Living Here Feels Like I am In My Homeland, Finland features paintings and works on paper by Finnish-born artist Vaino Kola. After serving as a professor at Wheaton College in Massachusetts for 26 years, Kola settled in Deer Isle, Maine in 1994. Seemingly untouched, picturesque locations in and around Deer Isle, have provided an endless supply […]
World Forestry Center presents Tree People, an exhibition by Finnish photographers Ritva Kovalainen and Sanni Seppo. This exhibition braids forest mythology with an almost forgotten treasure trove of customs and beliefs, portraying the sacred connection between people and trees in Finnish folk culture. Open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Celebrating Finland through lectures, music, films, tours, exhibits, tori marketplace and much more!
Enjoy the music of Toby Hanson & The Smilin' Scandinavians.. This event is part of Naselle's A Taste of Festival.
As part of FinnFest in Duluth, FFN hosts a coffee hour and short program to hear the journey of Saving Finland in America and the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock, Michigan, and a bit about the future.
As part of FinnFest in Duluth, meet FFN Lecturer of the Year Hanna Pylväinen, author of "The End of Drum-Time," which was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award.
Enjoy this roving dinner and event with speakers, performers, mini-tori, displays and great food at three locations: Naselle Community Center, Appelo Archives and Grays RIver Grange. This event is an FFN grant recipient.
At FinnFest in Duluth, FFN shares "Gems of the 60s and 70s," an extraordinary gift to the Finnish American Historical Archive in Hancock with a fashion show of iconic Marimekko dresses.
The Monson Contra/Barn Dance features guest with Some Reel People
Learn to weave from start to finish: yarn selection, warp and weft calculation, loom dressing and tie up, pattern drafting, shuttle use and hand weaving techniques. You will dress a […]