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ERR News - After being cast out of the Reform Party on October 24, Silver Meikar warned of continuing corruption in the political landscape. "Unfortunately, I was not invited to the meeting and no justification was provided ," Meikar wrote in his blog on Wednesday. "It is not right...
"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 ( )...
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,...
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....
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...
Please Ask Your Representatives For Their Support Washington, DC (JBANC) --- Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (H. Res. 790) that supports the designation of August 23 as Black Ribbon Day to recognize the victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes. Your help...
The President of the Republic of Estonia, Kadriorg, August 27, 2012 Dear Mr. Fuyuume and Friends of Estonia at the SECC, The history of every land and every nation is made up of the lives of its people, the choices they make and the things they have done – be that of their own free will, or under...
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...
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...
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...
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