Summer 2023 Newsletter

Happy Summer!

ALL EVENT TIMES ARE LISTED AS CENTRAL TIME.

View all of the event listings at FinnSource.org/calendar-of-events.
Submit your event here.

A Message From the FinnSource Team

We hope you have enjoyed five years of free monthly newsletters from FinnSource, the “virtual meeting place” of the MN-Finland community. Thanks to a cadre of financial and expertise donors, the website is operational with a community calendar and an information clearinghouse for Finland-related organizations and resources.

The newsletter will be on a summer break July and August but please check the calendar. It will be updated with submitted events.

To continue this community forum, we seek more “hands on deck” - to track events and opportunities; promote them through social media; research additional Finn resources; and innovate new ways to connect interested audiences to all things Finnish in MN.

We invite you to join our volunteer team and would love to hear from you. Please give a call, text or e-mail to Mirja Hanson at 651.291.5616 and mirjah@aol.com

Warmly,

Kathy Jorgensen, Mirja Hanson, and Betsey Norgard

2023 Minneapolis Sister Cities Celebration

Sunday, July 16 • 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Nicollet Island Pavilion

40 Power Street, Minneapolis, MN

The 2023 Minneapolis Sister Cities Celebration features the 50th Anniversary of Kuopio, Finland and Minneapolis at the Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis, MN.

This annual family event includes international entertainment, sister city exhibits, a free ice cream social and more!

Read Finnish books --- in English

Tuesday, June 6 • 2:00 pm

Grace Lutheran Church

4010 9th Ave W, Hibbing, MN

The Hibbing Finnish Americans and Friends present regional historian and author David Kess, from the Ely-Winton Historical Society, who will talk about Finnish books that have been translated into English.

St Anthony Sister City

Joins Red Cross Blood Drive

Friday, June 9 • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Friday, August 4 • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

St. Anthony City Hall & Community Center

3301 Silver Lake Rd. St. Anthony, MN 55418

A call to service! The St. Anthony - Salo Finland Sister City Association invites you to join their American Red Cross Blood Drives.

Go to redcrossblood.org to choose your appointment time.

National Sauna Day

At the Nelimark Museum Grounds

Saturday, June 10 • 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

4839 Salo Rd, Embarrass, MN

Sisu Heritage, Inc. in Embarrass, MN is hosting food, music, games, and mobile sauna display at the Nelimark Museum Grounds in Embarrass.

The Nelimark Museum will be open from June to the end of September, Thursdays - Saturdays from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Lauluaika To Host Workshop & Dance

At Duluth Folk School

Saturday, July 1

Workshop 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Social Dance 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Duluth Folk School

1917 W Superior St, Duluth, MN 55806

$10 Admission

Lauluaika will be doing a dance & workshop on July 1st at the Duluth Folk School sponsored by the Nordic Center of Duluth. The dance class will start at 5:30 pm focusing on Finnish couples' dances and mixers that can be done at FinnFest: waltz, polkka, jenkka (schottische), Masuukka, and Humppa. A social dance from 6:30 to 8:00 pm will follow the workshop.

First Annual Duluth-stämman

Nordic Folk Music Festival

Friday, June 9 • Evening

Saturday, June 10 • All Day

Peace Church

1917 W Superior St, Duluth, MN 55806

$10 Admission

The Nordic Center in Duluth presents the first Duluth-stämman Folk Music and Dance Festival on June 9 and 10. Building from success of the Nisswa-stämman, the festival will offer dances, workshops, jam sessions, and concerts for people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. Visiting Nordic folk musicians and Upper Midwest performers include Ameriikan Poijat, Lauluaika, and Sara Pajunen.

Tarja Turunen "Living the Dream" USA Tour

Thursday, June 22 • 7:00 pm

Varsity Theater

1308 SE 14th St, Minneapolis, MN

Internationally-known and award-winning Finnish musician Tarja Turunen performs in Minneapolis on June 22, in her "Living the Dream" U.S. tour.

Known for her nine years as the voice and image of the heavy metal gold and platinum-winning band Nightwish, on tour she will perform her own music, a blend of several genres, including opera and pop.

Juhannus: Finnish Midsummer Festival

At Sampo Beach

Saturday, June 24 • 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Sampo Beach

7094 Saginaw Rd, Saginaw, MN 55779

Finlandia Foundation Northland invites everyone to a free, family-friendly, alcohol-free Finnish Midsummer Festival on Sampo Beach on Little Grand Lake in northern Minnesota. Enjoy swimming, sauna, crafts, campfire, food, and music, featuring Sara Pajunen. Roast your own food or buy from the grill trailer.

For more info, email steve.leppala@gmail.com or Arlene Tucker at tuck5080@yahoo.com.

Sara Pajunen—Solo Exhibition of selected works

July 6-September 9, 2023

Joseph Nease Gallery

23 W 1st St, Duluth, MN

Sara Pajunen, composer, improviser, and audio-visual artist, will present audio-visual work, sound art, and photographs from her projects “Mine Songs: Sounding an Altered Landscape” and “The Places We Know.”

Featured are field recordings, violin, aerial image, and archival material to focus on themes of long-rhythm and broken connections with environment, dominant cultural narratives, and listening as presence.

More Info

Diane Jarvi

Summer Events

Diane Jarvi Trio

Sunday, June 11 • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Danish American Center

3030 W. River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN

An evening of jazz standards and some world music with Diane Jarvi on vocals and guitar, Dean Harrington on guitars, and Erik Lillestol on bass.

$20 Admission.

Diane Jarvi Book Reading

Tuesday, June 27

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Magers & Quinn Booksellers

3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN

Writer's Night with Diane Jarvenpa, Tracy Youngblom, and Lon Otto.
Event is free. Registration is required.

Cafe Accordion Orchestra

With Diane Jarvi

Wednesday, June 28

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Silverwood Park

2500 County Rd E, St Anthony, MN

World music with Cafe Accordion Orchestra with guest Diane Jarvi.

Free admission.

Scandinavian Festival and Midwest Viking Festival

June 23 - 24, 2023

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Hjemkomst Center

202 1st Avenue N, Moorhead, MN

The Nordic Culture Clubs present music, folk dance, Viking encampments, and more, including performances by Ida Metsberg, Finlandia Foundation National Performer of the Year, of her own and traditional Finnish music.

For info and tickets--- https://www.betterunite.com/nordiccultureclubs-2023scandinavianfestivalhjemkomstcenter