14 8 – 14 JANUARY 2015 WHERE TO GO HELSINKI TIMES compiled by anna-maija lappi
Until Mon 12 January Anita Snellman Retrospective on the avid colourist Anita Snellman JUHO R AHIJäRv I Amos Anderson Art Museum Yrjönkatu 27 Helsinki Camping at Cirko Open: Mon 10:00-18:00 The spring season at Cirko – Center For New Circus will be Thu 10:00-18:00 kicked off on Thursday 8 January with the premiere of a new Fri 10:00-18:00 Wed 10:00-20:00 piece by contemporary circus group Circo Aereo. In Camping 3, Sat 11:00-17:00 the third part of the acclaimed Camping series, artists and sci- Sun 11:00-17:00 entists will take audiences on a historical journey involving a Tickets €0/2/8/10 sea voyage, a shipwreck and the isolation of a paradise island. www.amosanderson.fi Camping 3, being entertaining, moving and intellectually chal- Until Sun 18 January lenging at the same time, continues to explore the themes of im- #snapshot migration, otherness and equity. Photographs taken The artist cavalcade in Camping 3 includes German trapeze by ordinary people, images artist Bellina Sörensson, evolutionary scientist Osmo Tammisa- sourced from the internet, historic snapshots lo, social psychologist Kristiina Janhunen, magician Timo Kulm- and selfies as well as an akko, dancer Kaisa Niemi, acrobat Jori Reunanen and rap artist overview of Prinssi Jusuf. the history of the selfie The Finnish Museum of Photography Thu 8 – Sun 25 January Kaasutehtaankatu 1 Tallberginkatu 1 G Circo Aereo: Camping 3 Tickets €17.50/27.50 Helsinki Cirko www.cirko.fi Camping 3 deals with the questions of equity and well-being. Tickets €0/6/8 Open: Tue 11:00-18:00 Thu 11:00-18:00 Fri 11:00-18:00 Sat 11:00-18:00 MUSIC Fri 9 January Fri 9 January Sat 10 January Wed 14 January Sun 11:00-18:00 Black Magic Six Johann Strauss: Franklin Zoo (DNK) Teen Daze (CAN) Wed 11:00-20:00 Punk rock/garage blues Die Fledermaus Hard rock Electronic indie www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi Thu 8 January Elmun Baari Classic operetta with bubbly On The Rocks Kuudes Linja Aki Rissanen Trio Telakkakatu 8 music Mikonkatu 15 Hämeentie 13 Until Wed 28 January Jazz Helsinki Finnish National Opera Tickets €5 Helsinki Edward Munch – The Dance Koko Jazz Club Tickets €8.50 Helsinginkatu 58 www.ontherocks.fi Tickets €8.50 of Life Hämeentie 3 www.elmunbaari.fi www.opera.fi www.kuudeslinja.com Exhibition of one of the major Tickets €11.50/16.50 Sat 10 January visual artists in Northern Europe www.kokojazz.fi Fri 9 January Fri 9 January Didula: Musique du Soleil of the 20th century Storyville Bluesfest Valo, Café de Abejas Russian guitar virtuoso THEATRE & DANCE Didrichsen Art Museum Thu 8 January Erja Lyytinen, The Fallen Pop/rock/chansons Savoy Theatre Kuusilahdenkuja 1 Tahdon 2013- party Heroes (UK) Semifinal Kasarmikatu 46-48 Helsinki Concert supporting the equal mar- Storyville Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €36-50 Thu 8-Wed 14 January Open: riage law Museokatu 8 www.semifinal.fi www.savoyteatteri.fi Circo Aereo: Camping 3 Tue 11:00-18:00 Tavastia Tickets €16.50 Contemporary circus Wed 11:00-18:00 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 www.storyville.fi Fri 9 January Sat 10 January Cirko Thu 11:00-18:00 Tickets €26.50 Club Paska Sohva Flannelmouth Kaasutehtaankatu 1 Fri 11:00-18:00 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Fri 9 January Khid & Lommo Guitar pop Tickets €17.50/27.50 Sat 11:00-18:00 Johann Strauss: Kuudes Linja Semifinal www.cirko.fi Sun 11:00-18:00 Thu 8 January Die Fledermaus Hämeentie 13 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €0/8/13 Folklandian etkot (“Folklandia Classic operetta with bubbly Helsinki Helsinki www.didrichsenmuseum.fi pre-party”) music Tickets €8 Tickets €7.50 EXHIBITIONS Maija Kauhanen, Nordic Cho- Finnish National Opera www.kuudeslinja.com www.semifinal.fi Until Sun 22 March ro, Orivesi All Stars & Sarah-Jane Helsinginkatu 58 Sibelius and the World of Art Summers & Juhani Silvola (NOR) Tickets €26.50-125.50 Sat 10 January Sat 10 January Until Sun 11 January Exhibition explores Helsinki Music Centre www.opera.fi Finnish Radio Symphony Tippa-T, Paperi T, Sairas T Ceramics & Space the links between Black Box Orchestra: Movie Concert Rap Exhibition of contemporary the composer’s work Manneheimintie 13 Fri 9 January Three short Chaplin films Korjaamo Culture Factory Finnish ceramics and the art scene of Helsinki Lovijatar, Church Of Void, Helsinki Music Centre Töölönkatu 51 B Design Museum his time Tickets €6.50-17.50 Unshine Concert Hall Tickets €10/12 Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Ateneum Art Museum www.musiikkitalo.fi Metal Manneheimintie 13 www.korjaamo.fi Helsinki Kaivokatu 2 On The Rocks Tickets €9.50-32.50 Open: Helsinki Thu 8 & Sat 10 January Mikonkatu 15 www.musiikkitalo.fi Tue 13 January Tue 11:00-20:00 Open: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème Tickets €5 Amaya Trio: Viva Sibelius! Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tue 10:00-18:00 One of the world’s most beloved www.ontherocks.fi Sat 10 January Three works by young Sibelius Wed-Fri 11:00-18:00 Fri 10:00-18:00 operas French Films Helsinki Music Centre Sat-Sun 11:00-18:00 Wed 10:00-18:00 Finnish National Opera Fri 9 January Indie rock Camerata Tickets €0/5/8/10 Thu 10:00-20:00 Helsinginkatu 58 Rollstons Kuudes Linja Manneheimintie 13 www.designmuseum.fi Sat 10:00-18:00 Tickets €21.50-107.50 Rock Hämeentie 13 Helsinki Sun 10:00-17:00 www.opera.fi Korjaamo Culture Factory Helsinki Tickets €6.50-17.50 Until Sun 11 January Tickets €0/10/12 Töölönkatu 51 B Tickets €12.50 www.musiikkitalo.fi Tuomas A. Laitinen: Fundamen- www.ateneum.fi Fri 9 January Tickets €8.50 www.kuudeslinja.com tal Matter Marcel Dettmann www.korjaamo.fi Tue 13 January Wide-ranging installations combin- (Ostgut Ton, Berlin), Sat 10 January Jazz On The Loose ing sound, light and moving image OTHERS Lil Tony Fri 9 January Katujen Äänet Blixt Duo - Raoul Björkenheim & EMMA – Espoo Museum of Mod- Techno Sleep of Monsters Punk Morgan Ågren ern Art Kaiku Gothic rock Tavastia Bar Loose Ahertajantie 5 Until Thu 8 January Kaikukatu 4 Tavastia Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Annankatu 21 Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Lux Helsinki 2015 Helsinki Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Helsinki Wed 11:00-20:00 Light art festival Tickets €16.50 Tickets €11.50 Tickets €13.50 Tickets €11.50 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Free entry www.clubkaiku.fi www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.barloose.com www.emma.museum www.luxhelsinki.fi
es on the 10 years from 2004 forms into a republic in 2007 Making to 2014. The decade is of par- following the war between ticular importance as it exists government forces and Mao- Tap into a global as the first ten years of the pa- ists and the annual cycling per’s switch from broadsheet spectacle of the impression format to becoming a tabloid, Tour de France, circa 2010, untouched human potential the first major newspaper can all be found here. JAMES O’SULLIVAN in Finland to do so. Elsewhere, HBL’s visit to HELSINKI TIMES The decade also saw tra- Greece in 2011 shone a light Helsinki Times can help you find ditional media contort in dif- on tens of thousands of peo- international and motivated workforce THE LARGEST Swedish-lan- ferent ways, conforming to ple every week who risk their guage newspaper in Finland, the public’s changing ideas lives to get into Europe via Hufvudstadsbladet (HBL), of accessing content. Video the southern regions of the In today’s labour market the most is celebrating its 150th an- clips form a part of the exhi- European Union. The exhi- difficult task is attracting the niversary this year in a va- bition, in line with public de- bition also takes a glance at riety of ways. Turning their mand for such, along with Barack Obama re-election in best possible applicants gaze to events beyond the slide shows that combine im- 2012 and the first snow fall- for the vacancy on offer. Finnish border, one of these age and sound in a fresh way ing over Kiev, bringing with is Impressions, an exhibi- to heighten the viewer’s im- it a revolution in Ukraine, in To place recruitment adverts in Helsinki tion of press photographs mersive experience. 2013. Times, please contact accumulated from overseas The issues and events de- So, no need to fret about [email protected] reporting. picted in the exhibition are your winter travel plans, all or phone +358 9 689 7425 On display at the Amos An- many and varied. The after- of these global impressions www.helsinkitimes.fi derson Art Museum until 15 math of the 2004 tsunami is and more can be found in January, the exhibition focus- felt in Thailand, Nepal trans- downtown Helsinki.