Membership & Activities

Annual Meeting with Piano Recital by Markus Kaitila

at Kota Nest, 43 St Nicholas Place, NYC

Saturday, April 1 2023 at 11 am

Annual meeting at our home Kota Nest, 43 Saint Nicholas Place, New York NY 10031.

The Board and other FCF members got to network and enjoy coffee and a light brunch.

The talented Markus Kaitila entertained us on the Yamaha.

Markus Kaitila (b. Helsinki, 1992) has appeared as a soloist with Joutseno Art Summer, Wratislavia, St. Peter’s Festival, Queens College, and Jackson Heights chamber orchestras, and One World and New Amsterdam Symphony orchestras, under conductors such as Tong Chen and Charles Neidich. He won Bronze Prize in the 2nd WPTA Finland International Piano Competition 2020 and First Prize at the Köhler-Osbahr piano competition (Duisburg) in 2013. Additionally, he has won First and Second Prizes in national chamber music competitions (Juvenalia, E. Melartin).

The agenda of the meeting:

1. Routine annual meeting items, ie. Review of 2022 financials, annual report and plans for 2023.

2. Election of board members (applications for vacant slots accepted! ) Contact Jaana Rehnstrom at president@finlandcenter.org

Please note that only members with valid memberships can vote! If your membership has expired you can renew it online, by mail, or bring a check to the event.

New location for your events available now!

Kota Nest in West Harlem is a perfect spot to have meetings and parties in a cozy Victorian Romanesque /Art Deco house.  We have several rooms on four floors, a functioning kitchen, secluded yard and friendly pricing, especially if you decide to be a member. Kota Nest is active on Peerspace and soon on Giggster too, so have a look, come to visit and let us provide you the space for an event to remember!
Puhumme tietysti myös suomea. Dessutom talar vi svenska.

We at Finland Center are proud to support Finnish culture in New York, and also the values we grew up with – women’s empowerment, peace, equality, human rights, education, and sustainable development, to name but a few. We also benefit from getting together to network and help each other navigate life in this fast-paced city.

Please help us do more interesting events and support our ongoing cultural work in the New York area by becoming a member of our organization! We are all volunteers and we welcome Finns and friends of Finland regardless of race, ethnicity, language, religion, sexual orientation and whether or not your like rye bread, sauna or salmiakki!

We organize concerts (both classical, jazz, and pop); book readings and panel discussions, sauna outings (to the Russian sauna), picnics with Mölkky, karaoke evenings, the annual 5K charity run in Prospect Park, or just getting together in a bar. If you have an idea for a fun or interesting activity, come do it with us! E-mail us at: info@finlandcenter.org.

By paying the annual membership fee you will have access to discounts at some events and invitations to members-only events

Most importantly, you can feel satisfied that you are supporting both Finnish culture in New York and our educational initiative providing interns from Finland with a meaningful experience for three months in New York City. To date, we have hosted over 40 young people as interns for FCF and for The Kota Alliance.

Lukemista suomeksi! 

Monet meistä ovat vuosien varrella keränneet paljon tuoreita ja vähemmän tuoreita suomalaisia kirjoja. Laitetaan kirjat kiertoon! Kirjan omistaja lähettää niitä $10 lahjoitusta vastaan/ kirja Finland Centerin jäsenille (tämä kattaa myös postikulut). Jos et ole vielä jäsen, voit liittyä ylläolevasta napista. 

 - Vi har även några finlandssvenska böcker. 

- Sekä englanniksi käännettyä suomalaista kirjallisuutta perheenjäsenille ja ystäville, jotka eivät lue suomea.

 Tämä tapahtuu seuraavasti:

1 - Lähetä emaili info@finlandcenter.org:ille niin lähetämme sinulle kirjalistan.

2 – Tutki listaa ja  tilaa max. 5 kirjaa yhdellä kertaa. (First come, first served!) Joitain kirjoja on useita kappaleita. Odota että saat vahvistuksen että kirja on edelleen saatavilla.

3 - Maksa $10/kirja (max 5 kirjaa/$30), sekä jäsenmaksu, jos erääntynyt tai olet uusi jäsen, nettisivumme kautta. Kun rahastonhoitajamme näkee maksusi, omistaja saa ilmoituksen ja laittaa sinulle kirjan postiin parin päivän kuluessa (rahastonhoitajamme korvaa postikulut omistajalle).

 Voit pitää kirjan itselläsi tai luettuasi tarjota listalle uudestaan.

 Jos sinulla on itselläsi kirjoja tarjota, ota yhteyttä info@finlandcenter.org.  

(Huom. Ei ulkomaista käännöskirjallisuutta, muuten kelpaa fakta ja fiktio. Lähetä lista jossa kirjojen ja kirjailijoiden nimet). 

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