The Helsinki Festival is this year expanding its programme. Arts from the Baltic Sea region will be very much to the fore. The Festival presents three leading orchestras, several theatre […]
North goes South
{mosimage} It sounds strange: a Scandinavian festival in Italy. Usually you can find a lot of Latin festivals or even African one but never Scandinavian. From here the need, felt […]
Sail the world
{mosimage} Auli Irjala made her dream come true and sailed the world for four year with her husband Hannu Aulin. They visited places like Greenland, Tonga, Mexico, New Zealand […]
Animal ups and downs
{mosimage} Zoos are controversial: most like to see wild animals from far-away places close up, some think they exploit innocent creatures for profit in unnatural surroundings. Here's a look at […]
Olympics in a Finnish way
{mosimage}Finland is passionate about sports. In 1952, Helsinki hosted the Olympics and the city has organized the World Championships in Athletics twice. The country is also famous for its rally […]
Move your peppu!
{mosimage}Helsinki has lived once more the magic of the Carnival. Brazilian flavour with a touch of Finnish national identity: Saaaaamba!!! Who said that Finnish are cold? During the weekend of […]
The monsters are back in town!
{mosimage}And not, this time we are not talking about Lordi… Lovers of big cars, roaring engines and spectacular open air shows can feel happy, since Monster Mania, Monster Truck Racing […]
No pain, no gain
Ink on your skin. Long ago, tattoos stopped being a taboo. They are no longer a sign of a criminal, a tough biker or a sailor. This body art went […]
An ecological performance
Relativity is a performance that combines three different art disciplines to create something new, unique, improvised and unexpected. Electronic music, video and dance are the ingredients. But Relativity is not […]
From the ashes of the lost empire
After following the events concerning a certain bronze Russian soldier, I gave myself the task of developing an observer’s approach to the efforts being made to build a new Estonia, […]
Light and shadows on the silver screen
Regina Linnanheimo (1915-1995) was passionate about movies from the very get-go: as a girl, she spent her every last penny on going to the cinema. She also had her sister […]
Pushing the limits of the human body
“The first incarnation of Circus Mundus Absurdus saw the light of day back in 1999, when I met Antti Kervinen and Eero Auvinen in art school in Tampere. It started […]
The party of the people at Kaisaniemi Park
The promoter of the festival, Johanna Eurakoski, explains more about what the visitor can find during the weekend: “The whole of Kaisaniemi park is filled with a marvellous cultural programme […]
Participating youth – A risk or an opportunity?
Annantalo Arts Centre is a member of the European Network of Art Organisations for Children and Young People (EUnetART) and will be hosting the event in Finland, along with EUnetART […]
Dance, dance, dance
Since the late-eighties an association of artists have worked for the production of modern dance performances and activities. In 1997 that association was established in a permanent place at Kaapeli […]