Like many of mankind’s grandest adventures, the annual production of the Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago starts small. Each year, members of the chorus–62 in all–begin by sitting on chairs in the ...
History is not preserved by monuments or institutions. It is preserved by accuracy, accountability, and the willingness to confront what is difficult. Nowhere is that obligation more binding than in ...
The latter is what Lithuanians call the eggs they decorate for Easter. Examples are among the more than 200 items which will be on display for “History of Lithuania” at the Schuylkill County ...
Aug. 7—A slate of festivities dedicated to Lithuanian culture, history and heritage will be observed at the 110th edition of Lithuanian Days on Saturday and Sunday. This year's version of the ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The diary of Kazimierz Sakowicz opens with his description of a ...
Winner of the top prize at IDFA, the Ukrainian doc maker's epic chronicle of the early collapse of the USSR is authoritative and detailed even by his exacting standards. However much you think you ...
Good things come in small packages. This adage has withstood the test of time beyond jewelry marketing. The latest fascinating cultural and geopolitical case study is Lithuania. The Baltic nation of 2 ...
Only once in my professional career did I assign a work of fiction to my syllabus for a history course. The story-teller was the incomparable Philip Roth and the book was “The Plot Against America,” ...
As we approach Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, this year’s theme of “Bridging Generations” reminds us that the responsibility of remembrance lies with all of us. At the Lost Shtetl Museum, a ...