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Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė
Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė (born 17 April 1942 in Mažeikiai) is a Lithuanian set designer and painter. Biography In 1965, she graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Fine Arts. She worked at the Lithuanian Radio and Television Committee in 1965–1968, at the Lithuanian Film Studio in 1968–1986, and the Lithuanian National Radio and Television in 1986–1999. Works Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė created scenic design and costumes for about 40 different plays, including plays staged by the Kaunas Drama Theatre ('' King Matt the First'' by Janusz Korczak in 1969; ''Black Comedy'' by Peter Shaffer in 1971), Kaunas State Musical Theatre (''Three Evenings'' by in 1966; ''Silva'' by Emmerich Kálmán in 1978), Lithuanian Academic Drama Theatre (''Bridge'' by in 1970; ''Louis XIV'' by Jan-Olof Ekholm in 1981; '' The Rats'' by Gerhart Hauptmann in 1988), Lithuanian National TV (''Le Bel indifférent'' by Jean Cocteau in 1976; ''Barbora Radvilaitė'' by Juozas Grušas i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mažeikiai
Mažeikiai (; Samogitian: ''Mažeikē''; lv, Mažeiķi) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 43,547, making it the eighth largest city in Lithuania. The city is the administrative center of Mažeikiai district municipality in Telšiai County. It is the largest city that does not have its own county. History Mažeikiai was first mentioned in written sources in 1335. A chronicler of the Livonian Order wrote about a campaign of the Order, during which the land of Duke Mažeika was devastated. The town started growing rapidly in 1869 when the Libau–Romny Railway connecting Vilnius and Liepāja was constructed. In 1893, the town had 13 shops and 5 alehouses. In 1894 an Eastern Orthodox church was built, and a synagogue had been founded several years earlier. In 1902 a Catholic church was established, followed by an Evangelical-Lutheran church in 1906. From 1899 to 1918 the town was called Muravyov. In 1919 Mažeikiai became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rats (play)
''The Rats'' is a stage drama in five acts by Gerhart Hauptmann, which premiered in 1911, one year before the author received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Unlike other Hauptmann plays, such as ''The Weavers'' (1892) and ''The Assumption of Hannele'' (1893), this one does not seem ever to have been performed on Broadway. Characters * Harro Hassenreuter, former theatrical manager * Mrs. Harro Hassenreuter * Walburga, their daughter * Pastor Spitta * Erich Spitta, postulant for holy orders, his son * Alice Ruetterbusch, actress * Nathanael Jettel, court actor * Kaeferstein, Dr. Kegel, pupils of Hassenreuter * John, foreman mason * Mrs. John, charwoman to Hassenreuter * Bruno Mechelke, her brother * Pauline Pipercarcka, a servant girl * Mrs. Sidonie Knobbe * Selma, her daughter * Quaquaro, house-steward * Mrs. Kielbacke * Policeman Schierke * Two infants Summary Setting: Berlin, late 19th or early 20th century. Mrs Jette John, housekeeper to Harro Hassenreuter, an ex-theatre m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lithuanian Painters
A list of notable Lithuanian artists. __NOTOC__ A * Kazys Abromavičius (b. 1928) * Gediminas Akstinas (b. 1961) *Romualdas Aleliūnas (1960-2016) * Zita Alinskaitė-Mickonienė (b. 1939) *Viktoras Andriušis (1908-1967) * Aleksas Andriuškevičius (b. 1959) * Kęstutis Andziulis (b. 1948) *Valentinas Antanavičius (b. 1936) *Kęstutis Antanėlis (b. 1951) *Robertas Antinis (b. 1946) * Neemija Arbitblatas (1908-1999) * Jonas Arčikauskas (b. 1957) B * Juozas Bagdonas (1911-2005) *Arvydas Bagdžius (1958-2008) * Gintautėlė Laimutė Baginskienė (b. 1940) * Ona Baliukonė (1948-2007) *Marija Bankauskaitė (1933-1992) *Angelina Banytė (b. 1949) * Gediminas Baravykas (1940-1995) * Aidas Bareikis (b. 1967) * Ray Bartkus (b. 1961) * Vitalija Bartkuvienė (1939-1996) *Edmundas Benetis (b. 1953) * Vladimiras Beresniovas (b. 1948) *Ilja Bereznickas (b. 1948) *Vytautas Pranas Bičiūnas (1893-1945) * Eglė Bogdanienė (b. 1962) * Alina Briedelytė-Kavaliauskienė (1942-1992) * Albertas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Druskininkai
Druskininkai (; pl, Druskieniki; be, Друскенiкi; yi, דרוזגעניק, translit=Druzgenik) is a spa town on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland. The city of Druskininkai has a population of 12,055 and dates back as a spa resort to the 19th century. Geography The town is located at the Ratnyčia River estuary to the Nemunas River and is surrounded by a natural forest reserve. The town is situated in a picturesque landscape with rivers, lakes, hills and forests. History According to some sources the site of present-day Druskininkai was inhabited by local Yotvingian tribes in the early Middle Ages. In the 13th century the area became a part of the expanding Duchy of Lithuania. A small castle was built in the area as a part of the defence system against the Teutonic Order. In 1308 the castle was conquered by the Teutonic Knights and destroyed, causing a depopulation of the area. The first written mention of Druskininkai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was seized and controlled by Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas was celebrated for its rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco and Lithuanian National Romanticism architectural-style buildings as well as popular furniture, the interior design of the time, and a widespread café culture. The city interwar architecture is regarded as among the finest examples of European Art Deco and has received the European Heritage Label. It contributed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaipėda
Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuania. The city has a complex recorded history, partially due to the combined regional importance of the usually ice-free Port of Klaipėda at the mouth of the river . Located in the region of Lithuania Minor, at various times, it was a part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Prussia and Germany until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. As a result of the 1923 Klaipėda Revolt it was annexed by Lithuania and has remained with Lithuania to this day, except between 1939 and 1945 when it was occupied by Germany following the 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania. The population has migrated from the city to its suburbs and hinterland. The number of inhabitants of Klaipėda city shrank from 202,929 in 1989 to 162,360 in 2011, but the urban zone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plungė
Plungė (; Samogitian: ''Plongė'') is a city in Lithuania with 17,252 inhabitants. Plungė is known for Plungė Manor and its park, Samogitian Art Museum. In the Oginskiai manor park stands the Perkūnas oak a natural monument. The Lourdes of Plungė was created in 1905 and attracts visitors to this day. In the center of Plungė stands a monument for the 10th anniversary of regaining the independence of Lithuania and a sculpture of Saint Florian built by the Lithuanian book carrier Kazys Barzdys. It has a crab stick factory which exports to many countries in Europe. History It is thought that the territory in which Plungė is situated was inhabited in 5th–1st centuries BC. After the Treaty of Melno country seats were established in the forests of Samogitia. From the 14th century to the middle of the 16th century, Plungė was a part of Gandinga district as an ordinary settlement. Later, the population of Plungė started to grow faster and surpassed the population of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urban area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 718,507 (as of 2020), while according to the Vilnius territorial health insurance fund, there were 753,875 permanent inhabitants as of November 2022 in Vilnius city and Vilnius district municipalities combined. Vilnius is situated in southeastern Lithuania and is the second-largest city in the Baltic states, but according to the Bank of Latvia is expected to become the largest before 2025. It is the seat of Lithuania's national government and the Vilnius District Municipality. Vilnius is known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The city was noted for its multicultural population already in the time of the Polish–Lithuanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dainų Dainelė
Dainų dainelė () is a Lithuanian singing competition for children ages 3 to 19 established in 1974. The competition takes place every two years and is organized by the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art under the direction of the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science (prior to 1998, it was organized by the Ministry of Education and the Lithuanian National Radio and Television). It is a popular and well attended competition. By 2014, it was estimated that more than 200,000 children competed at Dainų dainelė. History The first competition was held in spring 1974. The idea of the competition was raised by Aldona Šimaitytė, an employee of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television, in 1972. The competition's name comes from a Lithuanian folk song that was popularized by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. The goal of the event was to provide more varied children's programing and to encourage and promote children's musical education. In 1974, the final concert was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Bride (1974 Film)
''Devil's Bride'' ( lt, Velnio nuotaka) is the first Lithuanian musical created in 1974 and based on the book by Kazys Boruta ''Baltaragio malūnas'' ( en, Whitehorn Mill). Due to its popularity it is sometimes called a Lithuanian ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' rock opera. This musical is a joint creation by the director Arūnas Žebriūnas, composer Vyacheslav Ganelin and scriptwriter Sigitas Geda. Synopsis A devil, Pinčiukas (Gediminas Girvainis), comes to earth and lands near the mill of Baltaragis (Vasilijus Simčičius). Pinčiukas and Baltaragis conclude a pact: the devil will help the miller in his work and will get him a spectacular wife, Marcelė (Vaiva Mainelytė). In exchange, Baltaragis will let Pinčiukas marry the beautiful daughter he and Marcelė will have. Soon after giving birth to a daughter, Marcelė dies. The daughter, Jurga (played by the same actress interpreting her mother, Vaiva Mainelytė), grows up to become a beautiful woman, and the handsome Girdvainis (R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juozas Grušas
Juozas Grušas (November 16, 1901, Žadžiūnai-Kalniškiai, Kovno Governorate – May 21, 1986, Kaunas) was a Lithuanian writer, editor, dramatist and playwright. Biography Grušas' first inspirational teacher was the Lithuanian poet Jovaras, who taught him writing and spurred his interest in literature. In 1920 he enrolled at the Šiauliai Gymnasium, graduating in 1924. From 1924 to 1931 he was a student at the University of Lithuania (1930 renamed to ''Vytautas Magnus University''), in the Theology-philosophy faculty. In 1928 he was elected as chairman of the student organization Šatrija. After graduating in 1930, he began teaching the Lithuanian language. In 1931, together with Balys Sruoga, he co-founded the Lithuanian writers association; from 1937 to 1938 he was chairman of this organization. Grušas served as editor-in-chief of the Christian weekly newspaper ''Mūsų laikraštis'' (''Our Newspaper'') from 1928 to 1938. In 1935 he published a satirical novel, ''Karjer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
