Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Photo by Kaupo Kikkas, https://www.epcc.ee

The Estonian Philhamonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra are coming to Stanford Live on their 2018 tour, conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste. Tickets for their November 14, 2018 performance are now on sale to the general public.

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Published: July 10 2018

EANC meeting with Estonian Foreign Affairs Committee members. From left: Committee Member Henn Põlluaas, EANC's Karin Shuey, EANC President Marju Rink-Abel, Committee Member Maire Aunaste, Committee Chair Marko Mihkelson, Committee Member Barbi Pilvre, Estonian Ambassador to the U.S. Lauri Lepik, JBANC Managing Director Karl Altau. Photo credit: Embassy of Estonia

In the weeks leading up to the 2018 NATO Summit, several Estonian officials have been through Washington to share their views on NATO’s priorities and outcomes for the summit.

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Published: July 28 2018

Pillerkaar dancing Jooksupolka.

Pillerkaar, Estonian Folk Dancers of the Washington, DC Metro Area, danced at the Baltic Centennial Midsummer Celebration in Dupont Circle in the heart of Washington, DC on Saturday, June 23, 2018. 

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Published: July 02 2018

Familiar brands and possibly a familiar sääsk (mosquito) seen at an Estonian supermarket stand featuring insect repellents (putuka-/tõrje/vahendid) with the message Peata pinin! – "Stop the buzz!" The noun pinin and verb pinisema are great onomatopoetic words ("Piiii" seems a slightly higher pitch than "buzzzzz", but is ultimately in the ear of the beholder and not subject to debate.)

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Published: July 02 2018

Estonian team.

The largest and most important life sciences business convention, BIO 2018, was held in Boston on June 4-7, 2018 and Estonia was proudly represented by six companies at the world class exhibit. 

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Published: June 25 2018

This purjekas made by 4th grader Tuule, made of a muna/rest (egg carton) turned out to be very laevatatav (navigable). Perfect weather, including the right amount of light wind, not to mention the shipbuilder's name (tuul = wind, tuule = of the wind / the wind's), carried this laevuke eastward from Soela sadam (harbor) on Saaremaa island's north shore across the Triigi-Sõru parv/laeva (ferry) line's route connecting Saaremaa and Hiiumaa island last Sunday. With the help of a camera's zoom lens, we could make out her little sail for almost 3 hours and hope someone receives the message written on her puri (sail): "Ma soovin, et Eestil oleks igavesti jõudu." (I wish that Estonia remains strong forever.)

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Published: June 24 2018

”TIME.” Painting by my grandson when he was 10 years old.

Basically our family milestones are dates of births, graduations, weddings, divorces, retirements and deaths - roughly in that order. Not too many to remember, at least not one’s own.

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Published: June 24 2018

Full panel: Panelists Karin Shuey, Peter Blumbergs, Karl Altau and Marcus Kolga discuss the diaspora's role in securing Baltic freedom. Photo credit: Jaak Treiman

The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) held its biennial conference this year at Stanford University from June 1st to June 3rd. The conference celebrated both the centennial of the Baltic nations’ independence and the 50th anniversary of AABS and highlighted achievements in Baltic studies over the last 100 years.

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Published: June 17 2018