In Search of Šmakovka: a Latvian Region’s Four Moonshine Museums
Latgalian homebrew is known by many names, and its history reveals many of the things that set this region apartContinue Reading →
How Memel Germans Saw Lithuanians: Sudermann's Stories
There was a sizeable Lithuanian-speaking peasant class in that part of Prussia, although Lithuanians were considered subordinate to the German-speaking gentry and town-dwellersContinue Reading →
Lysergic Blues: Vilis Kasims' Dreamlike Visions of Latvia
"That’s the duality of being kids in a village, almost all the time playing with rocks in the street – and you then go home and you have MTV, you…Continue Reading →
Disco Alliance: The Latvian Synthesiser Soundtrack to a New Soviet Documentary
"All of this gave the feeling that finally in the Soviet music shops there was a Western album available"Continue Reading →
Moscow Dumplings: On Lithuanians and Russians
"what I remember: green lamps, green torchere shades by the bed spreading a soft light, falling on pale wood furniture..."Continue Reading →