June 2011

Happy Hour with SACC Washington, D.C. at 18th Street Lounge

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The Washington Chapter of SACC (Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce) held a Happy Hour gathering at 18th Street Lounge on Wednesday evening, June 29.

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Beautiful 'Jenny Lind Concert' in Washington with Soprano Rebecca Rasmussen and Pianist Daniel Hormazabal Cortes

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The Swedish Piano Scholar 2011 pianist Daniel Hormazabal Cortes and the Jenny Lind Scholar 2011 soprano Rebecca Rasmussen performed at St. Columba's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday evening, June 28.

IT WAS A fabulous performance by the Jenny Lind Scholar 2011, Swedish soprano Rebecca Rasmussen, and the Swedish Piano Scholar 2011, pianist Daniel Hormazabal Cortes, on Tuesday evening, June 29, at St. Columba's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. The title of the concert was "Jenny Lind: The Swedish Nightingale Concert and Reception." The concert is a yearly event in the nation's capital. Jenny Lind was the 19th century world-renowned Swedish singer who toured the U.S. to much acclaim. The scholarships honoring her are awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the People's Parks and Community center in Stockholm.

REBECCA Rasmussen grew up outside Stockholm and studied at Ingesunds Music School, the Stockholm Opera studio and the University College of Opera in Stockholm. She completed her studies last spring with an opera performance at the Swedish Royal Opera, where she sang the role of Lisa in Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades."

Susan Casey, Executive Director of the Committee of Enlightened People who Support Opera; Pianist Daniel Hormazabal Cortes; Soprano Rebecca Rasmussen; and Anna Marie J. Musterman, a member of the Board of Trustees, Annapolis Opera Company

DANIEL Hormazabal Cortes has studied piano since the age of 12. This year he is finishing his undergraduate studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He has played several concerts in Sweden and abroad. Last year he won a joint scholarship with the Swedish soprano Magdalena Risberg. He also has a passion for music from the Americas and he plays in several Latin American ensembles.

Soprano Rebecca Rasmussen

THE SWEDISH Royal Academy of Music awarded Mr. Hormazabal Cortes the accompaniment scholarship, which includes being the accompanist of this year's winner of the Jenny Lind scholarship, Rebecca Rasmussen, on her U.S. tour.

THE EVENING'S music program included, among other pieces, work by Edvard Grieg, Wilhelm Stenhammar and Jean Sibelius, as well as Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert with transcription by Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn and Charles Gounod. Mr. Hormazabal Cortes performed beautifully two piano solos - Fantasie in b-moll opus 11, number 1 by Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar and "Auf dem Wasser zu singen" by Franz Schubert with transcription by Franz Liszt - and Ms. Rasmussen did extraordinary in the final piece, Marguerite's jewel song in "Faust" by Charles Gounod.

THE DELICIOUS reception, following the concert, was courtesy of SWEA DC (Swedish Women's Educational Association, www.swea.org).

Rebecca Rasmussen after the performance

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Exhibition 'Creative Process' opens at Long View Gallery in Washington, D.C.

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Natasha Hennessy, William J. Hennessy Jr., Siobhan Gavagan of Long View Gallery, Arezou Hennessy and Sam Kamyans in conversation.

"CREATIVE PROCESS" - an exhibition showing four artists' expressions through uniquely different mediums - opened on Thursday evening, June 23 at Long View Gallery in Washington, D.C. The artists are Patrick Hughes, Eve Stockton, Sondra N. Arkin and Natasha Karpinskaia. Their work stretches from wood block printing to encaustics, monotypes and reverspectives, and they are pushing the boundaries of their respective processes.

Lauren Tozzi and Katie Barrett

THE SHOW will run through July 24, 2011. Long View Gallery is located at 1234 9th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., tel. 202-232-4788. For more information: www.longviewgallery.com.

Artist Victor Ekpuk and Christina Waddler

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Eva Gabrielsson - Swedish writer Stieg Larsson's long-time partner - talked about her new book at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C.

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Eva Gabrielsson, Swedish writer Stieg Larsson's long-time partner, talked with radio-personality Diane Rehm about her book "There Are Things I Want You to Know" at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening.

FEW SWEDISH writers - if any - have sold as many book copies as author Stieg Larsson and his Millennium Trilogy. In 2004, at the age of 50, Larsson passed away, and little did he know that his trilogy about crimes in Swedish society would catch the imagination of so many people and become such an international success story.

ON WEDNESDAY evening, June 22, his long-time companion, architect, author and political activist Eva Gabrielsson, discussed her book about her life with the renowned writer - "There Are Things I Want You To Know" (About Stieg Larsson and Me) - with famous radio-personality Diane Rehm at an event at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C.

Eva Gabrielsson and Diane Rehm talk after the program is over.

IN THE BOOK, Ms. Gabrielsson tells the story about her 30-year romance and relationship with Stieg Larsson, and of Larsson's life-long struggle to expose Sweden's Neo-Nazis, of his struggle to keep the magazine he founded, Expo, alive, his difficult relationships with his immediate family, and the joy and relief he discovered writing the Millennium Trilogy.

EVA GABRIELSSON and Stieg Larsson met in 1972, when they were both 18. They lived and wrote together from 1974 until his death in 2004. Their struggle together for social justice was the basis for the books in Larsson's Millennium Trilogy.

EVA GABRIELSSON is currently on a book tour in the United States and Canada. Her next stops are in New York where she will have a conversation with Gloria Steinem, Toronto, Seattle, San Francisco and Corte Madera, Calif.

Introduction of the evening's program with Eva Gabrielsson.

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Swedish Midsummer Festival in New York on June 24

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THE ANNUAL Swedish Midsummer Festival in New York City will take place in Battery Park City on the southern tip of Manhattan on Friday, June 24. Adults and children come together to picnic in the grass, decorate the midsummer pole, make flower wreaths, play traditional games and dance to authentic fiddle music at this unique celebration.

THERE WILL ALSO be traditional music and folk dancing provided by the Swedish Folkdancers of New York, Paul Dahlin and fiddlers from the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, and Barnklubben Elsa Rix. Gunnar and Lena Iggendal, leaders of the Stockholm's Spelmanslag, will also join the musicians this year. Master of ceremonies and dance callers is Ross Sutter, professional folk musician and Swedish heritage historian.

ADDITIONALLY food stands will offer delicacies from White Slab Palace, AQ Café and Smörgås Chef. The restaurant Gigino's in Wagner Park is also confirmed.

THE CELEBRATION, which will take place between 5-8 p.m. at Robert F. Wagner Park (rain or shine), is presented by Battery Park City Parks Conservancy and co-hosted by the Consulate General of Sweden in New York. Sponsors include (former U.S.) Ambassador and Mrs. Lyndon L. Olson Jr., Handelsbanken, The Heimbold Foundation, Investor AB, Polarn och Pyret, SAS, SEB, Skanska, Swedish Match and Volvo Group North America.

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NAACP Legal Defense Fund Celebrates 70th Anniversary with Reception and Discussion at the National Archives Featuring Eugene Robinson, Elaine Jones and John Payton

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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund President and Director-Counsel John Payton, LDF Past President and General Counsel Elaine R. Jones and Pulitzer-Prize winning Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson talked about the state of racial and social justice at the 70th Anniversary celebration of LDF at the National Archives.

CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, members of Congress, and friends joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in its celebration of the 70th Anniversary of its founding at a reception, discussion and book signing at the beautiful National Archives on the Mall in Washington Tuesday evening.

Eugene Robinson talks with a member of the audience.

EUGENE ROBINSON, Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist for The Washington Post, engaged in a lively discussion with LDF Past President and General Counsel Elaine R. Jones and current LDF President and Director-Counsel John Payton, in which the three talked about the state of racial and social justice in the nation today.

"We're the country's first civil rights law firm," said Mr. Payton, citing many of LDF's achievements over the last seven decades. Quoting one of LDF's founders Charles Hamilton Houston, Mr. Payton added, "We have made enormous progress, no doubt about it. But we can't 'shout too soon.' There are lots of issues yet to be resolved."

Eugene Robinson, Congressman Bobby Scott, Elaine Jones and John Payton

FOLLOWING the discussion, Mr. Robinson hosted a book signing for his highly acclaimed book "Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America," which analyzes the splintering of black America into four subgroups: the Transcendent elite, the Mainstream middle class, an Emergent community and the Abandoned.

SINCE 1940, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) has been America's legal counsel on issues of race. Through advocacy and litigation, LDF focuses on issues of education, voter protection, economic justice and criminal justice. LDF also encourages students to embark on careers in the public interest through scholarships and internship programs. LDF pursues racial justice to move our nation toward a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all.

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Opening Reception of 'NOW at the Corcoran' in Washington, D.C.

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Carol Warden, Kristin Guiter of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Susan Rosenbaum

THE OPENING reception of NOW at the Corcoran - Chris Martin: Painting Big - was held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on Friday evening, June 17.

CHRIS MARTIN was born in Washington, D.C., in 1954. From 1972 to 1975 he attended Yale University, and in 1992 earned a BFA, Certificate of Art Therapy from the School of Visual Arts, New York. Martin has been living and working in New York City since 1976, and has been exhibiting in the United States since the early 1980's. He has also exhibited his work in Berlin and London.

Hernan Gigena and Rachel Cothran

NOW at the Corcoran is a series of exhibitions that presents new and site-specific work by emerging and mid-career artists. They highlight works that address issues central to the local, national, and global communities of Washington, D.C., and that respond to the collections, history and architecture of the museum.

THE Chris Martin: Painting Big exhibition runs through October 23, 2011. Corcoran Gallery of Art is located at 500 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, Tel. 202-639-1700. For more information: www.corcoran.org.

John Murph and DJ Adrian Loving

The opening reception of NOW at the Corcoran

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Parish Gallery in Washington Celebrates its 20-Anniversary

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Gwen Parish and gallery owner Norman Parish

PARISH GALLERY in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., celebrated its 20th anniversary on Friday evening, June 17, with an opening reception for the exhibition "Living Embodiments: Artistic Expressions of Being."

FEATURED artists and photographers are Tayo Adenaike, Mason Archie, Alex Bay, Antonio Carréno, Edward Clark, Louis Delsarte, Victor Ekpuk, Robert Freeman, Herbert Gentry, Sam Gilliam, Marilyn Horrom, Morris Howard, Richard Hunt, Simmie Knox, Wosene Kosrof, Peter Wayne Lewis, Edward McCluney, Evangeline J. Montgomery, Norman Parish, James Porter, Sylvia Snowden, Yvette Watson and Ken Young, Dennis Cook, Carmen de Jesus, Phoebe Farris, Henry Ferrand, Roy Lewis, Sonny Mason, Bruce McNeil, Askia Muhammed, Curtis Nelson, Oggi Ogburn and Robert Sengstacke.

Cleve Overton, Mimi Wolford and Florent Souvignet

THE SHOW runs through July 12, 2011. Parish Gallery is located at 1054 31st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., tel. 202-944-2310. For more information: www.parishgallery.com.

Music provided by "PowerGlide."

Parish Gallery celebrates its 20-anniversary.

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Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs Ulf Kristersson visited Washington, D.C.

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Karin Olofsdotter, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Sweden; Anna Halén, Deputy Director, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs; Ulf Kristersson, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs; Fredrik Johansson, Political Advisor, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs; Cecilia Browning, chair of SWEA Washington, D.C.; and Therese Lindé, chair of SNS Washington, D.C.

SWEDISH Minister of Health and Social Affairs Ulf Kristersson presented a seminar on "Welfare State and High Growth -- How is it Possible?" ("Väfärdsstat och hög tillväxt - hur är det möjligt?") Thursday evening, June 16 at the House of Sweden. Sponsored by SWEA Washinton, D.C. and SNS Washington, D.C., the seminar explored the issues and policies associated with Sweden's provisions for pension, health care and unemployment support for its population.

In fact, Sweden has one of the most generous social welfare programs in the world, and Mr. Kristersson discussed how the country, despite that fact, still has had high growth over the last decade. This is a utopia, which many countries, including the United States, think is not possible. He also discussed how over the last five years, an alliance of moderates, liberals, Christian democrats and centrists have implemented several reforms of the Swedish welfare programs.

SWEA is the Swedish Women's Educational Association. SNS (Studieförbundet Näringsliv och Samhälle) is an independent network of leading decision makers from the private and public sectors who share a commitment to social and economic development in Sweden. Its aim is to improve the basis for rational decisions on major social and economic issues, by promoting social science research and stimulating public debate.

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Rooftop Kick-off Summer 2011 Party - 'Sky's The Limit' - in Washington, D.C.

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Sarah Apsel, David Pardini, Tony Cord and Tina Palmer

"SKY'S THE LIMIT" - a unique series of fun rooftop happy hours, created and hosted by Tony Cord and Brook Katzen -- brought together a sophisticated and diverse crowd on Wednesday evening, June 15.

FROM A ROOFTOP at 401 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., guests were able to enjoy the impressive view of the city and the U.S. Capitol in the sunset. They also enjoyed Bacardi Rock Coconut cocktails, wine selections, Buddha Bar food, dancing and opportunities to make great new connections -- accompanied by the chill sounds from one of the city's hot up-and-coming DJs -- DJ Sean Falco. Additionally, Tesla Motors all-electric roadster super car was on display near the entrance to the building.

Amanda Deprez

"SKY'S The Limit" brings together people from the public and private sectors, business and arts, young and old, and all ethnicities, background and interests.

Linda Elyan, Tirhas Mekonnen and Love Leigh Beasley

Matt Landsberg, Monica Calabi, David Carlos Washington and Gavin Bowie

Julia Bellafiore and Annette Aaron

Tanisha Carden, Dale Dykes and Janice M. Dodd

Host Tony Cord and artist Tina Palmer

Amanda Deprez

"Sky's The Limit" rooftop party

"Sky's The Limit" rooftop party in Washington

"Sky's The Limit" rooftop party

View of the U.S. Capitol

Night View over Washington, D.C.

Night View over the Washington Capitol

Washington sunset

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Jazz Evening with Kuára at the Embassy of Finland in Washington, D.C.

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Bo Borje Jonsson and Diane Salisbury

"A FINNISH Jazz Evening with Kuára" - a splendid concert and reception -- was held at the beautiful Embassy of Finland in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday evening, June 14. The music group Kuára comprises Markku Ounaskari on drums, Samuli Mikkonen on piano and Per Jørgensen on trumpet and voice. Ambassador Pekka Lintu introduced the musicians. Guests could also enjoy the delicious and plentiful buffet of Finnish specialties and other dishes. The concert was part of the Nordic Jazz 2011 concert series.

Ambassador Pekka Lintu of Finland introduces the music group Kuára

Marcus Tuominen and Wilma Yläjärvi of the Embassy of Finland, and David H. Wasserman

Flavius Mihaies and Matthew H. T. M. Stephenson

Lilly Papaioannou and Liliana Pulvirenti

Kuára performs.

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Opening Reception for German Photography at the Goethe-Institut in Washington, D.C.

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Rebecca Sampson in front of her work

THE OPENING reception of "Gute Aussichten, New German Photography " was held at the Goethe-Institut in Washington, D.C. on Thursday evening, June 9. The show features work by seven winners of the seventh annual German competition for graduate photography students: André Hemstedt & Tine Reimer, Samuel Henne, Katrin Kamrau, Rebecca Sampson, Helena Schätzle and Stephan Tillmans. Ms. Sampson and Mr. Tillmans were present during the opening reception, as well as "Gute Aussichten's" initiators Josefine Raab and Stefan Becht. The exhibition runs through September 2, 2011.

Photographer Stephan Tillmans is showing his work at the Goethe-Institut.

Goethe-Institut is located at 812 Seventh Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information: www.goethe.de/washington.

Washington-based photographer Bruce McNeil

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Art Exhibit and Opening Reception with Ernesto Del Carpio at the Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C.

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Peruvian artist Ernesto Del Carpio and Luis Chang Boldrini, Minister Counselor at the Embassy of Peru

"LOVE, HAPPINESS AND COLOR" - a colorful and intriguing exhibition of artwork by Peruvian artist Ernesto Del Carpio - opened on Thursday evening, June 9, at the Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C.

ERNESTO DEL CARPIO - like Nobel Prize Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa - from Peru's second largest city Arequipa, and is a representative of the emerging art of the late 70s in that city. The characteristics of the artist's work come from a place with its own identity, history and artistic expression, which is a product of a multicultural and diverse country.

Leonda Levchuk and Jacquetta Swift of the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution

DEL CARPIO'S artistic life started with sculptures in metal, stone, wood and other materials that he felt suitable for handling and shaping. Later on, he began painting. He says: "I work on the subject without giving the interpretation much importance (the memory is never entirely exact). I recur to color and volume as possibilities, always to say something, something that is not determined (everything can change)."
"I am interested in a new formulation of the image as a means of documenting sensations, emotions, pursuing contrasts and contradictions, plastic accusations that lead me to break open the creative moment, reveal the dreamful spirit, and maybe... with a little poetry one might live better," states the artist.

Artwork by Peruvian artist Ernesto Del Carpio

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Seminar - 'Innovations towards Zero' - about the latest findings on safety and electrification of vehicles held at the House of Sweden

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Lennart Stegland, President, Volvo Cars Special Vehicles, Volvo Car Corporation, and Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO, Volvo Car Corporation

A SEMINAR, titled "Innovations towards Zero," explored the latest findings on safety and electrification of vehicles at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning, June 9. The event was organized by Volvo Car Corporation and SACC (Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce) Washington, D.C. (www.sacc-dc.org).

AMONG THE prominent government and industry experts, who discussed electric vehicles and safety technologies, were Former U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), senior policy advisor, Arent Fox LLP; Stefan Jacoby, president and CEO of Volvo Car Corp.; Lennart Stegland, president, Volvo Car Special Vehicles, Volvo Car Corp,; Patrick Davis, program manager of the Vehicle Technologies Program at the U.S. Department of Energy; O. Kevin Vincent, chief counsel, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Charles Gassenheimer, CEO and chairman, Ener1, Inc.; and Jeffrey W. Runge, principal, The Chertoff Group, and former Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

MR. JACOBY declared that Volvo has the goal that by 2020 no one should be killed in a new Volvo.

WITH MORE THAN two-thirds of America's petroleum use being consumed by transportation, many of the speakers talked about seeking alternative forms of energy to power vehicles.

ADDITIONALLY THE participants discussed some of the latest and future innovations, and how manufacturers, government and the public can work together to reduce emissions as well as fatalities and injuries on the roads. Guests had also the opportunity to see innovative products and car models on display in Anna Lindh Hall at the House of Sweden.

Seminar - 'Innovations towards Zero' - about the latest findings on safety and electrification of vehicles held at the House of Sweden

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The Life and Work of Chilean Poet and Nobel Laureate Gabriela Mistral Celebrated at an Event in Washington, D.C.

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Mattias Kraemer of The In Series, and his wife Elisa Milos. Kraemer announced the winners of a local Washington, D.C. poetry competition at an event at the Embassy of Chile, and he will also soon participate in the Peace and Love Rock and Roll Festival in Borlänge, Sweden.

THE LIFE and work of Chilean poet and Nobel Laureate Gabriela Mistral was celebrated at an event at the Embassy of Chile on Wednesday evening, June 8. The program included a documentary "Gabriela Mistral: Her Life, Her Legacy," produced by the Gabriela Mistral Foundation; poetry reading in Spanish by Professor Roberto Brodsky of Georgetown University and in English by Director Gloria Garafulich-Grabois of the Gabriela Mistral Foundation. Additionally Vice-Chairman Mario Paredes of the Gabriela Mistral Foundation talked about the foundation's work.

Karen Morales and Emily Morrison performed poetry at the Gabriela Mistral event at the Embassy of Chile.

ON THE PROGRAM was also a video clip "Homenaje a Gabriela Mistral" - a poem written by and read by young Chilean girl Fernanda Araya, as well as "Finding Gabriela Mistral Poetry Award Ceremony" with Carla Hubner and Mattias Kraemer of The In Series, and a Musical Component - "Todas Ibamos a Ser Reinas" and "Dame la Mano" - with Karen Morales, Emily Morrison, Carla Hubner and Mattias Kraemer.

AFTER THE performance there was a reception. The event was a collaboration between the Embassy of Chile, the Gabriela Mistral Foundation (www.gabrielamistralfoundation.org), and The In Series (www.inseries.org).

The winners of the poetry competition.

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'Jenny Lind' - The Swedish Nightingale - concert in Washington, D.C.

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ON TUESDAY, June 28, 2011 at 7 p.m. there will be a "Jenny Lind" concert and reception at St. Columba's Episcopal Church at 4201 Albemarle St., N.W., in Washington, D.C. The event is presented by St. Columba's and the Swedish Women's Educational Association (SWEA) of Washington, D.C. (www.swea.org).

JENNY LIND was the famous Swedish opera star, who was escorted by the great impresario P.T. Barnum to the U.S. in 1850 for a grand tour, and she is still to this day a legend. The Jenny Lind Scholarship is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the People's Parks and Community Center in Stockholm.

THE PRESTIGIOUS Jenny Lind Scholarship for 2011 has been awarded to soprano Ms. Rebecca Rasmussen. The jury, explaining their award, said of Ms. Rasmussen: "With her sonorous, warm soprano voice and profound ability to embody her role; she captivates the audience with her mature artistry." Her accompanist Mr. Daniel Hormazabal Cortes, has been awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Accompaniment Scholarship. A reception, courtesy of SWEA, will follow the concert. Admission free, RSVP to sweadcprogram@gmail.com.

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Swedes in Washington celebrate their national holiday at the ambassador's residence

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Anders Åslund of Peterson Institute and Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs

JUNE 6 -- the Swedish national holiday -- was celebrated in Washington, D.C. with song and music and a picnic at the Swedish ambassador's residence in the northwest area of the nation's capital. The celebration's guest speaker was visiting Swedish Minister for European Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson. She was introduced by Ambassador Jonas Hafström.

Swedish Television Correspondent Stefan Åsberg and Ulrika Åsberg

Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson and Ambassador Jonas Hafström of Sweden

Hanna Adamsson, Johannes Fyrpil, Carl-Arvid Dahlöf, Sara Dahlén, Bryan Kalicki and Melissa Cressey

Stephanie Browning, Cecilia Browning and Lena Skanby

The Swedish national holiday was celebrated in Washington with a picnic at the ambassador's residence.

Ingrid Beach and Margareta Paul

Executive Director of Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC-USA) Therese Lindé and Swedish Television Correspondent Stefan Åsberg

Marianne Gustafson and Richard Jaffeson

Barbara Heineback and Alan Hermesch

Swedish national holiday celebration

The Swedish ambassador's residence

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ECO - an environmental photographic exhibition by 20 collectives from Europe and Latin America - opens at Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C.

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RouzitaVahhabaghai, Lili Iravani and Claudia Keller Lapayre, Deputy Director of Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C.

ECO - a photographic exhibition by 20 collectives from Europe and Latin America focusing on the environment - opened on late Saturday afternoon, June 4, at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C.

THE EVENT started with a panel discussion with photographers Iata Cannavara from Brazil and Sergi Camara from Spain. The discussion was followed by a reception.

THE EXHIBITION, which is curated by Claudi Carreras, presents visual essays about one of the most important topics of our time: the environment. Free of curatorial influence, the collectives define "environment" for themselves, and maintain their own production and editing processes.

THE exhibition is presented by the Ministry of Culture of Spain, the Embassy of Spain, and the Spain-USA Foundation in collaboration with the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center and FotoDC as part of Spain Arts & Culture 2011 Program.

Photographer Lili Iravani and artist Shahla Arbabi

Sarah Tanguy and Lucian Perkins

Izette Folger and Victoria Reis of Transformer Gallery

Neal and Ellen King

Guests at the event

ECO - an environmental photographic exhibition by 20 collectives from Europe and Latin America - at Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C.

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Ambassador Christian Prosl speaks at an Austrian Embassy Night in Washington, D.C.

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Hugh Grindstaff, Joan Keston and Ambassador Christian Prosl of Austria

AMBASSADOR Christian Prosl of Austria gave an overview of current affairs in his home-country during a National Press Club Austrian Embassy Night event in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday evening, June 1. Among other things, he discussed his country's pivotal geographical and political role in Europe and EU, the Euro and the need to have a financial stability internationally, as seen from an Austrian perspective. Afterwards guests enjoyed a delicious buffet at the Embassy, located on International Court in Northwest Washington.

Mark Hamrick, the new chairman of the National Press Club in Washington; Myron Belkind, chair of the National Press Club's International Correspondents Committee; and Ambassador Christian Prosl of Austria

Ralph Winnie, Mahtab Farid and Hugh Grindstaff

Myron Belkind, chair of the National Press Club's International Correspondents Committee, and his wife Rachel

Peggy Orchowski and Ambassador Christian Prosl of Austria

Patricia Panero Sherr and Ambassador Christian Prosl of Austria