2024 Events - Meetings are held at 1pm at the Newfield Fire Hall, 77 Main Street, Newfield New York, on the third Sunday of most months, unless another location is listed.
January 21, Learning and playing Finland's most popular card game - Ristiseiska (Club Seven)
February 18, Celebration of National Sauna Week with slides and panel discussion - Sauna Steam in the Finger Lakes
March 17, Fierce competition in Finn Trivia Game
Sunday, April 21, 1pm dish-to-share lunch, brief business meeting, 2:20pm showing of Fallen Leaves, directed by Finnish film maker Aki Kaurismäki.
The Finnish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards!
Everyone welcome
· We all love to meet new people. Bring friends or family members
· Interested in Finnish and Nordic cultures? Members of the community at large are always welcome at our events. Just show up!
Please Bring
· A generous dish to share and a serving utensil if appropriate. It is helpful if you label your dish and include a list of ingredients
· Coffee provided
· Also, help us reduce waste by bringing your own place setting and coffee mug
· Some cash for the gourd donation barrels and for raffle tickets
May 19 – 1pm dish-to-share lunch.
2:30pm Booktalk by Hanna Pylväinen, author of The End of Drum-Time. Her novel is set in the Nordic region above the Arctic Circle in 1850's. Hanna will show slides from her six research trips in northern Finland and Norway (Sápmi) where she stayed with the same reindeer- herding Sami family. The End of Drum-Time was one of 5 nominees for the 2023 National Book Award for fiction
June 22 – 5pm Juhannus at Keturi’s Green Acres. Saturday (not a 3rd Sunday)
Dish-to-share meal, awards to 2023 scholarship winners, outdoor games, music
July 21 – Picnic at North Van Etten Church
1pm dish-to-share lunch, music
August – No meeting
September 15 – 1pm dish-to-share lunch
2:30pm public dance with popular Trumansburg band Toivo
October 20 – 1pm dish-to-share lunch
2:30pm with Newfield Public Library celebrating Kekri, a Finnish American harvest celebration. All families invited to this free event with apple cider, coffee, and refreshments provided.
November 17 – 1pm lunch, turkey provided for all. Bring a side dish or dessert to share.
Annual business meeting and election of officers
December 15 – 1pm lunch, ham provided for all. Bring a side dish or dessert to share
Holiday activities, optional gift exchange, music
About Finger Lakes Finns, Organization, and Activities.
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The Finger Lakes Finns is a New York State 501(c)3, not-for-profit, charitable organization or club, dedicated to the heritage of Finnish-Americans in the southern Finger Lakes region including the rural areas around Spencer, Van Etten, Newfield, Ithaca, Danby, Trumansburg, and Interlaken.
Finger Lakes Finns History 1968-2018 by Richard Koski, revised September 2020
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Membership dues: Annual dues are ten dollars ($10) per year/individual, payable to "Finger Lakes Finns" and sent to the FLF Membership Registrar. Payment may be made at any time during the year, but covers membership only for the remainder of that calendar year. Membership year begins in January. Members joining during November or December extend membership for the next full year.
Send address changes, or membership checks or money orders payable to Finger Lakes Finns, to:
Finger Lakes Finns
c/o Katrina Mackey PO Box 54 Jacksonville NY 14854-005
Other correspondence should be directed to:
Finger Lakes Finns
P.O. Box 72
Newfield, NY 14867
Finger Lakes Finns President:
Michael Ludgate [michael.ludgate@gmail.com]