We had a wonderful evening with the mobile priest of North America, Maria Thorsson. We listened to her interesting talk about her UN mission in Mali and learned about the services she can provide to us here in North America. Maria is stationed in Toronto, but travels 70% of the time and can perform ceremonies …
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Swedish National Day Celebration 2022!
The Consulate, SACC, Swea and the Swedish Club of Houston celebrated the National Day together with live music, traditional Swedish summer songs by the children’s choir, strawberry cake and sparkling wine!
National Day Celebration 2021!
What a wonderful way to celebrate the Swedish National Day. The Consulate, SACC, Swea and the Swedish Club of Houston invited all Swedes with family in the Houston area and celebrated together. Traditional Swedish Costumes were seen in plenty, the kids had practiced Swedish summer songs and we toasted in champagne and ate wonderful Swedish …
August Strindberg at the Alley Theatre
The Alley Theatre has pivoted to doing filmed projects online. The new digital 2020-21 season will be available for free to all who register for tickets at alleytheatre.org. Three of the short plays are by August Strindberg, translated and Directed by Rob Melrose. The Stronger – Jan 15th to Feb 7th, 2021 Two rival actresses …
Hilma af Klint documentary at MFAH
BEYOND THE VISIBLE A Documentary featuring the Swedish Artist – HILMA AF KLINT This film is included in MFAH Film virtual series This film will run May 6 – 12, 2020 Please follow the link for ticket ($12) and screening of the film: https://www.mfah.org/visit/movie-night-at-mfah-films/ Follow the link for a short introduction: https://youtu.be/bUoe3ySukwU Her conventional painting …
BBQ –Cook off at Houston Rodeo
This was the third year for The Swedish BBQ Team, Lingon & Dill, to participate in the BBQ- cook off at the Houston Rodeo. The team has won many BBQ contests in Europe and they compete in the International village together with teams from England, Canada, Australia and Japan. The Houston Rodeo BBQ contest is …
Unga Klara in Houston
Unga Klara is a Swedish Theatre visiting Houston during the first two weeks of November, 2019. Unga Klara was invited by Alley Theatre and their Director Rob Melrose and the program was a collaboration between Unga Klara and Alley Theatre. This is a unique theatre approach which is concentrating on youth and their issues in …
ABB opening in Houston
On October 9, 2019 ABB opened their first Laboratory Robotics Center at the Texas medical Center (TMC) in Houston On the TMC campus, ABB’s team will collaborate with medical staff, scientists and customers from the healthcare industry on the research and innovation of non-surgical medical robotics systems. This will include logistics and next-generation automated laboratory …
David Lagercrantz – U.S. Book Tour
Friday, August 30th at 7:00 PM – Austin Book Store: Book People 603 N Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 78703 Saturday, August 31st at 4:30 PM – Houston Book Store: Murder By the Book 2342 Bissonnet St. Houston, TX 77005
The Scandinavian Stipend Foundation
This memo is to inform you, your colleagues, friends, and families, or any one interested that the 2019-2020 Stipend Application is now open and applications are accepted. Below you will find some brief facts about this year’s stipend program: Up to $2,500.00 USD to be applied towards your studies in the 2020-2021 academic year. Application …