Culture & Entertainment

The Latvian National Opera Guild presents an evening at the Scandinavia House in Manhattan on October 29, 2022, where the Guild will be screening a video of the Latvian opera, “Hamlet”. Photo: Kristaps Kalns / www. opera.lv The event will be followed by a reception that includes a glass of...

The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America will be screening the best new and critically-acclaimed Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian films. This year, the festival will feature 4 Estonian feature films – 3 narrative and 1 documentary — North-American premiers!We...

From: We can’t wait to see you – It’s been too long!To: It was so great to see you – It was so much fun! Kati and I are home at Karu mets, reflecting on the amazing journey it was to LEP2022. We travelled many miles to find the perfect...

A Different Approach to Weight Loss Last month I wrote about dieting and why extreme diets create a state of stress in the body. Under stress, our body holds onto fat and does not release it to be burned for energy. Let’s look at other factors that influence our body’s...

Screamfest LA 2022 is screening the "Melchior the Apothecary" on Sunday, October 16, at 1:30PM at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. The film is actually the first part of a trilogy. The second part of the trilogy just premiered in Estonia on August 15, and the third part...

“Water Works” is a group exhibition curated by Danielle Wu that brings together seven artists who turn to the washroom as an aesthetic resource: Hana Al-Saadi, Laurie Kang, Ajay Kurian, Fatima Moallim, Mia Raadik, Pauline Shaw, and HaeAhn Woo Kwon. Whether inside the sauna, the hammam, the beauty salon, or...

New York's Estonian House is delighted to host a two-person exhibition of art work by Amanda Means and Jaanika Peerna. Taking over the spaces of the Great Hall and the Blue Room in the East 34th Street building, the artists will present works in photography and drawing from September 14th...

Eating at Restaurants One big difference between a home-cooked meal and a restaurant meal is that at a restaurant, you are giving up control over your food. You no longer know where the food came from, how fresh it is, how much salt or spice has been added or what...

The Estonian National Museum celebrates its one-millionth visitor this June and will give away a precious set of tailor-made national costumes to mark the occasion. The museum opened its doors to visitors in October 2016, and visitor numbers have now returned to pre-pandemic levels. This month the museum is expecting...