22 29 NOVEMBER – 5 DECEMBER 2012 WHERE TO GO TIMES COMPILED BY ANNA-MAIJA LAPPI

Wed 5 December EXHIBITIONS Alternative 4 (UK) Melancholic alternative rock. Bar Loose Until Mon 2 December Annankatu 21 POLAROID – The Legendary Tickets €8/10 Collection www.barloose.com Polaroids by big international Shakespeare’s evergreen love story on stage names and a selection of Finnish Wed 5 December Polaroid imagery. Susanna Leinonen Company’s new piece, Romeo & Juliet, will premiere Rähinä Live 2012 The Finnish Museum of Photography at Cultural Centre Stoa on Friday, 30 November. In the hands of chore- Finnish hip-hop. The Cable Factory ographers Susanna Leinonen and Jouka Valkama, this timeless love sto- Nosturi Tallberginkatu 1 G ry classic by William Shakespeare gets a new life; the work of Leinon- Telakkakatu 8 www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi Tickets €18 en and Valkama is the unique visual and physical interpretation of the www.elmu.fi Until Sun 13 January 2013 well-known Romeo and Juliet story where two families and two oppos- Osmo Rauhala ing sides meet. Wed 5 December In his paintings, Rauhala complements On Thursday, 29 November, Susanna Leinonen Company performs at Finnish Radio Symphony animal and plant symbolism with at Tanssin Juhlaa gala, where the brightest stars of Orchestra the sheer world of abstract signs. FRSO with Santtu-Matias Rouvali, the Finnish dance scene step on stage with the work And the line begins conductor; and Pekka Kuusis- Mannerheiminaukio 2 to blur. Commissioned by Skånes Dansteater in 2008, this visually im- to, violin. www.kiasma.fi pressive piece deals with the interfaces of the humanity combining bru- tal beauty with the dark outlook on life. Mannerheimintie 13 Until Sun 13 January 2013 Susanna Leinonen is one of the top Finnish contemporary choreogra- Tickets €7-25 Home www.musiikkitalo.fi Multifaceted kaleidoscopic over- phers, whose choreographies have been performed in a total of 17 coun- view of the home as a physical tries around the world. A couple of weeks ago she received the annu- Wed 5 December space and state of mind. al City of Helsinki Cultural Award 2012, as a recognition of artistic work Renegade Winter Festival Helsinki: Design Museum and contribution to Helsinki’s cultural scene. Pendulum (AUS/UK) dj set, Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Infected Mushroom (ISR/USA), www.designmuseum.fi Feed Me (UK) From Fri 30 November Until Fri 30 November Top electronic music. Until Sun 13 January 2013 Susanna Leinonen Company: Tanssin Juhlaa-gala The Circus A Romantic View - The Rademakers Romeo & Juliet Alexander Theatre Salomonkatu 1-3 Collection Stoa Albertinkatu 32 Tickets €49.20-68 Paintings from the Romantic Era; www.thecircus.fi portraits, still lifes, genre paintings Turunlinnantie 1 Tickets €18/36/48 Timeless love story classic by William Shakespeare and landscapes depicting the coun- www.stoa.fi www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi gets a new life. Wed 5 December tryside and sea as well as towns. Colors Festival 2012 Electronic music artists such as Bulevardi 40 Ferry Corsten (NLD), Alesso (SWE), www.sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi Mark Knight (UK) etc. MUSIC Fri 30 November Fri 30 November Sat 1 December The Cable Factory Until Sun 20 January 2013 Ethnopolis Aces feat. Weekend Heroes (ISR) Mokoma Cable Factory Nanna Susi: Underneath the Eyes Fusion of world music. Progressive house. Metal. Tallberginkatu 1 C Expressive human figures and Thu 29 November Vuotalo Club Venue Nosturi Tickets €39-80 portraits with a touch of mystics. Jippu, Heli Kajo Mosaiikkitori 2 Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 Telakkakatu 8 www.clubcolors.net Tennis Palace Pop. Tickets €8/10 Tickets €11.20-21.20 Tickets €15 Salomonkatu 15 Tavastia www.vuotalo.fi www.clubvenue.fi www.elmu.fi Wed 5 December Tickets €0/8/10 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 7th Heaven Lab with Tickets €10/12 Fri 30 November Fri 30 November Sat 1 December Psymmetrix (UK) Until Sun 27 January 2013 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Space Art - Dominique Perrier Jätkäjätkät Anna Puu Psychedelic trance. No smoke, no dirt, no work Project (FRA) + Nemesis + Folk influenced hip hop/reggae Pop. Club Venue Lithographic posters from Great Thu 29 November E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr + Kebu sounds. Virgin Oil CO. Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 Britain 1890-1940. Martyrdöd (SWE) An evening of cosmic music. Sello Hall Mannerheimintie 5 Tickets €17.20 EMMA – Espoo Museum Crust and d-beat. Korjaamo Culture Factory Soittoniekanaukio 1A Tickets €12 www.clubvenue.fi of Modern Art Kuudes Linja Töölönkatu 51 B Tickets €15 www.virginoil.fi Ahertajantie 5 Hämeentie 13 Helsinki www.sellosali.fi www.emma.museum Tickets €13/15 Tickets €8/10 Sat 1 December THEATRE & DANCE www.kuudeslinja.com www.korjaamo.fi Fri 30 November The New Tigers Until Mon 28 January 2013 UMO Jazz Orchestra, Maarit Hur- Turku-based pop. Fanny Churberg: Like No Other Thu 29 November Fri 30 November merinta, Verneri Pohjola Korjaamo Culture Factory Thu 29 November-Tue 4 December Woman Before Joose Keskitalo Object Christmas concert. Töölönkatu 51 B Jyrki Karttunen: Jemina – act as One of the foremost Finnish Finnish folk/pop/blues with Berlin-based producer. Tickets €7/9 you’d know her landscape painters. gloomy lyrics. Adams Lutherinkatu 3 www.korjaamo.fi Performance is based on structured Amos Anderson Art Museum Club Liberté Erottajankatu 15-17 Tickets €12.50/20/25 improvisation and inspired by Yrjönkatu 27 Kolmas Linja 34 Helsinki www.umo.fi Mon 2 December stand-up comedy, soft porn cabaret www.amosanderson.fi www.clubliberte.fi Tickets €8 Giuseppe Verdi:Rigoletto and contemporary dance. www.ravintolaadams.fi Sat 1 December Music of Verdi at its finest. Zodiak - Center for New Dance Until Sun 17 February 2013 Thu 29 November Pariisin Kevät Finnish National Opera Tallberginkatu 1B 52 Souls Neat Neat Fri 30 November Pop. Helsinginkatu 58 Tickets €12/20 International exhibition devoted Indie-rock band. Eppu Normaali Korjaamo Culture Factory Tickets €14-84 www.zodiak.fi to Symbolist landscape painting. Semifinal Legendary Finnish pop rock. Töölönkatu 51 B www.opera.fi Art Museum Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Music Centre Tickets €16/18 Thu 29 November-Wed 5 December Kaivokatu 2 Tickets €5/6 Mannerheimintie 13 www.korjaamo.fi Tue 4 December Race Horse Company: Cabaret Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 www.semifinal.fi Helsinki Jessie Ware (UK) Katatonia Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 Tickets €38/42 Sat 1 December One of the most hyped female Energetic contemporary circus. Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Thu 29 November, Sat 1 & www.musiikkitalo.fi Barbe-Q-Barbies artists nowadays. Cirko Center Tickets €0/6/8 Tue 4 December Female rock and roll. Tavastia Kaasutehtaankatu 1 www.ateneum.fi Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos Fri 30 November Bar Loose Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €20/35 A monumental drama in sombre Seminaarinmäen Mieslaulajat Annankatu 21 Tickets €23/25 www.cirko.fi Until Sun 28 July 2013 tones. Acappella group of 21 men. Tickets €7/9 www.tavastiaklubi.fi MAYA III- Life –Death-Time Finnish National Opera Virgin Oil CO. www.barloose.com Thu 29 November-Wed 5 December Exhibition presents the dualistic Helsinginkatu 58 Mannerheimintie 5 Tue 4 December Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth: world view of the Maya Indians in Tickets €22-107 Tickets €20 Sat 1 December Death in June (UK) Talvisirkus Afrikka which life, death and time are www.opera.fi www.virginoil.fi Jarkko Martikainen Neofolk. (”Winter Circus Africa”) intimately intertwined. Finnish singer-songwriter. Semifinal Brilliant new circus with joy, colours Didrichen Art Museum Fri 30 November Fri 30 November Semifinal Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 and energy. Kuusilahdenkuja 1 An Irish evening with Johnny Logan Tundramatiks, Kaisa Vala Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €16/18 Cable Factory www.didrichenmuseum.fi Mister Eurovision. Balkan punk rock and pop rock. Tickets €14/15 www.semifinal.fi Tallberginkatu 1 A Savoy Theatre Club Liberté www.semifinal.fi www.hurjaruuth.fi Kasarmikatu 46-48 Kolmas Linja 34 Tue 4 December OTHERS Tickets €39 Tickets €7 Sat 1 December Martta’s and Rudolf’s Christmas Fri 30 November & Wed 5 December www.savoyteatteri.fi www.clubliberte.fi Jesse Kaikuranta A Christmas concert based on the The Snow Queen The winner of of visual world of Martta Wendelin Kenneth Greve’s ballet for the Until Sun 2 December 2012 competition. and Rudolf Koivu. whole family is based on the tale by Lens Politica Sello Hall Helsinki Music Centre H.C. Andersen from 1845. Finnish Festival of film, art and an easily YOU WILL ALWAYS BE Soittoniekanaukio 1A Mannerheimintie 13 National Opera accessible forum for discussion on AN EXPERIENCE RICHER Tickets €20 Tickets €6-25 Helsinginkatu 58 current social and political issues. www.sellosali.fi www.musiikkitalo.fi www.opera.fi www.lenspolitica.net

300 SLOT MACHINES Artists 2012, presents the ods and traditions within the this year’s Palokärki award 30 GAMING TABLES best of Finnish art from the works. For example, Maija will be chosen from among Talking art past three years, focusing Närhinen’s Ainekirjoitus (Es- them. Most of the pieces are 3 RESTAURANTS this time on the dialogue be- say) adds a three-dimension- for sale, so the exhibition is a VILLE KOSKI tween an individual and the al twist to the traditions of good chance to update your 3 BARS HELSINKI TIMES society, spiced up with elab- drawing, and some of the vid- art collection. orate humour. eo sculptures can be seen as a THE MEETING place for art, The exhibition gives the commentary on change both Helsingin Taidehalli, cele- artists a chance to open up in society and in art itself. Artists 2012 Mikonkatu 19, Helsinki | Tel. +358 9 680 800 brates Finnish art and artists a discussion not only with The pieces on show were 1 December-6 January Open 12–04 | Age limit 18 years with The Artists’ Association the spectators, but with the made by 57 artists between € 8/5,5 Passport / Schengen ID required of Finland’s annual exhibi- traditions of visual art as 2010 and 2012. Many of them Helsingin taidehalli www.casinohelsinki.fi LCOME! tion, which runs 1 December well, which can be seen in are being exhibited for the Nervanderinkatu 3 WE to 6 January. The exhibition, the combinations of meth- fi rst time and the winner of Helsinki