In New York City, Maija Anttila with Soulgaze Films presents a concert performance featuring samples from an upcoming production of KALEVALA the Musical, composed by Johanna Telander. Complimentary wine and refreshments will be served during a reception with the production team and cast directly following the performance. $20 ($15 child/student/senior) or $25 at the door. There […]
In 1999, the Finnish Theme Committee of the City of Hancock created a new Finnish-American celebration of winter, Heikinpäivä. The celebration’s themes are taken from Finnish folk saying associated with […]
In 1999, the Finnish Theme Committee of the City of Hancock created a new Finnish-American celebration of winter, Heikinpäivä. The celebration’s themes are taken from Finnish folk saying associated with […]
Book talk with two Finnish writers now living in New York City: Jussi Valtonen and Anu Partanen: They Know Not What They Do, a psychological novel set in the near future by Jussi Valtonen, grapples with the role technology plays in our relationships, for better and worse. Jussi Valtonen is an author and psychologist from Helsinki, […]
Finlandia Foundation National annually invites applications for its grants program, which awards funds to projects related to Finnish-American and Finnish history, heritage, arts and culture. Please go to the link below for information and the application, which is due no later than January 17, 2018.
Finlandia University Gallery in Hancock exhibits the work of Finnish-Canadian artist Onni Nordman through February 17, 2018. Onni Nordman’s Sauna: Divine Comedy is a series of paintings that set Dante’s Commedia, the […]
In 1999, the Finnish Theme Committee of the City of Hancock created a new Finnish-American celebration of winter, Heikinpäivä. The celebration’s themes are taken from Finnish folk saying associated with […]
Risto Sivula and Jouko Sipila will share highlights of their year-long adventure exploring the vast expanses of Finn Country in the United States, from Coast to Coast and through the Midwest, with the Finland 100 mascot Sisu, the Traveling Sauna. Coffee and Conversation follow.
In this concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki cuts across a vast range of German music, featuring brilliant Principal Cellist Robert deMaine in Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s highly colorful and uniquely creative concerto from 1966, complete with dancers, as originally intended. Collaborating with Mälkki will be celebrated Finnish choreographer-dancer Tero Saarinen […]
In this concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki cuts across a vast range of German music, featuring brilliant Principal Cellist Robert deMaine in Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s highly colorful and uniquely creative concerto from 1966, complete with dancers, as originally intended. Collaborating with Mälkki will be celebrated Finnish choreographer-dancer Tero Saarinen […]