Culture & Entertainment

Estonian émigré Illar Muul – a virologist, a flying squirrel researcher, a protector of the rainforest and an engineer of canopy walkways – was relatively unknown in the country of his birth; now a new exhibition in his honour at the Estonian Museum of Natural History introduces him in his...

Kultuuripäevad, which offered a weekend of Estonian cultural activities in NYC, culminated this year with the Pööriöö Ball on April 15th. It was an unforgettable night spent celebrating Estonian culture, community, and tradition. The Bohemian National Hall, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, was transformed into a beautifully...

Estonian-American artist, Jaanika Peerna's large drawing from the “BIG MELT” series, made with pigment pencil and melting ice was presented by President Alar Karis to Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia during their visit to Estonia this week. An additional gift was the recent monograph “Jaanika Peerna: GLACIER...

The grant from the Foundation of Estonian Arts and Letters (FEAL) supports the creative work of a young artist who is of Estonian heritage and a resident of the USA. In 2023, the FEAL will award one grant of $1,000. The application deadline is June 1, 2023. Requirements for applicants:...

The Artistic Committee of the XIII Youth Dance Festival has sent invitations to 431 dance and 128 gymnastics groups to perform in this summer's Dance Festival performance "Bridges" in Tallinn, according to a press release by Song and Dance Festival Foundation director Margus Toomla. The 559 groups include a total...

Anneli Tammik Jewelery (annelitammik.com) is participating at the MAD About Jewelry event at the MAD | Museum of Arts and Design’s annual benefit sale of contemporary jewelry. This week until Saturday, April 29, Anneli Tammik and 49 other internationally acclaimed jewelry artists are present at the MAD Museum on Columbus...

The San Francisco International Film Festival is back in person April 13–23! The San Francisco Estonian Society is proud to co-present „Savvusanna sõsarad“ (Smoke Sauna Sisterhood), on Sunday, April 23 at 2:15 pm PT in San Francisco. Director Anna Hints' debut feature won the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema–Documentary directing...

This year’s Polar Music Prize, Sweden’s most prestigious music prize, has been awarded to Beninese singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo, founder of Island Records Chris Blackwell and composer Arvo Pärt. The prizes will be awarded in Stockholm on May 23 and will be attended by the Swedish Royal Family. “The Polar Prize...

March 22 marked exactly 100 days until the XIII Youth Song and Dance Festival "Holy is the Land" begins in Tallinn, and all over the country, preparations for the three-day festival are in full swing. More than half of the tickets to all three performances of the Dance Festival have...

March 4, 2023 was a day of celebration to recognize the 105th Anniversary of Estonian Independence Day, the 60th Anniversary of the Washington Estonian Society and the 50th Anniversary of Pillerkaar, Washington’s Estonian folk-dance troupe. The celebration featured a special presentation of “Dawn Till Dusk,” which drew a sell-out crowd....