Recently added articles from Nordic Reach:
Finnish through osmosis
Nov 01, 2008; ... "My earliest childhood memory is of my father taping pieces of yellow trace-paper to the wall showing multiple variations of building elevations and asking me 'Which do you like best?' I took this task very seriously and in return he took my response very seriously; asking me why Í preferred one ...
NICK & EDDIE OWNER MARCHES TO DIFFERENT BEAT
Nov 01, 2008; ... There isn't much that's Swedish about hit Minneapolis eatery Nick and Eddie. Then again, just because co-owner Doug Anderson is a Swedish-American doesn't mean he has to open a Swedish restaurant. "I don't know if there is a Swedish connection," he said. "Both my grandparents came from ...
Minnesota bioscience advocate draws on Scandinavian roots
Nov 01, 2008; ... When Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty committed his state to using bioscience-based business to increase its economic competitiveness and reduce its dependence on foreign oil, he didn't have to look very far. In 2004, Pawlenty asked Dale Walhstrom to head the BioBusiness Alliance, a ...
ASI OF THE NEW CENTURY
Nov 01, 2008; ... According to the locals (who should know), no cultural heritage institution does a better job of preserving links to the old world than the American Swedish Institute, housed in a spectacular storybook mansion on Park Avenue. Ask a Minnesotan about Sweden and you're likely to evoke memories of ...
SCANDINAVIAN ART GALLERY TRIGGERS CULTURAL PHENOMENON
Nov 01, 2008; ... Sometimes art can imitate life - and so can art galleries. Jim Davidson learned just how much an art gallery can not only imitate but stimulate life when he opened the Water and Oil Gallery in the historic Swede Hollow neighborhood of St. Paul, Minn. The gallery specializes in original ...