Cross Country Ski Clinic & Hike
2018-01-21 13:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Washington Crossing State Park NATURE Center, NJ, United States
Cross Country Ski Clinic & Hike (If No snow) 1:30-4pm NEW JERSEY Washington Crossing State Park NATURE Center-Phone: (609) 737-0609 Daniel McAuliffe 215-630-7478 DNMCAULIFFE@MSN.COM In this workshop, the participants will learn about the different types of cross-country ski equipment, what to look for in selecting your first pair of skis. Other topics will include: how to dress, basic 7 skills, your 1st day on skis, and where to go skiing. The indoor lesson will last 1½ hour. If the ground is snow covered, an additional 1+ hour outdoor ski lesson will be offered. If not, We will Hike on the trails. Participants will have to provide their own ski equipment for the outdoor lesson. Call the Nature Center to obtain equipment rental information. Advanced registration required. The workshop will be co-instructed
Photo by Erik W. Kolstad – Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2787295

Iltamat for Finland's 100 Years of Independence
2017-12-09 19:00 - 21:00 | American Swedish Historical Museum, 1900 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, 19145, United States
As we celebrate Finland’s milestone birthday this year, we have invited Ameriikan Poijat, a popular 7-member brass band from Minneapolis, MN to perform in Iltamat at the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia on Saturday, December 9 at 7pm and entertain us with familiar Finnish songs, dance tunes and concert pieces. Since the event is also a fundraiser for FASDV, we hope to get a full house, so bring your family and friends along! Our traditional Pikkujoulu, Pre-Christmas party, will precede the concert at 4pm with Joulupukki and Joulumuori bringing holiday cheer to all.
Antti Vänskä, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Finland will be the guest of honor, and champagne and wine reception will follow the concert!

Tickets for this FASDV fundraising event are $20 if purchased online ($25 at the door)
Pikkujoulu tickets are at the usual price of $15 (please bring a holiday dish to share; FASDV will provide ham and fixings)
Pikkujoulu plus concert is only $30 pp — kids under 15 free

Iltamat Concert & Pikkujoulu liput (kids under 15 free)

Iltamat Concert $20.00 USDPikkujoulu $15.00 USDIltamat Concert & Pikkujoulu $30.00 USD

The event will be held at ASHM at 1900 Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19454 in collaboration between the Finnish-American Society of the the Delaware Valley FASDV and New Sweden Alliance NSA, a non-profit organization celebrating many cultures in the Delaware Valley. For more information, contact Marja Kaisla at mjkaisla@yahoo.com.

Accordionist Brent Buswell in Concert
2017-11-11 19:30 - 20:30 | Cokesbury Village, 726 Loveville Road, Hockessin, DE, 19707, United States
Cokesbury Village retirement community in Hockessin, DE, will host the popular virtuoso accordionist Brent Buswell in a free concert on November 11 at 7:30pm. Since the concert date is also Veterans’ Day, Brent, a regular guest performer at Finnish festivals all around the US, will also play some patriotic music, accompanied by his pianist wife, Crista.
The free concert is held in collaboration between the Delaware Valley Finnish Americans DVFA and New Sweden Alliance NSA at Cokesbury Village, 726 Loveville Rd., Hockessin, DE 19707. For more information, contact Earl Seppala at eseppala@aol.com or Roy Palo at palonpaa@aol.com.

BIO:
Brent Buswell, accordion
Brent has played the accordion since 1993. He enjoys playing a wide variety of music, including jazz, polkas, Scandinavian, marches, novelty numbers as well as Christian and American standards. He especially enjoys playing the music of great accordion composers such as Pietro Frosini, Charles Magnante and Pietro Deiro.
Brent has performed at many events and national Finnish festivals throughout the USA. He has been a guest performer with other orchestras and on television. He was designated the Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year in 2008.
Brent graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2003, with a Bachelor’s degree in professional music. During his time at Berklee, he studied the piano, which has become his second instrument.
Brent will be accompanied for some tunes by his wife, Crista who plays the piano. Crista began playing the piano at the age of three. Since then, music has been a large part of her life. She has an associate’s degree in liberal Arts from Penn State.

Who Wore What When
2017-11-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Hagley Soda House, 298 Buck Road East, Wilmington, DE, 19807, United States
“Who Wore What When”, beginning at 2pm (preceded by a reception at 1pm) on November 11 at the Hagley Soda House, Wilmington DE, is a historical period fashion show and history learning experience focusing on the Delaware Valley youth. The demonstration is multi-cultural and includes Viking and Lenape clothing, folk costumes and Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, and English colonial clothing. There will also be Civil War and WWI uniforms.
Narration will describe the clothing, customs, fabric and history of each era, accompanied by period music and projected works of art. Native and other cultural food samples will complement the multi-sensory history event through collaboration among several historical, cultural and educational organizations.
Tickets for the 1pm reception are $20, and the fashion show at 2pm is free to the public. The event is presented by the New Sweden Centre at the Hagley Soda House, 298 Buck Rd, Wilmington, DE 19807. For more information, email info@colonialnewsweden.org or call the New Sweden Centre at 302-429-0464.

NSA and Friends of Finland Trip to D.C.
2017-10-10 08:00 - 17:00 | PA
In celebration of Finland 100, the New Sweden Alliance is organizing a unique bus tour to Washington, D.C. on October 10, where the points of interest will include a visit to the Finnish Embassy, a guided tour of the U.S. Capitol and a tour of the White House, finished off by dinner at Baltimore Harbor. We knew everyone loves Finland and DC, but the popularity of the trip took everyone by surprise: the trip filled up in a matter of days. Photos of the happy group in D.C. will follow!

FASDV Fall picnic
2017-09-10 14:00 - 17:00 | Core Creek Park,, 901 E. Bridgetown Pike, Langhorne, PA, United States
FASDV will organize the traditional Fall picnic at the beautiful Core Creek Park, Pavillion 9 in Bucks County right by the water on Sunday, September 10, beginning at 2pm.
We hope to see all FASDV members and Friends of Finland there to enjoy food, drinks and great conversation. FASDV will provide beverages, hot dogs, hamburgers and fixings. The picnic is nyyttikestit, which means everyone is welcome to bring a dish to share. Bring any additional drinks if you’d like.

Scanfest
2017-09-03 10:00 - 18:00 | Vasa Park, Wolfe Road, Budd Lake, NJ, 07828
ScanFest celebrates & promotes the cultures of the Nordic countries.
A full day of entertainment in six performance areas with 26 food vendors with Scandinavian & familiar festival fare, a Nordic marketplace with 62 specialized craft vendors, plus folk, traditional, modern, jazz, & classical music, folkdancing, talks, re-enactors, contests, combat,
Vikings (limited pillage & ravaging), “SloshBucklers” viking encampment & ax tossing demo and participation, the Norse Kubb game demo & contests plus children’s activities, reindeer and the 9th annual wife-carrying contest!

Finnish Your Dinner
2017-08-25 08:00 - 2017-08-27 17:00 | PA
Join a worldwide centennial dinner party on August 25-27. Finnish Your Dinner is a dinner party that is open for everybody. We encourage all Finns, Finnish-Americans and Friends of Finland to host their own dinner parties on the weekend of August 25-27. The weekend marks the 100-day countdown to Finland’s Independence Day, which is on December 6. Organizing a dinner party is very easy.

Juhannus in D.C.
2017-06-17 10:00 - 14:00 | German-American Friendship Garden, 1201 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20460, United States
The Finnish Embassy in Washington D.C. will organize a midsummer Juhannus event on June 17 from 10am until 2pm at the German-American Friendship Garden, which is located between the Washington Monument and the White House. Information about Finland will be handed out, and everyone can try out uniquely Finnish sports, like mölkky and polttopallo. All are welcome!

Chester Monument Ceremony
2017-06-11 15:00 - 17:00 | PA
Sylvia and Earl Seppälä at the Chester Monument
The tradition continues on Sunday June 11 at 3pm, when FASDV and DVFA (Delaware Valley Finnish-Americans) together honor the Finns and Swedes, who came to the Delaware Valley in 1638 and thus became the first permanent European settlers in the Tri-State area. They developed friendly relationships with the Lenape and Susquehannock Indians and learned invaluable skills from them that helped them survive and eventually thrive in the new continent.
The ceremony begins at 3pm on Sunday, June 11, followed by a dinner at 4pm at the Embers Restaurant at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, off of I-95 at Naamans Road exit.

Finnish Movie Night
2017-05-28 16:20 - 17:30 | Ritz at the Bourse, 400 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
Join FASDV for a Finnish (fully subtitled) movie night
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Hymyilevä mies)
on Sunday, May 28 at 4:20pm
at the Ritz at the Bourse, at 400 Ranstead Street, on 4th Street between Chestnut and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
(Alternate movie times: 1:30pm, 7:30pm and 9:40pm, opening on May 26.)
The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title. Immensely talented and equally modest, Olli’s small town life is transformed when he is swept into national stardom and suddenly regarded as a symbol of his country. There’s only one problem: Olli is falling in love. Inside the ring, it’s Finland vs. the USA, but outside, boxing and romance become unlikely adversaries vying for Olli’s attention. Captured entirely in 16mm black and white film, this widely-celebrated feature debut from Juho Kuosmanen was awarded the Un Certain Regard Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
“The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Hymyilevä mies) is a portrait of a man who is ultimately a nurturer rather than a destroyer – in spite of punching people for a living — and it’s one of the best films of the year.”

Beyond the Atlantic: Finland's Independence Viewed from across the Sea
2017-05-21 14:00 - 15:00 | American Swedish Historical Museum, 1900 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, 19145, United States
Marianne Wargelin
In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Finland this year, you are invited to a free lecture Beyond the Atlantic: Finland’s Independence Viewed from across the Sea, presented by author and historian Marianne Wargelin on Sunday May 21 at 2pm at the American Swedish Historical Museum.
In the lecture, Wargelin will take a new vibrant look at how Finland arrived at independence and maintained its independence in the 20th century. She will examine the vision and bravery of its citizens, who were willing to pay a huge price and endure an enormous sacriﬁce, and how they played a pivotal role in the destiny of Finland. The uniqueness of her lecture is in how she takes a fresh look at the country’s historic and contemporary details through the lens of the Finnish diaspora living in the US.
Marianne Wargelin has co-authored Women Who Dared: The History of Finnish American Women and published numerous essays and articles on Finnish and Finnish American folklore, popular culture and the arts. She studied at the Universities of Michigan and Minnesota and is currently completing her dissertation at the University of Tampere, Finland. She lives in Minneapolis, MN. She became an Honorary Consul of Finland in 1999 and President of FinnFestUSA in 2004. ~

FASDV annual meeting
2017-05-21 12:45 - 14:00 | American Swedish Historical Museum, 1900 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, 19145, United States
FASDV Annual Meeting will take place at ASHM on May 21 at 12:45pm, just prior to the Marianne Wargelin lecture. All are welcome.
