Pirjo Polari-Khan's interactive program Power of Poetry is based on her book "Etiquette Village – Book of Manners, Wisdom and Poetry for Children". She and her puppets will take children back to time when there was no media, and when people could not read or write, but knowledge and stories were passes on orally. She […]
Pirjo Polari-Khan's interactive program Power of Poetry is based on her book "Etiquette Village – Book of Manners, Wisdom and Poetry for Children". She and her puppets will take children […]
Gustaf Nordenskiöld: Swedish-Finnish Explorer of the Desert SW, by Judith Reynolds. Free event. Co-sponsored by FFCPC and the Nordic Northwest Friday Night Lecture Series Committee.
This is a Finlandia Foundation Finland 100 Signature Event: The Finland 100 concert at Seattle's Benaroya Hall features soprano Maria Männistö and the following program: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, op. 26 Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, op. 11 Kaija Saariaho: Leino Songs Einojuhani Rautavaara: Lintukoto (Isle of Bliss) Jean Sibelius: Oma maa (Our Native Land), Op. 92 .
Learn fabric design in a workshop presented by Aune2 & Fitsy in conjunction with their Taide Yhdessä exhibit at Duluth's Nordic Center.
Enjoy an evening of food, music and at the historic Tamarack Lodge in Voluntown, hosted by the Finnish American Heritage Society of Canterbury. Contact Steve Bousquet at stevenbousquet @ yahoo.com or Stan Karro at swkbrklyn @ aol.com for reservations.
Finnish author Anu Partanen talks about her book, The Nordic Theory of Everything.
To celebrate its longtime Sister City relationship with Salo, Finland, the St. Anthony Sister City Association has commissioned a work from renowned composer Olli Kortekangas, to receive its world premiere with the St. Anthony Civic Orchestra. Based on the children’s story “The Lost Melody” by Eeva Tikka, the composition will incorporate spoken narration. The concert […]
This is a high-level and engaging event with international and American speakers on foreign policy and current world affairs. The theme of the evening, Changing the Game, asks: “How can we manage and harness the political and economic changes in the world today?” The speakers will address the question from different angles and engage the audience. The […]
Ensemble mise-en will perform the work of three living Finnish composers—Kaija Saariaho, Sami Klemola and Sebastian Hill—each representing a generation of new musical artists working today.