Jack Zipes received the International Brothers Grimm Award, a 1 million Yen research grant, from the International Institute for Children's Literature in Osaka, Japan. An article appeared in the Times Educational Supplement on November 5 about the award and about Prof. Zipes. GSD Chair, Jim Parente, and NAAM President, Mark Boorsma, will help us commemorate this day, and members of the Minnesota Dutch community will read family letters describing the experiences of early Dutch settlers in Minnesota. Schwestern im Geist. If you have any interest in speaking or practicing German and want to meet other people who share your love for the German language and German-speaking countries, please come.
All levels are welcome.
As in Amsterdam, knowledge of Dutch is a pleasant shock and not required. Alvar Aalto remains one of the best known and influential Finnish architects of the twentieth century. Among his international work, he designed several major buildings in the United States, including his famous MIT University dormitory. Ms. Ahtola-Moorhouse will focus on one of Aalto's masterpieces, Villa Maire, a private home of lumber magnates and personal friends Mairea and Harry Gullichsen at Noormarkku, Finland. The program is free and open to the public.