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Grown-ups scorned but children loved – My Little Pony grew into a phenomenon and got its own exhibition at the museum

Culture / 2022-10-13

The My Little Pony toy turns 40. Katja Lapio got inspired by ponies while hunting them down at flea markets for her daughter Jessica.

The display case at Espoo’s Museo Leikin is full of different versions of the same strawberry ice cream-coloured My Little Pony toy, Lickety Split.

– Just look at them! Who can resist them, they’re so cute,” says Jessica Laipio, justifying her collecting hobby.

Pink My Little Pony toys at Museo Leik's exhibition Pony friendship is forever. — Cuteness warning! The My Little Pony culture is all about pastel colours and gentle expressions, even if the ponies in the animated series may misbehave.

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Cultural activities in sparsely populated areas of Kainuu are strengthened – hear how Sotkamo plans to activate residents of outlying villages to make environmental art

Culture / 2022-10-13

The Arts Promotion Centre in Kainuu has awarded a total of €230 000 to six applicants to support cultural activities in sparsely populated areas. The aim is to strengthen the vitality of the regions.

A man stands in a snowy landscape in front of a statue. — Marko Karvonen, a cultural producer in Sotkamo, says that culture is easy to find in town centres, but not necessarily in outlying villages. Karvonen is pictured in front of the statue of Veikko Huovinen in Sotkamo last March.

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Helsinki wants first graders in libraries: ‘If a parent just watches Netflix, it’s hard to tell a child to read’

Culture / 2022-10-13

The City of Helsinki introduces all first-graders to libraries. The aim is to close the inequality gap between families.

The 1D class of Vartiokylä primary school in Helsinki is visiting Itäkeskus library. Everyone can borrow a book to take home.

There are lots of interesting books on the shelves. Especially dog books, animal books and books of interest.

– The way to learn to read is to first learn to read the syllables,” says Terimo.

– A good book is one with enough pages and a decent story. And one without hyphens. Hyphens are annoying, he says.

Elina Suoranta, Vartiokylä elementary school, 1D. — Elina Suoranta likes books that don’t have syllable lines.

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The City of Light event in Jyväskylä once again attracted a huge crowd – “Light is like a universal language that excludes no one”, says the event coordinator

Culture / 2022-10-13

The ten-day event attracted well over 150 000 visitors. The event’s visibility on the web also increased dramatically.

A light artwork built around a tree. — Along the coastal path, one of the works seen was Connection, a work by Dutch artist Bart Ensing, in which ropes connect trees to the ground and to each other.

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Column by Laura Hallamaan: English, the fearsome power language

Culture / 2022-10-13

First English was shamed, now its dominance is reviled. At least one thing is certain: English is a serious matter for Finns, writes Hallamaa.

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The Devil Museum is one of the most popular attractions in the Lithuanian city – how the devil has appealed to peoples and cultures around the world

Culture / 2022-10-12

The Devil Museum in Kaunas, which is celebrating the European Capital of Culture year, presents a large collection of devil-related artefacts from all over the world. With thousands of devil figurines, it is the largest museum of its kind in the world.

Around the centre of Kaunas, Lithuania, is a rather drab-looking concrete building that hides a surprise. Inside the grey building you will find a museum and thousands of devils, devils, demons, evil spirits, soul enemies and incarnations of Satan. Insane, scary, terrifying – but also funny, funny, funny and comical.

For the faint-hearted or sensitive, this megalomaniacal barrage of the devil’s many forms may be a little too much. Or can it?

Devil from Kaunas Devil Museum. — The devil with all his attributes: horns, wings, quiver and flames.

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Sanna Marinink’s Younghearted is heading for bigger stages – “Our goal is to be the nicest band in Finland”

Culture / 2022-10-12

The New Music Competition was a big leap for the band. “It made us cool,” says Younghearted’s frontwoman Reeta Huotarinen.

The band has become known for its acoustic and tender love songs. With their third album, *Love is all we need*, released in September, Younghearted is looking for a bigger audience with a bigger rock sound.

– We have brought back the Finnish rock of the early 2000s.

– We want to make bigger and rocking music all the time. We’ve evolved in a way that hasn’t become a wet blanket for the old listeners,” says Younghearted.

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Damien Hirst sets fire to thousands of his artworks – a British artist known for his spectacular stunts

Culture / 2022-10-12

The works to be burned are part of a huge series of works for which Hirst has produced both physical and digital versions. By burning the physical ones, he wants to ensure the uniqueness of the digital ones. The unsold digital works will also be destroyed.

It is a series of 10 000 works by a millionaire artist. The series was created six years ago.

Made up of colourful dots, the works are painted on handmade paper with enamel paint, named, signed and numbered. There are also digital, ntf versions.

People could choose whether to buy the series in physical form or as a unique digital, nft version. Hirst announced that he would destroy the other versions.

Slightly more than half of the buyers wanted a physical piece consisting of colorful dots. According to Newport Gallery, 4,851 buyers chose the crypto version.