Image courtesty of Lembit Michelson

Nordic Dance / Põhjamaa tants

Estonian, Finnish and Swedish dances / Eesti, Soome, Rootsi tantsud

Sydney Estonian House, 141 Campbell Street, Surry Hills
Saturday 10 October 2015, 2pm to 5pm

All welcome, no partner or prior dance experience required

A great article about the Estonian seaside resort, Parnu. ( I was just there recently and thoroughly enjoyed it!.)

Tasting the Good Life in Parnu, the Summer Capital of Estonia

When talking beach resort, most of us probably think Greece, Spain, Portugal. The Côte d’Azur. If you’re American, Florida or California. The islands of South-East Asia. The Caribbean.Australia.

Well, Estonians and their Baltic and Nordic neighbours may have a completely different answer for us: they have their own little beach paradise, and it’s called Pärnu.

If you’ve never heard of it before, don’t worry, you don’t need to sign up for a geography Master’s. You’re not alone: neither had I!

In fact, it’s not like I knew anything other than Tallinn when I first started researching for my trip in the Baltics… However, my cousin and I wanted to spend time in at least two different places in Estonia in order to see a little more of the country, and to break up our trip from Riga to Tallinn. So, I googled ‘Estonia highlights’ and ‘Things not to miss in Estonia’, and read about this little beach town called Pärnu that seemed to be located halfway between the two capitals and kept being referred to as ‘the summer capital of Estonia’.

Read the entire article here:  Tasting the Good Life in Parnu, the Summer Capital of Estonia

Sorve Trivia Party
6pm, September 11 @ Eesti Maja Sydney.

The Estonian Movie, In the Crosswind, is showing as part of the the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)

From the Festival website:

While Hitler’s Final Solution rolled out across Europe, Stalin was planning his own quiet act of genocide: the mass deportation and execution of more than half-a-million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as he rooted out anti-Soviet elements.

Based on the real life diaries and letters of Erna, a young woman separated from her husband in the brutal pogrom and sent to a gulag, In the Crosswind is the remarkable, genre-breaking directorial debut from young gun Martti Helde. Filmed entirely as a sequence of tableaux vivants – literally “living pictures” – the result is a monumental film as photograph, utilising more than 700 actors to create awe-inspiring recreations of Erna’s journey. Four years in the making and shot in lustrous 35mm black and white, In the Crosswind is arthouse filmmaking of the highest order, and marks the emergence of a startling new talent.

• Tue 11 Aug, 1:30 pm IN THE CROSSWIND at Forum
• Sun 16 Aug, 1:30 pm IN THE CROSSWIND at Kino 2 (Standby Tickets only)

For tickets and more information see the Festival Site – http://miff.com.au/program/film/in-the-crosswind

Defiance Gallery invites you to a new exhibition by Ulvi Haagensen

Ad Infinitum
Exhibition opening 6-8pm Wednesday 1 July

1 – 25 July 2015
Defiance Gallery
47 Enmore Road,
Newtown NSW, 2042
+61 (0)2 9557 8483

View the exhibition online at www.defiancegallery.com and on Facebook

Ulvi Haagensen (b. Australia) is a visual artist who trained at the City Art Institute and COFA, Sydney. She lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia. Her work explores the grey area between drawing, sculpture and illusion within her chosen subject; the everyday and the domestic. Ulvi has had numerous solo exhibitions and has exhibited in Australia, Estonia, Korea, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Sweden. She has recently completed artist-in-residence programmes in Estonia and Finland.

I am interested in “unimportant work” and professions, whether as unpaid in the home or outside. Cleaning and housework is generally an invisible “art” that is only noticed when it hasn’t been done. Why do we do these jobs day after day – for love, money, a sense of duty or because it is expected of us? Or do we do them to appease, as a form of atonement or out of a sense of guilt.

How does it affect us to do a task repeatedly?

Ulvi Haagensen 2015

It is that time again we are looking within our Australian/Estonian community for Camp Leaders for Sõrve Summer Camp – 3 -10 January 2016

It has been widely accepted that those who have volunteered their time have developed very good leadership skills of which they have been able to utilise in their future vocations and have become senior leaders in their community.

This is a great opportunity to nurture individual development, become mentors and above all enjoy the moment.

We look forward to receiving your Expressions of Interest.

SÕRVE 2016 LEADERSHIP GROUP

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST APPLICATIONS – Now Open

If you are interested in becoming a General Leader at So᷈rve 2016 please complete the application form on the link below:

https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/3xBWdX

If you are interested in becoming the Head Camp Leader at Sõrve 2016 please complete the application form on the link below:

https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/0gCNC2

Everyone is welcome to apply. Applications close on the 30th of June 2015. (late applications will not be accepted.

Regards to all

Ron Cowan

So᷈rve So᷈brad Committee

Estonian shop “Nordic Deli” Sydney news!

Available: Soup of the day, sandwiches, cake and coffee.

143 Campbell st. Surry Hills

PS! Nordic Deli shop is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays 9am-2pm!

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Eesti pood “Nordic Deli” Sydneys uudis!

Saadaval paevasupp, voileivad, kook ja kohvi.

143 Campbell st. Surry Hills

Avatud Teisipaeviti ja Neljapaeviti kl 9.00 – 17.00 ning nadalavahetustel 9.00 – 14.00