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Vilnius to host Festival of Light
For the fourth consecutive year, next Saturday, 11 October, the Festival of Lights will take place in Vilnius organized by “BEEpart”. […]
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Government wants to establish “Institute of Lithuania”
The Lithuanian government is considering to set up an institution that would be responsible for the promotion of Lithuanian culture abroad. The issue was on Thursday’s agenda of the Cabinet’s Strategic Committee. […]
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Experts postpone discussion on Soviet bridge sculptures in Vilnius
The State Cultural Heritage Commission of Lithuania has postponed the discussion on the fate of the Soviet sculptures on the Green Bridge in central Vilnius until spring amid ongoing protests. […]
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Lithuanian poet Tomas Venclova granted state pension
The Lithuanian government on Monday granted a state monthly pension to poet Tomas Venclova, the winner of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize. […]
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Juozas Miltinis: a picky foodie, dresser and extraordinary talent
Many art creators could be lined up for their indelible imprint for the Lithuanian culture history, but few lives have been more enshrouded in awe-inspiring rumors and legends than that of Juozas Miltinis, a Lithuanian theatre director and founder of the Panevėžys Drama Theatre. […]
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Lithuania submits The Gambler for best foreign language feature Academy Award
Début feature by Lithuanian filmmaker Ignas Jonynas ‘The Gambler’ was announced as Lithuania’s entry for the best foreign language film Academy Award. […]
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Exhibition which includes works by Chagall and Soutine opens in Vilnius
The Lithuanian Art Museum is opening an exhibition which includes works by world-renown Belarusian artists of the Paris school. […]
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Exhibition of Medieval and Renaissance tapestry to open in Vilnius
Thirty-four tapestries of the 1400-1500s, valued at nearly 25 million litas (EUR 7.4m), will be exhibited at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius. […]
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Deimantas Narkevičius presents solo exhibition Sounds Like the XX Century at Galerija Vartai
Galerija Vartai in Vilnius is hosting Deimantas Narkevičius‘ solo exhibition Sounds Like the XX Century, which opens on 9 September. […]
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Why Donelaitis’ Metai is on par with Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey
The Lithuanian epic poem Seasons (Metai) is a canonic masterpiece of early Lithuanian literature written by Kristijonas Donelaitis around 1765–1775 in the Prussian village of Tolminkiemis. In Metai, rebellious Donelaitis depicted indigenous Lithuanian serfs subjected to mistreatment at the hands of German colonizers. […]
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Lithuanian central bank issues collectors coins to commemorate Baltic Way
The two collectors coins – 25 and 50 litas – issued into circulation by the Bank of Lithuania to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way depict a tree that is symbolic of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joining together in a living chain. […]
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New fonts help reinterpret canonical work by 300-year-old Lithuanian writer
The nearly year-long commemoration of the 300th birth anniversary of Kristijonas Donelaitis pays tribute to the Prussian-Lithuanian pastor and poet whose magnitude of legacy in Lithuanian literature has been shaped up by the first classic Lithuanian language poem, The Seasons (Metai), in which he depicted everyday life of Lithuanian peasants, their struggle with serfdom, and the annual cycle of life. […]
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Lithuanian theatre director Koršunovas to transfer his hit play about emigration to Poland
When in winter 2012 Lithuanian theatre director Oskaras Koršunovas presented the production of “Expulsion” in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, he did not expect that the play by Marius Ivaškevičius would get so much attention not only at home, but in neighbouring countries as well. […]
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Ethnology professor: How globalization and pop-culture takes a toll on national identity
Can centuries-old Lithuanian ethnic culture withstand sweeping globalization? Is it possible to retain national identity when Lithuanian countryside, the stronghold of traditions, is wilting away? And what should the authorities do in handing down the ancestral heritage to youth so that it keeps living? Libertas Klimka, a prominent Lithuanian ethnologist and professor at the Lithuanian University of Educology, talks to the Lithuania Tribune. […]
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Lithuania thanks “forest brothers” 70 years after start of anti-Soviet guerilla war
As Lithuania marks 70 years since the start of the guerilla war this summer, new initiatives are emerging in the country to pay tribute to the legacy of the “brothers of the forest”, as anti-Soviet partisans were known, which has inspired many Lithuanians from artists to soldiers. […]
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Lithuanian theatre director Koršunovas conducts workshop in Venice Biennale
Lithuanian theatre director Oskaras Koršunovas is conducting a workshop for young actors in the prestigious Venice Biennale theatre project. […]
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To be or not to be: Shakespeare at the UN
A tale of death and betrayal played out at the United Nations as Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre performs just down the hall from the U.N. Security Council. […]