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Our singers are hard at work preparing for the song festival audition! The San Francisco Estonian Choir is working together with other Estonian singers on the west coast and some members of local choirs in the Bay Area to fulfill what for many is a lifelong dream – to sing...

The Connecticut Estonian Society’s (CES) annual cleanup day (talgud) will be on April 27, 2024, and the CES annual General Meeting will be on May 4, 2024. The Connecticut Estonian Society (CES) annual spring cleanup day will be on Saturday, April 27th, beginning at 9 AM (rain date April 28th)...

Finally, after five years in the making,  the documentary “The Paradox of Seabrook Farms” is finished and will have a sneak preview at the Boston Baltic Film Festival on March 3 at the Emerson Paramount Center.  The World Premiere is slated for Millville, NJ on March 16 at the Levoy...

The 52nd annual New York Estonian Cultural Days will take place from April 4 to 7, offering its traditional fine smorgasbord of locally grown and imported direct-from-Estonia culture. This year, the main focus will be on music, since music connects us even when all Estonian language lyrics might not be...

This year, Bay Area Estonians celebrated the 106th anniversary of Estonian independence on Wednesday, February 21. The day began with a flag-raising ceremony at San Francisco City Hall, organized by the Consulate General of Estonia in San Francisco and Consul General Maria Belovas and hosted by the Chief of Protocol...

The Estonian Consul in New York will be in Atlanta on March 3 and 4, and is available for consular services at these times: Sunday, 3 March     3:00 PM to 4:00 PM  Monday, 4 March    6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Note: Passport and ID card renewal applications can be done...

Minna ei taha, kuid jääda ei saa  Do not want to go, but can not stay Dear Fellow Estonians and Friends of Estonia, I am writing to you as a member of the Estonian World Council “Mass Flight 1944” Committee. (Suurpõgenemine 1944).  I, like thousands of us who fled and...

We are thrilled to announce the return of the Boston Baltic Film Festival (BBFF) for its sixth annual celebration of Baltic cinema! Mark your calendars for a cinematic journey that promises to be unforgettable from March 1-3, 2024, at the Arts Emerson Paramount Center cinema in Boston, MA, followed by...

Dear Friend of the Baltics, Feb. 24 will mark two years of Russia's murderous invasion of Ukraine and almost 10 years of Russia's illegal occupation of Ukrainian territory since 2014. It is an anniversary to rally support against the violence, lies and threats perpetrated by the regime in Moscow -...

I am once again asking for your help in support of Ukrainian refugee students at the University of Tartu. Their situation continues to be difficult. Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated by the University.  Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine continues. Ukrainians who fled their homeland continue to...