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January 22nd, Sunday, 4 pm-6:30 pm Kalmar Nyckel at 375

"The Things They Carried" Aboard Kalmar Nyckel in 1637-38 - A homage to the ship & sailing crew- then and now. Speaker Samuel W Heed, Senior Historian & Director of Education, Kalmar Nyckel Foundation.

Part of the Monumental Maritime Anniversaries. Event takes place at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, Delaware.

The Swedish National Youth Orchestra on its first Grand Tour to the U.SA.

CHICAGO SYMPHONY HALL                         January 23rd, 8.00 pm
CARNEGIE HALL, New York                          January 26th, 8.00 pm
STRATHMORE CENTER, Washington D.C.  January 27th, 8.00 pm

The US visit will be the first international tour of The Swedish National Youth Orchestra made up of over 100 of Sweden’s top young musicians.

Don’t miss this unique performance conducted by the world’s foremost interpreter of Arvo Part, maestro Tonu Kaljuste, in works by Soderman, Part and Sergey Rachmaninov. Hugo Ticciati and Johan Bridger perform a newly commissioned double concerto for violin and marimba by one of Sweden’s leading composers, Tobias Brostrom. H.R.H. Princess Madeleine, Princess of Sweden will represent the Royal family at the upcoming concert in New York.

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January, 28th-30th, 150th ANNIVERSARY – LAUNCH OF THE USS MONITOR

Winter 1861 at Continental Works. During the Christmas season, 150 years ago, an important deadline had to be met at Continental Works located on Greenpoint’s shores along the East River and Bushwick Inlet. Under the direction of Thomas Fitch Rowland, the owner of Continental Works, and John Ericsson, the designer of the Union Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor, skilled craftsmen laid her keel on October 25, 1861. Working feverishly to complete her, within approximately 100 days the USS Monitor was launched on January 30, 1862.

In memory of these historic days in Greenpoint, New York Department SUVCW, Oliver Tilden Camp #26 SUVCW, Co. I 83rd NY Vol. SVR; The Greenpoint Monitor Museum; and John Ericsson Society, New York are sponsoring the 150th Anniversary of the Launch of the USS Monitor on the weekend of January 28, 29 & 30, 2012.

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February 28th, Tuesday, 6:30pm- 8:30pm USS Monitor at 150

"The Ironclad Ship that Saved the Union and Changed the World?" Speaker David A. Mindell, MIT Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Director, MIT Program in Science, Technology and Society; Prize-wining author of War, Technology, and Experience Aboard the USS Monitor.

Part of the Monumental Maritime Anniversaries. Event takes place at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, Delaware.

April 15th, Sunday 4pm- 6:30pm RMS Titanic at 100.

"Ship For the Ages" - Remembering Titanic on the day she sank, exactly 100 eyars ago. Daniel Allen Butler, Best-Selling author of "Unsinkable" The Full Story of the RMS Titanic and The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian, and the Night the Titanic Was Lost; International authority and noted speaker on all things Titanic.

Part of the Monumental Maritime Anniversaries. Event takes place at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, Delaware.