Events
Events for April 19, 2008
- South Australia
- BBQ garden party
Join the Adelaide Daugavas Vanagi chapter for a barbeque lunch and garden party at 13:00 hours April 19 at the Daugavas Vanagi House, 23 Clark St., Wayville. The bar will open at noon.
- Queensland
- Lecture honors poet Gūtmanis
Arvids Biela will present a lecture honoring the poet Olafs Gūtmanis at 14:00 hours April 19 at Saule Ltd. (Latvian House), 24 Church Court, Buranda. This event, which will include readings of Gūtmanis’ poetry, is hosted by the Literary Society of the Brisbane Latvian Association. Admission by donation.
- New Jersey
- Raisters Fund laureate announced
Vilnis Baumanis will be honored at the annual Ēriks Raisters Memorial Fund function at 2 p.m. April 19 at Priedaine, 1017 Highway 33 East, Freehold. Baumanis, known for his central role in the musical ensemble Trīs no Pārdaugavas, will read his own humorous poetry at the event. Rita Gāle will speak about the laureate and a film about the ensemble’s visit to Latvia will be shown. Admission is USD 15. For more information visit Priedaine’s Web site at www.priedaine.org.
- United Kingdom
- Dūdalnieki celebrate 25th anniversary
The Latvian folk music group Dūdalnieki will celebrate its 25th aniversary at 17:30 hours April 19 at the Daugavas Vanagi Fund House - Bradford, 5 Clifton Villas, Bradford, West Yorkshire. The evening will begin with a concert by Dūdalnieki, the Leeds Latvian dance group Kamoliņš and guest folk group Grodi from Latvia. For further information contact Raimonds Dāle at or +44 (0) 774 523 2236 or www.labrit.co.uk.
- District of Columbia
- Estonian president to speak at U.S.-Baltic Foundation gala
President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves, guest of honor and keynote speaker at the 2008 U.S.-Baltic Foundation Celebration, will speak at 6 p.m. April 19 in the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, D.C. The celebration will headline a three-day series of Baltic cultural and business development events on April 18- 20. Sponsored by the U.S.-Baltic Foundation (USBF), the gala will feature a business conference, an exchange program summit, a silent auction and black-tie gala dinner to highlight relations between the U.S. and the Baltic States. For more information about all events write to , call +1 (202) 785-5056 or visit www.usbaltic.org.
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