JYY STUDENT NEWS for week 50 – Last Student News this year: Christmas concerts, last subcommittee meetings and Community rap!

SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS
•    Meeting of the Subcommittee for Development Cooperation
•    Meeting of the Subcommittee for International Affairs

NEWS
•    JYY Student News next time in January
•    ESN Jyväskylä Open Call for President of 2019
•    Excellence in international affairs competition

MENOVINKIT
•    Lights on! Lumina’s Christmas Party!
•    Community Rap Event
•    Ruamjai & Cantinovum: Christmas concert
•    JYRMY presents: SKLTR Fest 2018
•    Menotti – Sulonen: The Old Maid and the Thief
•    Voice-choir’s Christmas Concert

MOVIES FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR
•    The Ace in the Hole (1951)
•    The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
•    Rome (2018)
•    Leto (2018)
•    The Name of the Game (2018) + visit of the movie director

SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS

SUBCOMMITTEE FOR  DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
Tue 11.12. in Lyhty (building P)
In the last meeting of 2018, we’ll decide the chairperson and secretary for the next year. We’ll also discuss current issues such as the future of our cooperation with Aurora Borealis and the ongoing Fair Trade competition.

SUBCOMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Wed 12.12. at 16.15 in Ilokivi (Halonen)
Welcome to this year’s last SIA-meeting! Our topics include deciding the
jury for the Excellence in International Affairs Award and electing the
secretary and chairperson of SIA for the year 2019! This time, we’ll be
serving some traditional Finnish Christmas treats to thank you all for
your work for the international affairs this year. You are all very
welcome to just come enjoy the ending of this rewarding year and to
begin your holidays in a good company.

NEWS

JYY STUDENT NEWS NEXT TIME IN JANUARY
JYY Student News will be on Christmas break until January 2019. Next time you will receive Student News for the week 14.-20.1.2019. JYY Central Office wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

ESN JYVÄSKYLÄ OPEN CALL FOR PRESIDENT OF 2019
12.12. at 16 in ESN JKL Office MaD238
ESN Jyväskylä is looking for a president for the board 2019! Are you interested in working in an international organization and are enthusiastic about working together with exchange students to promote internationalization at the home university? Apply by
12.12. midday and come to the meeting on 12.12. at 16 in ESN JKL
office MaD238. Further information and answers for your possible questions: esnjyvaskyla@esnfinland.eu and our social media (FB ESN
Jyväskylä & Ig esnjkl)
Further info: esnjyvaskyla@esnfinland.eu

EXCELLENCE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Deadline 12.12. 12 p.m.

The year is coming to its end, which means the annual Excellence in International Affairs competition takes place once again. This year we have changed the submissions to Google Forms, so you can just easily enter the contest by answering a few questions. There are two different categories: The Outstanding Association Award and the Outstanding Student Award. Winners will be rewarded.
More info: https://jyy.fi/en/get-involved/international-affairs/excellence-international-affairs-award/

WHAT TO DO

LIGHTS ON! LUMINA’S CHRISTMAS PARTY!
Mon 10.12. at 18, Musica (Boombox)
It’s time to say goodbye to an amazing fall term and welcome christmas in the best company – with you guys! Let’s get to the Christmas spirit with Christmas carols and season’s food as well as some festive programme!  Lumina Campus welcomes everyone to celebrate Christmas and the past semester!
Further information: https://www.facebook.com/events/357673784796771/

COMMUNITY RAP EVENT
Wed 12.12. at 18-20, Jyväskylä Veturitallit
The Building Bridges project wraps up its autumn shenanigans in the Community Rap Event in Jyväskylän Veturitallit on December 12th. Come and see incredible hip hop and performances co-produced by Jyväskylä youth hiphop artists SoulValpio, Joniveli, and Soroush Seyedi.  There will also be an OPEN MIC session, so take this amazing opportunity to showcase your skills in rap, song, or spoken word, in front of talented artists. All this PLUS henna tattoo art, Middle Eastern fusion food, co-produced short films, and graffiti displays by Janne Juhani Julma for FREE. Welcome all!
Lisätietoa:
https://www.jyu.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/arkisto/2018/11/building-bridges-community-rap-event

RUAMJAI & CANTINOVUM: CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Fri 14.12. at 19 in Taulumäki church, Tue 18.12. at 19 in Jyväskylä City Church
Choirs Ruamjai and Cantinovum join forces this year and organize two Christmas concerts in their home town Jyväskylä. We’ll get to enjoy Christmas classics and new carols from both choirs and one big joint choir. Choir leaders Kirsi Kaunismäki-Suhonen and Rita Varonen. Tickets 20/10/5€ at the door or in advance in Ruamjai’s online shop (holvi.com/shop/ruamjaikuoro).
Further information: https://web.facebook.com/events/2175796066002131/

JYRMY PRESENTS: SKLTR FEST 2018
Sat 15.12. at 21 in Club Katse
For the sixth time, the cult event SKLTR Fest is back in Club Katse.
The evening will be full of arctic and even extreme
musical experiences. In addition to dark electro and king size
pop, we’ll also hear punk, hardcore and a one-man’s-band. Five bands with a 5-euro-tickets, free of charge for JYRMY members! Performing: Finnjävlar, Miseria Ultima, Uncle Wormwood’s Medicine Show, Saatanan kojootti, Le
Roi. Dj Hallukallo will play the tunes.
Further information: https://www.facebook.com/events/301907043734809/

MENOTTI – SULONEN: THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF
Sat 16.2. at 16, Mon 18.2. at 19, Wed 20.2. at 19, Fri 22.2. at 19, Sat
23.2. at 16 and Sun 24.2. at 16, Suomalainen musiikkikampus,
Hannikaissali Pitkäkatu 18-22
Mysterious man pays a visit to house of Old maid Miss Todd and her housemaid Laeticia. In less than no time money starts to disappear at the neighbourhood. But who is the thief? Miniature opera by Gian Carlo Menotti The Old Maid and the Thief tells comediac story of hopelessness and passion. Talented young students of Finnish Music Campus will get to show their skills in this diversified production. The opera is executed by students from numerous areas of study: media, beauty and clothing students from Gradia vocational school, dance from Gradia basic education of arts and music students from JAMK and JYU. Multiartistic and theatrical reading of the script is directed by Kirsi Sulonen and choreographed by Elina Wuethrich. Musical conductor and trainer is Eliisa Suni. The opera will be sung in English. Partial subtitles in Finnish.
Further information: https://www.facebook.com/events/116746859272600/

VOICE CHOIR’S CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Tue 18.12. at 19 in Hankasalmi church
This concert is all about Christmas music from traditional carols and new Finnish songs to American Christmas gospel. This year we also have a visiting soloist Sani, who you may know from Vain elämää tv-show. Voice is accompanied by Solitary Company band and the choir leader is Tarja Erkkilä. Tickets in advance/at the door: Adults 13€/15€, Students 8€/10€, Kids (7-12 y.) 6€/8€, Kids (under 7 y.) for free. You are warmly welcome to come find the Christmas spirit with us!
Further information: https://voicerocks.wordpress.com/konsertit/

MOVIES FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR

THE ACE IN THE HOLE (THE BIG CARNIVAL) (1951)
Mon 10.12. at 18, Ilokivi downstairs
Language: English / Subtitles: Finnish, Swedish
Further information: https://www.facebook.com/events/2167619946784717/

THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (2018)
Tue 11.12. at 18, Ilokivi downstairs
Language: English / Subtitles: Finnish, Swedish
Further information: https://www.facebook.com/events/333524670790957/

ROME (2018)
Tue 11.12. at 20, Ilokivi downstairs
Language: Spanish / Subtitles: Finnish
The most personal project to date from Academy Award®-winning director and writer Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Children of Men, Y Tu Mama Tambien), ROMA follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. Delivering an artful love letter to the women who raised him, Cuarón draws on his own childhood to create a vivid and emotional portrait of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil of the 1970s. In Select Theaters and on Netflix.
Further information: https://www.facebook.com/events/218970985685201/

LETO/Лето (2018)
Mon 17.12. klo 18, Ilokivi downstairs

Language: Russian, English / Subtitles: Finnish, Swedish
Further information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1741700809274205/

THE NAME OF THE GAME (2018) + OHJAAJAVIERAILU
Tue 18.12. at 18, Ilokivi downstairs
Language: English / Subtitles: Finnish
Visit of the movie director and a panel discussion with local game experts.
Further information: https://www.facebook.com/events/473900406435051/

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