Arts combined in Pärnu

Something important has been taking place every winter in Pärnu, Estonia, and deserves our attention. The Printmaking In Festival combined with the Pärnu Days of Contemporary Music make an enclave of three weeks of explosive creativity and experimentation for artists in various areas of contemporary art: performance, sculpture, painting, audiovisual art, photography, digital media and music, from 9 to 31 of January, 2010.
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Harro! A Classic of Finnish Pop Art

A super star is in Tallinn and he’s staying for six months. And you can’t miss him! He is a brightly coloured fat pig with human qualities, having a cosy night in front of the television with his family, showing off his fine cars and boats or punching things with his fist. This is the creation of Finish pop artist Harro Koskinen (b. 1945, Turku), whose controversial artworks can be seen at the KuMu art museum’s 4th floor (B-wing). Harro! A Classic of Finnish Pop Art will be on show until March 28, 2010.
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Final 2009 shows in Estonia’s art shrine

There’s one word in Estonia that makes the people of this small country feel proud: Kumu! An abbreviation of KunstuMuseum, meaning Art Museum, Kumu is the largest art museum in the Baltics and one of the largest in Northern Europe, housing today the seat of the Estonian Art Museum. This is good enough reason to take a look at the temporary shows it presents before the end of the 2009 exhibition program. From September until the beginning of 2010, Kumu hosts eight interesting exhibitions, which we present to you as suggestions if your next destination is Tallinn.
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Remembering the Baltic Way

A small photography exhibition at the first floor lobby of the Latvian Foreign Ministry in Riga, awakens memories that have left a deep mark in the Baltic people’s hearts and minds and have shaped their fate. The Baltic Way that Moved the World tells the story of millions of men, women and children who held hands twenty years ago and joined three nations together in a peaceful protest against a powerful empire. That 600 km human chain was an unprecedented demonstration of their will to be free. Twenty years later, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are remembering and reminding the world with a series of events that run until November.
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A Russian theatre week in Tallinn

Four of the best Russian theatre productions of the year go onstage this spring during the week-long Golden Mask Theatre Festival that presents its fifth edition from 6 to 13 of October in the Estonian capital Tallinn and the town of Jõhvi 50 km from the Russian border. The festival, which offers a variety of theatre genres, from drama to comedy and from musical to puppetry, is addressing mainly the Russian speaking audience, but all performances have Estonian surtitles.
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New opera season in Tallinn

The new season of the Estonian National Opera is definitely going to rejoice the visitors with its diverse repertoire and new productions. Fifteen opera productions, two operettas and one musical, eight ballet pieces, a show for the children, and many more delights expect those who will book in advance tickets for this 104th season, which opens September 4 and runs through the summer season in July 2010, with the traditional 3-week wrap-up presentation of the year.
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Matsalu films for nature

The Matsalu National Park is one of the biggest and most important autumn stopping grounds for migratory birds in Europe. It is in that area, 100 kilometres south-west of the Estonian capital Tallinn, that one of the few environmental film festivals in Europe take place. The Matsalu International Nature Film Festival is already presenting its 7th edition, from 16 to 20 of September 2009, with more than fifty films from at least thirty countries around the world.
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Pöff… Black Nights, movie nights

Winter nights in the north of Europe are long and dark. These are the Black Nights -the opposite of the White Nights in the summer- that cinema lovers in Estonia have been waiting for once a year. The Black Nights Film Festival or Pöff takes place in Tallinn in November and is the undisputed highlight in the country’s film calendar. This year, Pöff celebrates its 13th edition, from November 12 to December 6, with a rich programme of screenings and four sub-festivals that satisfy all needs.
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