COMING IN SPRING 2006 TO DEUTSCHES HAUS, 420 West 116th Street, New York City THE SWEDISH PROGRAM OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESENTS Press Release on Spring '06 Swedish Program Events Saturday February 18 Attention: the program has been canceled! Please accept our apologies. A Strindberg Sit-In Directed by Robert Greer Come at 2 p.m. and/or 4 p.m. and read a role with professional NY actors. Come at 6 p.m. for a reading of a one-act by professionals. For further details, e-mail: [email protected]; phone: 212-854-4015. Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. JENS RYDSTRÖM  (.pdf) Legalizing Love in a Cold Climate The History, Consequences, and Recent Developments of Registered Partnership in Scandinavia A Talk in English by Dr. Jens Rydstr�m, Associate Professor, History Department, Stockholm University Author, From Sinners to Citizens: Bestiality and Homosexuality in Sweden 1880�1950. Awarded the 2005 John Boswell Prize by the Committee on Lesbian and Gay History, an affiliated society of the American Historical Association. Tuesday, April 4 at 7 p.m. MALIN SERNER & MICHAEL CEDRIC SMITH  (.pdf) Alls�ng p� Svenska Sing along in Swedish with Malin and Michael Your Favorite Swedish Songs in Swedish A Community Sing for Swedish Buffs With Swedish Mezzo Soprano Malin Serner and and Guitarist Michael Cedric Smith. For further information: Tel.: 212-854-4015; e-mail: [email protected].