Thursday, 20 November 2008

CULTURE
Sex and the City Premieres in the City Print E-mail
By Ed Dutton   
Saturday, 07 June 2008

ImageEd Dutton is dragged along to the Oulu Premiere . . . and, well, quite enjoys it.

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Death and Fun in Oulu Print E-mail
By Mirja Krause   
Monday, 02 June 2008

ImageMort, a play in English": since I hadn’t been to the theater in years, I was very eager to see it. When I tried to convince my friends to join me, they retorted, “it's not in Finnish, is it?” On the contrary, University theatre group Oulun Ylioppilasteatteri and the Razzlers were on stage with an English play.

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Made Of Honour Print E-mail
By Matti McCambridge   
Thursday, 29 May 2008

ImagePatrick Dempsey from Grey’s Anatomy’s oversexed, unattainable bachelor meets Michelle Monaghan’s clever, pretty platonic best friend, overcoming his commitment phobia at the last possible moment (when she’s about to marry a Scotch nobleman–what other types of Scotsman are there in romantic comedies?) to claim her and live happily-ever-after.

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Pregnant up north (part III) Print E-mail
By Ildikó Hámos-Sohlo   
Tuesday, 27 May 2008

 Maternity Doctors up North

Every mother-to-be in Oulu has a chance to get a closer look at her baby on the monitor during an ultrasound examination. So did I in the beginning of the second trimester of my pregnancy.

My husband, although having looked forward to the first glimpses on his offspring, stayed at home, poor soul, nursing a bad case of influenza with high fever. I on the other hand was spared from sickness for the whole of my pregnancy so far (knock on wood!), although all around me people were coughing and sneezing their way though fall and winter.

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Barbecue Bonanza: Finland’s Haute Cuisine Print E-mail
By Mirja Krause   
Monday, 12 May 2008
ImageWhen I left the house two weeks ago for the store, a ray hit my skin and the strong daylight hurt my eyes. I realized I must look a bit funny in my winter jacket and gloves; a biker passed in shorts and a T-shirt. Summer had come to Finland overnight! I passed at least two barbecue spots before the nearest store. Before I saw them I could smell them, the typical burning wood, smoky smell.

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