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Vilnius’ MO Modern Art Museum set to open on Oct. 18

April 19, 2018 BNS 0

The MO Modern Art Museum under construction in place of the demolished Lietuva Cinema in Vilnius will open to the public on Oct. 18. […]

The Devil's Bride by Arūnas Žebriūnas_Photo by Rimvydas Strikauskas, from the archive of The Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum

Baltic Films and Symposium on Baltic Cinema at goEast Festival in Germany

April 19, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

In April, for a whole week the German city of Wiesbaden becomes a meeting point and a promotion platform for Central and Eastern European film and filmmakers. The 18th goEast festival, which kicked off yesterday, is shining a spotlight on the Baltic States with a symposium, “Hybrid Identities – Baltic Cinema”, dedicated to the national cinemas of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, their histories, pursuits of national and cultural identities. The festival’s programme also includes some of the key recent titles of Baltic cinema. The project is part of a wide-ranging tripartite programme with which the Baltic States present their cinemas to Europe on the occasion of their centenary of statehood. […]

Twarkowski’s Lokis triumphs in Lithuania’s Golden Cross of the Stage awards

March 28, 2018 BNS 0

The crew of the Lokis play triumphed at the Lithuanian Golden Cross of the Stage awards in Kaunas on Tuesday, winning four awards including one to director Lukasz Twarkowski. […]

Reflections on Soviet medicine in exhibition 03 by artist Gabrielė Gervickaitė

March 27, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Gabrielė Gervickaitė joins photography and illustration in her investigative exhibition 03 that opens at 6 PM on March 28 at the gallery Meno Niša. The artist looks back at the Soviet period, in which she was born and came of age, as well as investigates the power structures of today and how these were shaped by Soviet imageries. […]

Eglė Mikulionytė and Vyto Ruginis. Film Miracle @ Matas Astrauskas

In conversation with writer and director Eglė Vertelytė

March 20, 2018 Article prepared by InScript 0

Read an interview with a Lithuanian film maker Eglė Vertelytė. […]

Light installation for rescuer of Jews planned in central Kaunas, Lithuania

March 19, 2018 BNS 0

A light installation is planned in Lithuania’s second city Kaunas to honor Jan Zwartendijk, honorary consul of the Netherlands who rescued Jews in the interwar period. […]

Lithuania picks Zasimauskaitė as this year’s Eurovision entry

March 12, 2018 BNS 0

Singer Ieva Zasimauskaitė with a lyrical song When We’re Old has been picked as this year’s Lithuanian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest that will take place in Lisbon in May. […]

Champlain Algirdas Toliatas with author Aušra Mažonė at the book launch Photo © Ludo Segers @The Lithuania Tribune (1)

Insights into love in the face of conflict and war

February 27, 2018 Ludo Segers 0

Aušra Mažonė’s ‘s first book The Unknown Frontline – 12 true stories of soldier’s wives collected around the globe, (in Lithuanian ”Nežinios fronto linijos -12 tikrų istorijų apie karių moteris iš viso pasaulio”) was launched last weekend at the Vilnius book fair. […]

Rafael Chwoles, Vilnius: Impression. 1963

Rafael Chwoles’ portraits exhibition to open in Vilnius museum

February 27, 2018 BNS 0

An exhibition of portraits by Litvak painter Rafael Chwoles is opening at the Tolerance Centre of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum on Tuesday. […]

Head of the gallery Jurgita Juospaitytė-Bitinienė

Director of Rooster Gallery: Interest in art is on the rise in Lithuania

February 16, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The Rooster Gallery, the first mobile gallery that was established in Lithuania ten years ago, started its activity with minimum resources, without a concrete exhibition space, and had to look for a new space each time when it held an exhibition. Today, the gallery can take pride in its significant achievements both on the Lithuanian and international art scene. Head of the gallery Jurgita Juospaitytė-Bitinienė currently works with the most interesting Lithuanian painters of the young generation whose work is already known in the international context. […]

Centennial playlist created on Spotify for Lithuania’s centennial anniversary

February 12, 2018 BNS 0

An official Lithuanian account has been created on Spotify, one of the biggest online music platforms, providing an opportunity for listeners to enjoy the history of Lithuania’s music over the past century. […]

National dances at the Lithuania Embassy in the US

Philadelphia to Host the 16th Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival

February 9, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The National Executive Committee of the Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. has chosen Philadelphia as the host city for the 16th Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival in 2020. Called “Šokių Šventė” in Lithuanian, this event is held every four years to celebrate the unique traditions of the Lithuanian heritage. Beginning in 1957, these festivals provided a way for Lithuanian immigrants and Lithuanian-Americans to keep their heritage alive while the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania during the Cold War. Now that Lithuania is an independent nation, these festivals are an essential part of celebrating Lithuanian traditions. […]

New chief of Lithuania’s opera not to rush with management changes

February 6, 2018 BNS 0

Jonas Sakalauskas, the new head of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater, says he has changes planned in the theater’s management and would attract people who have never worked for the institution, adding he would not rush with the changes. […]

Sakalauskas chosen as new director of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre

February 6, 2018 BNS 0

Jonas Sakalauskas, a 35-year-old opera singer and composer, on Monday scored the highest points in the selection process for the post of director general at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT), officials at the Culture Ministry have confirmed to BNS. […]

Lithuanian cultural weekly runs blank pages to protest funding cuts

February 2, 2018 BNS 0

Literatūra ir Menas, a Lithuanian weekly cultural magazine, published a blank edition on Friday in protest against decreased state funding for the cultural press. […]

UNESCO experts recommend refining Libeskind’s design for office building in Vilnius

February 1, 2018 BNS 0

Experts from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) approved in principle of a residential complex development project in Vilnius’ Old Town, but recommended refining the concept and design of an office building created by Studio Libeskind, the Culture Ministry said on Wednesday. […]

Extensive Lithuanian film retrospective in Paris inaugurated year-long celebration of statehood restoration centenary

January 31, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The Cinémathèque Française in Paris is hosting one of the biggest projects presenting Lithuania’s national cinema, a two-week long film retrospective which opened yesterday. It also marks the launch of a cycle of events in France to celebrate the centenary of the restoration of Lithuania’s statehood. The French cinema-going public will have the chance to explore the most extensive programme of Lithuanian film put together in recent years, covering several generations of filmmakers and a variety of genres and styles, Lithuanian Film Centre announced in its press release. […]