SCANDINAVIAN CULTURAL CENTRE
SPECIAL EVENTS 2024
Scandinavian Centre Annual Christmas Market & Café
Date: Sunday, November 17th, 2024
Location: Scandinavian Cultural Centre Address: 764 Erin Street, Winnipeg, Mb.
Time: 11:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
FEATURING:
* Café serving Scandinavian Delicacies
* Imported Scandinavian Foods & Candy
*A variety of handcrafted items that include: stained glass, knitted and woven items, ceramics, Nordic style decorations, greeting cards, jewelry and other assorted gift items.
--No Admittance charge--
Scandinavian Centre TGIF Dinner & Speaker Series
Date:Friday, November 22, 2024
Topic: Providence-a true World War ll story. Follow seventeen year old Henryk as he is captured by the Russians, taken as a prisoner of War; his fight for survival, his courage and the incredible journey which will take him to a new life in Canada.
Speaker: Henryk’s daughter, Susan Person, DCC President.
Doors open: 5:30pm
Dinner: 6:00pm
Speaker:7:00pm
Reservations are to be sent by email to sccreservations@shaw.ca and MUST be done by the appropriate deadline: NOON, Wednesday, November 20th, 2024.
Price: $28.00 for Adults. You can pay at the door by cash, card or cheque
Scandinavian Centre TGIF - Dinner and Speaker Series
Maya Person Memorial Scholarship Presentation
Date: Friday, October 25, 2024
Doors open: 5:30pm
Maya Person Memorial Scholarship Presentation: 6:00pm
Dinner to follow presentation
Speakers: Carol and Gary Gunvaldsen
Topic: Travels to Scandinavia
Reservations are to be sent by email to sccreservations@shaw.ca and MUST be done by the appropriate deadline: NOON, Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024.
Prices are $28/per Adult. You can pay at the door by cash, debit, credit or cheque.
Markmann Award & TGIF Dinner and Speaker Series
Date: Friday, September 27, 2024
Topic: Beyond the Phantom Battle: Mystery at Loch Ashie
Speaker: Gayle Moore-Morrans
*Gayle will be speaking about her late husband’s novel, "Beyond the Phantom Battle: Mystery at Loch Ashie." This novel tells the story of twin brothers from Edinburgh who travel to Loch Ashie to investigate, after reading about sightings of a phantom battle between the ancient Highlanders and the Vikings.
Doors open: 5:30pm
Dinner: 6:00pm
Presentation: 7:00pm
Reservations are to be sent by email to sccreservations@shaw.ca and MUST be done by the appropriate deadline: NOON, Wednesday, September 25th, 2024.
Price $28.00/ea for Adults. You can pay at the door by cash, card or cheque.
S.C.C. Annual Garage Sale
It's that time of year again!!!!
Save the DATE ***Saturday, August 24th***
For our 🎉Annual SCC Garage Sale 🎉
TGIF DINNER & SPEAKER SERIES
SOLD OUT!
Date: Friday, May 24th, 2024
Speaker: Manitoba Author, Andrew Dutfield, will discuss his mystery novel, “Death at the Point,” which was inspired by Dutfield’s interest in immigrant history and the relative isolation of Hecla Island and its Icelandic settlers.
Doors open at 5;30pm, Dinner at 6pm, and speaker at 7pm.
Cost is $28/per person. Pay at the door by cash, debit, cheque or credit card. You must reserve via sccreservations@shaw.ca by NOON, Wednesday, May 22nd!
🌹Mother’s Day Brunch🌹
Hosted by the 🇸🇪 Swedish Canadian Club & the 🇳🇴 Norwegian Canadian Club!
Brunch runs from 10:30am-1:00pm
Reservations are to be sent by email to sccreservations@shaw.ca and MUST be done by: *NOON Friday May 10th, 2024.
Please provide your name, number in party (including children +ages) and which seating time 10:30am or 12:00pm.
Prices are $35.00 for adults, $17.50 for children ages 8-12, and free for kids ages 7 and under. You can pay at the door by cash, card or cheque.
TGIF Dinner and Speaker Series
Date: Friday, April 26th, 2024.
Topic: Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Speaker: Jim Thiessen from "Sleep in Heavenly Peace". At the April TGIF, you can help to raise funds so that no child in Winnipeg sleeps on the floor. Your cash contribution of $5.00 or more will help to achieve this goal. Sleep In Heavenly Peace needs $350.00 to provide a child with a bed. Be part of the solution to provide a child with a bed.
*For more information about the Winnipeg chapter visit: https://shpbeds.ca/chapter/mb-winnipeg/
Doors open: 5:30pm
Dinner: 6:00pm
Speaker: 7:00pm
Reservations are to be sent by email to sccreservations@shaw.ca
Reservations MUST be done by the appropriate deadline: NOON, Wednesday, April 24th, 2024.
Price $28.00 for Adults. You can pay at the door by cash, card or cheque
🐰Easter Brunch🐰 at the Scandinavian Centre
Hosted by the 🇩🇰 Danish Canadian Club - Manitoba 🇩🇰 on March 31st, 2024.
Brunch includes:
*Fresh Fruit Display with a Coconut-Orange Watermelon Salad | Cottage Cheese | Variety of Fresh Salads including field greens, Caesar Slaw with tomatoes, capers, roasted garlic & Parmesan cheese.
*Vine-Ripe Tomato Salad with balsamic dressing topped with feta cheese | Smoked Salmon & Shrimp Loaf | Variety of Smoked Fish Platter | Fresh Bakery Breads
*Eggs Florentine with fresh fennel, spinach and tomatoes | Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb, carved served with minted red wine demi | Hickory Smoked Bacon and Sausages | Caramelized Onion, Smoked Yam & Potato Gratin
*Assortment of Decadent Sweet Treats
Brunch runs from 10:30am-1:00pm. Reservations are to be sent by email to sccreservations@shaw.ca Reservations MUST be done by the appropriate deadline: NOON, Friday, March 29th, 2024.
Please provide your name, number in party (including children +ages) and estimated time of arrival.
Prices are $20.00 for adults, $10.00 for children ages 8-12 and free for kids ages 7 and under. You can pay at the door by cash, card or cheque #Winnipeg
TGIF Dinner & Speaker Series
Date: Friday, March 22, 2024
Topic: Perennial flowers in your garden
Speaker: Nadine Kampen, Master Gardener
Doors open: 5:30pm
Dinner: 6:00pm
Speaker: 7:00pm
Reservations are to be sent by email to sccreservations@shaw.ca and MUST be done by the appropriate deadline: NOON, Wednesday, March 20th, 2024.
Price $28.00 for Adults. You can pay at the door by cash, card or cheque.
TGIF Dinner & Speaker Series
Date: Friday, February 23, 2024
Topic: “Should Louis Riel be nominated the first honorary Premier of Manitoba?”
Speaker: Dr. Ruth Swan, a historian of Indigenous History with a specialty in Manitoba and the Red River Valley. Her partner is Edward A. Jerome who shared his family research with her and gave her permission to use research on his ancestors for her dissertation: "The Crucible: Pembina and the Origins of the Red River Valley Metis"
Doors open: 5:30pm
Dinner: 6:00pm
Speaker: 7:00pm
Reservations are to be sent by email to sccreservations@shaw.ca. Reservations MUST be done by the appropriate deadline: NOON, Wednesday February 21st, 2024.
Price $28.00 for Adults. You can pay at the door by cash, card or cheque.
TGIF Dinner & Speaker SERIES
Date: Friday, January 26th, 2024
Topic: A Viking Legend: The Descendants of Odin
Speaker: Author, Ainsley Bloomer, will speak on the book she has written that fills in missing information on the compilation of old Norse stories and fragments.
Doors open: 5:30pm
Dinner: 6:00pm
Speaker: 7:00pm
Reservations are to be sent by email to sccreservations@shaw.ca & MUST be done by: NOON, Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
Prices are $24.00 for adults. You can pay at the door by cash, card or cheque.
