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• March Scantini

  • When
    13 Mar 2025
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    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Houlihan's at Kingsdale Center in Upper Arlington - 3150 Tremont Road.
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  Join your friends for

  SCANTINI

  Tuesday, 13 Mar 17.00-20.00

  Houlihan's at Kingsdale Center

  All are welcome! It’s okay if you can’t stay the entire time or make it right at 5pm - we’d love to have you! Please RSVP so Ingrid, the event coordinator, knows how many to expect.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Fiddlesisters

  • When
    16 Mar 2025
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    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoomed online
  • Registered
    8 registrants

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  Fiddlesisters - Sunday, 16 March 14-1500

  16 March, Sunday, 2:00-3:00 ET. “Fiddlesisters: The History of Female Fiddlers in Norwegian Fiddle Tradition from 1700s until Today”

  • a. Join Vesterheim for a FREE online Zoom webinar, “Fiddlesisters – The History of Female Fiddlers in Norwegian Fiddle Tradition from 1700s until Today” with Benedicte Maurseth.

  • b. Register online on vesterheim.org/folk-art-school/. Click on “Free events”. Please, also, register on the ScandiClub website so that we know who is from the Club (or is related to the Club).

  • c. This experience is sponsored by the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, which is a partner with Crossings 200, celebrating 2025- the 200th anniversary of Norwegians emigrating to the US.

  Benedicte Maurseth is a well-established and esteemed performer and composer on Norway’s music scene. She has studied with Hardanger fiddle master Knut Hamre for close to 30 years and is an alumna of the Ole Bull Academy. Maurseth has toured extensively as a soloist and in collaboration with others, both in Norway and internationally. She works closely with many of the leading artists across genres and artistic expressions. In 2022 she also released the book, Systerspel (Fiddlesisters), about the history of female fiddle players in Norway from 1700 until today.

  
  

  
  

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• March 2025 SkandiKaffe

  • When
    20 Mar 2025
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    10:00 AM
  • Location
    First Watch in Mill Run Center, 3800 Fishinger Blvd, Hilliard
  • Registered
    11 registrants

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  March's SkandiKaffe will be held at First Watch on the near-west side of Columbus.

  Will you be joining us? Hope to see you there!

  Please, RSVP so Ben (the event coordinator) knows how many to expect. ☕

  Directions: First Watch is in the Mill Run Center on the east side of Fishinger Rd. Hilliard. If you are taking I-270, this is just east of the Fishinger Rd exit off of I-270.

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• March Movie Night - The New Land

  • When
    21 Mar 2025
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    6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (HTLC), 2001 Northwest Blvd, Upper Arlington, OH 43212
  • Registered
    17 registrants

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  Nybyggarna (The New Land)-- 1972

  Event Details

  • Date: Friday, March 21st

  • Time: 6-9:30 pm

  • Movie Information

  • Director: Jan Troell

  • Based on: "Upon a Good Land," the best-selling series of Swedish novels (1949) by Vilhelm Moberg

  • Run time:

    • Part 1 and 2: 102 minutes each part (THIS viewing) We will view the second movie, "The New Land" on March 21 and April 25.

    • NOTE: To see the prequel, "The Emigrants" (if you missed the initial movie about leaving the homeland and the sea/overland journey), view it on YouTube or elsewhere. 

  • Language: Swedish with English subtitles

  • Starring: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, and others

  About the Movie

  This exceptional film received several accolades and nominations. Roger Ebert praised director, Jan Troell, as "perhaps the best of the post-Bergman generation of Swedish filmmakers." The movie depicts the struggles of regular people in their enduring and challenging efforts to establish themselves in the rugged mid-1800's Minnesota and America.

  "Troell has a feeling for the historical past, and for the meaning and beauty of ordinary lives...  - Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com, January 15, 1973.

  In the first part (to the PAUSE) of The New Land's life-journey, join us for the continuation of a thought-provoking and moving movie that allows us to better understand Swedes of yesteryear and now, and the complex historic context of that time. Note: This movie will get you thinking and feeling and will foster discussion.

  Schedule

  • 6:05 PM: Set up (including food and room)- Please, help.

  • 6:25 PM: Eat, sample Swedish food (Please, bring food.), and mingle

  • 7:00 PM: Movie starts (including a 10-minute intermission)

  • 9:00 PM: Discussion

  • 9:15 PM: Teardown

  Volunteer Opportunities

  We welcome volunteers to help with the event. It's a great way to meet people and make the event run smoothly. When registering, please indicate how you can help and what food you may bring.

  Registration and Cost

  • Please register online.

  • No charge for viewing the film

  • Donations are welcome to cover facility expenses.

    • Donate online: www.scandiclub.com/donate

    • Or Donate "at the door"

  Thank you for your support!

  Link to "The New Land" (1972) trailer for the entire movie (with English subtitles). (youtube.com)

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• March 2025 Orienteering: A Great, Outdoors Scandi Adventure for ALL!

  • When
    22 Mar 2025
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    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, OH
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Orienteering: A Great, Outdoors Scandi Adventure for ALL!
  

  Welcome to the start of the 2025 orienteering season in Columbus, Ohio, fellow Scandinavians! Central Ohio Orienteers (COO) will have its first 2025 event on Saturday, March 22 at Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville. Dress in layers, prepare for rain, and come with an extra pair of socks and shoes in your car because March can be a muddy month!

  COO's website is here: https://www.centralohioorienteers.org/ Always a good idea to check there for last minute info, like verifying the start locations in the parks. 
  
  

  Brain Benefits: In a study specifically done of orienteering and how good it is for our brains, they found orienteering makes us use so much of our brain to figure out where we are and how to get to the next place we want to go. Orienteering, for sure, gets us out into nature and outside of our daily routines. 
  
  

  2025 Events Schedule

  • Saturday, March 22: Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville
  • Sunday, April 13: Alum Creek State Park OR Highbanks Metro Park; check back for exact location.
  • Saturday, May 3 OR 10: Slate Run; check back for exact date.
  • Sunday, June 1: Whetstone Park, Clintonville
  • Sept/Oct: Check back soon.
  • Saturday, Nov 8 OR 15: Alum Creek State Park OR Delaware State Park, check back soon.
  • Sunday, December 7: Alley Park, Lancaster
    
    

  Event Logistics 

  Look for conspicuous signage at events, typically a large white/orange square at the park entrance and another near the reserved shelter/park section where the club starts and finishes. New for 2025 is the addition of electronic punching on the long courses, starting with the April event. We will still offer traditional red "paper punches".

  Start your walk or run between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Details are available on the COO website or COO Facebook pages. If possible, let's meet at 11 a.m. at the start or see you on the trail.
  
  

  Contact

  Annie Almstedt, your Intrepid Scandi-Orienteer-er Coordinator
  ohioalmstedts@att.net
  614-975-5949
  
  

  Registration and Donations:

  Please, RSVP online so that Annie, our Coordinator, knows how many to expect. Hope to see you there.

  At the event, inform Annie of your attendance.

  No charge for Metro Park events, but COO (Central Ohio Orienteers) accepts donations.

  
  

  
  

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• ISMO: Woo Hoo! Tour- Finnish Comedian Night

  • When
    30 Mar 2025
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Lincoln Theatre, 769 E. Long Street, Columbus, OH 43203

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  A very good and funny Finnish comedian, Ismo Leikola, is coming to Columbus on his "Woo Hoo Tour". (For adults only.) Leikola “uses his outsider view to find humor in ordinary things”. With impeccable timing, he delights in dissecting puns, wordplay, tongue twisters, and more. He comes highly recommended by Caitlin Kilkka, long-time Club member and leader. Use the link below to purchase tickets on cbusarts.com

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