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Israel Diary. On the cloud named Lithuania
We offer you a recent interview with Grigory Kanovich who several weeks won the National Prize of Lithuania for Art and Culture and was named an Honorary Citizen of his hometown, Jonava. […]
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Monument to mark centenary of Lithuania’s independence
A special monument, named “The Crown of Unity of World Lithuanians” is set to be erected at the open-air Park of Europe in Lithuania to mark the 100th anniversary of the country’s restoration of independence. […]
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Italy’s Bodino Engineering to install Lithuania’s pavilion at Expo 2015
Bodino Engineering, an Italian company specializing in the design and creation of temporary and permanent architectural structures and fittings for indoor and outdoor use, will install Lithuania’s pavilion at the world fair Expo 2015 in Milan under a contract worth 7.3 million litas (EUR 2.1m), not including VAT. […]
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Invitation to contribute to a memorial to Jonas Jablonskis
Today we speak and write using the life’s work of linguist Jonas Jablonskis: the uniform, correct, clean and enriched Lithuanian language. By using it we have become a modern European nation and a state. We are also halfway to an expressive and impressive memorial to the great linguist – a plaster model by the sculptor Petras Deltuva. […]
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Vilnius International Film Festival invites submissions from Lithuanian filmmakers
The 20th Vilnius IFF invites all Lithuanians in the country and abroad to submit their films for the festival’s program by 15 December 2014. Selected films will be screened during the festival that will open on 19 March 2015. […]
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DJ Moguai: “The Lithuanian crowd is enthusiastic, but you have to catch them”
The name “Moguai” may not sound familiar at first (well, at least if you are not a fanatic of EDM), but if you look him up, you will see that he has collaborated with the likes of Fatboy Slim and he has done remixes for artists that range from Britney Spears to Moby. […]
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Writer Tracey Warr: Language is life form itself
Famous Welsh writer Tracey Warr is convinced that fantasy can explain reality. Warr will host the series of open seminars Zooetics at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in December. […]
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Small Theatre of Vilnius: Mixing up rebellion and metaphysics
Theatre is only possible when there is a director with his own theatre vision. At the roots of the State Small Theatre of Vilnius (SSTV) stands its director Rimas Tuminas, long praised by theatre critics for a distinctive theatrical language and performances being exemplified for the “all-immersed” psychological acting, more distinctive poetical and lyrical elements and, sure, the buzz. […]
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Lithuanian film picked by Sundance Film Festival
Lithuanian film has been selected to take part in next year’s Sundance Film Festival. The Summer of Sangaile, directed by Lithuanian filmmaker Alantė Kavaitė, will be screened in World Cinema Dramatic Competition of one of the world’s key cinema events showcasing independent US and international production. […]
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In memoriam of Romain Gary
This year, Lithuania hosted several cultural events in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of Romain Gary, French novelist, diplomat and pilot of Lithuanian origin. […]
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Britain’s The Telegraph recommends Vilnius Christmas market
In its official website, the UK’s daily broadsheet, The Telegraph, has recommended the Christmas market in Vilnius for holiday makers and Christmas enthusiasts. […]
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Forever stylish: Lithuanian filmmaker explores the lives of New York’s elderly fashionistas
In Advanced Style, the documentary by Lithuanian filmmaker Lina Plioplytė, based on US photographer Ari Seth Cohen’s blog of the same name, a clutch of New York women ranging in age from 62 to 95 are celebrated for their unique style: furs, rhinestones, paisleys, florals, feathers, caftans, and hats, always hats. The documentary challenging accepted notions of beauty and fashion is coming to cinemas in Lithuania this December. […]
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Lithuanian orchestra to record Mozart’s unfinished compositions
Chief Conductor of Berlin Symphony Orchestra Lior Shambadal, who conducted over 70 different orchestras and now is preparing for a concert with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, has proposed the Lithuanians to record an album of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s incomplete compositions, Unfinished Mozart. […]
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The Invisible Front continues its successful tour of US cinemas
On Friday, 14 November, The Invisible Front was presented at The Music Box Theatre, which is Chicago’s premiere venue for independent and foreign films. The story of one of the twentieth century’s most significant underground resistance movements attracted a packed hall of Lithuanians residing in the region. […]
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New law may ease removal of Soviet sculptures from Vilnius Green Bridge
Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis signed a law amending the criteria for cultural artifacts to be listed as heritage. From now on objects marked with Soviet or Nazi symbols will not be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage. […]
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Over 10,000 Lithuanians visit euro exhibition
In less than three weeks after the Euro Exhibition opened in Vilnius, the number of its visitors has exceeded 10,000. […]
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Lithuanian town of Marijampolė to hold French culture days
The town of Marijampolė, western Lithuania, is holding Days of French Culture on 10-23 November. […]