Finnfest 2014
FinnFest USA 2014 Festival Presents
The 21st C Finland And Finnish America
Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center, Minneapolis, August 4-10
Finland and Public Education in the 21st C: A Dialogue with Minnesota
August 6-7: | Education Forum : “From Cradle to Career: Education for a 21st C World”. |
August 8: | Education Forum: “Public Education’s Relationship to a Successful Business Climate”. |
Historic Cokato, Minnesota, the oldest continuous Finnish American community in North America
August 6: | Guided tours including opportunities to meet descendants of original settlers. |
Genealogy Workshop
August 7: | Full day Genealogy Workshop. |
Opening Ceremony
Event to include festival music Evening of August 7: Details to be announced soon. |
Lectures and panel discussions in eight separate tracks, August 8-9, 2014
(Vetted speakers representing scholars and public leaders will define new public discussions)
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Musical performances, August 7-10, 2014
Music for all tastes and ages, traditional as well as contemporary, creating a rare opportunity to feast on Finnish music, to explore all kinds of Finnish music in an American setting. Folk and Classical music will mingle with world, jazz, pop, and rock. Finnish and American performers solo and collaborations in concert, in the tori, at dances, at late-night cabarets. |
Art exhibitions
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, May 10-August 17: | “Finland: Designed Environments”. |
American Swedish Institute, May 31-November 2: | “The Living Tradition of Ryijy: Finnish Rugs and their Makers and Salmela Architecture/Loll Designs”. |
Textile Center: June 12-August 16: | “Dreams and Memories: Contemporary Tapestries of Aino Kajaniemi”. |
Textile Center: June 12-July 12: | “Warming the Room: Finnish-American Regg Rugg Weaving”. |
Special events
Minnesota Twins game: Special seating for FinnFest USA group on August 5. |
Tori
Hotel convention center has two halls for vendors, demonstrators, exhibits, and workshops. |