The Netherlands Royal Military Orchestra “Johan Willem Friso” Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithuania Tribune
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Dutch musical touch to a Lithuanian National Holiday

Right upon the heels of the visit by the Dutch King to Lithuania last month, a much larger contingent is making a musical call on Vilnius. The 52 members of the Netherlands Royal Military Orchestra ‘Johan Willem Friso’ are playing a number of concerts in the Capital. They are also a reminder that there is also a large Dutch presence in Rukla as part of the NATO presence in Lithuania. […]

Karlovy Vary festival
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A retrospective of Baltic documentaries and premieres of latest Lithuanian productions at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

The name of Lithuania will be reiterated louder than ever at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival which opens today. After a 15-year hiatus the audiences will have an opportunity to see a retrospective of classics from the Baltic countries titled “Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary”. World premieres of two renowned Lithuanian filmmakers will take place at the festival with both films participating in the competition programmes. Lithuanians will also actively take part in industry events, a press release from the Lithuanian Film Centre states. […]

Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
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Two exhibitions, opera to mark completion of Lithuania’s Palace of Grand Dukes

Lithuania’s national museum, the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, is inviting guests to mark the completion of its construction on Jul. 6, with two exceptional exhibitions and an opera planned. […]

SILVER CRANE (Sidabrinė Gervė) photo @ Audrius Solominas and Robertas Daskevičius
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Lithuanian-Bulgarian-Polish co-production Miracle triumphs at the Lithuanian Film Academy Awards

On June 13, Eglė Vertelytė’s debut film Miracle – first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival – was awarded the Silver Crane (Sidabrinė gervė) for the best feature film of the year at the 11th Lithuanian Film Academy Awards. Vertelytė also received the prizes for the best writing and directing, while the award for the best acting went to Eglė Mikulionytė who appeared as the lead actress in the Miracle. […]

Moment from the opening ceremony of the Lithuanian Film Week_Representatives of the Lithuanian Film Centre, Lithuanian producers and the Lithuanian Ambassador to China Ina Marčiulionytė
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First ever Lithuanian Film Week in Beijing

On June 2–10, seven Capital Star Art Film theaters in the Chinese capital welcomed cinema-goers to 21 screenings of Lithuanian film. They had a chance to meet a delegation of the Lithuanian film industry – representatives of the Lithuanian Film Centre and producers of the films selected to be screened at the event – who came to Beijing for the Lithuanian film week, the Lithuanian Film Centre wrote in a press release. […]

Painter Auksė Miliukaitė. Photo Deivis Slavinskas
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Trips to a secret painting island: a conversation with painter Auksė Miliukaitė

Auksė Miliukaitė is a painter of the young generation whose bright-coloured canvases and their captivating stories have already been noticed by gallery visitors both in Lithuania and beyond. Before the upcoming solo exhibition of her newest paintings “Hush-hush Island”, the artist shares her thoughts about creative work and the soon-to-be-opened exhibition, and reveals the secrets of her private painting island, a press release from The Rooster Gallery states. […]

Alexei Gordin, Wastelands, 2018
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9th International Art Fair Artvilnius’18 to showcase enticing Baltic art scene

Art lovers and professionals should mark June 7-10 on their calendars as ArtVilnius’18, an event drawing in over 22,000 visitors each year, invites them to the ninth edition of one of Eastern Europe’s biggest contemporary art fairs. This year the event, hosted at Litexpo exhibition space in Vilnius, is putting together a programme to mark the centenary of Lithuania’s independence restoration and focusing on the vibrant art scene of the Baltic States, a press release from ArtVilnius states. […]

Kaunas' old town
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Kaunas hosts European Capital of Culture Forum

A two-day European Capital of Culture Forum starts in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas is on Friday, with over 400 guests and more than 30 speakers expected. […]

Painting Routers initiative
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Painting Routers lets you jump on a trolleybus by famous painters in Vilnius

Have you ever taken a journey on a piece of art? Now you can take an epic ride on one of Vilnius’ trolleybuses covered in contemporary art. Running for the second consecutive year, the Painting Routers art initiative has once again turned normal trolleybuses into canvases painted on by five teams of well-known young artists from Lithuania and Estonia, a press release from GoVilnius states. […]

Vilnius Old Town
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Vilnius eyes space for artists in former synagogue location

Vilnius authorities are considering giving a Soviet-era school building in central Vilnius, built where the Great Synagogue of Vilna used to be, to artists and later demolish the building. […]