MI: Immigrant Families Remember
Finnish Center Association 35200 W. Eight Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, United StatesCome for brunch at 11 a.m. and stay for the documentary about local families who experienced the Winter and Continuation wars.
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WA: Forever Yours – Film
Swedish Club Seattle, WA, United StatesIkuisesti sinun (Forever Yours) is an honest and riveting look at children in the child care system in Finland won a Jussi for Best Documentary. Director and writer Mia Halme keeps her focus on a few children in problematic home conditions and in foster care, but the questions raised in the film are more universal.
MI: Flea Market
Finnish Center Association 35200 W. Eight Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, United StatesBrowse the flea market goods and craft show, and enjoy the bake sale and pasties.
MA: Finnish Breakfast & Flea Market
The Finnish Center at Saima Park Fitchburg, MA, United StatesEnjoy a hearty pannukakku and pulla breakfast and browse the goods at the flea market, a benefit for the Saima Park scholarship fund.
MI: Flea Market & More
Finnish Center Association 35200 W. Eight Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, United StatesBrowse the flea market goods and craft show, and enjoy the bake sale and pasties.
CA: Vappu Party
House of Finland San Diego San Diego, CA, United StatesCelebrate spring and enjoy the Lawn Program at House of Finland, in Balboa Park.
MA: Ruusamari Teppo Piano Concert
Scandinavian Cultural Center - MA West Newton, MARuusamari Teppo presents a program she has created, built on her connection to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius: She is his great-great granddaughter.
OR: Vappu
Nordic Northwest's Fogelbo 8800 SW Oleson, Portland, OR, United StatesA day of celebration (think spring). In Finland, it is known as Vappu, in Sweden Valborg’s Mass Eve. Complimentary hot dogs, sima (think of mead), doughnuts (munkki), and coffee. Wine and beer available for purchase. There will be children games, adult games, a tug of war between the Swedes and Finns, and a sing-a-long besides […]
CA: All Finnish Concert
U.S. premiere of "Vista" by Kaija Saariaho, with Susanna Mälkki conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Also featuring "Lemminkäinen Suite" by Sibelius, which tells four stories from the Finnish national saga, the Kalevala, about the hero Lemminkäinen. Sibelius pulls out all his descriptive stops to create the wide-open, Northern musical landscape in which these tales play out, ranging […]
Salolampi Language Camp
FFN offers matching grants to students attending Salolampi Language Village in Bemidji, MN for those who receive financial support from a Finlandia Foundation chapter. Travel grants may also be available. Today is the deadline for qualifying. Click below for information.