Culture & Entertainment

Health coach, cookbook author, and retreat facilitator Marika Blossfeldt spends winters in Beacon, upstate New York, and summers at her farm Polli Talu in Rame küla, Estonia. Her most recent book, “COOKING WITH MARIKA: Clean Cuisine from an Estonian Farm” was published in May 2020. It has won the 2020...

  The sauna builder’s grandson has just been granted permission to recover the smoke sauna and restore it in the Rocky Mountains   The more we write about Estonian saunas, the more people write to us about weird and wonderful Estonian saunas for us to cover, writes Adam Rang in...

  Estonian children’s physiotherapist Maarja Säde has released a book, now for sale on Amazon, featuring daily baby exercises that help to shape a child's proper movement patterns and encourage their physical development. The author of the books “My Active Baby” and “Baby Massage and Yoga”, Maarja Säde demonstrates exercises...

A major motion picture is to be developed on the subject of the Mass Refugee Flight of 1944 from Estonia to the West.   We are looking for established screenwriting and directing talent to join the team.   Any hints that may lead to the right people would also be...

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is listed as one of the 10 best choirs in the world by classicalmusic.com.   Little surprise that a nation famous for song – its independence from the USSR was preceded by a ‘Singing Revolution’ of massed voices in Tallinn in 1988 – should boast...

For the first time, a student film made by Baltic Film and Media School graduate German Golub "My Dear Corpses" has won the toughest competition for film schools – the Student Academy Awards. This means that the film is eligible to run for the "big" Oscars.   Whether the film...

Tervitused Seattlest, The Seattle Estonian Society and West Coast Estonian Days (LEP) organizing committee have a few announcements that we would like to share. First, in light of the current COVID-19 crisis, Seattle LEP 2021 will be postponed.   But do not worry, Seattle will be hosting the 35th LEP...

Estonian filmmakers Hõbe Ilus and Mihkel Oksmann currently based in New York   Jaanika Peerna, Cultural Affairs Coordinator at the Estonian Consulate General in New York interviews Hõbe Ilus and Mihkel Oksmann, currently based in New York.   Jaanika Peerna: What are you up to? Mihkel Oksmann: I am in...

  Jaanika Peerna, Cultural Affairs Coordinator at the Estonian Consulate General in New York interviews designer Anni Jürgenson: Jaanika Peerna: What are you up to? Anni Jürgenson: I design jewelry in Brooklyn for the Ana Luisa brand.   JP: How has your life and daily routine changed due to the...