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MN: Sunday Finnish Funday

International Institute of Minnesota St. Paul, MN, United States

Food, fun and games for the whole family.

MI: Festival Ruska

Calumet High School Calumet, Michigan

Finnish Log Sauna Construction Master builders Timo Alakesti (pictured at left) and Marko Kemppainen will work in tandem with Calumet industrial arts teachers Robert Bohlsen and Corey Soumis, teaching how to build a dovetailed-corner log sauna using hand-hewn logs. For $500 per person, participants will have hands-on instruction for five hours per day (8 to […]

WA: Immigrant Logging in the Northwest

The Swedish Club Seattle Seattle, WA, United States

Swedish Finn foresters discuss immigrant logging in the Northwest at the Members & Friends Dinner.

MI: FinnFest USA

Sheraton Detroit Novi hotel Novi, MI, United States

Annual event celebrating Finnish-American and Finnish history, culture and traditions features presentations, discussions, concerts, tori marketplace and more. This year it takes place in the Detroit area, with most programming and Tori at the Sheraton Detroit Novi hotel, and including some activities at the Finnish Center in Farmington Hills and Finn Camp at Loon Lake.

MI: Tuula Lehtinen: Layers

Finlandia Art Gallery Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, Michigan

Fog, landscapes, lace, shoes, and flowers are recurring motifs in Finnish artist Tuula Lehtinen´s art, exploring themes of femininity, sensuality, indulgence, nature, and power. Using subject matter long banned from contemporary art as too frivolous and decorative, Lehtinen’s art challenges the separation between the intellectual realm of art and culture and the domain of daily […]

MA: Berserk Viking Festival

Scandinavian Cultural Center - MA West Newton, MA, United States

Berserk: a Viking Festival for all ages features a Viking encampment, games, food, music.

ME: Contra Dance

Monson Finn Hall Monson, ME, United States

Contra dancing led by renowned caller Dudley Laufman. Dances are easy to learn and you don't need a partner, just lots of energy and spirit! $8/person, kids under 12, free. For more information call 207-717-0794

MA: Rachel Lee Priday in Concert

Scandinavian Cultural Center - MA West Newton, MA, United States

Violinist Rachel Lee Priday performs pieces by Nielsen, Bach, Salonen and Saariaho.

WA: The Winter War

Swedish Cultural Center Seattle, WA, United States

This classic film, released on the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Winter War, is hailed as one of the most realistic depictions of war ever created. With Antti Tuuri’s script from his novel of the same name, director Pekka Parikka has created an epic that is, at the same time, personal and human. […]

MI: Festival Ruska

Finnish American Heritage Center

Finnish Folk Music Workshop Tallari, an ensemble that has toured internationally for more than 30 years, was created and is supported by the Finnish government to promote Finnish folk music around the world. They will be joined by Finnish musician and entertainer Jimmy Träskelin; the group will lead a pair of workshops for musicians of […]