets €6/7 Turunlinnantie 1 www.napagalleria.wordpress.com Thu 19 January Tickets €14/16 Tickets €6 www.semifinal.fi Tickets €8/12 HPO: Sibelius & Bruckner www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.bassment.fi Sat 21 January www.stoa.fi Until Sun 12 February Jean Sibelius: Symphony Haloo Helsinki! Believe It Or Not No 7 & Anton Bruckner: Fri 20 January Fri 20, Mon 23 & Wed 25 January Pop. Exhibition featuring new works Symphony No 4 conducted by Dwnstrs, Angelica Kult, 8 1/2 Georg Friedrich Händel: Juli- Tavastia, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 EXHIBITIONS of the from us Caesar Tickets €14/16 2007 to 2011. Popular opera with brilliant music www.tavastiaklubi.fi Art Museum Meilahti and dramatic storyline. From Fri 20 January Tamminiementie 6 the band has managed to re- Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Mon 23 January Thank You for the Music - How Tue-Sun 11:00-18:30 lease a steady stream of al- Helsinginkatu 58 Dream Theater (USA) Music Moves Us Free entrance bums over the years. With Tickets €22-99 Progressive metal. Exhibition on how the experiences A life www.opera.fi Helsinki Ice Hall of listening to music, watching mu- the band’s core made up of Nordenskiöldinkatu 11-13 sic videos or going to a concert can OTHERS founding members John Sat 21 January Tickets €52-59 appear in the life and work of an in Petrucci on guitar and bass- Negative artist, a music-lover, a fan. ist John Myung, along with Melodic rock. Tue 24 January Kiasma, Mannerheiminaukio 2 Sun 22 January DOM, Fredrikinkatu 42 Ilta Olohuoneessa: Sir Elwood Tickets €0/8/10 Chinese New Year long time vocalist James LaB- Tickets €12 Duo, Yari, PK rie, they arrive in on www.kiasma.fi Chinese magicians, colourful lion- theater www.domhelsinki.fi Brilliant Finnish musicians get and dragondances, as well as Chi- the strength of their recent together. From Sat 21 January nese drumdancers and plenty of JAMES O’SULLIVAN release, last year’s A Dramat- Sat 21 January Music Theatre Kapsäkki Elina Merenmies: Secret Joy activities for children. The festival HELSINKI TIMES ic Turn of Events, produced by Chisu Hämeentie 68 Light as feather, the drawings and is crowned by a massive fireworks Andy Wallace. Pop. Tickets €20/22 paintings of Elina Merenmies move show above Töölönlahti Bay. Nosturi www.kapsakki.fi in a zone between dream and reality. Lasipalatsi square METAL faves Dream Theat- Its fi rst single “On the er make yet another appear- Backs of Angels” does not of- From Tue 24 January ance in Finland, rocking the fer anything new to a Dream DocPoint – Helsinki Jäähalli stage on Monday 23 Theater canon dominated by Documentary Film Festival Want to Largest documentary film festival January. synths, riffs and double kick in the . Formed in 1985, the band drumming; nevertheless the know more? Various venues has accumulated accolades song has earned them their www.docpoint.info and a solid fan base around fi rst ever Grammy Award Read our latest news up- the world with their pro- nomination. date on your mobile at gressive leanings. They come As their fi rst performance http://m.helsinkitimes.fi solution sudoku armed with enough stamina of 2012, this Helsinki date to keep those appeased who continues the tour that com- like their metal songs well menced back in July last year. over the fi ve-minute mark, and with perpendicular riffs arriving unannounced Dream Theater at various intervals during 23 January, 19:00 their duration. Tickets €52-59 While it’s been some time Jäähalli since the release of 1992’s Nordenskiöldinkatu 11-13 classic Images and Words, Helsinki