Feb 08, 2012 - St. Valentine’s Day comes with instrumental music...
RIGA - A celebration is always a special moment, something to enjoy. It is a time when ordinary problems move to the rear a bit, and a festive mood steps in. The celebration reaches even those who are strictly against it, proving that there are no barriers for one. However, the largest part of human-kind gladly welcomes any celebration if it offers events to attend and respective gifts to buy. ...
Feb 02, 2012 - A guide to Riga’s Creative Districts...
RIGA - Do we need a decent, good quality guide to find cozy bars, French-style baguette restaurants or fancy vintage shops? Definitely. Is this all about making new things and innovations? Certainly. Thus, a discussion about how to come up with pure creativity is too complicated for a single review in a newspaper. But let’s take a simple look about what exactly is in the brochure “C...
Feb 02, 2012 - The meaning of wine and bread through the centurie...
TALLINN - The past has always been something intriguing, hiding the secrets of history. People try to reveal these secrets and create a full picture about society which lived even centuries ago. With this small insight, it is possible to structure the relations among people, their technical development and cultural characteristics. And it is all important retelling history. We are now introduce...
Jan 25, 2012 - Notre Dame de Paris revives its destiny in Lithua...
KLAIPEDA - It is believed that a person can live every single moment of his or her life with the help of notes found on the keyboard. Music, like the perception of the surrounding world, lets a person learn the relations between people, about how they interact, trying to taste the full spectrum of emotions. It is even a greater satisfaction if we are allowed to look into the past, or, more prec...
Jan 25, 2012 - German music giant brings its best hits to the Ba...
RIGA - Since its very beginning, music has served as a tool for communication. No wonder it is fairly described as a language which is understood by everybody, no matter which language music actually is in. It is just as emotional, tragic, thrilling or entertaining. This time Lithuania and Latvia are offered a great chance to enjoy the music performed by probably one of the most famous German b...
Jan 18, 2012 - See how the paintbrush opens up the Garden of Eden...
RIGA - Every person dreams about a journey to a place which is full of divine emotions and astonishment. Possibly every person also has this private paradise within themselves, which comes along wherever that person goes. Some of us put these impressions to work and create art pieces. The painter Kristine Luize Avotina presents her own insight into paradise at the exhibition “Bali –...
Jan 18, 2012 - The oppressed and isolationists have their day...
TALLINN - Once again DocPoint returns to the cinemas of Tallinn to provide some cinematic slices of real life that usually contain more drama, intrigue and surprise than your normal Hollywood blockbuster. As expected, this year’s program is a mix of the highly political, achingly personal and riotously entertaining that should appeal to a broad audience.
One of the chief highlights of...
Jan 11, 2012 - The voice of Finland comes to the Baltics...
VILNIUS - Tarja Turunen, whom the Finnish president nicknamed “The Voice of Finland,” rose to fame as the singer with Nightwish, one of the world’s most successful heavy metal bands. Educated as an opera singer, between 1996 and 2005 she contributed decisively to Nightwish’s distinctive sound, which combines metal with operatic music.
Tarja is currently pursuing a succ...