At the Portland International Film Festival: Based on Antti Tuuri鈥檚 bestselling novel,聽The Eternal Road tells the untold story of the many thousands of Communist Americans who answered Stalin鈥檚 call in the 1930's to build a new society in the USSR based on justice, equality, and freedom.聽 They include Jussi Ketola, an idealistic American with Finnish […]
Russian pianist Olga Kern will be performing Rachmaninoff鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Arizona Musicfest. Maestro Robert Moody and the Festival Orchestra begin the evening with Copland鈥檚 Fanfare for the Common Man, followed by the Symphony No. 5 by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
Second printing of 鈥淭his Side of Sand Island: Reflections on Fish, Finns and Finding out about Family on the Lower Columbia鈥� will be available at Astoria鈥檚 Fisher Poets Gathering, and directly from the author, Victoria Pitkanen Stoppiello. She is a past recipient of a Finlandia Foundation grant. This illustrated essay collection looks, sometimes with a […]
In Portland, Finnish pianist Janne Oksanen will play works by a Finnish composer relatively unknown outside Finland and a contemporary of Sibelius, Toivo Kuula, in a free concert, 鈥淓choes from the North." The program will include Beethoven and Chopin, as well as Kuula: Beethoven鈥檚 Piano Sonata no. 31 in A Flat op. 110; Kuula鈥檚 Satukuvia […]
Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club. They Know Not What They Do, a psychological novel set in the near future by Jussi Valtonen, grapples with the role technology plays in our relationships, for better and worse.聽Jussi Valtonen is an author and psychologist from Helsinki, Finland, who now […]
At the Portland International Film Festival: Based on Antti Tuuri鈥檚 bestselling novel,聽The Eternal Road tells the untold story of the many thousands of Communist Americans who answered Stalin鈥檚 call in the 1930's to build a new society in the USSR based on justice, equality, and freedom.聽 They include Jussi Ketola, an idealistic American with Finnish […]
The Finnish-American Society of the Midwest commemorates the Kalevala, Finland's national epic, with a presentation in the Chicago area by a leading expert on Finland, Finnish culture and the Kalevala,聽FFN Centenary Lecturer Dr. Thomas A. Dubois of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
In celebration of Kalevala Day (February 28), the day of Finnish culture, join us at Scandinavia House in New York City, as composer Johanna Telander brings the beloved Finnish epic聽Kalevala聽to life through an ethereal yet powerful pop, folk, and world music score. "Kalevala: the Musical" is a story of ancient legends, told by the spirits […]
Come see what authentic foods are cooking in Canterbury, at the annaul Finnish Culinary Delights event.
At Englewood Arts Center: "Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time" by Ainom盲e Ensemble. Born in Estonia, Silver moved with his family to Finland in 1990. He was accepted into the celebrated Sibelius Academy to study with Hannu Kiiski and Arto Noras, ultimately receiving his Masters degree.