Communities

On Saturday, July 8 at 5 PM, Stanford University Libraries hosts the Estonian Television Girls' Choir for an hour-long outdoor concert at Stanford (Meyer Green). The choir will perform classic Estonian pieces by Veljo Tormis, Cyrillus Kreek, Mart Saar, Pärt Uusberg, and Karin Kuulpak as well as a few surprise...

The Connecticut Estonian Society will hold its annual observance of Victory Day (võidupüha) and St. John’s Night (jaaniõhtu) on June 24th at the Estonian Society’s Land (Eesti maa), 25 Times Farm Road, Andover, CT 06232. The gate will open at 3:00 p.m. for volleyball and other activities. A brief program...

The San Francisco Bay Area Baltic community came together on June 4 to celebrate our friendship and our work together. The event was started in 2006 and includes traditional foods, kids' activities, sports, games, and folk dancing. Mai-Liis Bartling

Karl Altau / JBANC The NATO Summit will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from July 11 to 12, 2023. Depending on Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive against Russian occupiers, we will soon find out the possible path for Ukraine’s further integration with the West. Ukraine has already been offered an EU Membership...

On May 19, 2023, the Estonian American National Council (EANC) held a town hall for purposes of gathering input and ideas on the future of the beloved international Estonian festival known as ESTO. The event was held over Zoom, attended by approximately 75 Estonian Americans from across the USA, a...

New York, NY — The 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences. Early Bird Passes are on sale beginning June...

When did you last visit the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago? When did you last enjoy the beauty of Estonian folk dress and music? June 2023 is just the right time to do this! As a historic first in North America, the Estonian Cultural Society of Chicago...

There are many excellent refugee memoirs. Jaak Treiman’s “Carried by a Magic Fan: Memoir of an Estonian Refugee Family” expands that tradition by offering three perspectives of one family’s refugee journey. He then carries the story forward by chronicling refugee political activities that followed their settlement into new homes. During...

Saturday, May 20, 2023, was a wonderful day. The sun was shining, the temperature was perfect, and the Baltimore-Washington Estonian Singers held their spring concert at the Latvian Lutheran church in Rockville, Maryland. Before the concert began, Ado Valge gave a historical overview of the choir. Soon after, 29 singers...

August 22, 1934 – May 11, 2023 Vello Ederma, 88, of Springfield, Virginia passed away on May 11, 2023, in his home surrounded by family. Vello was born on August 22, 1934, in Rakvere, Estonia to John (Juhan Hillar) and Klara (n. Vorteil) Ederma. He along with his parents and...