MA: Finnish-American Weekend
Lanesvile Community Center Gloucester, MA, United StatesFollowing Saturday's concert, the newly organized Cape Ann Finns hosts a gathering to collect Finnish-American items, stories and memories.
Following Saturday's concert, the newly organized Cape Ann Finns hosts a gathering to collect Finnish-American items, stories and memories.
You are warmly welcome to join us in Palo Alto for an entertaining evening of Finnish poetry! Finlandia Foundation National’s Performer of the Year, Pirjo Polari-Khan, will appear on stage as a “stand-up poet”, reading her poems, spiced with edgy humor, from her book “Eteläpohjalaisen miehen ylistys - The Praise for an Ostrobothnian Man”.
Finnish American Home Association hosts a “finntastic” way to learn Finnish language and have a unique opportunity to experience Finnish culture. Weekend includes language instruction, food, sauna and more.
In West Michigan: Bring a dish to share and enjoy the potluck lunch and program about observing and celebrating Easter in Finland.
In La Jolla/San Diego: Finnish folk poetry tells a story of the first time the kantele zither was played. The sound was so beautiful that everybody started to cry. When their tears touched the water of the ocean, they turned into pearls. A native of Finland and past FFN Performer of the Year Merja Soria performs the […]
FFN Lecturer of the Year Peter MacKeith traces the emergence, development and ongoing vitality of Finnish identity through a century of significant architecture and design. Coffee reception follows. In Newton.
Finnish Symphonic Metal band NIGHTWISH appears at the Aragon Ballroom, featuring songs never played live before with several of their hits. nightwish.com
Seattle celebrates Finland's epic poem, the Kalevala.
As part of Composer Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic performs Esa-Pekka Salonen's brand-new orchestral work conducted by Dudamel – what a joy to anticipate! Shostakovich’s most popular symphony will follow Varèse’s musical vision of an imagined New York City.