NJ: ScanFest
Vasa Park Budd Lake, NJ, United States35th annual Scandinavian celebration of Nordic cultures, food, crafts, arts and traditions at Vasa Park in Budd Lake, NJ..
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MI: Festival Ruska – Steve ‘n’ Seagulls
Rozsa Center Houghton, MI, United StatesFinnish band Steve 'n' Seagulls will energize the crowd with their unique style of playing American hard rock songs with a bluegrass sound.
CT: Close to the Line
Housatonic Museum of Art Bridgeport, CT, United StatesArt exhibition by Mari Rantanen and Kirsten Reynolds is an investigation of geometric abstraction through a performative lens. Rantanen has been commissioned to design large-scale architectural public art works including the Niittykumpu Subway Station in Espoo, Finland and the Citybanan Odenplan Metro Station in Stockholm Sweden.
IL: Scandinavian Day Festival
Scandinavian Park / Vasa Park South Elgin, IL, United States40th festival celebrating Nordic heritage, with food, vendors, activities and a bonfire afterwards.
OR: Sami Bracelet Workshop
Nordia HouseGet fancy by building new braid patterns for the traditional Sami coiled wire and reindeer leather bracelet. Fee.
CT: Tori
Finnish American Heritage Society Canterbury, ConnecticutFind treasures at the Tori/Open Market.
MA: Saima Car Cruise & Tori
The Finnish Center at Saima Park Fitchburg, MA, United StatesClassic cars, tori, food, music, baked goods, crafts and more!
MN: Sunday Finnish Funday
International Institute of Minnesota St. Paul, MN, United StatesFood, fun and games for the whole family.
MI: Festival Ruska
Calumet High School Calumet, MichiganFinnish Log Sauna Construction Master builders Timo Alakesti (pictured at left) and Marko Kemppainen will work in tandem with Calumet industrial arts teachers Robert Bohlsen and Corey Soumis, teaching how to build a dovetailed-corner log sauna using hand-hewn logs. For $500 per person, participants will have hands-on instruction for five hours per day (8 to […]
WA: Immigrant Logging in the Northwest
The Swedish Club Seattle Seattle, WA, United StatesSwedish Finn foresters discuss immigrant logging in the Northwest at the Members & Friends Dinner.