CLU Marks Vikings' Arrival on Continent

CLU Marks Vikings’ Arrival on Continent

By KATIE COOPER

Feb. 17, 2000 12 AM PT

A two-day program on the Vikings’ exploration and settlement of North America will be held at Cal Lutheran University’s Scandinavian Cultural Center on Friday and Saturday.

The program, celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of the Vikings’ arrival in North America, will feature archeologists discussing Viking excavations, a maritime historian discussing Nordic navigational techniques and actors portraying Hans Christian Andersen and Leif Ericsson.

The program will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Tickets for both days are $40.

For further information, contact the Scandinavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation at (805) 495-7339.

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Katie Cooper

Katie Cooper is a former podcast producer for the Los Angeles Times. She previously was a longtime producer on KCRW’s news shows “Which Way, L.A.?” and the nationally syndicated “To The Point,” hosted by Warren Olney. She also created and managed a special KCRW series marking the anniversary of the 2016 election and the start of the Trump era. A former general assignment reporter at The Times’ Ventura County edition and a former attorney, Cooper grew up in Southern California and graduated from UC Berkeley and Loyola Law School.

CLU Marks Vikings’ Arrival on Continent

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