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MI: Finnish Meet Up

Finnish Center Association 35200 W. Eight Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, United States

Get together to socialize and discuss and sample Finnish foods.

OR: Finnish Conversation Group

Nordia House

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 […]

ONLINE: Films of Aki Kaurasmäki

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 […]

ME: Finn Hall Dance

Monson Finn Hall Monson, ME, United States

The Monson Finn Hall Dance season kicks off with Alexandra Bennett and friends.

OR: Nordic Coffee Hour

Nordia House

Visit and enjoy coffee with members of the Nordic community.

ONLINE: Frank Eld

Enjoy this webinar with Frank Eld, expert on Finnish log construction, as he talks about his latest discoveries from his 2023 trip to Finland. Register for the Zoom session at link below.

MA: Summer Sauna Village

UKTS Pembroke, MA

The first of its kind gathering of mobile saunas in New England. For two weekends, mobile saunas from all over the region will gather at the UKTS site in Pembroke to provide traditional sauna to sauna enthusiasts. May 31-June 2 and June 7-June 9; check link for hours each day.

OR: Coffee Hour with World Forestry Center

Enjoy coffee and information from the World Forestry Center, now featuring the photo exhibit "Tree People" by Finnish photographers Ritva Kovalainen and Sanni Seppo.

ONLINE: Baltic Bowed Lyres

Join the session Baltic Bowed Lyres - Examples of Inventive Instrument Making with Alice Margerum In the 19th-century, Baltic bowed lyres began to be influenced by the louder (and more versatile) violin. Some of the features adopted worked, and some didn't. Join musicologist and instrument maker Dr. Alice Margerum as she talks about the creativity […]

MA: Nature Walk

The Finnish Center at Saima Park Fitchburg, MA, United States

Stroll the grounds at Saima Park on a nature walk with Mike Potsaid (weather permitting).