INN - "ethnic minorities in Norwegian cultural life" invites you to an in-depth conversation during the Oslo World festival with movement as the theme. Music and art are essential for movement in life and society. Are we manifesting through art, new ways of seeing the world and describing the community? In this conversation, we explore art's ability to inspire, influence the community [...]
We travel, we meet people from different parts of the world, we listen to music written by others. How does that affect a songwriter? What is the story behind a song? How can a songwriter compress lived life down to 3 minutes? How do impulses from different parts of the world inspire the melodies and themes we write about? Or for [...]
It is ready for the second round of the Brazilian election thriller - Who will be the country's next president? LAG Norway organizes an election vigil on Melahuset from 20:00 onwards until the results are ready. Program 20.00: Doors open Melahuset 20.15: Mistica 20.30: What kind of party is Lula's political party, PT, today? Conversation between Larissa Avelar, chairman [...]
Sher O Ahang present a tribute concert commemorating singer Mehdi Hassan also called Shahansha-e-Ghazal (King of Ghazal) at Melahuset Sunday, October 30. Mehdi Hassan was a Pakistani ghazal singer for both Lollywood and Bollywood films. He was considered one of the greatest and most popular figures in the history of the ghazal genre. Participating musicians and singers are Mari [...]
Dance and music performance Sikia is a dancing guitarist and her guitar is like a faithful best friend. When she plays, it's as if her fingers run over the strings, and the melodies together with the rhythms take shape. They tell each other quirky secrets that only the guitar understands. The wonderful interaction becomes a game. But how did [...]
B16 (Bydel 16) is a dance collective based in Oslo. The collective was formed in 2021 and consists of 23 dancers, actors, singers, poets and writers between the ages of 16 and 32 who represent a rich spectrum of melanin-rich women. B16 does performance, facilitating workshops and talks for youth and young adults, as well as organizing dance jams [...]
A surprising puppet show about where we feel at home and what a home really is. Vilje has the world's best house. It suits her perfectly in every way. Here she has her bed, her things, here she sees all the sunrises and counts the stars. One day someone comes and takes over the whole house, and Vilje becomes [...]
Welcome to the launch of Samora Forum no 3/2022 Latin America's open roads Samora Forum is out with a theme issue that shows how Latin Americans find the way to democracy based on self-produced knowledge, their own stories, needs and traumas. Norway has increased its presence in Latin America through various programs and agreements. You often hear about what Norway is doing in [...]
When the British-Somali writer and visual artist Diriye Osman won the Polari First Book Prize in 2014, for the short story collection Fairytales for Lost Children, he became the first black person to win this award. Osman was praised for his writing about LGBTQ Somalis by iconic authors such as Bernardine Evaristo, Roxanne Gay and Alison Bechdel, but quickly faded from the spotlight. [...]
In the concert performance "A Psykotisk Håndbok", Ole MAA takes the audience on a musical, humorous and educational roller coaster. They get an insight into what it is like to be psychotic, depressed and manic, both from the perspective of Ole's head and from those who saw him from the outside. Ole MAA has a long and rich career behind him as both [...]
Welcome to the opening of Black History Month Norway 2022 with the band Peace Out to Revolution. Through music from the African diaspora, the band invites you to a historic evening filled with groovy music and thought-provoking stories. Soul, Afrobeat(s) and RnB are on the program - a tribute to black music and culture - an evening you will [...]
Lecture with Ian Almond and conversation with Tabish Khair What would world literature look like if we stopped referring to "the West"? Welcome to a lecture with Ian Almond on the topic of literature from the global south, with a focus on literature from Latin America, South Asia and the Middle East. Ian Almond is a specialist in post-colonial theories, South Asian literature, the representation of Islam in [...]
