WI: Suomalainen Pea Soup Time
Grace Lutheran Church (WI) Milwaukee, WI, United StatesEnjoy a traditional Finnish feast of pea soup, Cole slaw, dark bread, lingonberries and dessert. Tickets available at the door.
Enjoy a traditional Finnish feast of pea soup, Cole slaw, dark bread, lingonberries and dessert. Tickets available at the door.
Hear Dr. Riikka Pietiläinen-Caffrey, an associate professor of music at Bunker Hill Community College, talk about Finland's long tradition of choral music. The program includes video performances and listening to the music of Finnish choral composers.
The Oratorio Society of New York presents Jean Sibelius' Kullervo. The men from the choir will join with two soloists to perform this 70-minute suite that follows the life of the tragic character featured in Finland’s national epic poem, Kalevala on the Perelman Stage, Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall.
Iris is an eight-year-old from Stockholm who finds herself required to spend a summer on the Åland Islands. The adjustment from a colorful city life with her artist mother to a bucolic insular existence with her maritime uncle is the stuff of this charming and splendidly photographed film. In Swedish with English-subtitles.
Finlandia University students and faculty, in celebration of Kalevala Day, also known as the Day of Finnish Culture, will perform a 5.5-hour marathon reading of Finland's epic poem Kalevala in the inaugural Kalevalathon.
FFN Performer of the Year, saxophonist Juli Wood, brings her jazzy interpretations of Finnish folk tunes to Nordia House, hosted by FF Columbia-Pacific Chapter.
Watch full-length and short films from Finland, Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden at the 10th annual festival.
FFN Lecturer of the Year James Ford Cooper talks about Finland and the Cold War in the free Friday Night Lecture Series at Cramer Hall, Portland State University.
Celebrate the Finnish heritage of Lake Worth with a variety of entertainment from Finland, wife carrying competition, car show, activities for the kids and more.
FFN Performer of the Year, saxophonist Juli Wood, brings her jazzy interpretations of Finnish folk tunes to the Swedish Club, hosted by FF Seattle Chapter.