Pannukakku Breakfast & Vendors Saturday, January 27, 2024 8:00am-10:00am
Program to follow: “Growing Up Finnish- (or Other-)
American”
Open House - Cross Country Ski / Snowshoe / HikeSaturday,
February 3, 2024 10:00am-3:00pm Trails
open to the pubic
Board Meeting Thursday,
February 8, 2024 4:00pm
Open House - Cross Country Ski / Snowshoe / HikeSaturday,
February 10, 2024 10:00am-3:00pm Trails
open to the pubic
Open House - Cross Country Ski / Snowshoe / HikeSaturday,
February 17, 2024 10:00am-3:00pm Trails
open to the pubic
Pannukakku
Breakfast & National Sauna Week Celebration Saturday, February 24, 2024 8:00am-10:00am - Breakfast - Vendors
Program to follow: “Building a Sauna” 9:00am-3:00pm - Sauna Museum open Trails
open to the pubic
Board Meeting Thursday,
March 7, 2024 4:00pm
St.
Urho's Dinner Dance Saturday, March 16, 2024 4:00pm-8:00pm
Pannukakku Breakfast & Vendors Saturday, March 23, 2024 8:00am-10:00am
Finnish Language Classes Monday, April 1, 2024 4:00pm-6:00pm Advanced 6:15pm-8:15pm
Beginners
Finnish Language Classes Monday, April 8, 2024 4:00pm-6:00pm Advanced 6:15pm-8:15pm
Beginners
Board Meeting Thursday,
April 11, 2024 4:00pm
Finnish Language Classes Monday, April 15, 2024 4:00pm-6:00pm Advanced 6:15pm-8:15pm
Beginners
Finnish Language Classes Monday, April 22, 2024 4:00pm-6:00pm Advanced 6:15pm-8:15pm
Beginners
Edwin E.
Kaarela, Celebration of Life Sunday, April 28, 2024
- 10:00am-1200pm
Coffee and Finnish pastries
Finnish
Language Classes Monday,
April 29,
2024 4:00pm-6:00pm Advanced 6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Flea MarketSaturday, May 4, 2024 8:00am-2:00pm
Spring Clean-UpSaturday, May 4, 2024 9:00am
Finnish
Language Classes Monday,
May 6,
2024 4:00pm-6:00pm Advanced 6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Birch
Bark Basket Workshops
Weave with Elaine Moe 2-day workshops, each limited to 4
people
Wednesday-Thursday, May 1-2, 9:30-3:30 To register, make reservations, or
for more
information, email
finnishcenter@yahoo.com
or call 978-407-9690 and leave a message
Birch
Bark Basket Workshops
Weave with Elaine Moe 2-day workshops, each limited to 4
people
Tuesday-Wednesday, May 7-8, 9:30-3:30 To register, make reservations, or
for more
information, email
finnishcenter@yahoo.com
or call 978-407-9690 and leave a message
Board Meeting Tuesday,
May 7, 2024 4:00pm
Finnish
Language Classes Monday,
May 13,
2024 4:00pm-6:00pm Advanced 6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Finnish
Language Classes Monday,
May 20,
2024 4:00pm-6:00pm Advanced 6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Pannukakku Breakfast & Vendors Saturday, May 25, 2024 8:00am-10:00am
10:10am: Book discussion: The End of Drum
Time by Hanna Pylväinen, finalist for 2023
National Book Award
Finnish
Language Classes Monday,
June 3,
2024 4:00pm-6:00pm Advanced 6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Fitchburg State University Community
Orchestra Tuesday, June 4,
2024 6:30pm-8:00pm Nature
Walk with Mike Potsaid 5:45pm
Board Meeting Thursday,
June 6, 2024 4:00pm
Finnish Language
ClassesMonday,
June 10, 2024 4:00pm-6:00pm Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Fitchburg State University Community
Orchestra Tuesday, June 11,
2024 6:30pm-8:00pm
Fitchburg
Cultural Alliance at Saima Wednesday June 12,
2024 4:00pm-6:00pm
Pavilion and Museums, FSU Community Orchestra,
coffee and Finnish coffee bread
Fitchburg State University Community
Orchestra Tuesday, June 18,
2024 6:30pm-8:15pm
Birch
Bark Workshop
Weave a heart with Elaine Moe Limited to 8 participants
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 1:00pm-4:00pm To register, make reservations, or
for more
information, email
finnishcenter@yahoo.com
or call 978-407-9690 and leave a message
Kesäjuhla / Finnish Summer Festival Sunday, June
23, 2024 10:00am-3:00pm
Chess Tournament (registration 8:45-9:15; play begins
9:30); outdoor games,
chicken barbecue (reservations required), coffee and
pulla, hotdogs, music,
folk dancers, cultural program TBA To register, make reservations, or
for more
information, email
finnishcenter@yahoo.com
or call 978-407-9690 and leave a message
Fitchburg State University Community
Orchestra Tuesday, June 25,
2024 6:30pm-8:15pm
Fitchburg State University Community
Orchestra Tuesday, July 2, 2024 6:30pm-8:15pm
Board Meeting Thursday,
July 11, 2024 4:00pm
Fitchburg State University Community
Orchestra Tuesday, July 16, 2024 6:30pm-8:15pm
Nature Walk with Mike Potsaid 5:45pm
Fitchburg State University Community
Orchestra Tuesday, July 23, 2024 6:30pm-8:15pm
Pannukakku Breakfast &
VendorsSaturday, July 27, 2024 8:00am-10:00am
Bring a Joke
Fitchburg State University Community
Orchestra Tuesday, July 30, 2024 6:30pm-8:15pm
Yoga with Ellen Daoust
Under the Pavilion
Monday, August 5, 2024 6:00pm-7:00pm
Fitchburg State University Community
Orchestra Tuesday, August 6, 2024 6:30pm-8:15pm
Nature Walk with Mike Potsaid 5:45pm
Board Meeting Thursday,
August 8, 2024 4:00pm
Yoga with Ellen Daoust Under
the Pavilion Monday,
August 12, 2024 6:00pm-7:00pm
Fitchburg State University Community
Orchestra Tuesday, August 13, 2024 6:30pm-8:15pm
Yoga with Ellen Daoust Under
the Pavilion Monday,
August 19, 2024 6:00pm-7:00pm
Pannukakku Breakfast &
VendorsSaturday, August 24, 2024 8:00am-10:00am
Yoga with Ellen Daoust Under
the Pavilion Monday,
August 26, 2024 6:00pm-7:00pm
Board Meeting Thursday,
September 12, 2024 4:00pm
Nordic Marketplace (Tori) Saima
Classic Car Cruise Sunday,
September
15, 2024 10:00am-2:30pm
Vendors, food, music and more!
Finnish
Language Classes
Monday,
September
16,
2024
4:00pm-6:00pm
Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Finnish Language
Classes
Monday,
September
23,
2024
4:00pm-6:00pm
Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Annual
Meeting Function Hall at Saima Park Sunday,
September 29, 2024 1:00pm
Business meeting, refreshments, program
Finnish Language
Classes
Monday,
September
30,
2024
4:00pm-6:00pm
Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Finnish Language
Classes
Monday,
October 7,
2024
4:00pm-6:00pm
Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Finnish Language
Classes
Monday,
October
14, 2024
4:00pm-6:00pm
Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Board Meeting Thursday,
October 17, 2024 9:00am
Finnish Language
Classes
Monday,
October 21,
2024
4:00pm-6:00pm
Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Pannukakku Breakfast &
VendorsSaturday, October
26, 2024 8:00am-10:00am
Finnish Language Classes
Monday, October 28,
2024
4:00pm-6:00pm
Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm
Beginners
Finnish Language
Classes
Monday,
November 4,
2024
4:00pm-6:00pm
Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Harvest Dinner Dance Saturday, November 9, 2024 4:00pm-8:00pm
Finnish Language
Classes
Monday,
November
11,
2024
4:00pm-6:00pm
Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
Finnish
Language Classes
Monday,
November
18,
2024
4:00pm-6:00pm
Advanced
6:15pm-8:15pm Beginners
“Joulutorttu” Sunday, December 1, 2024 10:00am-12:00pm
Bake and eat traditional Finnish “Joulutorttu” and taste
“glögi”, a hot holiday drink. Bring 4 Joulutorttu home.
$20.
Register at finnishcenter@yahoo.com
Pannukakku Breakfast &
VendorsSaturday, December
7, 2024 Celebrate
Finland’s 107 years of Independence from Russia 8:00am-10:00am
Program - A presentation by Roy Helander honoring the
150th anniversary of
Ilmari Kianto, author of the novel The Red Line. 10:15am
Christmas Party at VAL's Restaurant Sovittaja
and Saima combinedReservoir St., Holden,
MA Sunday,
December
8, 2024 12:00pm-3:15pm Reservations by
December 4, 2024
$40 / person
Make checks payable to FHSS Mail
to: Peter
Heaney, 30
Davis St.
Rutland, MA
01543 or call
at 508
886-6073