Lecturer of the Year
Phoenix, Arizona See the documentary Yoopera! presented by film director Suzanne Jurva and editor Erin Smith. For more about the program see the Lecturer of the Year.
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ScanFair
Unnamed Venue Portland, OR, United StatesA holiday season staple celebrating the Christmas traditions and cultures of Finland, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Juhla! Celebrating 150 years of Finnish Immigration to Minnesota
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, United StatesPhotographs, publications and other materials tell the story of the beginning of Finnish immigration to Minnesota, when a small group of Finns disembarked from a riverboat in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1864. The special exhibition, which opened in October 2014, is at the Elmer L. Andersen Library Atrium Gallery at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Scandinavian Film Festival LA
Writers Guild Theater Beverly Hills, CA, United StatesFilms from Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are screened at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills January 17-18 and 24-25.
Heikinpäivä – Massachusetts
Saima Park Fitchburg, MA, United StatesThis event celebrates Heikki (Henrik's day, January 19). Warm up with hot soup and bonfire after a day of cross-country skiing, folk dances, Moomin stories and fun events like wife-carrying and boot-throwing contests at this first-ever wintertime event at The Finnish Center at Saima Park in Fitchburg.
Olli Hirvonen, Performer of the Year
Suomi Talo Lantana, FL, United StatesFFN Performer of the Year Olli Hirvonen presents his jazz guitar program at Suomi Talo in Lantana, Florida.
Heikinpäivä – Michigan
Downtown Hancock Houghton/Hancock, MI, United StatesThis Finnish-American mid-winter festival celebrates Karhu kylkeänsä kääntää (The bear rolls over) and takes its name from the name day for Heikki (Henrik's day, January 19). Events happen throughout January, with the last Saturday of the month the big day-long celebration filled with fun family activities, parade, Tori marketplace, Finnish buffet, Polar Bear Dive and […]
Mostly Nordic Chamber Music and Smörgåsbord Series
Nordic Museum Seattle, WA, United StatesThe North Corner Chamber Orchestra performs a salute to Jean Sibelius for the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth with "Sibelius, Strings and Serenades" at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle. Finland is the first country featured in the series of five concerts that will run through May and also spotlight Denmark, Sweden, Norway and […]
Finland: Designed Environments
Nordic Museum Seattle, WA, United StatesSurvey Finnish design of the last 15 years through contemporary furnishings, fashion, objects and architecture at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle.
Sibelius 150 Jubilee Concert-Florida
Kerhotalo 908 Lehto Lane, Lake Worth, FL, United StatesAnna-Lisa Jakobsson and Henna Moisanen will perform Sibelius music, with "Finlandia" by Floridian Laulumiehet. Hosted by Finlandia Foundation Florida Chapter.