Family Day – Malmitalo 30th Anniversary

Malmitalo has making culture accessible for families for 30 years. Now it's time to celebrate the past generations of the Cultural Centre with the whole family. Join the family day's delightful activities!

Joint workshops held by the actors of the centre provide an opportunity to learn about crafts and poetry, participate in community art, as well as many other activities that entertain both adults and children, from dancing to puppet theatre and instrument building.

Family Day programme:

11 am to 12 noon
Library: Puppet theatre show Leppäkerttu Pilkuton
Leppäkerttu Pilkuton (Spotless Ladybird) is a new type of interactive sing-along puppet theatre show, based on Niina Bell's children's picture book of the same name.

The theme of the show is the experience of being different: why people that are different are shunned and how each person is unique and valuable regardless of disability, gender, race, skin colour, nationality or any other thing. The puppet theatre show is interactive, and the audience can participate in the play by singing familiar children’s songs.

The show is best suited for children aged 2–8 and their families.
Screenplay, puppets, set design and acting: Ilpo Mikkonen
Direction and Dramaturgy: Teija Paananen
Sounds and song arrangement: Salla-Marja Hätinen
Location: The library's multifunctional space

11 am – 1:30 pm
Adult Education Centre: Twisting decorations on branches
Workshop for families with children: weave a spider's web on a branch and put on a tassel-insect.
Location: Adult Education Centre, wet room, 1st floor

12 noon to 3 pm
Taito ry: Make Your Handprint Community Artwork
In the Community Art Workshop, you can leave your own handprint on cloth pennants. Materials include canvas printing inks, markers and various stamps.

12:30 pm to 3 pm
Adult Education Centre: Poems & Bookmarks Workshop
In this workshop, you write poems and learn about different poetry styles and shapes. The bookmarks are made of paper that you decorate with ribbons, lace, etc.
Location: Adult Education Centre, big class 1st floor

12:30 pm to 3 pm
Adult Education Centre: Clay workshop for the whole family
Come and make patterns in clay in this family workshop! Create patterns by pressing different stamps on clay tiles – you could make your own commemorative plaque, for example.
Location: Adult Education Centre, Ceramics Class, 2nd Floor

1 pm to 2 pm
Northern Helsinki Music Institute: Coming to you from North Helsinki Music Institute!
The Malmisali stage features the orchestra of the Northern Helsinki Music Institute, with a group of young talents from the institute as soloists. At the concert, you get to hear familiar classics, lesser-known gems and a lot of youthful musicianship. This concert is for the whole family! The concert is carried out in cooperation with the Art School of Northern Helsinki.
Location: Malmitalo lobby

1 pm to 2 pm
Helsinki Dance Institute show
Helsinki Dance Institute students of different ages perform a medley of dance numbers that represent the variety dance genres.
Place: small hall

4 pm to 4:30 pm
Helsinki Dance Institute family dance session
Get your whole family dancing with the help of the Helsinki Dance Institute! Put some pep in your whole family’s steps – this family dance sessions is suited for all ages. This session is about dancing to fun children's songs. No previous dance background or experience is needed: adults and children dance together and get to try easy, fun acrobatics. The dance teacher is Hanna Yli-Tepsa, who has taught children at the Helsinki Dance Institute for a long time.
Location: Lobby stage

1 pm to 2 pm
Instrument building workshop (nonstop)
In the instrument building workshop, Mikko Perkoila and the Squeaky Toy Orchestra help you learn how to easily build musical instruments from recycled materials: flutes, finger pianos, noisemakers, ocarinas, juice straw oboes, etc.
Location: Meeting room 3

2 pm to 4 pm
Instrument Tryout Workshop
Come and try out different instruments at the Music Institute's Tryout Workshop!
Location: Music Institute's study wing