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CT: Dinner & Music

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.

$35

IL: Anu Partanen

Estonian House Linconlnshire/Riverwoods, IL

Finnish author Anu Partanen talks about her book, The Nordic Theory of Everything.

MN: The Lost Melody Premiere

St. Anthony Village High School St. Anthony, MN, United States

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 […]

NY: Centennial Forum

Union Club New York , NY, United States

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 […]

NY: Finland—All Generations Concert

Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave., New York, NY, United States

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.

WA: Finnish Community Bazaar

Nordic Museum Seattle, WA, United States

The 39th annual Finnish Community Bazaar and second-to-last event at the old Nordic Heritage Museum before the museum moves into its new building.

MI: Scandinavian Market

Finnish Cultural Center Farmington Hills, MI, United States

Shop for imported goods and crafts, and enjoy music and foods from the Nordic countries.

NY: Sibelius Inspiration

Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave., New York, NY, United States

Finnish cellist Jussi Makkonen and pianist Nazig Azezian perform their multi-media Sibelius program at Scandianavia House. Co-hosted by Finlandia Foundation New York Metropolitan Chapter, they are touring as part of the Finlandia […]

$20

MI: Marquette Symphony

Kaufman Auditorium Marquette, MI, United States

Alex Jokipii, a native of Escanaba, Michigan, and principal trumpet player with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, will play the world premiere performance of a trumpet concerto by Finnish composer Jaakko Kuusisto in a November 11 concert of the Marquette Symphony Orchestra.

OR: Cookies & Glogg

Nordia House

Cook & Eat committee member Sandra Nelson Miller and Finnish Nordic Northwest member Pirjo Schulbach will lead the class in making the traditional Christmas cookies Honungsbatar (Swedish Honeyboats) and Joulutortut (Finnish Stars.) As an added bonus they will prepare glogg, using the recipe which won Nordic Northwest’s glogg competition last season.