18 26 SEPTEMBER – 2 OCTOBER 2013 WHERE TO GO HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY ANNA-MAIJA LAPPI

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From Wed 2 October Transformation: Towards MICHAEL WEINTROB a Sustainable Future How to you build or renovate your home to balance human Richard Bona (CMR) needs with the demands of ecological Cameroonian jazz bassist and singer-songwriter Richard Bona will visit Helsinki on sustainability? Tuesday 1 October and fill the stage of Savoy Theatre with his unique sound that Museum of Finnish Architecture combines African polyrhythms, harmonic virtuosity, and accessible melodies. His ar- Kasarmikatu 24 Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 rangements create a musical kaleidoscope and hypnotize the audiences with the un- Wed 11:00-20:00 expected colors of voices and instruments. Tickets €0/3/6 Born in a tiny village of Minta in , Bona started playing at an ear- www.mfa.fi ly age, and by the age of six, he was performing regularly. When Bona was 11, his fam- ily moved to the big city of Douala, where Bona fell in love with the sound of guitar Until Mon 21 October The Invisible Lady and played in local bikutsi and makossa bands. Four young Finnish artists – Aurora Today, after many happy incidents, Bona is a world-renowned jazz musician who Reinhard, Pilvi Takala, Erkka has toured around the globe, recorded several albums and collaborated with various Nissinen and Hans Rosenström – artists such as , , Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Ti- have come together to build an exhibition. to Puente. Amos Anderson Art Museum Tue 1 October Yrjönkatu 27 Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Savoy Theatre Wed 10:00-20:00 Kasarmikatu 46-48 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets €34/36 Tickets €0/2/8/10 www.savoyteatteri.fi Cameroonian jazz bassist and singer-songwriter Richard Bona. www.amosanderson.fi Until Sun 10 November Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg A blend of fantasy and nightmare MUSIC Fri 27 September Fri 27 September Sat 28 September Wed 2 October created by the Swedish Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Turmion Kätilöt Covenant (SWE) Vapaat Äänet contemporary artist duo. Tugan Sohijev, conductor & Sergey Industrial metal. Energetic synth pop, gloomy Innanen & Kantonen Duo and Kunsthalle Helsinki Thu 26 September Khachatryan, violin. Virgin Oil CO. post-industrial sound and electro. Christophe Monniot Station Mir. Nervanderinkatu 3 Timo Hirvonen – My Brazilian Music Centre Mannerheimintie 5 Nosturi Kanneltalo Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Heart Concert Hall Tickets €16.50/17 Telakkakatu 8 Klaneettitie 5 Wed 11:00-20:00 Tribute to Brazilian music. Mannerheimintie 13 www.virginoil.fi Tickets €24 Tickets €9/13 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Koko Jazz Club Tickets €7-25 www.elmu.fi www.kanneltalo.fi Tickets €0/9/12 Hämeentie 3 www.musiikkitalo.fi Fri 27 September www.taidehalli.fi Tickets €11.50-16.50 Girlschool (UK) Sat 28 September Wed 2 October www.kokojazz.fi Fri 27 September Legendary female hard rock group. Hang The DJ-club Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Until Sun 17 November Risto Juhani Nosturi The New Tigers´ album release. Hannu Lintu, conductor & Alina Timo Heino Thu 26 September Acoustic folk/pop. Telakkakatu 8 Kuudes Linja Ibragimova, violin. Installations and collages by one of Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Korjaamo Culture Factory Tickets €22 Hämeentie 13 Music Centre the most uncompromising Finnish Schubert and Berlioz. Töölönkatu 51 B www.elmu.fi Tickets €8 Concert Hall contemporary artists. Music Centre Tickets €7.50/8 www.kuudeslinja.com Mannerheimintie 13 Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace Concert Hall www.korjaamo.fi Fri 27 September Tickets €7-25 Salomonkatu 15 Mannerheimintie 13 Igudesman & Joo: Sun 29 September www.musiikkitalo.fi Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00 Tickets €6-25 Fri 27 September Big Nightmare Music the GazettE (JPN) Tickets €0/8/10 www.musiikkitalo.fi Kombat Katz (SWE), The Shrieks, Violinist Aleksey Igudesman Japan rock superstar. Black Magic Six and pianist Hyung-ki Joo. The Circus THEATRE & DANCE Until Sun 15 December Thu 26 September “Psychobilly”/punk. Sello Hall Salomonkatu 1-3 Surreal Illusionism – Club Hori Smoku Semifinal Soittoniekanaukio 1A Tickets €55-85 Photographic Fantasies of the Crocodiles (USA), Night Beats (USA). Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €42.50/44 www.thecircus.fi Thu 26 September Early 20th Century Kuudes Linja Tickets €7.50 www.sellosali.fi Seven Brothers Fascinating exhibition presenting Hämeentie 13 www.semifinal.fi Mon 30 September The riotous brothers of Finnish lore photographic fantasy postcards Tickets €16.50 Fri 27 September Editors (UK) collide with the world of ballet. from the early 1900s. www.kuudeslinja.com Fri 27 September Deep Space Helsinki Indie rock. Finnish National Opera The Finnish Museum of Pariisin Kevät Solenoid (GER) & Thomas The Circus Helsinginkatu 58 Photography Thu 26 September Pop. Hessler (GER). Salomonkatu 1-3 Tickets €19-105 The Cable Factory Eurocrack (Julma Henri & RPK) Tavastia Kuudes Linja Tickets €37/38 www.opera.fi Tallberginkatu 1 Finnish rap. Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Hämeentie 13 www.thecircus.fi Helsinki Le Bonk Helsinki Tickets €10 Fri 27 & Sat 28 September Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Yrjönkatu 24 Tickets €19.50/20 www.kuudeslinja.com Mon 30 September Dance United Wed 11:00-20:00 Tickets €9.50 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Jesu (UK), JK Flesh (UK) The Finnish National Opera opens Tickets €0/6/8 www.lebonk.fi Fri 27 September & Wed Post-metal/shoegaze. its doors to two visiting Finnish www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi Fri 27 September 2 October Tavastia dance companies. Thu 26 September Klamydia, Hybrid Children Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Finnish National Opera Until Tue 31 December The Fabulous Thunderbirds (USA) Punk rock. Comic opera. Tickets €22/24 The Almi Hall Mad about Helsinki Blues/rock. The Circus Finnish National Opera www.tavastiaklubi.fi Helsinginkatu 58 A unique overview of the city´s Tavastia Salomonkatu 1-3 Helsinginkatu 58 Tickets €12/23 history and beloved places. Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Tickets €26-115 Tue 1 October www.opera.fi Helsinki City Museum Tickets €35/38 Tickets €16.50/17 www.opera.fi Richard Bona (CMR) Sofiankatu 4 www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.thecircus.fi Jazz bassist and musician from Fri 27 & Sat 28 September Helsinki Sat 28 September Cameron. Sirkus Supiainen – [heresy] Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00 We Love Helsinki Syystanssit Savoy Theatre Contemporary circus. Thu 9:00-19:00 Traditional dances from tango to Kasarmikatu 46-48 Cirko Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 humppa with an urban twist. Tickets €34/36 Kaasutehtaankatu 1 Free entry Korjaamo Culture Factory www.savoyteatteri.fi Tickets €15/20 Töölönkatu 51 B www.cirko.fi Until Sun 12 January 2014 Tickets €11.50/12 Tue 1 October Aesthete Extarordinaire www.korjaamo.fi A Place To Bury Strangers (USA) Fri 27 September – Tue 8 October Birger Kaipiainen´s ceramic fantasies. Tap into Noiserock/shoegaze/post-punk. Hanna Pajala-Assefa: Erään EMMA – Espoo Museum Sat 28 September Tavastia rakkauden historia (”History of of Modern Art Hoedown featuring Anna Puu & Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 a Love”) Ahertajantie 5 untouched Tuure Kilpeläinen www.tavastiaklubi.fi A duet based on movement and Helsinki Country, folk, blues and rock’n’roll. rhythm by the artist couple chore- Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Sello Hall Wed 2 October ographer Hanna Pajala-Assefa and Wed 11:00-20:00 human potential Soittoniekanaukio 1A Svenska Talande Klubben musician Abdissa “Mamba” Assefa. Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets €22.50-27 Hoffmaestro (SWE). Zodiak – Center for New Dance Tickets €0/8/10 www.sellosali.fi Korjaamo Culture Factory Tallberginkatu 1B www.emma.museum Töölönkatu 51 B Helsinki Helsinki Times can help you find Sat 28 September Tickets €13.50/15 Tickets €14/22 Until Sun 12 January 2014 international Clinic presents Uto Karem (ITA) www.korjaamo.fi www.zodiak.fi Trees Are Poems Techno. Kristoffer Albrecht, Taneli Eskola, and motivated workforce Venue Wed 2 October Wed 2 October Ritva Kovalainen & Pentti Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 Matti Johannes Koivu, Pimeys Krepsko Theatre Group & Henna Sammallahti. Tickets €10.70-20.70 Rock. Kaikula – Alma & Amanda Sinebrychoff Art Museum www.clubvenue.fi Tavastia Two minds – one secret, Bulevardi 40 In today’s labour market the most Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 two moods – one problem. Helsinki difficult task is attracting the Sat 28 September www.tavastiaklubi.fi Cirko Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 1993 Club Kaasutehtaankatu 1 Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 best possible applicants Terveet Kädet live. Wed 2 October Helsinki Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Bar Loose Karkkipäivä Tickets €15/20 Tickets €0-10 for the vacancy on offer. Annankatu 21 Punk rock. www.cirko.fi www.sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi Tickets €8.50 Semifinal To place recruitment www.barloose.com Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Wed 2 October adverts in Helsinki Times, Tickets €6.50/7 Karttunen Kollektiv: Lacrimae OTHERS please contact Sat 28 September www.semifinal.fi Jyrki Karttunen and Sari Lakso [email protected] Viikate nterpret famous baroque opera Metal. Wed 2 October death scenes. Until Sun 29 September or phone +358 9 689 7422 Tavastia Sean Nicholas Savage (CAN) Stoa Rakkautta & Anarkiaa - Helsinki Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Multilayered pop from Montreal. Turunlinnantie 1 International Film Festival www.helsinkitimes.fi Helsinki Kuudes Linja Helsinki New films from well-known Tickets €19.50/20 Hämeentie 13 Tickets €12/20 filmmakers and fresh talents. www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.kuudeslinja.com www.stoa.fi www.hiff.fi