Kaunas Full of Culture

Kaunas Literature Week. Three Portraits of the City

A new Kaunastic Route: Visiting the Authors

Some buildings no longer exist, some have forgotten their inhabitants and the events surrounding them, others are decorated with commemorative plaques.

Vytas Dekšnys. “I wanted the text to flow”

We met to talk about that process, which is rarely spoken of in public - translations from Polish, Czech, Ukrainian and Belarusian languages.

“Literature is hopelessly democratic”

The main program of the first international writers and books festival Kaunas Literature Week - combining virtual and live events - will take place on May 20-23.

This May, Kaunas Full of Culture is all About Literature

Kaunas is always new in texts. New as a place of a whirlwind of events, as a lyrical self, as an antagonist, as a double of the real, tangible, changing city that has stopped at a certain point in time, a white page, tamed with ink.

On the Occasion of Europe Day – A Joint Greeting to Lithuania and the World

For the first time in the history of Independent Lithuania, 23 Lithuanian diplomatic missions scattered around the globe are sending a united greeting to the world.

Julijus Grickevičius. Born With a Pipe

(Not just) the House of Basketball

No one can dispute the fact that Kaunas has deep basketball traditions that many are proud of. When looking for ways to convey this history and this feeling, a few years ago it was decided to build a Lithuanian House of Basketball in Kaunas.

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė. “I float in that music as if in the ocean”

Lina, Vaiva, Rugilė. Sun, sea, Lion

The Golden Lion at the Venice Biennial given to opera/performance Sun and Sea (Marina) is probably the highest achievement of Lithuanian art abroad.

The Sounds of Brazilka and Argentinka

We have already written about Brazilka and Argentinka in one of our first issues. The quarters of the poorest Kaunas residents emerged in the 1920s on the eastern slopes of the Neris valley and became the Lithuanian interpretations of the favelas of the distant Latin lands.

The Gruodis Composers Tree

These are the branches of J. Gruodis’ composers in Kaunas - lush and green. And as A. Ambrazas suggested, “The term “school” should not be understood in a literal sense. It’s not just the number of students, rather, most importantly, the general direction, ideas, and principles. Principles that are passed on like a baton from generation to generation.”