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Sixteen Thousand Voices in Perfect Harmony: Latvia's Incredible Song Festival
Uncategorized deepbalticNovember 20, 2018 0

Sixteen Thousand Voices in Perfect Harmony: Latvia's Incredible Song Festival

Latvia's huge Song and Dance Festival has been recognised as a masterpiece of humanity by UNESCO – and its participants are increasingly multinationalContinue Reading →

DB Recommends: Mācītājs On Acid
culture deepbalticNovember 16, 2018 0

DB Recommends: Mācītājs On Acid

Maarja Merivoo-Parro tells us why we should all be listening to some legendary Latvian-American punkContinue Reading →

Intrigue and Seduction in Courland: the Strange, Brief Reign of Duke Maurice
Geoff Chester deepbalticOctober 4, 2018 0

Intrigue and Seduction in Courland: the Strange, Brief Reign of Duke Maurice

"It is interesting to imagine how Europe may have changed had Maurice controlled his libido more effectively."Continue Reading →

Faith and Pride in Hard Times: Igor Trepeshchenok's Images of Latgale
culture deepbalticSeptember 27, 2018 0

Faith and Pride in Hard Times: Igor Trepeshchenok's Images of Latgale

Igor Trepeshchenok is a Latvian photographer currently based in Hamburg, as well as the founder of Ost SEE magazine, which publicises photographers from the Baltic states. His previous works have…Continue Reading →

Welcome to Maskačka: Stig Stasig's Images of Latvia's Troubled '90s
Uncategorized deepbalticJuly 20, 2018 0

Welcome to Maskačka: Stig Stasig's Images of Latvia's Troubled '90s

In 1991, Danish photographer Stig Stasig moved to Riga, capital of newly free Latvia. His photos of inner-city life capture a unique moment in its historyContinue Reading →

A Dream in the Latvian Countryside: Remaking the National Painter's House
culture deepbalticJune 11, 2018 0

A Dream in the Latvian Countryside: Remaking the National Painter's House

In 1998, Dutch museologist Margriet Lestraden bought the remote birth house of "the father of Latvian art", a man she then knew nothing about.Continue Reading →

Fiction: Nora Ikstena – Soviet Milk
culture deepbalticMay 2, 2018 0

Fiction: Nora Ikstena – Soviet Milk

"I don’t remember 15 October 1969. There are people who swear they remember their birth. I don’t."Continue Reading →

A Hive of Activity: Discovering Riga's Underground Music Scene
culture deepbalticApril 28, 2018 0

A Hive of Activity: Discovering Riga's Underground Music Scene

Richard Thompson gives an introduction to the underground scene of Latvia's capital, a city where every week brings something intriguing and boundary--pushingContinue Reading →

Previews of Baltic Screen Week in London
culture deepbalticApril 9, 2018 0

Previews of Baltic Screen Week in London

This week in London, Baltic View is putting on a series of films from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Previews and trailers here.Continue Reading →

Photographic Notes on Latvia's Capital – Ģirts Raģelis
culture deepbalticMarch 15, 2018 0

Photographic Notes on Latvia's Capital – Ģirts Raģelis

Ģirts Raģelis's project Pilsētas piezīmes [City Notes] gives a fascinating insight into the many contrasting sides of the largest city in the Baltic states.Continue Reading →

Photographic Pioneers in Soviet-Era Latvia: the Story of Riga Photo Club
culture deepbalticMarch 5, 2018 0

Photographic Pioneers in Soviet-Era Latvia: the Story of Riga Photo Club

Founded in 1962, Riga Photo Club revolutionised photography in Soviet-era Latvia, putting on the first-ever exhibition in the Antarctic along the way.Continue Reading →

The Peace Is Deceptive: the History of Riga's Hippest Street
Author deepbalticNovember 25, 2017 0

The Peace Is Deceptive: the History of Riga's Hippest Street

The history of Miera iela is proof of the legend that Riga will never be complete.Continue Reading →

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