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MN: Laskiaistiistai – Finnish Sliding Event

Nordic Ski Center Duluth, MN, United States

Bring your sleds and join in this Finnish sliding celebration! Ladies of Kaleva will be serving pea soup, pulla, and coffee, available for purchase. Snowflake Nordic Ski Center, Duluth.

CA: Traveling Sauna

The Traveling Sauna, the "mascot" of Finland 100, rolls through Los Angeles on its cross-country tour, which wraps up December 2-6 in Washington, D.C. Finland 100 events will be planned at stops across the country Visit travelingsauna.com for an up-to-date schedule and map of the route.

FL: Midnight Sun Festival

Bryant Park Lake Worth, FL, United States

Come join us at the Midnight Sun Festival, March 3 – 5, 2017 for live music, a taste of some delicious Finnish food, and lots of fun at Bryant Park in Lake Worth! There will be top musical performers from Finland as well as local bands, a wide variety of fabulous food from Finland as well as […]

WA: Marimekko, With Love

Nordic Museum Seattle, WA, United States

An exhibition of landmark fabrics and fashions created by pioneering designers at Finland's Marimekko, from the 1950s to the 1970s.

NY: Finnish Film with Live Organ Music

Unitarian Church Ithaca, NY, United States

Organist Kent Washburn accompanies "Mustalaishurmaaja" (The Gypsy Charmer), a 1929 silent film with Finnish and English intertitles. The original soundtrack was compiled from Finnish folk songs and classical selections by organist Kent Washburn.

OH: St. Urho Celebration

Finnish Heritage Museum Fairport Harbor, OH, United States

Three different Mojakka recipes will be served before the St. Urho program celebrating the Saint who drove the grasshoppers out of Finland, saving the grape crop. Grasshoppers beware. At the Finnish Heritage Museum in Fairport Harbor.

OR: My Paradise and Climate Change Exhibits

Nordia House

My Paradise: Summer Villas by Famous Finnish Architects, 1880’s-1960’s is a photographic exhibit by Jari Jetsonen that focuses on the summer villas of famous Finnish architects throughout the 20th century. It will be paired with Interpreting Climate Change, an exhibit of Finnish artist Inka Juslin's paintings and photography.    

MA: St. Urho’s Dinner Dance

Saima Park Fitchburg, MA, United States

Celebrate the Saint who saved the wine crops by driving the grasshoppers out of Finland.

CA: Suomi 100 Spring Concert

Finnish Lutheran Church Dallas, TX

Greet Spring in San Diego with music by violinist Paivikki Nykter, kantele artist Merja Soria and the church choir in this concert hosted by the Finnish Lutheran Church of San Diego.