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27

04

2008

Road without madness day

Today we will be safe on the road, even if we gear up our vehicles. It has to be so. The 27 of April is The European road safety day. This day officially came into being last year. There was never unofficial one before.

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18

04

2008

International Monuments and Sites Day

The 18th of April we can mark as the International Monuments and Sites Day . The world calendar started to signify it at 1982.

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07

04

2008

Buildings – hostages of ideology

After the collapse of Soviet Union the consequences of the social and ideological contradictions can still be sensed in different areas of life. Architecture is not an exception. Is Soviet modernism a gloomy heritage or an unique trace in history?

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26

03

2008

A Day for the Vacationing World – Theatre


Almost every occurrence and thing has its own day – water, food, freedom of speech – all we need to choose is what and when to celebrate. Perhaps we shouldn’t try too hard and go watch a play on World Theatre Day. Instead we could expand our vocabularies with a theatrical expression “break a leg”. 

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21

03

2008

A Day for Poetry

For nine years in a row now UNESCO tickles poets’ heels with feathers so that they continue writing and for all their work that does not go straight into the rubbish bin to be heard. March 21st is the day when we ought to remember our favourite sonnet by Shakespeare, wear our bow tie or net stockings and write an e-mail that rhymes to our friends and colleagues.

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03

03

2008

The Show must go on

Last year the global calendar was extended with one more international day, 3rd March, which is dedicated to Freedom of Music. This is a relatively two-sided issue – on one hand music gives wings for self expression, on the other hand the wings of music itself are clipped so that it doesn’t fly too far away.

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02

03

2008

March Event Guide Vilnius

Slovenian artists or fingers theater from Georgia? Or maybe both and even more? Premieres and clasical plays, concerts, exhibitions and conferences.

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21

02

2008

Decoder



Selected works of third biennial for video art
Contour 2007 in CAC, Vilnius.

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14

02

2008

I to You

If you saw a heart and did not think that it was a red traffic light... Oh yes, the day, when red caviar looks even sexier and red busses drive everyone to mass love hysteria, has come...

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11

02

2008

Sick man, take care of yourself!

Before the day of love hallucinations, let’s stop and remember that there are other diseases, for example, gastritis or trauma, which make us patients. On the World day of the sick let’s ask ourselves the question: have you managed to forget the last time when you met your doctor vis-à-vis, smelled the odour of a hospital...?

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