Sun Jan 1 at 3 pm, Kuhmo Arts Centre, admission free
Opening of the Kuhmo Culture Celebrates
Winter art exhibition
Art group Latitude 64: ’Mindscapes’ – Klaus von Matt, photographs. An exhibition and a lecture by Heikki A. Kovalainen.

Sun Jan 1 at 6 pm, Kuhmo Arts Centre, €15/10
New Year’s Day concert
Sinfonietta Lentua, conductor Jukka-Pekka Kuusela
Ballet and stage music by Aram Khachaturian, film music

Mon Jan 2 at 6 pm, Kuhmo Library, admission free
Writers’ Night
Sirpa Kähkönen talks about her works.

Tue Jan 3 at 6 pm, Petola Visitor Centre, €5
Nature photo evening: the wolverine
Erä-Eero presents the rare wanderer of remote forests. Photos Kimmo Salminen.

Wed Jan 4 at 4 pm, Kuhmo Arts Centre, admission free
Soulscapes - Pictures of Rootedness
Lecture Heikki A. Kovalainen

Wed Jan 4 at 6 pm, Pajakkakino Cinema, €5
Film The Winter War
(dir. Pekka Parikka)

Thu Jan 5 at 6 pm, Kuhmo Arts Centre, €15/10
Winter Concert of the Kuhmo Chamber
Music Festival
L. van Beethoven (1770–1827): Trio in B flat major, Op.11 ’Gassenhauer’ (1798)
O. Messiaen (1908–1992): Quartet for the End of Time (1940–41)
Lauri Sallinen, clarinet, Jukka Untamala, violin,
Petja Kainulainen, cello, Anna Kuvaja, piano
After the concert Tapas Kaenuu-style at the Neljä Kaesaa Lunch Café, €25.
Table bookings, tel. (08) 652 1573.

Fri Jan 6 at 3 pm, Juminkeko, admission free
Opening of the Kalevala exhibition by Kainuu artists
Ceramics by Ulla Harju, sculpture by Leo Karsikas, paintings by Urho Kähkönen and installation by Annikki Leinonen

Fri Jan 6 at 6 pm, Kuhmo Arts Centre/Juttua Café, €12/8
As once sang Arhippa Perttunen
Rune-singing from Viena Karelia
Taito Hoffrén, voice

Fri Jan 6 at 9 pm, Kainuu Hotel, €15/10
A Finnish-Senegalese music bridge
Sakari Kukko and the Hum’balax Orchestra

Sat Jan 7 at 6 pm, Kuhmo Arts Centre, €13/9
Dance Night
On the Threshold, choreography Veli Lehtovaara and Mikko Hyvönen, dance, Off/Balance-dance group. Performances by Kuhmo dancers, choreography Maija Palsio.

Tickets: Kuhmo Arts Centre,
tel. (08) 6155 5451, or at the door one hour beforehand.