Mõni aeg tagasi tuli Linnateatris lavale Jean-Luc Lagarce'i kaheksakümne teisel aastal loodud lavateos „Ainult maailmalõpp'“. Kohalikul laval kannab lugu nime „Üsna maailma lõpus“ ning lavastuslike nüansside eest kandis hoolt Uku Uusberg.Tekst on originaalselt üsna valulik ning toob esile pigem negatiivseid kujutluspilte. Taotluslikult pateetiline ja psühholoogiliselt laastavana mõjuv lugu pole siiski...
Ma mäletan selgesti, millist rõõmu ja imetlust tõid 1960ndate alguses meie perre esimesed fotod vene võimu eest põgenenud sugulaste imelisest elust Rootsis ja Kanadas. Esimesena jõudsid meile pildid minu onu dr Voldemar Tammemäe abikaasast Ehast ja nende pojast Antsust (Hans) noormehe gümnaasiumi lõpupäeval ja samal päeval tehtud pilt noorematest poegadest...
On November 2nd in Estonia it is All Souls Day. In the United States Halloween marks the end of the harvest or summer period, and Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the traditional winter season. If you have grown up in the United States as I had, most of my direct...
ERR News - The company that operates the 153-year-old Kreenholm textile factory, one of the largest and longest-running enterprises in Narva, is going into bankruptcy.Swedish textile company Boras Wäfveri on Wednesday announced that it is filing for bankruptcy for its Narva subsidiary, Kreenholmi Valduse AS, a move that will put...
The Estonian Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc., established to support the preservation of Estonian culture in the US, is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2011/2012 academic year. Applicants must be US citizens who are or have been active in Estonian-American organizations and have personally advanced their knowledge of and skills...
Lakewoodi Eesti Ühingu traditsiooniline sügishooaja avapidu algas maasikate ja vahuveini pakkumisega laupäeval, 25. septembril 2010 kohalikus Eesti Majas. Osalejatel oli võimalik tutvuda suures saalis väljapandud Maie Currie, Urve Põhi ja Salme Parmingu võetud tegevusaineliste fotodega.Publiku ette astus nägusas ja ühtlases riietuses 18-liikmeline New Yorgi Eesti Naiskoor oma armastatud koorijuhi Andrejs...
ERR News - “Bring Talent Home” resurfaced in the Estonian media, after the evening ETV program “Vabariigi Kodanikud” (Citizens of the Republic) ran an hour-long program on the topic.“Bring Talent Home” is a project financed by EU structural funds that invites expat Estonians back via the online platform, www.talendidkoju.ee. Highly...
8 October (BNS) - A team of surgeons under Tanel Laisaar at the University of Tartu Clinical Hospital on Thursday performed the first ever lung transplant operation in Estonia. The results of the operation are in line with expectations at this point, spokespeople for the hospital said. The surgery was...
ERR News - Local opposition politicians will now have a better chance of swaying presidential elections thanks to changes to the election law adopted by Parliament on October 27.The amendment to the law that governs presidential elections, which passed 57 to 20 with one abstention, affects the way local government...
New Yorgi Lincoln Center’is toimuva uuel sügisfestivalil The White Light Festival esinevad Läti Rahvuskoor Tõnu Kaljuste juhatusel ja Läti kammeransambel Kremerata Baltica koos viiuldaja Gidon Kremeriga. Festivalil esitatakse ka Arvo Pärdi ja Veljo Tormise heliteoseid.Läti Rahvuskoor Tõnu Kaljuste juhatusel: Reedel, 12. nov. kell 10.30 pl. Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. Kavas:...
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.
