New World Finn
A Quarterly Journal Exploring Finnish CulturePublished since 1999, New World Finn is a twenty-eight page non-academic newsprint tabloid about Finns and Finnish emigrants. It is published in the middle of North America and mailed to subscribers. These online pages are a supplement to the mailed tabloid. More about NWF... |
In The Current Issue of New World Finn (Autumn 2007)
Sanni Orasmaa – Singer, Composer, Teacher Commutes Between NYC and Helsinki – New World Finn caught up with Sanni Orasmaa one Sunday morning in early August as she was finishing her breakfast at a cafe near her apartment in Manhattan. While she walked back home, and stopped for a moment in a park nearby, we chatted about her six years as a singer, musician, and teacher in New York City. Read more about Sanni
Chuck Altonen Writes about Post FinnFest Depression Syndrome
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- Articles From Previous Issues:
- Jukka Karjalainen "Channels" Old Country Blues From Charley Patton, Hiski Salomaa, and Howling Wolf in a Unique Finnish Way
- The north american choral company hosted world renown children’s and youth choir conductor Kari Ala-Pöllänen, the director of the Tapiola Choir in Finland. Ala-Pöllänen spent a week in February visiting West Michigan and working with the north american choral company’s choirs as well as leading a workshop for conductors, singers, music educators, musicians and music students. The week concluded with Aglepta – Magic Music, a concert of unique and demanding Finnish and Nordic music never before performed in Michigan.
- Vocalist Maria Mannisto Named Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year for 2007
Terry Tamminen Writes About The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction
- As Special Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger and former head of the California EPA, Terry Tamminen has been an architect of America’s most progressive energy independence plans. He recognizes that America’s addiction to oil is taking a huge toll on our health, environment, and national security and that oil and automobile companies have conspired for decades to hide the damage their products have done to America and the world. In Lives Per Gallon, Tamminen takes a hard look at the real costs hidden in every barrel of oil. As for his Finnish roots, his step-father, Len Tamminen was second generation and, reports Terry, “never told us much about the family’s Finnish history – I don’t think he knew much. His family settled in Wisconsin when they arrived from Finland, but beyond that, we don’t know much. Sadly, they’re no longer with us to ask.”
He’s planning to visit Finland for the first time this coming June to speak at the World Climate Conference in Helsinki, “so I hope to connect at some level with my heritage – even though it is somewhat attenuated!”, Tamminen told New World Finn.
Tamminen is available for public speaking engagements. His website, terrytamminen.com, has more information.- Download previous issues of New World Finn as PDF files
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