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Disco dreams ROADMAP Peter Steen-Christensen Drea
m yourself away and find yourself underneath the disco ball with Trädgården’s new initiative. The club have started a webshop together with various creative souls, offering art prints with a disco theme. Half of the profits will go to Trädgården, with the other half going to the artist. The print pictured by Axel Hugmark. See more at disco-drommar.myshopify.com. A night at Berwaldhallen A delicate balancing act on the boundary between glamourous pop and symphonic euphoria, that’s what’s on the menu when Stockholm’s favourite chanteuse Zara Larsson takes over Berwaldhallen for a night with Sveriges Radio’s Symphonic Orchestra. Conductor and arranger Hans Ek has steered previous encounters between the Orchestra and modern music catalogues like Björk’s, Bowie’s and Kraftwerk’s, and now Larsson is the latest to get the treatment. “The Radio Symphonics has a curiosity and enthusiasm that it takes into every new project. Zara makes grandiose, 24-carat pop in its most concentrated form, but there is also a melancholy present under the surface, just as was the case with Abba. That, in combination with Zara’s fantastic voice, gives the music very definitive characteristics,” he says. Zara at Berwaldhallen will showcase music from her entire catalogue, and will be aired on Swedish Radio on April 5 and 9, and on SVT later in April. Beer bar The Danish beer making tornado that is Mikkeller is expanding in Stockholm. A second Mikkeller bar is opening early summer. The location will be Bara 2.0’s former premises on Södermalm. Borrmaskin by Lovisa Sköld (oil on canvas) Celebration of art There was a huge emptiness this January in the Stockholm art scene. In what’s usually the time of year for Stockholm’s annual spring art exhibition, this year’s winter months were uncannily devoid of artistic splendour. But good things come to those who wait, and while still titled Lilljevalchs Vårsalong (Liljevalchs Spring Salon), it’s moving to a summer exhibition this year, as it opens its doors in mid-April and extends into late August. “The pandemic forced all of us to improvise, and to think outside the box. Our hope is that we have a large and healthy audience, who’ll be hungry for a popular celebration of art,” festival director Mårten Castenfors at Liljevalchs says. The exhibition will feature 158 artists, showcasing 323 works of art. Liljevalchs Vårsalong, 16 April-22 August. Shaken or stirred? You might miss the cocktails you used to get in bars. But rather than risking messing up trying to recreate the magic yourself, you can just let Stockholms Bränneri run the hard yards for you. On 30 March they will release their pre-mixed RTD Dry Martini through Systembolaget. You just need to stir or shake with ice before indulging. Stockholms Bränneri Dry Martini, 266 kronor at Systembolaget. 6 Photo: Jordan Rossi Photo: Petter Bäcklund