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2021-06-22Kaunas 2022 memory program will build bridges between different cultures, religions and languages
In 2022, the Kaunas 2022 program “Memory Office” will invite the audience to a year-long cultural research of Kaunas DNA. …
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2021-06-20WORLD PREMIERE OF A PIECE BY COMPOSER JUSTĖ JANULYTĖ CONTINUES LITHUANIAN CULTURAL SEASON IN BAVARIA
On 16-17 June, Apnea, a new piece by composer Justė Janulytė that was born during the pandemic, inspired by the …
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2021-05-25New books by Lithuanian authors will reach even the most far-flung countries of the world
The Lithuanian Culture Institute has allocated grants for as many as 36 translations of works by Lithuanian authors into 19 …
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2021-05-25RESULTS OF THE TRANSLATION GRANT PROGRAMME 2021 (PART I)
Grants allocated to translations of the books: Antanas Škėma “Balta drobulė” | translators Yu Xi, Indrė Balčikonytė-Huang, publisher “Post Wave Publishing” …
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2021-04-29Jewish Vilnius in the Works of Artist Eglė Ridikaitė
Lithuanian Culture Institute and Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius present a short film “Jewish Vilnius in the works of artist …
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2021-04-26Kaunas 2022: The Crown Jewel of Europe’s Contemporary Culture
Kaunas – the future European Capital of Culture – has everything to captivate the world’s attention. The city’s history, Fluxus …
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2021-04-21Jewish Vilna and Beyond: Contemporary Art and Historical Memory
In her series of paintings “We Are Guests”, Lithuanian artist Eglė Ridikaitė depicts fragments of the Great Vilna Synagogue, which …
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2021-03-28WORLD’S BEST CONDUCTOR MIRGA GRAŽINYTĖ-TYLA OPENS LITHUANIAN CULTURAL SEASON IN BAVARIA
On 26 March, conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s debut at the head of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra began the Lithuanian cultural …
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2021-03-19Applications are open for the Translation Grant Programme!
Deadline for the submission of applications for the support for translation of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, children’s and young adult …
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2021-03-18100 Years in One Month: The Athens of the North
In 1990 restored Lithuania took not just political but also cultural traditions and ideas from the interwar years of the …
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2021-03-15100 Years in One Month: The Never – Ending Creation of an Open Society
The restoration of statehood did not become, to paraphrase Francis Fukuyama’s metaphor, a ticket to the ‘end of history’, in …
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2021-03-10100 Years in One Month: A Struggle Gandhi Style
No one knew how to achieve it. No one, to tell the truth, for a long time knew what exactly …