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DC: Finnish Picnic

Lake Fairfax Reston, VA

The National Capital Chapter fall picnic includes sausages, games, fishing and Finnish yard sale. RSVP at link below.

MI: Creative Uses for Discontinuous Brocade Weaving

Finnish American Heritge Center Hancock, MI

Brocade master Laura Foster Nelson, whose work is in major museum collections, leads this workshop on ways to use weft brocade to create shapes and images. Open to weavers ages […]

CT: Pannukakku Breakfast

Finnish American Heritage Sociey

Enjoy the traditional Finnish oven pancake and other goodies at this celebration of the community's Canterbury Old Home Days.

CT: Finnish Pancake Breakfast

Finnish Hall - Canterbury Canterbury, CT, United States

Enjoy traditional and Finnish breakfast in celebration of Canterbury Old Home Days

DEADLINE TO ENTER: National Sauna Week Poster Art Contest

OCTOBER 1: Deadline to enter the 2nd National Sauna Week Poster Art Contest! National Sauna Week is February 16-22, 2025. Click below for details on entering the Poster Art Contest; deadline is October 1. https://finlandiafoundation.org/sauna-poster-contest-2025/

Friends of Finland Call for Art

Finlandia Art Gallery Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, Michigan

October 1 is the deadline for submissions for a juried exhibition of contemporary, folk and traditional arts and crafts by Finnish, Finnish-American and Finnish-loving friends. The exhibit dates are November […]

Aleksis Kivi Day / Finnish Literature Day

October 10 is the birthdate of Finland's National Writer Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872). He wrote Seven Brothers, the first novel in Finnish. Learn more at the link below. This is also […]

CA: Book Talk with Hanna Pylväinen

Finnish America Heritage Center Sonoma 197 Verano Ave, Sonoma, CA, United States

Meet the author and FFN Lecturer of the Year, who will read from her book, talk about the process of researching and writing "The End of Drum-Time" and sign books.  

NH: Finn Funn Weekend

The Inn at East Hill Farm Troy, NH, United States

Programs, music, food and tori celebrate Finnish American heritage.