MN: Laskiainen
Loon Lake Community Center Aurora, MN, United States85th Finnish Sliding Festival in Palo. The two-day wintertime celebration includes food, artisans, basketball games, sleigh and dog sled rides, music and sledding.
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ONLINE: Folk Songs from Karelia Workshop
Conducting this two-day workshop is Emmi Kuittinen, a folk musician, singer and songwriter, who specializes in the Karelian and Ingrian singing styles and also laments. Karelia is a wide area situated in Finland and Russia and it has a very rich and diverse singing culture. In this workshop you’ll get to know more about different […]
Runeberg Day
Celebrating the birthdate of Finnish national poet JL Runeberg (1804-1877).
MN: Laskiainen
Loon Lake Community Center Aurora, MN, United States85th Finnish Sliding Festival in Palo. The two-day wintertime celebration includes food, artisans, basketball games, sleigh and dog sled rides, music and sledding.
ONLINE: Folk Songs from Karelia Workshop
Conducting this two-day workshop is Emmi Kuittinen, a folk musician, singer and songwriter, who specializes in the Karelian and Ingrian singing styles and also laments. Karelia is a wide area situated in Finland and Russia and it has a very rich and diverse singing culture. In this workshop you’ll get to know more about different […]
Sámi National Day
The Sámi are the indigenous people inhabiting northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Sámi National Day is February 6, which commemorates the first Sámi congress in 1917.
MN: Sámi Day Celebration
Celebration of the 30th Sámi National Day includes Sámi stories, button-making, browsing the library's Sámi Collection, conversation, and exploring items from the Sámi Cultural Center.
ONLINE: Maija Isola: Master of Colour and Form
A documentary about Maija Isola, a pioneering Marimekko designer as part of the Architecture and Design Film Festival; check for window to view it. also screening in Washington D.C. on January 27
ONLINE & NYC: Sámi Film Festival
Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave., New York, NY, United StatesThe 5th annual screening of Sámi films will be held online and in-person. Check for schedule and details.
MI: ISMO
Finlandia University presents Finnish comedian ISMO live at Hirvonen Hall in Hancock.