BABEL IN VILNIUS

Sevilnius: eurchasing power

Dionizas — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:14:00 +02:00

From north east to south west 3870 kilometers separate two European cities Seville and Vilnius. Keeping in mind that both of them are still creating their European identity one can believe that such distance looses its meaning. We are saying that technologies, historical and demographical data enables us to give to the distance a new sense.

New European values are created, while eliminating it using legal, political and economical measures. At the same time Sevilnius is intended to create the discussion on how such distance can help.

Before looking for something in common it is important to grasp the differences between prices and purchasing power in Seville and Vilnius. The material value of identity should not be confined to trade marks, however. The survey of goods and services offered for European citizens is only basic information, which will be necessary when unfolding their financial situation and its’ influence to their perception of Europe.

CITY LABOR MARKET

Both cities joined Europe with the similar number of citizens. Today the population of Vilnius city is 550 000, and slightly more 700 000 are living in Seville. Vilnius district has 850 000 registered citizens of Lithuanian, Polish and Russian nationality and Seville metro covers the area, which is home for 1,5 million Andalusians and immigrants from South America.

Sevillians emphasize that most of the people who do not get even the minimum wage are working under temporal contracts or illegally. According to the data of Euro barometer, 5 % of the Spanish population gets the illegal payment at least once a year. Although, there are twice of such people in Lithuania - 10%, legal wage even for students here is rearly more than a minimum. In Spain, where students get less only because they are studying, those who earn 1000 EUR in their first job have a new name MILEURISTAS. While in Lithuania students and many school children start their career with a half of the minimum 115 EUR.

PLEASURE OF PURCHASING

A view from the Tower of Gold (XIII century)

For those who get the minimum wage 600 EUR in Seville.

· 100 EUR left after buying the stove and the washing machine.

· 200 EUR left after paying the rent for 1 room apartment not in the city center.

A view from the Tower Gediminas (XIV century)

Those who get the minimum wage 230 EUR in Vilnius.

· Should borrow 190 EUR before buying the stove and the washing machine.

· 100 EUR left after paying the rent for 1 room apartment not in the city center.

NEED CHARITY?

For 200 EUR Sevillian can have a dinner in the café the whole month. In Vilnius, 100 EUR is enough for a month to pay the everyday hot dish. While Sevilian, who gets the minimum 600 EUR, pays 1/25 of his wage for a monthly ticket for public transport, in Vilnius the same ticket makes 1/12 of the minimum 230 EUR. If Sevillian would like to help poor people he could buy 1000 loafs of bread, and the most generous Vilnius worker could only buy 500 of such bread loafs for a minimum wage.

Today the big part of city residents feel the lack of social and moral incentives to create the common Europe. Thus, the next task of Sevilnius is to compare the role of material values in their life. Does the bigger purchasing power in Seville mean, that material values are becoming more and more important in Europe?

Sevilnius^T2008

Life Extention for Nuclear Plant

Indre — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:40:00 +02:00

In joining the European Union Lithuania signed the Treaty of Accession Protocol No. 4, according to which, our country commits itself to phase out the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) by 2009. However, it was suddenly realized, that closing the nuclear plant means leaving Lithuania without a sufficient nuclear power supply for about 6 to 9 years (until a new power station can be built). For this reason Lithuania will be forced to import gas from Russia, which is a far more expensive fuel. The Opposition has gradually demanded the Government to start negotiations to extend the term of use for INPP.

A. Abišala, the head of the INPP extension of lifespan negotiators, made it clear, that the likelihood of negotiating an extension is only 5%. This is true; the chances are small especially if he continues his negotiations in the same manner as before. Watching the Government bargaining for an extension of INPP service creates an impression that Lithuania could fail not because of EU legal requirements, but due to dire lack of professionalism. The price of electricity, after decommissioning the INPP, should rise from the recent 0.095 EUR/kWh to at least 0.17 EUR/kWh. Professor Antanas Kudzys believes that the price might shoot up to 0.29 EUR/kWh.

What is the main mistake made by negotiators? They do not question the claim of the European Commission (EC) that an Intergovernmental Conference (IC) must be convened in order to extend the term of active use of the INPP. Consequently, due to this procedure the extension initiative will collapse, if at least one country (i.e. an IC member-country) disagrees. Austria and Estonia are the countries, which will most likely block any Lithuanian actions in the aforementioned procedure.

EC acts unfairly toward Lithuania. They are demanding to convene an IC for prolongation of the term. However, the IC was not called to approve the inclusion of the decommission provision into the Treaty of Accession.

The competence of the EU in nuclear safety may only be increased through the Intergovernmental Conference. If IC did not provide for an extension of EU competence, naturally this competence remains as is. Nowhere in the Euratom Treaty (this document is passed by and can only be changed by the IC) is it written that the EU has the ability to demand that a nuclear power station be decommissioned. So it has no such ability. The same is confirmed by the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice.

When welcoming new EU members the IC is not convened. This means that new member-states are accepted within the present boundaries of EU competence.

A. Abišala does not see any difference between the Founding Treaties and the Treaties of Accession. The Founding treaties determine the limits of EU competence. They determine what EU is permitted to do. Everything, that is not included in those treaties, is outside the scope of EU competence. It cannot do something that it is not expressly allowed by the Founding Treaties. These treaties are changed during the IC.

New countries are accepted on the ground of Treaties of Accession. Whether the countries are accepted is determined by the Council of the European Union. The council is the same as the IC. That is why the Council cannot extend the present extent of its competence. Furthermore, according to this procedure the European Parliament may accept or reject the recommendations of the Council. The European Parliament is a supranational, but not a supragovernmental institution.

Accepting a new country and extending the competence of the EU are two different procedures.

Consequently the European Commission does not have the ability to demand closing of the INPP. Lithuanian negotiators could win more by stressing the differences between these two procedures, because then they would not need the agreement of the EC, Austria and Estonia for the extension of the term of service of the INPP.

Even the Lisbon Treaty does not allow this kind of competence. Incidentally the ratification of the aforementioned treaty should be postponed until the question of Ignalina is resolved.

Stanislovas Tomas, doctor in EU Law, Sorbonne, Paris

Caricaturist Ramūnas Vaitkus
www.mrcaricature.lt

Translation Aistė Juknaitė

May event guide for Vilnius

Indre — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:15:00 +02:00

May welcomes us with long holidays, which are devoted to Workers' day. Of course, we can' forget Mother's Day, then - Europe's day. On these days tickets to opera or ballet, concert or theater can create festive mood - it's a great opportunity before the cultural season is over.

And just don't forget Street music Day on 3rd!

OPERA

Opera and Ballet Theater, Vienuolio str. 1, Vilnius

02 18.30 Orfeo ed Euridice Christoph Willibald Gluck
Opera in Italian, conductor Martynas Staškus
15 – 120 LT

07 18.30 Salome Richard Strauss
Opera in German, conductor Jacek Kaspszyk (Poland)
11 – 90 LT

10 18.30 Un Ballo in Mascera, Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in Italian, conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius
15 – 120 Lt

14 18.30 Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in Italian, conductor Martynas Staškus
11 – 90 Lt

DANCE

Opera and Ballet Theater, Vienuolio str. 1, Vilnius

03 18.30 Romeo and Juliet Sergei Prokofjev
Ballet, conductor Martynas Staškus
10 – 120 LT

08 18.30 Giselle, Adolph Adam, Piotr Tchaikovsky, G.Bizet, A. Šnitkė
Ballet, conductor Robertas Šervenikas
10 – 120 Lt

09 18.30 La Bayadere, Ludwig Aloisius Minkus
Ballet, conductor Martynas Staškus
10 – 120 Lt

13 18.30 Ana Karenina, Rodion Ščedrin
Ballet, conductor Valerij Ovsianikov (Russia)
10 – 120 Lt

15 18.30 L'oiseau de feu/ Diaghilev. Fantasies, I. Stravinskij/ O. Respighi, G. Rossini
One-act ballets, conductor Martynas Staškus
10 – 170 Lt

CONCERT

Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society, Aušros vartų str. 5, Vilnius

03 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, State choir of Kaunas and soloists Inesa Linaburgytė (soprano) ir Laima Jonutytė (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra concert, conductor Justus Frantz (Germany)
30 - 150 Lt

08 19.00 Klaipėda chamber orchestra and soloist Liora Grodnikaitė (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra concert, conductor Daniel Gazon (Belgium)
20 - 40 Lt

10 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and soloist Antal Szalai (violin, Hungary)
Orchestra concert, conductor Juozas Domarkas
30 - 100 Lt

14 19.00 Attis Quartet (Austria) and soloist Daumantas Kirilauskas (grand))
Chamber music concert
30 - 100 Lt

17 19.00 Lithuanian chamber orchestra and soloist Susanna Yoko Henkel (violin, Germany)
Orcestra concert, conductor Rolf Beck (Germany)
20 - 70 Lt

21 19.00 soloist Frederic Belli (Germany) and trombones from Lithuania.
Holiday of trombones, soloist Jonas Bylund (Sweden)
20 Lt

Vilnius Congress Palace, Vilnius str. 6/14,

02 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and soloists Dmitrij Karpov (tenor, Russia) and Sandra Janušaitė (soprano)
Symphonic concert “Uncoverable musical distances of Russia", conductor Andrej Anichanov (Russia)
20 – 70 Lt

23/24 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and quartet “Terem” (Russia)
Symphonic concert “Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd”, conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius
20 – 100 Lt

PLAYS

National Youth Theater, Arklių str. 5, Vilnius

09 18.00 Noises off Michael Frayn
Comedy, director Paolo Emilio Landi
30 – 50 Lt

28/29 18.00 Strip Man Show P.E.Landi
Comedy, director Paolo Emilio Landi
30 – 50 Lt

The State Small Theater of Vilnius, Gedimino av. 4, Vilnius

13 18.30 The Tempest William Shakespeare
Director Etienne Glaser (Sweden)
20 – 65 Lt

CONFERENCES

International conferences of Vilnius University

Faculty of Philosophy, Universiteto str. 5, Vilnius
09-10 Interdisciplinary studies of criminology: experience and perspectives

Faculty of Physics, Saulėtekio al. 9, III palace, Vilnius
19-23 9-as CIS-Baltic-JAPAN ferroelectric symposium RCBJSF-9

Faculty of Medicine, M.K.Čiurlionio str. 21, Vilnius
Symposium "Novelty in medicaments allergies"

23 Practicing new methods in neuroradiology

Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vokiečių str. 10, Vilnius
16 Ukraine: Between East and West

EXHIBITIONS

Contemporary Art Center Vokiečių str. 2, Vilnius

Till 11 Now Art Now Future
The 2nd International Biennial of Graphic Art
3 – 6 Lt

Till 11 Gerhard Richter
Survey
3 – 6 Lt

Center for exhibitions Litexpo, Laisvės str. 5, Vilnius

05 20 – 23 Balttechnika 2008

16th international exhibition about technical and technologies, environmental protection, energy and electro technical, electronic, industrial appliances, engineer cooperation.
4 – 10 Lt

LMA Museum of Applicable art, Arsenalo str. 3A, Vilnius

05 Unknown art from North Korea
Most outstanding pieces of contemporary artists from Kaesang collection
3 – 6 Lt

CINEMA

Skalvija, A.Goštauto 2/15, Vilnius

01 – 02 19.00, 21.00 Polish cinema week
“Remember December", “Witchcraft", etc. In Polish
8 – 12 Lt

05 – 08 19.00 Italian cinema week
"After Midnight", Three days of anarchy, etc. In Italian.
8 –12 Lt

12 19.00 Helmet and butterfly
Biographical drama in French, France
8 – 12 Lt

PARTIES

Gravity, J. Jasinskio g. 16, Vilnius
02 22.00 Deep Frequency: Robert Babicz/ Rob Acid (Germany)
20 Lt

16 22.00 Ewan Pearson (UK)
30 Lt

WOO, Vilniaus str. 22, Vilnius

03 15.00 Think Different. Jeff Mental (UK)
10 – 20 Lt

05 24 22.00 Mondayjazz Live! Dimlite (Swiss)
20 – 30 Lt

Aistė Jurčytė

Vilnius - the most friendly city for bicycles

Indre — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:55:00 +02:00

We should be happy to see that Vilnius is on the way on become the Europe’s friendliest city for bicyclists: the self government refused 3 million Euro for building new bicycle-tracks. We are also traffic so there is no need to be separated from cars traffic and drive in some narrow tracks. In purpose to make our trip safe, it was decided to ask us to wear special helmets and yellow light-reflecting vests.
But in my personal opinion, this is not enough and I have a few more suggestions how to make Vilnius more bicycle-friendly city (and, what is most important – safe for us!):

1.      To be sure it is safe to ride a bicycle, everyone should check its technical state. I suggest an annual compulsory bicycle technical check for the beginning of warm season: brakes, tires and the rate of vest light reflection (it is important to have a new one, isn’t it?). I think these criteria are enough to evaluate state of bicycle safety.

2.      Every two years everyone should pass an exam to check their theoretical knowledge and practical skills of riding this vehicle.

3.      Let’s reduce the price of getting the first car: government should fund the driving exam and there should be no taxes taken for driving lessons. As a result there will be more people driving a car. More cars – less bicycle drivers – less bicycle accidents!

4.      All few present bicycle tracks should be removed. Especially those which are on streets – they just take an unnecessary space!

5.      Each time when buying a bicycle, it should be registered in police and National Vehicle Registry so it is easier to find it after stealing.

6.      Every bicycle driver should have an accident insurance.

7.      It should be forbidden to ride a bicycle under 16. Younger than 18 years old should have additional wheels for making the vehicle more stable.

I think these implementations would help Vilnius to become even more bicycle-friendly city than ever!

By the way, there is an alternative:

Let’s take European Union money (and add some ours) and build a lot of bicycle tracks so there is no need drive surrounded by cars. Then neither helmet nor vest is needed.

Oh…but maybe not – everything is too complicated here…

A suggestion for discussion: what more can you add to these 7 suggestions to make Vilnius even more bicycle-friendly city than now?

Some information about current situation in Vilnius.

Currently Vilnius bicycle riders got two happy news:

The first – on the 1st of July the new law will start working which tells that every bicycler have to wear a helmet all the riding time and a light reflecting vest during the dark time of day. Implementation was taken without any research (at least there is no information about that). Lithuania bicyclers are against it because this decision will reduce usage of this, already rarely used, vehicle popularity. What else can happen – there are already lots of people who refuse to ride a bicycle just because of being sweaty and winded. How will we look after wearing helmets?

The second happy new is that Vilnius refused to use 9,4 million Litas from European Union to build a bicycle track EuroVelo11 which should have crossed all Vilnius. It would have been a great bounce to the renovation of city bicycle track net. By the way, few politicians speak that it is possible to build the EuroVelo11 track for 3 million Litas and they plan to do that. But the reason why those 9,4 millions were not taken is that those money are not enough and government should have found much more. So where is the logic?..

We should be happy about the fact that government is trying to take care of bicyclists’ safety. And we really want to believe in promises to fix the situation of bicycle track net in Vilnius. But when starting to think sane, it becomes impossible. It even starts looking like politicians are trying to expel bicyclists form the city – they not only refuse to develop the infrastructure but are also trying to transform us to Christmas trees…

Domantas Širvinskas
EziukasVilniuje

Road without madness day

Erika — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:52:00 +02:00

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.

One day without stress on the roads in fight with driving habits cultivated few decades ago. Is it possible that for one day French people could stop reserve fascinating moments of life and respect the red traffic-light? Who, if not Italian, could blow off steam and take their time for driving easy on this and other Sundays. Maybe then they could forget the driving style, which is the cause of scratching neighbor’s ass time to time. Curious, what reportages will be prepared by Lithuanian news service for today? Lithuanians still can not get rid of the statistics, where they are leaders in deaths on the road number.

Maybe it could be regrettable to reject the national driving habits. It is a serious national identity expression. But there is on international driving weakness – to drive safely - could balance the negative rates, and mass media would slim down.

Simona Štrimaitytė

Translated by Erika Lastovskytė

Higher spirits in Lithuanian cinema

Erika — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:44:00 +02:00

How much time is needed to review 80000 pictures? This visual pleasure lasts just 15 minutes. It is absolutely true, the creators of the first and only Lithuanian photo movie, assured. They presented the result of a unique audiovisual project - a short photo film - to the public. The script was born when the 24 year old director, Jūratė Samulionytė was watching people busying themselves with everyday things and become bleary eyed, monotonous and bitter. The title of this film, declares a break from the ordinary - NOROUTINE.

Liberation
The main character - Henrik, works at a very boring office job. The automatic repetition if the same actions can push one into an abyss of despair, especially when you are lonely. It's a good thing that Henrik has his "fun things", which help him get up with more energy and lead him toward self liberation. Due to these sincere efforts Henrik finds a mysterious ribbon. We can only guess whether it is made from bandage or toilet paper. The man begins his journey, incredibly intrigued himself and tries to figure out where the line could end. He starts collecting meter after meter of it, but it not only does not end, but floats around city streets, yards and various unexpected places. Finally, after following the waving line, Henrik finds a sunny surprise in his life and the next day is doubly happy for both him and his things.

NOROUTINE - trailer

Visual illusion of movement
The moving spirit of the film, Jūratė, was interested in the Czech surrealists Jan Švankmajer's and French directors Michel Gondry's moving objects. She, together with her creative team, started to develop the idea of the screenplay a few years ago. Eventual decision about the visualization of the idea was finally doomed by the circumstances. At first the team thought about the cocktail of the filming and stop-motion techniques, but they came to a conclusion, that in this way they will not taste the perfect taste of it, also knowing that a professional camera is a luxury for the young Lithuanian cinema makers. So in search of alternatives that would help transfer good emotions, the students chose the photo camera.

It was comic and very difficult to conform to technical miracles. The photo camera makes eight shots per second and after that, it records images to the memory card, during that time actors had to stay still like statues - not the tiniest step forward. It was especially hard for the main actor, Saulius Čėpla, who impersonated the main character Henrik. For hopping children, who could never stop fidgeting, it was strange to take part in this project - movies are filmed, not photographed. Tissue, flip-flop, tooth brush - animated things belong to Henrik, and to work with them was like a routine itself - a shot is captured, then a thing moved, then again shot and so on and so forth. It is similar to clay animation. On the top of it all 2 or 3 takes had to be taken - the project was a real challenge.

The whole photo session continued for 9 days and after it, 2 months of scrupulous team work - dubbing, animation, continuity. And at last NOROUTINE gladdened all with a very deep heartiness and bright colors.

The appreciation of experimental smiles
Traditionally, film makers invite special guests to the unveiling before the grand opening. That night the church of Saint Catherine was overcrowded. The cosy whispering hushed when young, warm and sincere people, just like their film, showed up on a stage. After it travelled the international film festivals in Munich, Prague, Hong Kong, Belgrade, this unique project waits for appreciation in Lithuanian cinema and the television cinema awards "The silver crane".

The spring in the screens
For the first time NOROUTINE shone on the big screens at the international film festival "Cinema spring". This festival, organized for the thirteenth year already, revitalises the young first-timers, actors, movie directors, producers, cameramen and all lovers of alternative cinema. Pupils skipped their lessons, romantically swinging pairs and even working people, who took a special cinema vacation, could enjoy the rich program of the festival this year. This year, the festival, which was born in the legendary cinema "Lietuva", already said it's adieu to the lovers of non commercial cinema in Vilnius, but in Kaunas, Klaipėda, Panevėžys and Šiauliai you can still catch the screenings of selected movies.

International film festival CINEMA SPRING 08 trailer

NOROUTINE producer - LINA DRIŽYTĖ - interview
NOROUTINE director - JŪRATĖ SAMULIONYTĖ - interview

Erika Lastovskytė
Photos by Audrius Zelenis

P.S. More about the cinema LIETUVA case in English you can read and discuss it in Vilnius forum.

A wider way for bloggers

Erika — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:27:00 +02:00

How do Lithuanian writers of internet diaries live? A few weeks ago they met at the second Lithuanian bloggers conference BLOGin 2008 in Vilnius. The communication about the event was planned effectively - the tickets, worth a sell-out play, were all bought. Approximately 400 participants attended. This professionally organized meeting of webloggers reflected the current situation in the Lithuanian blogosphere.

The beginning of the beginning
I read many blogs in order to find the information about the BLOGin 2008 conference. Plenty of reviews and subjective opinions, but insights, trends and objective analyses were almost impossible to find. Many bloggers here perceive a blog as the sketchbook of their own minds, write for themselves and this is it. It is a diary, definitely, but here, in Lithuania, the opportunities of web log are not revealed yet. The importance of this tool is measured by the volume of readers, rss feeds, clicks, etc.? It is true, that it is important how many readers you have, how do they read your blog, who is you audience and how you can earn money by writing. Much attention was paid to the commercial side of web logs at this conference - advertising in the blog, a private held company blog etc. To my mind, those are the very important details, but without a strong background this is only an empty waste of time - writing not for the audience, writing just for the writing process.

High standing opinion leaders in the world use blogs for expedient communication. To form the opinion of the audience does mean a lot to them: to raise the demand of the readers for the quality of the content, to deal with topical issues, supply the news, to stimulate valuable discussion and international involvement. No less important are clear objectives when writing a blog - what, why and how you want to say to your readers, what is the result you expect.

In my oppinion, it is crucial for a weblogger to understand his important role in present day communications, to feel responsible, while informing his readers and creating the content together with them. At the very least, the objectives have to be noble. Currently the race for high ratings is more important than the shaping of opinions, directional and high-grade informing. I envisage the aspect of the winning recognition optimistically - it is only a beginning of the beginning.

New sounds of media makers
Vital communities - the brightest reflection of a socially responsible civic society. It is true to say, that the community of webloggers is active, we can see it manifest in the comments of blogs, informal meetings, it was seen at this conference as well. The organization, alliance, association of Lithuanian bloggers - sounds tasty. Presently, only few initiatives emerge to form a community of bloggers here. Organizational behavior and official status gives wider possibilities and conditions to generate a quality of the blog contents, solve problems, represent the interests of bloggers, better and faster. This is why it is so important to grow the conditions for a solid community to coordinate actions.

It was complicated to understand Vanessa's Witkowski (the secretary general at European youth press) presentation for the native audience, and the reviews in local blogs were quite controversial.

ore.lt
The European Youth Press representative outlined the project in a very general way without answering the direct questions of the moderator or other participants, e.g.: what is the precise model of your activities? Everything was hidden behind the slogans of multicultural and multinational Europe that might be interesting for statesmen. The audience did not understand the speaker, and she - what we wanted.

pbg
- a girl speaks na inastranam jazyke (from russian:in foreign tongues). Tells about what are the blogs and blog farms. impossibly boring.

nezinau.lt
European Youth Press, Cafe Babel, Transloo. European Union tries to lay the bridges between youth from different countries, but while they are still ripen away in their national space, international sites are still the subject of introduction in the conferences. It is true, there is an active Cafe Babel project with Lithuanians participating in it - it was also presented. In the same direction of ruining the language barriers was pointed the idea of Tadas about the text translation service Transloo.

kleiva.lt
Vanessa Witkowski from Belgium, European Youth Press, talks. Despite few trivialities, all the content of the presentation is really very good. She told, that this organization likes young bloggers. Me? :)

arvydas.net
It seems, that Vanessa Witkowski has hit a country that is a little too small... This lady calls to participate in civic media and to join the free European journalists. You see, there are a few problems to join the active groups:
    * We write only in Lithuanian, and there are very few writers in English.
    * We write for our own pleasure.
    * Most of us are not journalists and do not want to be. :)
    * We are Lithuanians and we do not care about anything beyond our borders. Unless a neighbors' roof is on fire...
    * There are too few of us...
I guess 5-10 years more are needed for us to wish to go to Europe with our blogs, solve European problems and change European political direction. Until then I will dwell on Lithuania. :)

Coda
Bloggers and journalists differ, but both perform a very important function for the society - first of all they inform. Feel responsible while writing for your own pleasure, talk in many languages, open your insights for a wider audience and remember, that our country is small, but the importance of it can be crucial. Therefore vilnius(at)cafebabel.com team is open for initiatives, questions, discussions, articles and translations.

Most of the official BLOGin pictures you can review here.

Erika Lastovskytė
Photographer Kęstutis Kurienius

International Monuments and Sites Day

Indre — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:03:00 +02:00

The 18th of April we can mark as the International Monuments and Sites Day . The world calendar started to signify it at 1982. The classical version of the monument, carved of marble or even gold-plated, associates with the respect, as it comes - Lenin or the peeing boy. In the tourist maps the monuments play a secondary role in line with architectural chef-d’oeuvres and toilets. However, it is negotiable what do Americans choose to visit - the Hill of The Tree Crosses, or the monument for Frank Zappa?

Maybe there are too many monuments built if the questions, are they all worth of attention, appear? Does the Lithuanian nation need the soviet occupation busts? It only remains to put one‘s nose into the park of Grutas, where the attributes of the soviet occupation period is stored: few versions of proud Lenin sculptures, few of Stalin, etc. Those are the monuments to remember the black history of Lithuania. So the dilemma where to put the comma appears in the sentence: „to preserve impossible to ruin“. Still, the monument destruction is like a women, who tries to hide her age.

If the old monuments leave you cold, for whom would you build the new one?

Simona Štrimaitytė
Translated by Erika Lastovskytė

Buildings – hostages of ideology

Indre — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:00:00 +02:00

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?

A specific social pressure at the beginning of XX century caused a discontinuity from the past. The fast growing population in Europe together with the industrial revolution has provoked the sudden emergence of a demand for buildings for living and other purposes. The destruction caused by the two world wars determined the need of rebuilding entire neighborhoods. These changes evoked development of new techniques and new materials, rendering a possibility to build structures of big scale using cheap and mass production methods. These were the preconditions of modern architecture appearance. The form in architecture became a reasonable function. New, practical buildings were perceived as beautiful – until then in all historical styles, especially in XIX century eclectics, the form of the building and interior were not specially interconnected. Modernism, which was earmarked by aesthetics of white, smooth walls, the usage of mass production and huge volume scales, undoubtedly was advantageous for the social situation at this time.

It is a paradox, but this new movement reached the peak of popularity after it was forbidden by the totalitarian regimes reigning in Europe. Many artists of modern architecture, distinguished by their original way of thinking and working, which had the courage to deny already established architectural traditions (W. Gropius, L.Mies van der Rohe), were born in Germany later dominated by totalitarian regime. The architects were exiled, imprisoned or forced to conform to the dictate of architectural committees. The Soviet Union was not an exception, where more than one avant-garde art movement has arisen.

The soviet modernism – unique phenomenon

How specific and distinctive is the architecture of Soviet modernism? First of all, by the contradictions of ideology and aesthetics. In 1955, when the Western Europe modernism started to be strongly criticized, the aesthetic attitudes towards the style started to change – the act “Regarding the Elimination of Surfeit in Designing and Building” had been enforced by the CC CPSU (Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union). It was an unprecedented case – the political will determined architectural style, causing revival of modernism. Under the social program delineated by the party a new massive typical construction began to establish in Soviet Union, and the complexes of massive living and social buildings were landscaped.

However, even at this point other essential differences from Western modernism appeared.
A smooth wall did not become beautiful in Soviet Union. Very often it was decorated with ornament or mosaic, horizontal lines were attempted to be spiced with new elements of architectural expression, which could not have been applied in the work of ideologically thinking modernists’. On the other hand, thanks to the professionalism of the architects of that time and professional foreign literature secretly brought into the country, we have original nuggets, reflecting the spirit of the time; astonishingly clean architectural aesthetics, harmony of proportions, which, as monuments of the recent history, unfortunately are disappearing unvalued.

Is the seal of ideology ruining the value?

The current state of modernism architecture is also related to ideological aspects. It is especially painful in the country where architectural monuments remind of recent totalitarian past. After the re-establishment of the Independence in Lithuania, everything, which was built in Soviet times, became unacceptable and vulgar. It was started to be considered as intruded upon others, dictated, and enforced. After the socio-economic situation changed, unnecessary and neglected pearls of Soviet modernist architecture turned into ghost buildings with massive grey walls, large scale and grey concrete as their distinctive feature…
Large scale buildings built in the centre of the city, in the meantime, often become especially attractive purchase with the value of land increasing. They are not protected by heritage regulations and therefore are being destroyed easily. However, when the building is ruined, not only „ugly“ piece of the time disappear, but its social or cultural designation is also being changed – instead of the demolished building are sprouting commercial and living objects. At this situation namely the Soviet modernism fall under the biggest cultural – memorial load. And the biggest threats.
The buildings itself are not past, and the way, how we interpret them today is not history. Historical buildings and the way they look today is a reflection of our present. Only our behavior models towards the Soviet architecture will determine if these buildings will become part of our architecture and culture, or just meaningless, speechless and collapsing past.

There are some examples of modern architecture in Vilnius:

CINEMA THEATER "VILNIUS" (J.Kasperavičius, Č.Strimaitis, 1963). A good example of modern reconstructionizm, also called „fasadizm“ where the facade of the building is left in tact but the interior is completely changed. Currently the building is occupied by „United colors of Benetton.“ The previously valuable interior is gone – as it happened to most buildings. (Photo made by Giedrius Ilgūnas)

THE CENTRAL VILNIUS SUPERMARKET (1984)

This retail center architecturally can be classified as an example of functionalism. It is included in a architectural heritage list, however it is not protected. During the reconstruction the facade was changed in volume and new materials were used for its decoration. The historical value was further decreased by erection of multilevel parking lots near by. (The first photo is taken from "Vilnius mažasis vadovas", 1988; the second one made by Giedrius Ilgūnas)

BEER RESTAURANT "TAURO RAGAS" (E.Gūzas, A.Mačiulis, 1974)

During earlier days the building was held as the best example of Vilnius modern architecture. Its style reminds of Le Corbusier‘s late period and Mies van der Rohe‘s pavilion designs. Building was not included in the heritage protection register and therefore its faith is in hands of its new owners. (Photo made by Giedrius Ilgūnas)

CINEMA "LIETUVA", VILNIUS (1959-1965)

In 2002 privatized theater primarily was important not as the example of modern architecture, but as the cultural center for most citizens of Vilnius. The current plans are to build a multistory apartment building. However Vilnius citizens community is putting constant resistance and two separate law cases are being held in the courts. Therefore the license for demolition is still pending. (Photo made by Giedrius Ilgūnas)

VILNIUS CONCERTS AND SPORTS PALACE (E. Chlomauskas, J. Kriukelis, Z.Liandzbergis, 1971)

In 2006 the palace was enrolled in heritage protection registry and it is advised to protect this building on the regional level. Unique architecture and the construct of this building is a renound world wide invention. Even though the building is a long lived symbol of modern architecture in Vilnius its fate is clouded. The municipal authorities claim that they will buy back the building from its current owners, however no real steps are being made. (Photo made by Giedrius Ilgūnas)

Julija Kšivickaitė

Translated by Margarita Gedvilaitė and Jurgis Vėgėlė

April Event Guide Vilnius

Indre — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:49:00 +02:00

Warm spring invites to poke our noses out, but there's no need to stay inside while the rain is gushing out. Many concerts, specialized conferencies and "Cinema's spring" ("Kino pavasaris") are offered in April.

OPERA

Opera and Ballet Theatre, Vienuolio str. 1, Vilnius

05 04, 09 04, 11 04, 12 04 and 13 04 18.30 Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini
Opera in Italian, conductor Martynas Staškus

10 – 170 Lt

BALLET

Opera and Ballet Theatre, Vienuolio str. 1, Vilnius

06 04 18.00 Zorba the Greek, Mikis Theodorakis
Ballet, conductor Modestas Pitrėnas

10 – 120 Lt

08 04 18.30 Swan Lake, Piotr Tchaikovsky
Ballet, conductor Vytautas Viržonis

10 – 120 Lt

10 04 18.30 Giselle, Adolph Adam
Ballet, conductor Vytautas Viržonis

10 – 120 Lt

25 04 , 26 04 18.30 L'oiseau de feu/ Diaghilev. Fantasies, I. Stravinskij/ O. Respighi, G. Rossini
One-act ballets, conductor Martynas Staškus

25 – 190 Lt

30 04 18.30 The Sleeping Beauty, Piotr Tchaikovsky
Ballet, conductor Martynas Staškus

15 – 120 Lt

CONCERT

Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society, Aušros vartų str. 5, Vilnius

08 04 19.00 Deutsche Philharmonie Merck (Germany), soloist Dalia Stulgytė – Schmalenberg (violin, Germany)
Orchestra concert, Festival "Sugrįžimai", conductor Wolfgang Heinzel (Germany)

10 – 20 Lt

09 04 19.00 Kwartet Pomorski (Poland) ir Čiurlionis quartet
Chamber music

20 Lt

12 04 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and soloist Karine Georgian (violin, United Kingdom)
Orchestra concert, conductor Miroslaw Blaszczyk (Poland)

20 - 70 Lt

13 04 19.00 Ensemble Musica Humana and soloist Vieri Bottazzini (flute, Italy) and others.
Chamber music, conductor Algirdas Vizgirda

20 Lt

16 04 19.00 Zecharia Plavin (grand piano, Israel) and Raimondas Butvila (fiddle, Venezuela)
Chamber music

20 Lt

19 04 19.00 Lithuanian chamber orchestra and soloists Rūta Lipinaitytė (fiddle) and Sergejus Okruško (harpsichord)
Orchestra concert, conductor Aleksandar Markovič (Austrija)

20 - 40 Lt

23 04 19.00 Trio Cavatina (USA)
Chamber music

20- 40 Lt

26 04 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and soloists Vilhelmas Čepinskis (fiddle) and Ūla Ulijona Žebriūnaitė (viola)
Orchestra concert, conductor Georg Mark (Austria)

30 - 100 Lt

03 04 19.00 Vilnius string quartet and soloist Edvinas Minkštimas (grand piano, USA).
Chamber music

20 - 40 Lt

Vilnius Congress Concert, Vilnius str. 6/14, Vilnius

04 04 19.00 Cristina Ortiz (grand piano, Brazil)
Grand piano and symphonic music concert, conductor Eri Klas (Estonia)

20 – 70 Lt

11 04 19.00 Kuba Jakowicz (fiddle, Poland)
Symphonic concert, conductor Antoni Wit (Poland)

20 – 70 Lt

PLAYS

Valstybinis jaunimo teatras, Arklių str. 5, Vilnius

02 04 18.00 Jei taip, tai šitaip W.Shakespeare
Drama in Lithuanian, director Paul Eugene Budraitis

20 – 30 Lt

13 04 18.00 Noises off Michael Frayn
Comedy, director Paolo Emilio Landi

30 – 50 Lt

29/30 04 18.00 Strip Man Show P.E.Landi
Comedy, director Paolo Emilio Landi

30 – 50 Lt

The State Small Theater of Vilnius, Gedimino av. 4, Vilnius

04 09/19 18.30 The Tempest W.Shakespeare
Director Etienne Glaser (Sweden)

20 – 65 Lt

CONFERENCES

Vilnius University:

Faculty of Philology, Universiteto str. 5, Vilnius

04 09 – 10 Vilnius: cultural and literary reflection

04 25 Scandinavian linguistics and literature

Faculty of Medicine, M.K.Čiurlionio str. 21, Vilnius

02 – 03 04 II International Vilnius' courses „Vaccines as means of better life"

17 – 19 04 IV Baltic states conference of endocrinologists

18 – 19 04 XIV International Vilnius conference - school of children pulmonology

Institute of International Relations and Political Science , Vokiečių str. 10, Vilnius

04 04 European Neighbourhood Policy: Experience of the Baltic States

18 04 Russia after Presidency Elections

Senate palace, Universiteto str. 3, Vilnius

04 17 – 18 International seminar "Communication challenges for universities in the age of high-tech"

EXHIBITIONS

Contemporary Art Center, Vokiečių str. 2, Vilnius

Since 04 04 Now Art Now Future
The 2nd International Biennial of Graphic Art

3 – 6 Lt

Since 04 04 Gerhard Richter
Survey

3 – 6 Lt

CINEMA

Skalvija, A.Goštauto str. 2/15, Vilnius

04 03 – 17 International Cinema Festival „Kino pavasaris‘08“
International films festival

8 – 12 Lt

01/02 04 19.00/15.00 Cycle „Real Fantasies of Tim Burton"
Drama/musical thriller, director Tim Burton (USA, United Kingdom)

8 – 12 Lt

02 04 17.15 Schpaaa
Drama in Norwegian, director Eric Poppe (Norway)

8 – 12 Lt

PARTIES

Pacha, Gynėjų str. 14, Vilnius

04 04 22.00 Martin Accorsi (Germany) and others.

35 Lt

WOO, Vilniaus str. 22, Vilnius

05 04 22.00 Mondayjazz Live: Dorian Concept (Austria)

15 – 20 Lt

Galaxy, Konstitucijos av. 26, Vilnius

11 04 22.00 Pure Future White/ Pure Future Festival Grand Opening 2008

30 Lt

L'amour, Vokiečių str 2, Vilnius

04 19 22.00 Mosquito Birthday, Carlos Rosas (Venezuela)

25Lt

Aistė Jurčytė

A Day for the Vacationing World – Theatre

Indre — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:59:00 +01:00

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”.
In our regular earthly speech this would stand for “good luck”. This mean expression is explained by the superstition that, when you wish luck on stage, there is a large probability of something going wrong. Thus, if you wish the opposite – a misfortune, something good might happen.

World Theatre Day was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute. This is more like the day of a closed community. For the viewers this day with theater automatically becomes a special occasion. Tickets to the theatre appear in our pockets for Christmas or during a second date, or when you finally find some courage to make time for it.

When preparing for a theatrical occasion we wear the best of our moods. After all the theater atmosphere is programmed for spiritual fulfillment, even though the phenomenon of theatre has arisen from our own planet: famous historical figures, eternal dilemmas, emptiness and absurdity. Thus the magic of theatre is separated from everyday life by a few rituals, which we have so scrupulously kept up during the centuries.

Simona Štrimaitytė

Translated by Vytautas Povilas Jurgaitis

A Day for Poetry

Indre — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:17:00 +01:00

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.

The poets’ hands guided dreamy lyrics like kites through changing winds. For example, the soviet poets of yesterday had their own agendas. Aesopean language strolled through corridors of nationalism. Today the corridors and tunnels are gone. Now, with our noses upturned, we can only fold the clouds heavy with some sort of dizziness.

At the same time the future is a threat to all nations. It is interesting to watch how the nine headed high-tech globalisation is digitizing the wild, creative side of humanity. Already we have computer programs that create effective commercials. Poetry is the next step, which our collective feet are poised for. The mechanics for the creation of inspiring and heart-warming collections of words are simple: a few keywords and the recipients ears are filled with magical poetry filled with idealism, lechery or the purest of truths.

Soon the day will come when a sensitive little robot, with an award for digital poetry, will replace the fallen heads of the Greek goddess Iambe and John Lennon.

Today we would love to make a gift of some Vytautas’ Mačernis’ poetry

***

My soul, hungry as a beast,
I feed the best fruit of the earth:
Science and art; may it enjoy
The colours and inspired tones.

I let it be perverse and then remorseful,
By wearing sharp, rough cloth,
But I cannot sate it with anything
That panther, hungry, wild.

Simona Štrimaitytė

translated by Vytautas Povilas Jurgaitis

The Show must go on

Indre — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:56:00 +01:00

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.

During soviet times in Lithuania music was the niche where the seeds of freedom began to grow. Culture and music shows on the national radio weren’t as strictly censored and among the youths more and more often you would hear nationalists humming patriotic songs, or just songs urging to overthrow the soviet regime.

Today music censorship in Lithuania is very lax, but after all why censor the songs if they are only a little too lecherous. On the other hand in China a decision was reached to curb perverted music, because it is harmful to people’s health. Incidentally, in countries where music is politicized, like Belarus, Zimbabwe, the United States, control is especially important. In any case, music against war sounds great, even in a golden birdcage, especially if it is emphasized by swearing and made more colorful by new social ideals. Has anyone heard the song about the new ideal male – “Just like Putin?”

In comparison with us, music is in its golden age and we are its slaves: before fully waking, we instinctively turn on the melody maker, we walk the streets rolled in a blanket of digital music, hunt for the latest free songs on the internet and hear Vagner in public buses.

I suggest we let music be still for today. A day without music – is it possible?

Simona Štrimaitytė
translation Vytautas Povilas Jurgaitis

March Event Guide Vilnius

Indre — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:06:00 +01:00

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

OPERA

Opera and Ballet Theater, Vienuolio str. 1, Vilnius

01, 08 03 18.30 Boris Godunov, Modest Musorgskij
Opera in Russian, conductor Robertas Šervenikas
15 – 190 Lt

13 03 18.30 Johannes passion, Johann Sebastian Bach
Performance in German, conductor Rolf Beck
10 – 120 Lt

15 03 18.30 Un Ballo in Mascera, Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in Italian, conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius
15 – 170 Lt

19 03 18.30 Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera in Italian, conductor Martynas Staškus
18 – 120 Lt

BALLET

Opera and Ballet Theater, Vienuolio str. 1, Vilnius

02 03 12.00 Greek Zorba, Mikis Theodorakis
Ballet, conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
7 – 90 Lt

05 03 18.30 A Midsummer Night's Dream - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Carmen - Georges Bizet/Rodion Shchedrin
One-act ballets, conductor Martynas Staškus
7 – 90 Lt

06 03 18.30 Don Quixote, Ludwig Aloisius Minkus
Ballet, conductor Vytautas Viržinis
10 – 120 Lt

14 03 18.30 Bayadere Ludwig Aloisius Minkus
Ballet, conductor Martynas Staškus
10 – 120 Lt

16 03 12.00 Snowflake and 7 gnomes, Bogdan Pawlowski
Ballet, conductor Alvydas Šulčys
5 – 30 Lt

18 03 18.30 Ana Karenina, Rodion Shchedrin
Ballet, conductor Valerij Ovsianikov
10 – 120 Lt

CONCERT

Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society, Aušros vartų str. 5, Vilnius

01 03 09.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and soloist Sergej Krylov (violis, Italy)
Symphonic concert, conductor Juozas Domarkas
30 – 100 Lt

05 03 19.00 Saint. Kristofor chamber Orchestra and soloists Golda Vainberg – Tatz (grand piano, USA), Martin Labazevitch (grand piano, USA) ir Charles Humphries (countertenor, UK)
Symphonic concert, conductor Donatas Katkus
20 – 40 Lt

08 03 19.00 Denis Macujev (grand piano, Russia)
grand piano recital
100 – 150 Lt

14 03 19.00 Miroslav Kultyšev (grand piano, Russia)
grand piano recital
20 – 50 Lt

15 03 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and soloist Nestor Marconi (bandonija, Argentina)
Symphonic concert, conductor Robertas Šervenikas
30 – 100 Lt

18 03 19.00 Lendvai String Trio and soloist Martin Sturfalt (grand piano, Sweden)
Chamber music concert
20 Lt

29 03 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and soloist Jean – Marc Luisada (grand piano, France)
Symphonic concert, conductor Ronald Zollman (Belgium)
20 – 70 Lt

Congress Palace, Vilniaus str. 6/14, Vilnius

08 03 18.00 ensemble Giunter Percussion
Chamber concert
15 – 50 Lt

09 03 Richard Clayderman
Grand piano concert
100 - 180 Lt

25 – 30 03 19.00 The Magic Flute
Opera, conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius
80 – 100 Lt

PLAYS

National Youth Theater, Arklių str. 5, Vilnius

04/05 03 18.00 Russian laughter
Comedy in Russian, visiting Russian theater from Riga
30 – 50 Lt

06/07 03 18.00 Strip Man Show P.E.Landi
Comedy in Lithuanian, director Paolo Emilio Landi
30 – 50 Lt

13 03 18.00 Jei taip, tai šitaip W.Shakespeare
Drama in Lithuanian, director Paul Eugene Budraitis
20 – 30 Lt

25/26 03 18.00 Extravaganza
Visiting Fingers theater from Georgia
52 Lt

The State Small Theater of Vilnius, Gedimino pr. 4, Vilnius

02/28 03 18.30 The Tempest W.Shakespeare
Director Etienne Glaser (Sweden)
20 – 65 Lt

National Drama Theater of Lithuania, Gedimino pr. 4, Vilnius

06/07/16 03 18.00 The Price of Freedom R.W.Fassbinder
Director Yana Ross (USA)
15 – 50 Lt

14 03 18.00 Gospoda Glembajevi
Director Ivica Buljan (Croatia)
15 – 25 Lt

CONFERENCES

Vilnius University

Institute of International relations and political science, Vokiečių str. 10, Vilnius

06 03 Tendencies of political development of Belarus

12 03 The European perspective of Moldova: possibilities and challenges

Faculty of natural science, Čiurlionio str. 21/27, Vilnius

11 03 The COINS 2008. Fifth international natural science student conference

Faculty of chemistry, Naugarduko str. 24, Vilnius

20 – 25 03 NanoTechnologies in the preservation of art heritage

Faculty of medicine, M.K.Čiurlionio str. 21, Vilnius

25 - 26 03 IV Baltic conference of ultrasound diagnostic in obstetrics and gynecology

EXHIBITIONS

Contemporary Art Center Vokiečių str. 2, Vilnius

closing 23 03 Decoder Contour - Third biennial for video art (Mechelen, Belgium)

Contour 2007 - third biennial for video art has been given the subtitle Decoder. The exhibition presents a number of video and film works in a double-edged line of inquiry. It investigates the perceptual and rhetorical mechanisms that exist which affect and shape how people assimilate their comprehension of the world. Within this investigation it also analyzes the contemporary tendencies within lens-based media art practices for looking at the particular issue above, whether self-reflexive or not.
3 – 6 Lt

closing 23 03 The artist book exhibition
The perception and use of books in Lithuanian and foreign contemporary art.
3 – 6 Lt

VU Library, Universiteto str. 3, Vilnius

opening 03 04 Prototip – Archetip R. Bogataj ir M. Kreš (Slovenia)
The communication department of the government of Slovenian republic present an exhibition in partnership with Vilnius university.

Reval Hotel Lietuva, Konstitucijos pr. 20, Vilnius

06 - 09 03 10.00 Amber Trip
Fifth international jewelry exhibition
12 Lt

CINEMA

Skalvija, A.Goštauto str. 2/15, Vilnius

02 03 21.00 Il Portiere di Notte
Drama in Russian, director Liliana Cavani (Italy)
8 – 12 Lt

05 03 17.20 Ondt blod
Drama in Danish, director Carsten Fromberg (Denmark)
8 – 12 Lt

07 – 13 03 Šeršėliafam
International women film festival
8 – 12 Lt

PARTIES

Gravity, J. Jasinskio str. 16, Vilnius

08 03 Blue Sessions # 2: Zoot Woman live
Zoot Woman (GB)
30 Lt

WOO, Vilniaus str. 22, Vilnius

03 15 22.00 St.Patrick Day
DJ’ai Dicky Trisco, Boogie Corporation (UK)
15 – 25 Lt

SPORT

Siemens Arena, Ozo str. 14, Vilnius

16 03 18.00 MMA Bushido 2008
International fight
30 – 150 Lt

12 03 20.00 Vilnius Lietuvos rytas – Istambul Fenerbahce Ulker (Turkey)
Eurolygue TOP 16 basketball match
30 – 60 Lt

Aistė Jurčytė