MA: St. Urho’s Day Dinner Dance
The Finnish Center at Saima Park Fitchburg, MA, United StatesIn Fitchburg at the Finnish Center at Saima Park, join the fun celebration of the legendary St. Urho, who chased the grasshoppers out of Finland.
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MA: Finnish-American Weekend
St. Paul Lutheran Church Gloucester, MA, United StatesPast FFN Performer of the Year Sara Pajunen performs her take on traditional Finnish music at this concert hosted by the newly organized Cape Ann Finns.
CA: Poetry by Pirjo
Pasadena Museum of History Pasadena, CA, United StatesFFN Performer of the Year Pirjo Polari-Khan will be featured at the Los Angeles chapter's annual scholarship potluck luncheon at the Curtin House.
CA: Beethoven & Sibelius
Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFor this program of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, eminent and revered Swedish Maestro Herbert Blomstedt has programmed a pair of beloved second symphonies (in the same key) that differ dramatically from one another, resulting in an unexpected and richly rewarding symbiosis. Pre-concert talks begins one hour earlier.
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.
CA: Poetry with Pirjo Polari-Khan
Nordic Innovation House Palo Alto, CA, United StatesYou 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”.
CA: Finnish Language Weekend
Finnish American Home Association Sonoma, CA, United StatesFinnish 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.
MI: Easter in Finland
Coopersville Library Coopersville, MI, United StatesIn West Michigan: Bring a dish to share and enjoy the potluck lunch and program about observing and celebrating Easter in Finland.
CA: Singing the Ancient Memories of Finland
Kalabash School of Music and the Arts La Jolla, CA, United StatesIn 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 […]
MA: A House of Finland
Scandinavian Cultural Center - MA West Newton, MA, United StatesFFN 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.