Monthly Highlights

Women visualising the modern. Danish art 1880–1910

When: 23, 29 or 30/10, 11:00
Where: Hirschprung Collection, Stockholmsgade 20 (accessible from the train, bus and Metro stops at Østerport Station)
Cost: DKK 110
Contact: Mary Stewart Burgher (emessbe@yahoo.com) to choose the final date
The Hirschprung Collection has a wonderful new exhibition of art by women as part of Denmark’s cultural breakthrough around the end of the 19th century. We will visit the museum and then use the 10% discount given by our museum tickets to enjoy a nice lunch at Café Marzano, a few steps away from the museum. Click on the link if you’d like to see the meu.

We can go on several different days in October. If you’d like to come, contact Mary Stewart Burgher (emessbe@yahoo.com) to choose the final date. Here’s the museum’s description of the exhibition:
The Modern Breakthrough is a firmly established part of the story of the birth of modern Denmark. ... Visual artists also entered the fray, exploring new subject matter that put contemporary problems up for discussion.
But were men the only ones who had something to say? And what happens when you replace names like Peder Severin Krøyer, Erik Henningsen and L.A. Ring with those of Anna Ancher, Augusta Dohlmann, Anna Sophie Petersen, Johanne Krebs and Sofie Holten? A major exhibition at The Hirschsprung Collection unveils another kind of Modern Breakthrough. Here we show a selection, unprecedented in scope, of women artists who had their breakthrough on the art scene during this pivotal period in Denmark when the world opened up and women got greater opportunities for self-expression.

Using the Modern Breakthrough as a lens, The Hirschsprung Collection homes in on the women’s contribution to the visual arts of the period, mapping out their production, the themes they addressed and the questions and problems they put up for discussion. The exhibition unpacks how they processed and renegotiated subjects, themes and strategies they encountered in established art. In so doing, we expand, nuance and challenge the established perception of this landmark period, presenting a selection of works previously unknown to the public from a crucial turning point in Denmark’s history.

Movie group, October–November

Contact: Mary Stewart Burgher (emessbe@yahoo.com)
In general, we list the opening dates here, so you know when a film becomes available. Then, interested people jointly choose the actual date, cinema and time for a showing, though we usually see movies on a weekend. We list the final dates and times chosen for each film on the AWC Denmark Coffeeshop.

If you want to join us, contact Mary Stewart. Tickets are cheaper if we book afternoon shows and/or go to local (and more hyggelige) cinemas like the Park Bio, Gentofte Kino and Valby Kino. In September, we saw a brilliant biopic/war movie; next we’re offering a romance and a musical!  And don’t forget we always like to enjoy a chat and a snack together, before or after the show.

October: We Live in Time
When: weekend of 25–27/10
In October, we move from war to love with We Live in Time. Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together – falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family – a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley’s decade-spanning, deeply moving romance. Sounds like Kleenex may be required.

Find out more about the movie and see the trailer at Kino.dk and Rotten Tomatoes.

November: Wicked, Part 1
When: Fri, 29/11
As this movie outing is tentatively planned for the night before the AWC Thanksgiving potluck and during an increasingly busy season, it may slip into early December – we’ll do the best we can. As always, contact Mary Stewart Burgher (emessbe@yahoo.com) to help choose the final date, location and time.  Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy-, Grammy- and Tony-winning singer and actor Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart. The two meet as students at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz and forge an unlikely but profound friendship. Following an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power, while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences on her future. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West. In addition to the two leads, the excellent cast includes Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeoh.

Find out more about the movie and see the trailer at Kino.dk and Rotten Tomatoes.

Danish on a Sunday at Cinemateket
Also, you can see classic Danish films with English subtitles on two Sundays per month at 14:15 at Cinemateket (the Danish Film Institute). Tickets can be booked and purchased online. Booked tickets must be picked up no later than 45 minutes before the screening. The movies for the rest of the year are:

• Aching Hearts, 13/10
• Birthday Girl, 20/10
• Men & Chicken, 10/11
• The Man Who Thought Life, 17/11
• Echo of You, 24/11
• Eternal, 8/12
• Waltzing Regitze, 22/12

Danish also means Danish pastry! Before each screening, Cinemateket has a special offer on a coffee with Danish pastry (or a piece of cake) at Restaurant SULT at an extra cost of only DKK 40.

Our Secrets Walk: old Lyngby

When: Sat, 19/10, 11:00
Where: Meet at the front of Lyngby Station
Contact: Mary Stewart Burgher (emessbe@yahoo.com, so we know you are coming
As autumn takes hold, we will turn our backs on all the retail opportunities in the modern Kongens Lyngby to enjoy the older part of the town.