Finnish – American Heritage
Lecture: Music Education
The summer music education program of Solalampi SOIVA camp.
Lecture “Being Close to the Natural World”
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:00 - 10:00
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 09:00 - 10:00
Royal Pacific Salon 6
by Bill Lagerroos
Finns have often lived in primitive log structures, just four inches away from the worst that winter weather could provide, and were grateful for a constant supply of firewood. They struggled on farm fields during rainy cold...
Lecture: "The Dynamics of the Finnish Migration to America and the Development of Emigration Databases"
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:00 - 10:00
Pacific Salon 7
Research Director Elli Heikkilä from the Institute of Migration inTurku, Finland speak about Finland’s tradition of emigration. During the past one hundred years over one million people have moved from Finland to other countries. Without any...
Public Rag Rug Weaving
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:00 - 12:30
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 09:00 - 10:30
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 13:30 - 16:30
Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 13:30 - 16:30
Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 09:00 - 12:00
Dover
A loom is set up for all festival goers to try their hand at rag rug weaving.
"Although many other immigrants have a tradition of making rag rugs, Finnish Americans are one of the few groups to have maintained the culture of rag weaving since...
Searching for your Finnish roots?
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:00 - Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 16:00
The Institute of Migration provides services for searching for ancestral roots from passport and passenger records. Look through recently released books. Research information will be also collected during FinnFest.
Documentary: "Sydämeni laulu" The Song of My Heart
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 10:30 - 11:55
Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 10:30 - 12:00
Royal Palm Salon 5
Documentary film about Finnish-Americans in the United States. (English subtitles)
(Produced by Filmiseppo Oy and YLE, Finland, 1948, 88min)
Dokumenttielokuva Amerikan suomalaisista. Mies, vaimo ja tytär matkustelee ”lännen...
Lecture: "Buildings of Emigrant Families at the World of Trails in Finland"
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 10:30 - 11:30
Pacific Salon 7
Ms. Tellervo Lahti is the Project Manager and Director of The Finnish Emigrant Museum in Peräseinäjoki, Seinäjoki. She will talk about the buildings they have and buildings that will be donated by expatriate Finns and their descendants. She...
Lecture: “The Finlandia Foundation Story (1953-2010) - Lessons from a Conflicted History”
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 10:30 - 11:30
Pacific Salon 5
How did a small southern California foundation become truly national in scope and purpose? No easy task, and it is a story full of human and institutional lessons. Historian Jon Saari wrote the history entitled Black Ties and Miners’...
Documentary: "Greener Grass"
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 12:00 - 12:20
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 10:00 - 10:20
Royal Palm Salon 5
Greener Grass is an art and documentary project by artist Mari Keski-Korsu. Greener Grass discusses Finnish immigration history in United States and how this history could reflect on today’s challenges of immigration. Artist Mari Keski-Korsu...
