Kirsi Kunnas 100 years – Children's Saturday

On Children's Rights Week, Children's Saturday is filled with poetry, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kirsi Kunnas.

You whole family is welcome to join the workshop, rhyming lessons and dance show! The Poetry Living Room in the lobby will be open throughout the event.

Tiitiäinen’s Poetry at 10:30 and 12:30 – story time to celebrate a hundred years of the magic of Kirsi Kunnas, including puppet theatre, presented by Liisa Viiala. Duration approximately 30 minutes. At the library’s multifunctional space Tempo.

11:00–13:30 Creating a story tree for Tiitiäinen in the adult education centre’s visual arts classroom.

12:00–14:00 Meet the artists of the Story Soup exhibition, Sari Airola and Katri Kirkkopelto, in the gallery.

14:00 Dance Theatre Glims & Gloms: Tii-Tii-Tiitiäinen, tickets EUR 6, lippu.fi
Tii-Tii-Tiitiäinen is a performance for the whole family, written by Simo Heiskanen, that is based on the poems of Kirsi Kunnas.
The stage will feature six performers, playing characters from Kunnas’ works that are familiar to several generations, including Tiitiäinen, Haitula, Tättähäärä, Mr. Pii Poo, Siili, and Peikko.
Kunnas’ rhymes and absurd humor is brought to the stage as an exhilarating fairytale world of unexpected twists and turns.
Duration: 60 min, no interval
Recommended age: 4+
Language: Finnish

In cooperation with the Helsinki Adult Education Centre and the Kannelmäki Library.