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EHE JA TERVENDAV TOIT. Cooking with Marika. Basic and Essential: Water
All life on our planet Earth originated in the waters of the primordial oceans, and water continues to play an essential role in our lives today. We can go for a month without food, but we can live for only two or three days without water. Water carries nutrients and...
EHE JA TERVENDAV TOIT. Cooking With Marika. Whole Foods Create a Whole Body
“Whole foods” is a contemporary term that was unnecessary in the days of our great-grandmothers. Back then, before the advent of industrial food processing, all food was naturally whole. Today we need to differentiate between whole and processed foods as a matter of survival. Whole foods are grains, legumes, vegetables,...
EHE JA TERVENDAV TOIT. Cooking with Marika. Preparing for the Colder Time of Year
With the arrival of fall we say goodbye to the warmth of summer and move into the cooler months of the year. Transitions like this can be stressful on the body and it is a good idea to lighten its load by letting go of stored toxins and compromising eating...
Võidupüha/Jaanipäev 2021 at the Estonian Cultural Garden
On June 27, the Estonian community of Cleveland Ohio gathered at the Estonian Cultural Garden for the annual commemoration of Estonia's final victory of the war of independence, June 21, 1919 and jaanipäev. We had a special guest, former mayor of Cleveland and eight term Congressman, Dennis Kucinich, who...
EADF International Discovery Award Applications Opened
The Estonian American Discovery Foundation (EADF) has opened applications for the 2021 EADF Discovery Awards, dedicated to supporting discovery and invention in culture, science, humanities and history by Baltic and/or Baltic heritage artists, filmmakers, performers, scientists, researchers, educators and inventors of all kinds. Three (3) awards will be awarded to...
Jaanika Peerna’s Work Exhibited at the JHB Gallery, Southampton, LI
Jaanika Peerna “The Wings of Desire”, 2021. Pigment and water on hand-cut Mylar. “The Wings of Desire”, a new wall work in pigment and water on hand-cut Mylar by Jaanika Peerna, is a highlight of the JHB Gallery’s new exhibition opening on May 27, 2021, at Jetsam Studio in Southampton,...
Third Boston Baltic Film Festival (BBFF)
The mini Boston Baltic Film Festival (BBFF) in April was a huge success, having over 400 participants, bringing together people around the world to watch films made in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. We want to thank the many viewers and our sponsors, ERKU, the NY Consulate General of Estonia, and...
CREATIVES ADAPTING: Interview With Kadri Kerge
Kadri Kerge is an Estonian-born architect who has been living and working in New York since 2011. She currently works at NBBj NY and she is running her private architecture studio Ministry of Architecture (kadrimaris.com) with her sister Maris Kerge. Her special interest are high-rise buildings and living spaces. Photo...
The Viking Eastern Baltic
From Amsterdam University Press Most overviews dealing with eastern Vikings have cast the Eastern Baltic peoples in a predominantly passive role during the large-scale Viking movement into the region. This book demonstrates how communication networks over the Baltic Sea and further east were established and how they took different forms...
Boston Baltic Virtual Mini-Film Festival Comes to Your Home
We invite you to participate in our first virtual mini-film festival in April. Representing Estonia is "The Real Life of Johannes Pääsuke" (Selfmade Cameraman), during Easter weekend. The Boston Baltic Film Festival (BBFF) was launched in 2018, when Boston's Baltic organizations jointly celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Baltic states....
Vaba Eesti Sõna is an Estonian expatriate weekly newspaper with a national readership, founded in 1949 and published in New York City by the Nordic Press.
