FinnFest Cultural Presentations Schedule – lecture – presenter- (location)
THURSDAY:
9 a.m.
The Legend of Bobby Aro – Casey Aro, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 1)
Kaustinen Folk Music School – Eli Bissonett and LynnAnne Vesper (L)
Three People Meet: Past - Present – Future – Asfrid Karlsen, presenter (French RR)
How to trace your roots in Finland – Jouni Korkiasaari, presenter (202)
Recent Research on the Finnish Kantele – Carl Rahkonen, presenter (O)
_____ - David Salmela (Gooseberry Falls 3)
10 a.m.
My Life in Pictures – Carl Gawboy, presenter (French River Room)
Nature and Parks in Finland – Ken Gilbertson, presenter (O)
The Missing Woman: Solving the Confusion over Mrs. Anna Lahtinen’s fate – Greg Isola, presenter (202)
From Lapatossu to Eino and Toivo: Finnish American Folk Humor - Jim Leary, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 1)
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Featured speaker Dr. Arnold Alanen (French River Room)
"A History of the Finns in Minnesota and Duluth"
1 p.m.
Esko, Minnesota the sauna suburb: A Finnish place name success story – Bob Esko, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 2)
Manual Folk Healing and its Efficacy- Osmo Hänninen, presenter (French River Rm)
Hannes Karppinen: My Carreer as Healer Hannes Karppinen, presenter
Why Manual Healing Works - Harri Karppinen, presenter
Arvoisa poikani, arvoisa veljeni (Dear Son, Dear Brother) – American Love Letters
Jim Kurtti, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 1)
Hilma Ylinen Laaksonen – Rachael Martin, presenter (Auditorium Mezz.)
Was North America once part of Finland? – Richard Ojakangas, presenter (GF3)
Free Thought and Secularism in Finnish-American Immigrant History – Harri Siitonen, presenter (202)
2 p.m.
Life in Marengo, Wisconsin – Ainie Hillstrom Busse, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 2)
Stress in the Finnish Language – Dan Karvonen, presenter (202)
Dr. Anna-Leena Toivonen and The Finnish Emigrant Museum - Tellervo Lahti, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 1)
Kaleva-type Bonesetting - Kai Weisman
3 p.m.
Visions and Realities of the Iron Range – Pam Brunfelt, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 3)
Two Identities, One World: the Finnish Relationship to indigenous values – Faith Fjeld, moderator (Gooseberry Falls 1)
Limp in, Leap out – Jim Leary, moderator (French River Room)
Finland's War Children~~A Legacy of the Winter War – Veijo Paine, presenter (202)
Davidson Windmill – Jim Pellman, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 2)
4 p.m.
Finlandia University International School of Art and Design student
and faculty exchanges in Finland - Phyllis Fredendall, presenter (202)
Come to Finland. Posters & Travel Tales 1851-1965 – Magnus Londen (G Falls 1)
History as Inspiration: a writers panel – Beth Virtanen, moderator with panelists Katharine Johnson, Jim Johnson, Larry Luukkonen, Mark Munger, Marlene Wisuri, and Margaret Olson Webster (Gooseberry Falls 2)
FRIDAY
8:30 a.m.
Kindergartners meet the moomintrolls – Lydia Marie Fowler (Gooseberry Falls 2)
My Journey from Karelia to America– Marjatta Gabriel, presenter (G Falls 3)
The Finnish Winter War as a Learning Experience - Sharon Franklin-Rahkonen (O)
Dr. Amy Agnes Kaukonen – Lasse Hiltunen, presenter (202)
A Man for all Seasons: Heikki Lunta and the Finnish-American Imagination – Hilary Virtanen (Gooseberry Falls 1)
11:30 a.m.
Heikki Heikkinen – Lauri Anderson, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 2)
Iittala: Modern Finnish Design - Ben Horn, presenter (French River Room)
The Finnish American Mining Company: A Tantalizing Prospect Turned Bad – Gary Kaunonen, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 3)
Shaming Finns: The Americanization Program in Iron Range Schools – Lynn Laitala, presenter (O)
Domestic Workers Panel – Yvonne Lockwood, moderator (Gooseberry Falls 1)
Building a Bridge of Success Between Finland and UMD Story of the UMD Women's Hockey Team and its Finnish connection – Ira Salmela, presenter (L)
Kalevala Today – Margaret Webster, presenter (202)
LUNCHEON
Friday's Finnish Luncheon with humorist, Cheryl Sawyer - Aah-Some Finnish Storyteller Extraordinaire (Ballroom)
12:30 p.m.
Themes/Obsessions in Finnish American Poetry – Jim Johnson, moderator with panelists Beth Virtanen, Sheila Packa, and Diane Jarvi (French River Room)
Finnish Relief Efforts in the U.S. – panel (Gooseberry Falls 1)
The Writing of Finnish-American History, Auvo Kostiainen, presenter (202)
Scandinavian Weaving Traditions from Home Handicraft to Contemporary Art – Liisa Ojala (Gooseberry Falls 2)
1:30 p.m.
Finnish Immigrant Architecture and Cultural Landscapes in North America – Arnold Alanen, presenter (202)
Finglish and Finnish: Learning Grandpa's Language (Twice) – Belinda Brunfelt, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 1)
The Colorful World of Marimekko – Susan E. Harstad, presenter (French River Rm)
The Rocks of Finland: Vanha, Varied and Valuable! – Richard Ojakangas (G Falls 3)
2 p.m.
Rag Carpets – Phyllis Fredendall (Gooseberry Falls 2)
2:30 p.m.
A Second Century of Activity – Elaine Ahlgren, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 1)
Fusion, Confusion and Finnish Food – Beatrice Ojakangas (French River Room)
Swede-Finns in America –the rejuvenation of a distinct part of Finnish culture – Mika Roinila, presenter (202)
3:30 p.m.
Finnish North Americans Today, - Jouni Korkiasaari, presenter (202)
Lottas, the Finnish warriors in skirts – Hilja Nast, presenter (French River Rm)
Finland’s Health Care System – panel (Gooseberry Falls 1)
4:30 p.m.
Finnish Americans Working Towards Whiteness – Peter Kivisto, presenter (202)
Salolampi’s 30th Anniversary – Salolampi Ambassadors (Gooseberry Falls 2)
Saami Panel – Marlene Wisuri, moderator (Gooseberry Falls 3)
SATURDAY
9 a.m.
Come to Finland. Posters & Travel Tales 1851-1965 – Magnus Londen (202)
The Search for Economic Justice – Pamela Brunfelt, presenter (French River Room)
Finntown of the Soul – Pat Eilola, presenter (O)
Finland DNA Project - Bennett Greenspan, Daniel Karvonen, Jim Kurtti, Mary Lukkarila, Ruth Stierna, and Michael Swanson, presenters (204-205)
Finnish Knives – Les Ristinen (Gooseberry Falls 1)
Real Finnish Culture – viili – Beatrice Ojakangas, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 2)
The Travels of Peter Kalm, Finnish-Swedish Naturalist, through Colonial North America, 1748-1751 - Paula Ivaska Robbins, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 3)
Memories of Brule, Wisconsin – Duane Westfield (L)
10:00 a.m.
Finnish American Artists: the next generation – panel (O)
Finnish American Radicalism – panelists include Pam Brunfelt, Richard Hudelson, Marvin Lamppa, Tom Selinski (French River Room)
A Working Waterfront Yesterday and Tomorrow – Davis Helberg, presenter (L)
Karelian Fever – panel (Gooseberry Falls 1)
Stubborn and Silent Finns With 'Sisu' in Finnish-American Literature - Raija Taramaa, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 3)
11:00 a.m.
North Americans Missing in Soviet Karelia - Varpu Lindström, presenter (G Falls 1)
Rya rug- Finnish National Treasure – Liisa Ojala, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 2)
Good Custodians of the North Woods: Finnish-American Writers G.K. Wuori and Suzanne Matson Carry on the Finnish Tradition – Beth Virtanen, presenter (G F 3)
Fires of 1918 – Marlene Wisuri and Francis Carroll, presenters (202)
NOON
Genealogy Luncheon Panel (204-205)
Some High Points in Finland's Unique History – Richard Impola, presenter (G F 2)
The Italian Hall Disaster: Tragedy in the Finnish Community – Steven Lehto, presenter (French River Room)
Women Behind Bars – Silja Talvi, presenter (202)
Ways of Discovering the Kalevala - Börje Vähämäki, presenter (Gooseberry F 1)
1:00 p.m.
Education in Finland – Hanna Erpestad, moderator (Gooseberry Falls 3)
Karelian Fever – Richard Hudelson and Alexis Pogerelskin, presenters (G Falls 2)
North Shore Fishing Communities – Lou Mattson, presenter (202)
Shaping the Future – Susan Saarinen and Mark Coir, presenters (French River Rm)
Finns and Fauna – Paul Webster, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 1)
2:00 p.m.
Doctor Anna-Leena Toivonen and the Finnish Migration Museum -Tellervo Lahti, presenter (French River Room)
Arlene Lehto – Grassroots environmentalist, former state legislator, and proud Finn – Arlene Lehto and Nancy Sandelin Paisley, presenters (Gooseberry Falls 1)
Finnish log building methods and styles from old to new: Hirsi talot – Log Homes - Les Ristinen moderator (202)
Finnish surnames in the Tornio River Valley in the 16th to 19th centuries – Calvin Tormanen, presenter (Gooseberry Falls 3)
3:00 p.m.
The Winter War – William Durbin, presenter (French River Room)
Saami Identity – Virgina Schultz (Gooseberry Falls 3)
JOY (Joining Old and Young) through our Finnish Heritage – Eleanor Palo Stoller, presenter (202)
Flying Finns of Embarrass – Werner Wirta (Gooseberry Falls 1)
4:00 p.m.
FinnFest has just poked you – Ryan Braski, presenter (202)
John Morton – Auvo Kostiainen (204-205)
Children of the Winter War – Veijo Paine, moderator (French River Room)
SUNDAY
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
Finnish Racial Purity – Silja Talvi, presenter (French River Room)
