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The internationally acclaimed Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus’ photographic signature in thousands of photo works is recognized in art galleries from Paris to Rio de Janeiro. Over the last 50 years, the artist has seen his distinguished photo works showcased in some of the world’s most presti...
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 entire family get together for a celebratory supper and celebrate the birth of the saviour, Jesus Christ.
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 Rimas Tuminas, long praised by theatre critics for a distinctive theatrical language and performances being exemplified for the “all-immersed” ...
This year, Lithuania hosted several cultural events in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of Romain Gary, French novelist, diplomat and pilot of Lithuanian origin.
The Scanorama Film Festival starting Thursday, 6 November, will be taking cinema lovers for a ride on the emotional rollercoaster through a spectacular array of movies able to shake up one with the quintessential issues of human existence until the final screenings on 23 November.
The least commercial music festival, relatively star-less, but groovy and sometimes funky, “Vilnius Jazz Festival” drives its fans mad with the wacky jazz “perversions” it has come to be known for every autumn.
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 appearances and the workload as the LJF head.
Many art creators could be lined up for their indelible imprint for the Lithuanian culture history, but few lives have been more enshrouded in awe-inspiring rumors and legends than that of Juozas Miltinis, a Lithuanian theatre director and founder of the Panevėžys Drama Theatre.
Début feature by Lithuanian filmmaker Ignas Jonynas ‘The Gambler’ was announced as Lithuania's entry for the best foreign language film Academy Award.
The Lithuanian Art Museum is opening an exhibition which includes works by world-renown Belarusian artists of the Paris school.
Thirty-four tapestries of the 1400-1500s, valued at nearly 25 million litas (EUR 7.4m), will be exhibited at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius.
Rūta Vanagaitė’s project “The Paneriai Lullaby”, which lets you interact with Jewish culture for a day, is one of the most successful projects financed by the European Commission (EC).
Galerija Vartai in Vilnius is hosting Deimantas Narkevičius' solo exhibition Sounds Like the XX Century, which opens on 9 September.
The nearly year-long commemoration of the 300th birth anniversary of Kristijonas Donelaitis pays tribute to the Prussian-Lithuanian pastor and poet whose magnitude of legacy in Lithuanian literature has been shaped up by the first classic Lithuanian language poem, The Seasons (Metai), in which he de...
When in winter 2012 Lithuanian theatre director Oskaras Koršunovas presented the production of “Expulsion” in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, he did not expect that the play by Marius Ivaškevičius would get so much attention not only at home, but in neighbouring countries as well.
Can centuries-old Lithuanian ethnic culture withstand sweeping globalization? Is it possible to retain national identity when Lithuanian countryside, the stronghold of traditions, is wilting away? And what should the authorities do in handing down the ancestral heritage to youth so that it keeps liv...
The historic roots of the current 3200-member Tatar community in Lithuania date back to the 14th century, when the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania fostered trade with the Mongols’ powerful Golden Horde. The ensuing ages have swept away the Duchy and Horde, but for a tiny group of the merchant...
The twelfth year of the international arts‘ festival "Druskininkai summer with Mikalojos Konstantinas Čiurlionis“ is halfway over, but there's plenty more ahead. More than 40 concerts, exhibitions, and contests will be held by the end of September. A conference called "Čiurlionis and the world" star...
“He is an artist of the great style, and the indication of the great style is that it is not seen," wrote Arvydas Šliogeris in a statement about photographer Antanas Sutkus' new virtual exhibition "Antanas Sutkus. Without A Name." Organised by the Art Department of The Martynas Mažvydas National Lib...
Lithuania‘s exclusive resort Nida this weekend is embracing all jazz lovers. For three nights, the annual Nida Jazz Marathon 2014 will be echoing jazz accords to the vastness of the Baltic waters.
