2025 Heikinpäivä Events
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Snowflake Challenge
Date: December 14, 2024 - February 14, 2025
Location: Sew Cranky | Hancock, MI
Details: Learn to sew on a black felt square on antique hand crank sewing machines. All designs are eligible for contest prizes. $3 to enter. Appropriate for
all ages. $4 to enter. Call ahead: 818-606-0065.
Nordic Film Series
Date: January 8, 2025
Location: Finnish American Heritage Center | Hancock, MI
Time: 2 PM
Details: Nordic Film Series presents “The Happiest Country in the World: Finland,” Finnish American Heritage Center. Donations appreciated
Introduction to 5-String Kantele
Date: January 9, 2025
Location: Finnish American Heritage Center | Hancock, MI
Time: 6 - 8 PM
Details: Introduction to 5-string kantele, with Kay Seppälä - $20. Advance registration required. *A Finnish American Folk School course
Beginning Rag Rug Weaving
Date: January 14, 21, 28, 2025
Location: Finnish American Heritage Center | Hancock, MI
Time: 6 - 8 PM
Details: Beginning rag rug weaving, with Phyllis Fredendall - $100. Advance registration required. *A Finnish American Folk School course
Introduction to Jouhikko
Date: January 16, 2025
Location: Finnish American Heritage Center | Hancock, MI
Time: 6 - 8 PM
Details: Introduction to jouhikko, with Clare Zuraw - $20. Advance registration required. *A Finnish American Folk School course
Hobbyhorse Hoedown
Date: January 17, 2025
Time: 6 - 8 PM
Location: Finnish American Heritage Center | Hancock, MI
Details: Kay Seppälä ("Kivajat Dreaming of Finland" director) and Ginger Alberti (Sew Cranky) host a family fun night featuring hobby horse games, classic Finnish dance, and music. $5/family. For more information called 818-606-0065 or email KivajatDancers@gmail.com.
Birch Bark Sheath Making
Date: January 18, 2025
Time: 10 AM - 1 PM
Location: Finnish American Heritage Center | Hancock, MI
Details: Birch bark sheath making, with Alice Margerum - $35. Advance registration required. *A Finnish American Folk School course
Sauna Week 2025 Copper Country Sauna Tour
Date: January 19, 2025
Time: 1 - 5 PM
Location: Finnish American Heritage Center | Hancock, MI
Details: Take a self-guided tour of Copper Country Saunas! Each sauna unique, set off on an afternoon adventure to discover the saunas that reside within our community. Tickets are $10 (cash only), and can be purchased at North Wind Books in Hancock, MI. Each ticket includes a map with a list of addresses for the tour.
Sauna Stories Oral History Project
Date: January 20 - 24, 2025
Time: TBD
Location: Finnish American Heritage Center | Hancock, MI
Details: Share your memories of family sauna or your own personal connection to the tradition. All are welcome - locals and visitors, Finns and Finn-spired! Details TBD.
Club Finndingo
Date: January 24, 2025
Location: Calumet Theatre | Calumet, MI
Time: Dinner at 5:30 PM | Movie at 7 PM
Details: Dinner and a movie at the Calumet Theatre. Dinner is catered by Mohawk Superette, tickets $25. 2025 Screening: The Winter War. Movie tickets $5. Call (906) 337-2610 for reservations or information.
Animal Life: Art from the Kalevala
Date: January 25 - February 28, 2025
Location: Copper Country Community Arts Center | Hancock, MI
Details: Opening Reception with Finnish fare - Jan. 25, 2024, 2 - 4PM.
Heikinpäivä
Date: January 25, 2025
Location: Downton City of Hancock, MI
Time: 10 AM - 10 PM
Details:
- Tori Markets: Finnish American Heritage Center and United Methodist | 10 AM - 3 PM
- Parade: Quincy Street (Downtown Hancock) | 11 AM
- Spiral Bear Dance and Outdoor Games: After Parade concludes at Quincy Green, be a part of the Spiral Bear Dance, vipukelkka, kick sled races, and wife carrying contests!
- Sauna Week 2025 Sauna Forum: First United Methodist Church, Hancock | 3 PM.
- Keynote speaker Eero Kilpi, Finlandia Foundation Lecturer of the Year will discuss “Sauna Lost and Found: Restoring Finnishness to a Global Tradition.” Free and open to public.
- Iltamat: Finnish American Heritage Center | 7 - 10 PM | Dance, Hors d’oeuvres, and raffle available. $15/person
