It is located in Hancock, but Finlandia University's roots are in Finland, and the school will celebrate those roots with a late September/early October celebration, appropriately named Festival Ruska. Events including an art show opening Thursday, September 21, a book signing and a presentation about U.P. dialect on Wednesday the 27th, Porvoo Choir in concert Saturday […]
Finnish cellist Jussi Makkonen and pianist Nazig Azezian perform an all-Sibelius program at Nordia House in Portland. Co-sponsored by FFCPC and Nordic NW, this is a Finlandia Foundation National Finland 100 Music Program event.
"Design---Finland to Minnesota" is the theme of this collaborative exhibition with Kirsten Aune, Lisa Fitzpatrick and Alison Aune celebrating Finland 100, featuring hand-painted wall hangings, clothing, mixed media paintings, video and more. This project was assisted by a grant from Finlandia Foundation. ACCOMPANYING WORKSHOPS presented by Aune2 & Fitsy: Himmeli mobiles - October 22 Fabric […]
Finnish cellist Jussi Makkonen and pianist Nazig Azezian perform their multi-media program of Sibelius Music at the Central Library. Co-sponsored by House of Finland, this is a Finlandia Foundation National Finland 100 Music Program event.
Learn to make these traditional Finnish mobiles in a workshop presented by Aune2 & Fitsy in conjunction with their Taide Yhdessä exhibit at Duluth's Nordic Center.
Dr. Jason Lavery, professor of history at Oklahoma State University and permanent adjunct professor (docent) at Helsinki University, will lecture on the history of Finland at a Seattle location TBD.
Finnish cellist Jussi Makkonen and pianist Nazig Azezian perform their program of Sibelius music at Bethany Lutheran Church. Co-sponsored by Finlandia Foundation Denver Chapter, this is a Finlandia Foundation National Finland 100 Music Program event.
Börje Vähämäki will speak in Palo Alto. Details to come.
Finnish cellist Jussi Makkonen and pianist Nazig Azezian perform their multi-media program of Sibelius at The Nordic Hall/Scandinavian Cultural Center. Co-sponsored by Finlandia Foundation Boston Chapter, this is a Finlandia Foundation National Finland 100 Music Program event.
Gregory Barrett, clarinet soloist and Craig Randal Johnson, pianist perform in Minneapolis. Free Admission, Donations Welcome