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On February 25th, San Francisco Estonians celebrated the 105th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia at the San Francisco Latvian House. Actor Sepo Seeman provided entertainment to a full house. Korp!Vironia USA and Mai-Liis Bartling (San Francisco Estonian Society) were awarded certificates of appreciation from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign...

On Saturday, February 25th, children and parents of the Washington Estonian School gathered at the Latvian Church in Rockville to start their school day together. However, this particular school day was much more festive, as the previous day had been the birthday of the Republic of Estonia. As is customary...

BAUA (Baltic Architects Unions Association) announces the Baltic pavilion design competition for UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen winners. The work "Parallel Worlds" by Boston-based Estonian architect Karl Pops was selected as the best project. The competition for the architectural concept of the BAUA pavilion, which will be exhibited...

The Connecticut Estonian Society’s annual film event occurred on Saturday, January 28th. This year’s film, “Eia Jõulud Tondikakul” (Eia’s Christmas at Phantom Owl), was an emotionally uplifting family story set in a beautifully forested area of Estonia. The cinematography was outstanding, fully capturing the natural beauty of the forest and...

The Public Engagement Specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Tallinn, Jane Susi, was presented with the Gill Jacot-Guillarmod Award by the Lois Roth Foundation and the U.S. Department of State for her outstanding contributions in educational and cultural diplomacy. “During her years at the Embassy, Jane has helped participants thrive...

Tere kõigile! My name is Liam Kivirist and I recently became a member of the Chicago Eesti Maja, but my grandparents (Aelita and Valdek Kivirist) were long-time members when they were living in Glenview. I grew up in an Estonian-American household and during the COVID pandemic, I took an interest...

“Tööle!” Liisi claps. In the early afternoon of Saturday, November 19, the New York Estonian House held its annual November Blood Sausage Workshop. Organized by Liisi Vanaselja Fletcher and Argo Paomere, the workshop attracted about twenty participants, with annual workshop regulars and a few fresh faces coming in from across...

American poet and translator Adam Cullen recently opened a tiny new bookstore-cafe in the coastal Estonian resort town of Haapsalu. What makes it especially unique is that the bookstore's selection focuses on Estonian fiction translated into foreign languages. Located in a wooden house on the corner of Posti and Vaba,...

In the September 8 issue, VES #34, Mrs Kristi Allpere wrote of her escape from Estonia to Sweden, and from there, after a residency of five years, emigrated to Canada on the MV PÄRNU. Our journey to the USA was similar, but also different. Similarly, we, my brother and I,...

New York-based designer, entrepreneur, and artist Valev Laube launched the limited NFT collection bringing his large-scale digital landscape to Rarible. New York City-based digital designer and entrepreneur Valev Laube is making a limited number of his large-scale digital landscape prints available as non-fungible tokens (NFT) on Rarible Marketplace, marking a...