Project Path of Yarn
Culture

Linen and wool revival has been a success!

The international Lithuanian-Norwegian project Making and Growing – Traditions between Fibre & Fabric has reached its goal of breathing new life into the old crafts. “We’ve helped the modern human to reconnect with the undeservingly forgotten craft of processing linen and wool which provided food and warmth for our ancestors. Weaving is encoded in the genes of Lithuanians; I was assured of this when I saw how remarkably modern fellow-countrymen were using a spinning wheel at the live exhibition, even though it was the first attempt in their lives,” cheers the project’s implementer and President of the Fine Crafts Association of Vilnius Indrė Rutkauskaitė. […]

The Scolarly and Information Centre of Vilnius University  Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithuania Tribune
Culture

Inspiring discoveries during Open House Vilnius

The rich diverse past of Vilnius and many new, contemporary architectural marvels were all part of this weekend’s third edition of Open House Vilnius. With seldom-accessible buildings, cutting-edge building technologies, even concealed vaults and hiding […]

Viktoras Butkus
Culture

Construction on Modern Art Centre begins in Vilnius

The construction of the Modern Art Centre in place of the demolished Lietuva Cinema in Vilnius formally got underway on Wednesday. […]

Edmundas Vaitekūnas
Culture

Vaitekūnas re-appointed head of Lithuania’s radio and TV watchdog

The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday re-appointed Edmundas Vaitekūnas for another term of office as chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK). […]

Algirdas Julius Greimas in Paris (1971) (Family archive)
Culture

The multi-layered legacy of Algirdas Julius Greimas

Algirdas Julius Greimas (1917-1992), the Lithuanian-born linguist who founded the influential Paris school of semiotics in the 1960s, has left a legacy that goes beyond his academic pursuits. Dr. Arūnas Sverdiolas, professor at Vilnius University and Head of the A.J.Greimas Centre for Semiotics and Literary Theory, recollects how, at the time when the Iron Curtain was finally lifted, the Paris-based semiotician worked towards reintegrating Lithuania into the Western culture, not least by helping us build networks with European scholars. […]