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AZ: Scandinavian Festival

St. Peter Lutheran Church - AZ Mesa, Arizona

Vendors, food, baked goods, live music, activities for the kids and Phoenix Scandinavian dancers celebrate the Nordic countries.

WA: Moomins in the Museum!

National Nordic Museum Seattle, Washington

Join us for a celebration of the fabulous Finnish Moomins! Make fun Moomin crafts and listen to Moomin stories at this fun-filled morning. I

GA: St. Urho’s Day Party

Po' Boy Shop Decatur, Georgia

Wear your purple and green and raise a Finnish Long Drink in salute to the legendary figure who chased the grasshoppers out of Finland and saved the grape crop.

MI: Saint Urho Celebration

Elks Club Ishpeming, Michigan

Wear purple and green to salute St. Urho, the fictitious Finnish Saint who rid the country of grasshoppers, saving the grape crop. will be held on Sunday, Mar. 15 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Elks Club in Ishpeming. There will be music for dancing and listening by Wil Kilpela, accordion, and Ken Holster, […]

St. Urho’s Day

This fun holiday was invented in Minnesota to honor the brave St. Urho, who chased the grasshoppers out of Finland and saved the grape crop. It just happens to be the day before the holiday for a slightly better-known saint from Ireland.

IL: One Last Deal – film

Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago, IL

Finnish film is an art history detective story, featured at the Chicago European Union Film Festival on March 13 and 19.

MI: St. Urho Party

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

Wear the purple and green and join us to celebrate St. Urho's victory over the grasshoppers in Finland! The buffet dinner is followed by readings, crowning of St. Urho, parade, grasshopper cake and music by FinnFolk.

CT: Mini Birch Bark Workshops

Finnish Hall - Canterbury Canterbury, CT, United States

Birch bark artist Elaine Moe conducts two workshops: Create a small birch bark bird, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Make birch bark star and bead ornaments, 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.  

MA: The Grump – Film

Scandinavian Cultural Center - MA West Newton, MA, United States

MIELENSÄPAHOITTAJA (The Grump) is about an 80-year-old Finnish farmer who reluctantly goes to live with his youngest son and his uptight, career-oriented wife following a debilitating domestic accident.

DC: A Reindeer’s Journey

Embassy of FInland Washington, D.C., DC, United States

Screening of the film about a newborn reindeer in Lapland, northern Finland, as part of the DC Environmental Film Festival.