MN: Laskiainen
Loon Lake Community Center Aurora, MN, United States85th Finnish Sliding Festival in Palo. The two-day wintertime celebration includes food, artisans, basketball games, sleigh and dog sled rides, music and sledding.
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ONLINE: Folk Songs from Karelia Workshop
Conducting this two-day workshop is Emmi Kuittinen, a folk musician, singer and songwriter, who specializes in the Karelian and Ingrian singing styles and also laments. Karelia is a wide area situated in Finland and Russia and it has a very rich and diverse singing culture. In this workshop you’ll get to know more about different […]
Sámi National Day
The Sámi are the indigenous people inhabiting northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Sámi National Day is February 6, which commemorates the first Sámi congress in 1917.
MN: Sámi Day Celebration
Celebration of the 30th Sámi National Day includes Sámi stories, button-making, browsing the library's Sámi Collection, conversation, and exploring items from the Sámi Cultural Center.
ONLINE: Maija Isola: Master of Colour and Form
A documentary about Maija Isola, a pioneering Marimekko designer as part of the Architecture and Design Film Festival; check for window to view it. also screening in Washington D.C. on January 27
ONLINE & NYC: Sámi Film Festival
Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave., New York, NY, United StatesThe 5th annual screening of Sámi films will be held online and in-person. Check for schedule and details.
MA: Mobile Sauna
Lanesville Community Center Gloucester, MACelebrate National Sauna Week with Cape Ann Finns and Abundance Mobile Sauna. Reservations required, times vary throughout each day. Click below for details.
MI: ISMO
Finlandia University presents Finnish comedian ISMO live at Hirvonen Hall in Hancock.
Online: FinnFest 2023
Learn all about FinnFest USA 2023 in Duluth in July in this Zoom session hosted by FFN chapter, the Finnish American Society of Cape Cod, with FinnFest President K. Marianne Wargelin. Email to register: mlariv@comcast.net
Radio & Livestreamed Sauna Special
From Duluth, a special program for National Sauna Week on The North 103.3 FM! Host Tim Winker spins sauna songs and talks history, culture and music of the Finnish sauna in America---including interviews conducted in saunas. The hour-long program will air during the 6-10 pm (Central) Folk Migrations show. Tune in or listen online at […]