📰Scene Feature | Exploring Global Textiles: Cultural Footprints at PLU
In April, SCC hosted Cultural Footprints, a three-day celebration of weaving and textile traditions from around the world. The event was made possible by the Helen Marvik Gorenson Fund and in partnership with PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education. “Cultural engagement, through traditions, arts, and…
🇸🇪 What is Fika?
What is it? It’s a uniquely Swedish tradition of stopping everything you’re doing to have a cup of coffee and spend time with your friends. Sweet treats are also mandatory. Fika is: both a noun and a verb! “Hey, do you wanna come fika?” or …
🇮🇸 Björk: A symbol of Iceland’s magic
Have you heard of Björk (pronounced pjÅ“rÌ¥k, or byedk)? She is Iceland’s most famous voice, and instantly recognizable, even if you’ve never knowingly listened. She cuts through the noise, asking to be heard. Her career has taken many shapes and taken her many places, but…
📰From the Vault: Origins of the Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection
August 1981, Vol 4 No. 1: Immigrant Libraries – About to disappear? Crumbling paperbacks, laden with dust, line the wall of the outdoor shed. Olaf Sivertsen, alert and lively at 97, reminisces as the books are taken from the shelves, one by one, and placed…