Weekend Break: Local residents find long-lost play By Ray Garcia For The AstorianJun 25, 2021Photo: A snapshot of the Astoria Finnish Socialist Club’s theater stage. Astor Street Opry Company It’s not every day that the Astor Street Opry Company gets to perform a long-lost historical play. But thanks to a recent finding of a variety of Finnish plays, local residents …
From Tuesday, June 15 at 5:00pm through June 30, the Astor Street Opry Company will present Reader’s Theater – From the Suomi Hall: Love and Politics.” Funded by the Clatsop Cultural Commission. Tune in on YouTube here! https://youtu.be/a-eG7mgyYdI
A Scandinavian church service will be offered at 11 AM on Sunday, June 20, at Bethany Free Lutheran Church across from Safeway. There will be readings in Finnish, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish as well as in English. Scandinavian delicacies will be offered in take-away packages after the service.
Grace Maier Tigard, Oregon, and Emma Biederman of Astoria will both receive $1,000 college scholarships from the Astoria Scandinavian Heritage Association. Both women are members of the 2021 Scandinavian Midsummer Festival Court. Maier is Senior Miss Norway and Biederman is Senior Miss Finland. Maier plans to study secondary education at Boise State University. Biederman plans to study kinesiology at Oregon …
Carla Oja, president of the Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival Association, has announced that the 2021 Scandinavian Midsummer Festival will be modified due to the Covid pandemic and state health regulations. Several events will still take place with a few changes. Coronation of Miss Scandinavia 2021 will take place virtually at 7 PM on Friday, June 18. Senior princesses sponsored by the …
Scandinavian Midsummer Festival Plans Optog June 20 The 2020 Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival has been cancelled but the festival committee has found a new way to publicly celebrate the solstice. Festival co-chair Carla Oja announced that members of the local Scandinavian community will hold a stationary Optog from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM on Saturday, June 20, on both sides …
Scandinavian Midsummer Festival Awards Scholarships Four graduating seniors from local high schools who have been active in the Scandinavian community received $1,000 scholarships from the Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival Association. Isabella Morrill, Kaisa Liljenwall, and Mara Dowaliby from Warrenton High School and Leo Mathews from Astoria High School received the scholarships to assist with their higher education plans. Isabella plans …
Astoria Nordic Heritage Park Project Moves Forward The Astoria Scandinavian Heritage Association’s plans to build Astoria Nordic Heritage Park in Astoria’s Downtown Historic District on the Columbia River waterfront are progressing despite the challenges of pandemic times. The Oregon Cultural Trust recently awarded ASHA an organizational development grant of $2,000 to hire a consultant to coach the non-profit on fundraising …
2020 ASTORIA SCANDINAVIAN MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL CANCELLED APRIL 15, 2020 – The Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival Association and Astoria Scandinavian Heritage Association have made the difficult decision to cancel the 53rd annual Midsummer Festival scheduled for June 19-21 at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. Large summer events like this are being canceled all over the region to protect the health of visitors …
UPDATE: Due to the Covid 19 crisis, the Nordic Lights Benefit Dinners has been postponed. The new date will be Saturday, September 26 from 5-8pm. Planning for our upcoming Nordic Lights Benefit Dinner is going well! Nordic Lights Benefit Dinner for the Astoria Nordic Heritage Park Capital Campaign Carruthers Restaurant 1198 Commercial, Astoria OR $150 per person; reservations required; tip is included. …