Baltic Visitor

It isn’t exactly a comprehensive survey, but I enjoyed About.com’s Latvian Culture 101 in Photos when I stumbled across it today. There are only seven images, but it provides a nice cross-section – I found the paragraph on writing sins down on rocks particularly interesting. The photos are well-chosen too.
Actually, as I was writing this [...]

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[ 30 November, 2007 to 9 December, 2007. ] Today sees the start of the 11th annual Black Nights Film Festival (POFF) in Estonia. The largest film festival in the Baltics, this ten day event will showcase more than 200 films from around the globe – most of them with English subtitles.

There will be screenings in Tallinn, Tartu, Viljandi, Narva, Johvi and Kardla, and [...]

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[ 21 July, 2007; ] This weekend sees the most important event in the calendar for Estonian indie music fans – the annual Plink Plonk festival which began in 2005. The event is held in Tartu, helping it to stand out from the myriad festivals which take place in the capital over the summer months. It might not be the [...]

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Anybody who was interested in the Extreme Crafts events which recently took place in Vilnius might want to read a post on Lithuanian knitting on the Sheep To Shawl blog. It includes material from an exhibition at England’s Woolfest, as well as information on yarn shops and knitted products in Vilnius. The blog’s author Donna [...]

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[ 20 July, 2007 to 21 July, 2007. ] The coastal port of Liepaja is widely considered to be the home of Latvian rock music, and every summer since 2001 it has celebrated this heritage with a beach festival. The event has grown over the years, now attracting an impressive 45,000 people. There are five stages this year, hosting everything from pop acts to [...]

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[ 12 June, 2007 to 17 June, 2007. ] The coming week sees Latvia’s 13th International Early Music Festival, with concerts held in Riga and Rundale. It runs from 12th-17th June, with most events taking place in Riga – settings include the the courtyard of the Three Brothers (residential buildings dating from the 15th, 17th and 18th centuries) and the immaculately reconstructed House of [...]

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[ 23 May, 2007 9:00 pm to 27 May, 2007 10:00 pm. ] This Wednesday sees the opening night of a festival which has been held annually in Vilnius since 1973. It is one of the biggest events in the city’s cultural calendar, with over 20,000 people visiting and 30 folklore groups taking part. Attractions include a craft fair, traditional food, folk music and dancing, in locations ranging [...]

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