The annual Heikinpäivä celebration’s themes are taken from Finnish folk saying associated with the name day for Heikki (Henrik’s day — 19 January). Events span January 10 through February 1 in Hancock and surrounding area. TODAY: Reindeer Herding in the U.P. - A Quest For Viability, Finnish American Heritage Center, Open to public. Call (906) 487-7302.
TWO OLD LUMBERJACKS /KAKSI VANHAA TUKKIJÄTKÄÄ A classic 1954 film in Finnish with English subtitles.
Loosely based on the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic poem, this 1959 genre-bending film follows a witch who steals the sun in order to spite a community of peaceful loggers who refuse to build her a magic mill. In addition to beautifully colored cinematography, the film features trolls, swans, and sorcery. In Finnish with English subtitles.
The annual Heikinpäivä celebration’s themes are taken from Finnish folk saying associated with the name day for Heikki (Henrik’s day — 19 January). Events span January 10 through February 1 in Hancock and surrounding area. TODAY: Family Fun Night Finnish American Heritage Center. $5 per family. For information, call (906) 523-6271.
The Finnish Sliding Festival! Fun-seekers converge on Palo’s Loon Lake Community Center (near Aurora) the first weekend of February for food, games and sliding! Free admission with plenty of goodies to purchase. Celebrate Finnish customs at this #OnlyInMN annual event. Don’t miss the vendors, music, crowning of the queen and more. Cost is $5 for […]
Check out the activities hosted by the American Finnish Club --- Kerhotalo --- from the opening dance on February 2, to the closing dance on February 9.
One Girl is a documentary that takes a glimpse into one ordinary day in the lives of four girls from four different countries in the same meridian. The film allows us to see the lives of these girls from South Sudan, Romania, Palestine, and Finland. At the Children's Film Festival Seattle.
The Finnish Sliding Festival! Fun-seekers converge on Palo’s Loon Lake Community Center (near Aurora) the first weekend of February for food, games and sliding! Free admission with plenty of goodies to purchase. Celebrate Finnish customs at this #OnlyInMN annual event. Don’t miss the vendors, music, crowning of the queen and more. Cost is $5 for […]
ETERNAL ROAD /IKITIE ACROSS BORDERS This film follows the journey of Jussi Ketola, who returns home to Finland from America at the beginning of the Great Depression, hoping to live quietly and farm the land. But his fellow Finns, still raw from the ravages of the Civil War, cannot trust Ketola. In Finnish, English and Russian with […]
The Nordic Stories children's book series features "The Piano" by Marika Maijala.