• IL: Vasa Park Fish Boil

    Scandinavian Park / Vasa Park South Elgin, IL, United States

    19th annual event with delicious "boil" and Scandinavian Tent Sale. For prices and reservations see the FASM website.

  • ME: Ruusamari Teppo on Piano

    Thomaston Federated Church Thomaston, Maine

    Concert pianist Ruusamari Teppo performs Sibelius.

  • NH: FinnFunn Weekend

    The Inn at East Hill Farm 460 Monadnock St, Troy, NH, United States

    Gather for a cultural experience that includes presentations, music, films, tori/marketplace and much more.

  • MI: Ancestral Secrets

    Beechwood Hall Iron River, Michigan

    Betty Kangas Petroski will reveal discoveries she has made while translating records from the former Finnish Lutheran Church that served the Beechwood community from 1894-1956. Pat Turner will explain the significance of these 100-plus year-old documents and how they were acquired by the Beechwood Historical Society. A potluck supper precedes the presentation.

  • WI: Music by the Pajunens

    Grace Lutheran Church (WI) Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Enjoy tunes by Timo and Sue.

  • IL: Karelian Lunch & Program

    Estonian House Linconlnshire/Riverwoods, IL

    Karelian Stew Lunch and program by Dr. Richard Hansen: “Rajalta Rajalle. A Ski Odyssey Across Finland." $12 for lunch and $5 donation for the program. Refreshments after the program.

  • MN: Finnish Culinary Arts & Handcrafting Weekend

    Salolampi Language Village Bemidji, MN, United States

    Fall Retreat Weekend at Salolampi Language Village for cultural immersion in Finnish culinary arts & hand-and-woodcrafts. Bake and cook Finnish classics including pulla, Karelian rice pies, rye bread, rutabaga casserole, Nordic grain salad, and Finnish oven pancake. Handcrafts include rag rug loom weaving, basic and more advanced yarn projects, whittling and holiday favorites. Find details, […]

  • MI: Pelkie: 100 Years of Finnishness

    Northern Michigan University Marquette, Michigan

    Screening of the new documentary film "Pelkie: 100 Years of Finnishness in Michigan's North Woods" by Michael Loukinen. Pelkie is representative of the many Finnish American rural communities in the Western Lake Superior Region. Film, coffee and discussion in Jamrich Hall Room 1100.

  • NH: FinnFunn Weekend

    The Inn at East Hill Farm 460 Monadnock St, Troy, NH, United States

    Presentations, performances, film, Tori and more!