„Bonjour, Maestro!”: a tribute to legendary Miltinis and his canine friend
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune How to overcome the awe and sometimes sheer fear upon facing a really daunting task? Like getting all closer to the late-but-always-alive Juozas Miltinis, the...
View ArticleAterballetto performed in the Vilnius Festival
The Vilnius Festival, started in the capital, is intended for the ballet. An Italian contemporary dance company presents a two-part programme for classical music interpretations, LRT.lt reported. The...
View ArticleHow otherwise industrial Panevėžys in 2014 is building bridges of cultures
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune This year, Panevėžys, the fifth largest Lithuanian town, has been bustling with a distinguished buzz filling the city’s courts, streets and indoor venues....
View Article500 artisits to celebrate Vilnius’ Culture Night
Over 500 artists invite the public to 150 events celebrating Vilnius’ annual Culture Night on Friday, June 20. Organisers of the festival said this year’s highlights will include theater, family...
View ArticleThomas Mann festival celebrates Lithuanian intellectuals
The 28th international Thomas Mann Festival “Summer of the Century” program, which offers the public a chance to meet with famous Lithuanian and European intellectuals, will be dedicated to European...
View ArticleOld St. John’s Day traditions giving up to shashliks, beer and fireworks
Linas Jegelevičius | The Lithuania Tribune Jumping over the traditional Midsummer bonfire and searches of the fern bloom in the modern times is more and more often accompanied with shashliks on the...
View ArticleFolklore Day of Song Celebration 2014 to start with Bread Ritual
More than 300 loaves of bread will be distributed to residents and guests of Vilnius city in the Cathedral Square on 4 July. The Folklore Day of the Song Celebration 2014, which will start with the...
View ArticleWhat “Druskininkai summer with M.K.Čiurlionis” will offer this year
The 22nd Druskininkai summer with M.K. Čiurlionis international art festival hosted by the Lithuanian Musician Support Fund and Druskininkai municipality will begin on 29 June, writes Lietuvos Žinios....
View ArticleMaster of Lithuanian photography Antanas Sutkus opens exhibition at Galerija...
On June 26, at 6 pm, Galerija Vartai gallery presents the solo exhibition Untitled by the internationally acclaimed legendary Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus. The exhibition dedicated to the...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial playwright Ivaškevičius: “Plays sell best today”
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune 41-year-old Marius Ivaškevicius today is an established playwright, aspiring movie director and definitely one of the most talented young-generation’s artists...
View ArticleKudirka’s National Anthem behests will live for ever
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuanina Tribune For the sixth time in a row, all Lithuanians, in the Homeland and abroad alike, celebrating the Lithuanian king Mindaugas’ coronation every year on July 6...
View ArticleThomas Mann festival starts in Nida
The 18th International Thomas Mann festival has started in Lithuania’s seaside resort of Nida this Saturday, 12 July. All kinds of music, art and film events will take place throughout the week. The...
View ArticleInternational M.K. Čiurlionis Music Festival started in Palanga
The International M. K. Čiurlionis Music Festival has started in Palanga. It was regarded as one of the main events of last year’s Palanga – Culture Capital of Lithuania programme by Lithuanian...
View ArticleČiurlionis, magnetic Lithuanian great, over-researched but under-appreciated
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is one of the biggest greats that Lithuania has ever had. A distinguished composer, mystic painter and a rebellious man is...
View ArticleJazz Federation head: “Lithuanian jazz needs better treatment”
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune Solveiga Rusytė, president of Lithuania’s Jazz Federation (LJF), could be deservedly called a jack of all trades, juggling all the gigs in event planning, TV...
View Article“Vilnius Jazz Festival 2014”: least commercial, superstar-less, groovy and funky
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune The least commercial music festival, relatively star-less, but groovy and sometimes funky, “Vilnius Jazz Festival” drives its fans mad with the wacky jazz...
View ArticleScanorama: action and redundant special effects-free, but still gripping hearts
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune The Scanorama Film Festival starting Thursday, 6 November, will be taking cinema lovers for a ride on the emotional rollercoaster through a spectacular array...
View ArticleSmall Theatre of Vilnius: Mixing up rebellion and metaphysics
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune 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...
View ArticleLithuanian Kūčios: awe-inspiring rites in anticipation of Christmas
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune As the Christian world is getting ready for the biggest holiday of the year, Kalėdos, Christmas, for many at its cusp is Kūčios, the Christmas Eve, when an...
View ArticlePhotographer Antanas Sutkus: Recognized from Paris to Rio but slighted at home
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune The internationally acclaimed Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus’ photographic signature in thousands of photo works is recognized in art galleries from...
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