The Seaplane Harbour of the Estonian Maritime Museum has been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in two subcategories. The Seaplane Harbour of the Estonian Maritime Museum was opened on May 12th this year. The Seaplane Harbour will be represented at the festival by KOKO architects Andrus Kõresaar and Raivo Kotov, who will present the reconstruction of the unique seaplane harbour and the design of the brand-new museum to the best architects of the world. This year the World of Architecture festival is taking place in Singapore.

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Published: October 15 2012

 

"G () D () T." A World Premiere absurdist comedy After watching Samuel Beckett's classic of the Theatre of the Absurd, "Waiting for Godot," one always asks . . . "What was Godot actually doing while Vladimir and Estragon were waiting for him?" The World Premiere of "G ( ) D ( ) T" explores that intriguing question. Godot has decisions to make. How will they ultimately affect the fates of V and E (as the new play refers to Vladimir and Estragon)? 

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Published: October 23 2012

 

President Ilves, who was on a working visit to the USA during which he attended the regular session of the UN General Assembly, confirmed on September 23, at his meeting with Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General, Estonia's continued readiness to offer support to other countries for the development of e-governance systems and public e-services.

 

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Published: October 07 2012

 

The first weekend in October offered Los Angeles Estonian music lovers a wonderful event.  At the Filter Magazine Culture Collide Festival, Ewert and The Two Dragons, which is gaining significant popularity momentum in Europe, hit the concert stage "boards" to perform for the audience.  For the next two days, our Estonian boys gave three concerts giving opportunities for many Southern California Estonians to revel in their music.

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Published: October 23 2012

 

This past spring a contemporary dance mini-tour of innovative artists from Estonia and the U.S. traveled the Pacific coast under the auspices of Cid Pearlman/Performance Partners. The 6 show CP/PP tour included engagements in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz. Choreographer and Fulbright Scholar Cid Pearlman taught at Tallinn University in 2009-10 where she initially collaborated with the Estonian artists included on this tour. Several of which are involved with Tallinn-based dance collective Zuga. This fortuitous California/Estonia cultural exchange yielded a multi-part program brimming with poignant abstract explorations of expression and artistic movement. 

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Published: October 07 2012

 

My wife and I spent a week in our nation’s capital! The draw was the celebration of 60 years of the Estonian American National Council’s (EANC) work on behalf of Estonia’s struggle for independence and of the work to maintain the Estonian community’s cultural heritage in the United States. But we used this trip also to take a broader view of where we have been and where we are heading.

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Published: October 23 2012

 

Over one weekend in September, the music of Estonia's famed composer Arvo Pärt was featured in a unique dance performance entitled “Passio,” staged within the framework of this year's Nargen Festival. ERR News's Mike Amundsen was on hand and gave his impressions. The Noblessner Foundry is an arresting and poignant enclosure for the arts that are sometimes staged there. The old metalworks in Tallinn’s Kalamaja neighborhood has become a staple venue for the annual Nargen Festival, which features cutting-edge performances at various locales in Estonia. The acoustics are amazing and the industrial setting a perfect foil for high art, as well as a reminder of the intensity of the creative process needed to forge it.

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Published: September 23 2012

 

Estonian Ambassador to the United States Marina Kaljurand and Consul General in New York Sten Schwede opened the Estonian Honorary Consulate in Huntersville, North Carolina on September 5. The Estonian honorary consul appointed to the area is RALPH DAETWYLER.   

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Published: September 10 2012