Jonynas’ film the Gambler awarded by K. Zanussi and P. Arlaud
Ignas Jonynas’ film ”the Gambler,” that competed in the “Prix Sauvage” (main program) of the international film festival in Paris “L’Europe Autour de l’Europe”, was awarded the special jury prize and...
View ArticleBriton’s film on Lithuania’s January 13, 1991 bloodshed struggles
The Lithuania Trbune | Linas Jegelevičius Robert Mullan, the director and producer of over 40 film documentaries, working for such organizations as the BBC, Granada Television, Channel 4 and ITV (all...
View Article50th Spring of Poetry festival began
Linas Jegelevičius | The Lithuania Tribune The 50th anniversary-celebrating Spring of Poetry 2014, an annual festival of amateurish free-flowing verses and a more sophisticated professional poetry, has...
View ArticleInterview with Min of Culture: Culture needs to be part of financial,...
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune Perhaps no other incumbent Lithuanian minister has encountered such an immense challenge as Šarūnas Birutis, the minister of Culture. With the sector often...
View ArticleAnnual folklore festival Skamba skamba kankliai kicks off
Linas Jegelevičius | Lithuania Tribune International folklore festival Skamba skamba kankliai this year organized for the 42nd time is already inviting all folklore lovers to venues scattered through...
View ArticleLithuanian performance sweeps international theatre festival
Vilnius’ Oskaras Koršunovas Theatre’s newest play, The Seagull, had an award-winning debut at the 22nd International Theatre Festival, Kontakt, in Torun Poland. The Seagull won five honours including...
View Article„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...
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