Stanford to host a major Baltic conference in 2018
byThe Stanford University Libraries will be hosting the 2018 AABS Conference at Stanford University. The conference will celebrate two important milestones – the 50th…
Culture
Pobeda 1946 aka The Dream Car: A Novel Of Startling Beauty
byAs news of travel bans dominate our media and new walls are being built, it’s good to recall the travel bans in Eastern Europe…
Women At the Mercy of War and Confined By The Words Of Men
byImbi Paju is an Estonian author, historian and filmmaker whose work examines the traumas of totalitarianism. Her book and film “Sisters Across The Gulf…
Estonian Artists Celebrate Yeats in New Piece
byOn the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Eastern Rising in Ireland, a group of Estonian artists have decided to center their creative…
Svetova: Nekrasov Anti-Magnitsky Film Propaganada, not Art
by“I am not Mr. Browder’s attorney. I am defending the memory of Sergei Magnitsky. Therefore, I consider the film by Andrey Nekrasov to be…
Opera Rejected By Latvian Conductor Premiering in US
byA new controversial opera, “State of the Union”, will premiere in Marquette, Michigan tonight after having its European premiere in Latvia cancelled due to…
Is This How We Will Be Remembered?
byFinnish author, Sofi Oksanen, looks at the refugee crisis through the historical lens of the Finnish and Estonian experiences. The only person from my…
Innovative Digital Street Art Project Selected for Estonia 100 & Estonian EU Presidency Program
byOn 22 August, winning designs in the Estonia 100 and Estonian EU Presidency international programme competition for creative solutions in the public spaces of…
Kitchen tables, change and space monkeys
byThe contemporary sculpture and installation festival Sculpture Quadrennial Riga „Conservatism and Liberalism” will run from September 10th to October 28th. The festival will discover…
A Movement Drawn From The Sea: The Baltic Sea Philharmonic
byThe Baltic Sea Philharmonic is a new force in music and culture, which is about to go on its second tour around the Baltic…