18 21 – 27 MARCH 2013 WHERE TO GO HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY ANNA-MAIJA LAPPI Until Sun 28 April Eero Järnefelt One of the most important painters of the golden age of Finnish art. LINDA SÖDERHOLM AND ESSI OJANPERÄ Ateneum Art Museum Kaivokatu 2 Helsinki Dance on Screen Open: Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 Loikka (Leap), the annual dance film festival is here! Between 21 and 24 March, Loikka Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 will be presenting a versatile selection of cinematic dance works of any genre, style, or Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 technique, with a program of nearly 80 films encompassing short and feature-length Tickets €0/6/8 www.ateneum.fi films, documentaries and 3D dance films. The varied program that will be shown at Andorra and Orion offers moving experiences for both dance professionals and wider Until Sun 19 May audiences. The screenings are complemented by workshops, events and the famous Michelangelo and the Sistine Loikka festival club with live performances. Chapel The festival program has been planned and coordinated by Loikka’s artistic direc- Drawings and artworks from Casa Buonarroti, Florence. tors, Thomas Freundlich and Valtteri Raekallio, who believe that in a single short film Sinebrychoff Art Museum screening, one can enjoy everything from contemporary dance to tango and from mu- Bulevardi 40 sic videos to animation. Helsinki The key film this year is Guy Maddin’s Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary, a sump- Open: tuous, erotically charged feast of dance, drama and shadow. Easy Access-screening Tue 10:00-18:00 Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 is a good option for first-time viewers and experts alike. The cavalcade of short films Fri 10:00-18:00 in this screening lead the audiences from the romanticism of everyday life to B-Girls Sat 11:00-17:00 dancing in wintry Helsinki. Movies on Movement- screening brings interesting inter- Sun 11:00-17:00 national short films on screen. The movies from Indonesia to Argentina concentrate Tickets €0-10 www.sinerbrychoffintaidemuseo.fi on human movement in all its rawness, subtlety and emotion. Until Sun 26 May Marjatta Tapiola Thu 21-Sun 24 March Eerikinkatu 11 Expressionist and passionate LOIKKA Tickets €8-30 Helsinki Freezing, B-girl Ramona directed by Linda Söderholm & Essi art of Marjatta Tapiola. Andorra www.loikka.fi Ojanperä. Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace Salomonkatu 15 Helsinki Open: Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00 MUSIC Fri 22 March Sat 23 March Tue 26 March Fri 22 March Tickets €0/8/10 Deep Space Helsinki: Irina, Mikko Pohjola Club Hori Smoku: Kid Congo & Sarah Ruhl: Eurydice Peter Van Hoese Pop. The Pink Monkey Birds (USA) New interpretation of the Orpheus Until Sun 9 July Thu 21 March Techno. Tavastia Pioneers of alternative rock. myth directed by Yana Ross. Surti- Per Maning Helsinki Philharmonic Kuudes Linja Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Kuudes Linja tles in English. One of Norway’s most Orchestra Hämeentie 13 Helsinki Hämeentie 13 Finnish National Theatre appreciated modern artists. Concert dedicated to Helsinki Tickets €15/18 Tickets €15 Läntinen Teatterikuja 1 EMMA – Espoo Museum of Dmitri Shostakovich. Tickets €10 www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.kuudeslinja.com Helsinki Modern Art Helsinki Music Centre www.kuudeslinja.com Tickets €17-32 Ahertajantie 5 Mannerheimintie 13 Sat 23 March Tue 26 March www.kansallisteatteri.fi Helsinki Tickets €6-25 Fri 22 March Ahola Dead Prez (USA) Open: www.musiikkitalo.fi Samuli Laiho Rock. Rap. Until Wed 27 March Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Singer-songwriter. On The Rocks Tavastia Jana Unmüßig: Colour, colour Wed 11:00-20:00 Thu 21 March Korjaamo Culture Factory Mikonkatu 15 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Contemporary dance piece by Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Warsaw Village Band (POL) Töölönkatu 51 B Helsinki Tickets €23/26 Berlin-based choreographer. Tickets €0/8/10 One of Europe’s most fascinating Tickets €6/8 Tickets €6/8 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Zodiak – Center for New Dance www.emma.museum world music groups. www.korjaamo.fi www.ontherocks.fi Tallberginkatu 1B Savoy Theatre Tue 26 March Helsinki Until Sat 27 July Kasarmikatu 46-48 Fri 22 March Sat 23 March Chamber Orchestra of Lapland Tickets €14/22 ART DECO and the Arts Helsinki XIII Matti Johannes Koivu, Atlético Recorder concertos www.zodiak.fi France-Finlande 1905-1935 Tickets €25/28 Metal. Kumpula by Pier Adams (UK). Exhibition celebrates the art www.savoyteatteri.fi Semifinal Acoustic folk pop. Helsinki Music Centre deco period in art. Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Korjaamo Culture Factory Mannerheimintie 13 EXHIBITIONS Amos Anderson Thu 21 March Helsinki Töölönkatu 51 B Tickets €6-25 Art Museum Walk The Moon (USA) Tickets €6/7 Helsinki www.musiikkitalo.fi Yrjönkatu 27 Indie-pop fiesta. www.semifinal.fi Tickets €12/14 Until Sun 7 April Helsinki Tavastia www.korjaamo.fi Wed 27 March Ivana Helsinki 15 Open: Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Fri 22 March Angelique Kidjo & Norrbotten A versatile selection on Ivana Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Helsinki Pojat & Luonteri Surf Sat 23 March Big Band Helsinki’s fashion and design. Wed 10:00-20:00 Tickets €17/20 Pop/rock. Juha Pekka Tapani Heikkinen & Queen of African music. Design Museum Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Tavastia Niin Edelleen, Rap-Mummo Eila Finlandia Hall Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Tickets €0/2/8/10 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Singer-songwriter and Rap-Grand- Mannerheimintie 13 Helsinki www.amosanderson.fi Thu 21 March Helsinki ma Eila. Tickets €44/54/59 Tue 11:00-20:00 Metropolia pop/jazz Tickets €12/14 Korjaamo Culture Factory www.finlandiatalo.fi Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Until Sun 28 July Soul, funk, jazz etc. www.tavastiaklubi.fi Töölönkatu 51 B Tickets €0/3/8 MAYA III– with live bands. Helsinki Wed 27 March www.designmuseum.fi Life –Death-Time Le bonk Fri 22 March Tickets €10/12 Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro Exhibition presents the Yrjönkatu 24 Pearson Sound (UK) www.korjaamo.fi One of the most popular and most Until Sun 14 April dualistic world view of the Tickets €5 Dub step/house. enjoyable operas of all time. Karelia! Maya Indians in which life, www.lebonk.fi Adams Sat 23 March Finnish National Opera Exhibition presenting works by ten death and time are intimately Erottajankatu 15-17 Telephones (NOR) Helsinginkatu 58 artists exploring their contempo- intertwined. Fri 22 March Helsinki Berlin-based tropical techno. Tickets €14-84 rary Karelian identity. Didrichen Funeral For A Friend (UK) Tickets €11/13 Adams www.opera.fi Kunsthalle Helsinki Art Museum Melancholic rock metal. www.ravintolaadams.fi Erottajankatu 15-17 Nervanderinkatu 3 Kuusilahdenkuja 1 Nosturi Tickets €8 Wed 27 March Helsinki Helsinki Telakkakatu 8 Fri 22 March www.ravintolaadams.fi Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Open: Helsinki Ewert and The Two Dragons (EST) FRSO with Francois Xavier Roth, Wed 11:00-20:00 Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tickets €25 Indie rock from Tallinn. Sat 23 March conductor and Patricia Kopatchin- Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 www.elmu.fi The Circus Hasta La Vista Social Club skaja, violin. Tickets €0/5.50/8 Tickets €0/3/7/10 Salomonkatu 1-3 Punk/hard rock. Helsinki Music Centre www.taidehalli.fi www.didrichenmuseum.fi Fri 22 March Helsinki Virgin Oil CO. Mannerheimintie 13 Slip Inside This Club Tickets €11/15 Mannerheimintie 5 Tickets €7-25 Until Sun 21 April Until Sun 18 August vol. 1: Conan (UK) www.thecircus.fi Tickets €8 www.musiikkitalo.fi Photography Jouko Lehtola – End of Doom metal. www.virginoil.fi Into Art – The Hannula & Innocence Bar Loose Fri 22-Tue 26 March Wed 27 March Hinkka Collection Finnish contemporary Annankatu 21 Linkola: Robin Hood Mon 25 March Tuomas Rounakari: The exhibition tells a unique story photographer. Helsinki Adventure opera for the whole family. Reel Big Fish (USA) Shaman Violin of the Finnish photography art. Kiasma Tickets €13/15 Finnish National Opera Ska punk from California. Genuine Siberian shaman songs for The Finnish Museum of Photog- Mannerheiminaukio 2 www.barloose.com Helsinginkatu 58 Tavastia violin, voice, and stomping. raphy Helsinki Tickets €14-84 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Music Centre The Cable Factory Open: Fri 22 March www.opera.fi Tickets €18/20 Camerata Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tue 10:00-17:00 Finnish Radio Symphony www.tavastiaklubi.fi Mannerheimintie 13 Wed 11:00-20:00 Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 Orchestra Sat 23 March Tickets €5/10/15 Tallberginkatu 1 Sat 10:00-18:00 FRSO with Manfred Honeck, Example (UK) Tue 26 March www.musiikkitalo.fi Helsinki Sun 10:00-17:00 conductor. Rap. Melingo (ARG) Tickets €0/4/6 Tickets €0/8/10 Helsinki Music Centre The Circus Thrilling tango. www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi www.kiasma.fi Mannerheimintie 13 Salomonkatu 1-3 Savoy Theatre THEATRE & DANCE Tickets €7-25 Tickets €29/49 Kasarmikatu 46-48 Until Sun 21 April Helsinki www.thecircus.fi Tickets €32/34 Nelli Palomäki OTHERS www.musiikkitalo.fi www.savoyteatteri.fi Thu 21-Sat 23 March Captivating portraits. Sat 23 March Sonya Lindfors: Chorus Line 2013 The Finnish Museum Fri 22 March Antonio Placer & Jean-Marie Tue 26 March Daring, versatile and fresh dance of Photography Thu 21-Sun 24 March Fields Of The Nephilim (UK) Machado Republicalma + Veli Ku- Halestorm (USA) piece on the relationship of the in- The Cable Factory LOIKKA Gothic rock. jala Chansons solo Rock. dividual and the group. Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Annual dance film festival. Virgin Oil CO. World music, chansons and jazz. Nosturi Helsinki City Theatre Wed 11:00-20:00 Andorra Mannerheimintie 5 Sello Hall Telakkakatu 8 Studio Elsa Tallberginkatu 1 Eerikinkatu 11 Helsinki Soittoniekanaukio 1A Helsinki Ensi Linja 2 Helsinki Helsinki Tickets €32/35 Tickets €17.50/18 Tickets €20 Tickets €25-34 Tickets €0/4/6 Tickets €8-30 www.virginoil.fi www.sellosali.fi www.elmu.fi www.hkt.fi www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi www.loikka.fi.