NC: Vappu
Members of the Triangle Finns celebrate spring and May Day at their annual Vappu party.
Members of the Triangle Finns celebrate spring and May Day at their annual Vappu party.
Join us in celebrating May Day and the arrival of spring with the traditional Swedish and Finnish holidays Valborg and Vappu. Enjoy traditional treats, crafts, music, a bonfire and more on the Nordic Northwest Campus with Portland Finnish School, Finlandia Foundation Columbia-Pacific Chapter (FFCPC), and New Sweden Cultural Heritage Society.
Celebrate spring at this annual traditional May Day event.
Enjoy songs in Finnish, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish and English in this community chorus concert.
Don't miss the famous annual Chicken BBQ!
Get together to socialize and discuss and sample Finnish foods.
Join us for a Finnish Conversation Group organized by Nordic Northwest and Finlandia Foundation's Columbia-Pacific Chapter. Whether you are fluent or just beginning this is your chance to meet and talk with others, hear the language and learn about Finnish culture, traditions, nature and modern life. Third Monday of each month.
Fallen Leaves and Filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki with Andrew Nestingen Join this conversation via Zoom with the professor of Finnish Studies and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, is author of The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki: Contrarian Stories (2013). Registration link at FFN Facebook events.
The Monson Finn Hall Dance season kicks off with Alexandra Bennett and friends.
Visit and enjoy coffee with members of the Nordic community.