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Future events and meetings

There will be no January or February meetings for the Heritage Club.  The meetings will resume in March 18, 2008, tentative, very close to Easter. It may be the 11^th. Then: April 15, 2008, May 20, 2008, June 17, 2008

Please keep in touch, hope to see all of you at the meetings and events. Please call: Millie Markauskaite Helt @ 610-497-5469 Coordinator, or email        milliemarks@aol.com

13th Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival

Recent Events

Independence day celebration

Lithuanian Independence day celebration - on Sunday, February 24.
11 AM - Mass in St. George church - 3580 Salmon St., Philadelphia, PA. 2 PM - program in Lithuanian Music Hall - 2715 E. Alleghany Ave., Philadelphia, PA.
Speaker: general major Jonas Kronkaitis, former commander in chief of the Lithuanian armed forces. Entertainment program: children of Vincas Kreve Lithuanian school, choir "Laisve", folk dance groups "Ausrine" and "Zilvinas". Tasty Lithuanian dinner can be purchased before the event.
Organizers: Lithuanian-American Community of Philadelphia
 

Our 100th Year Anniversary of LMHA - New Year's Eve Party

Date: 12/31/2007, Time: 8:00 PM to 1:00 AM

Place: Lithuanian Music Hall

Cost: $50.00 each refreshments and buffet all inclusive. Tickets must be purchased by 12/15

We’ll celebrate with food, music and fun! Let’s say Hello to 2008 together!

Documentary "Before Flying Back to the Earth"

Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 2 p.m. Lithuanian Music Hall 2715 E. Allegheny Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19134 - award winning documentary film by Arūnas Matelis "Before Flying Back to the Earth" (with English subtitles)

Directors’ Guild of America award for Best Documentary, “Silver Wolf” award in Amsterdam, “Golden Dove” award in Leipzig, and other awards. Shown in over 10 countries to over 400 million people. The most popular documentary ever shown in Lithuania. Bernardinai.lt 2007-6-15

Silent auction of paintings by Lithuanian artists donated by Jadvyga Laucevičius for the benefit of „Child‘s Gate to Learning“

Documentary film by Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė "Dievo vaikai" (God‘s Children) About the work in Lithuania of „Child‘s Gate to Learning“ organization

Presented by Philadelphia Chapter of “Child’s Gate to Learning” www.childgate.org For the benefit of the organization’s motivational and nurturing work with deprived children of Lithuania.

Jurga and her band

Renowned Lithuanian Pop Punk/Rock/Pop singer and songwriter JURGA and band performing in Philadelphia on: Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 7:00 PM at the Lithuanian Music Hall

Jurga's debut album “Aukso Pieva” (literary, a meadow of gold) was released in September 2005 and has received very positive reactions. The album was produced by famous Lithuanian musician Andrius Mamontovas. Nebijok and Saulė Vandeny were the most successful hits in 2005 and they helped Jurga to win the Best Female Act and the Best Album of 2005 at the Lithuanian Bravo Awards. Fall 2006 marks the international release of Jurga’s songs on internet services such as Amazon, iTunes Music Store, Napster, eMusic, VirginMega, Sony Connect and others. The second Jurga album, with more expressed art rock rhythms, “Instrukcija” (literary, instruction), was released in April 2007 and became "gold" within 2 weeks.

Kazlauskas concert

Lithuanian-American Community and Lithuanian Foundation invite you to experience Lithuanian POP music at its best, featuring the enchanting duet from Lithuania Liveta and Petras Kazlauskas. Saturday, September 29, 2007, 7:30 PM at the Lithuanian Music Hall

Newly elected Board of Directors of Philadelphia LAC

Address of the Board of Directors: 62 Buttonwood Dr., Churchville, PA 18966

Co-presidents:

Roma Krušinskiene, phone 215-355-3030, rkroma@aol.com

Virgus Volertas, phone 610-664-9425, volertas@verizon.net

Members:

     Dalia Dalkute - youth relations

     Saulius Garalevičius - secretary

     Marius Kapočius

     Daina Krivickaitė - treasurer

     Rolandas Valteris

The Board of Directors took over its functions on 2007.06.14

Concert by Vytautas Babravičius-Simas

Saturday, April 21 at 7 p.m.

Concert featuring Vytautas Babravicius - SIMAS, country singer from Lithuania. After the concert dancing and Lithuanian folk games for young and not so young, but still young at heart. Tickets: $13 ordered in advance, $15 at the door, $5 for students to age 18. At Lithuanian Music Hall, 2715 E. Allegheny Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19134. Ticket orders and information at 215-938-0783.

Presentation of a book by Vytautas Volertas

Plenary meeting of Philadelphia LAC

Sunday, March 25, at 12:30 p.m. (after the 10:30 Lithuanian Mass) at St. Andrew Lithuanian Church hall

Plenary meeting of Philadelphia Chapter of Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. Current committee of Philadelphia Chapter will present reports of its activities including report by audit committee. New chapter officers will be elcted.

Teatriukas from Vilnius

Invitation from the Little Theater of Vilnius! To Children, Parents and Grandparents!

Sunday, March 18 at 2:00p.m.

Lithuanian Music Hall - 2715 E. Allegheny Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134

Tickets: $12 adults, $5 children and students 18 and under (discount with LAC card)

Lithuanian refreshments available before and after the show!

Sponsor: Philadelphia Chapter of LAC, Inc.

Information: 215-938-0783

The celebration of Lithuanian Independence Days

February 16, 1918 and March 11. 1990 

Sunday, February 25.

10:30 a.m. Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Andrew Lithuanian R.C. Church, 19th and Wallace Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19130. Women who have Lithuanian costumes are asked to wear them and participate in the procession.

2:00 p.m. Celebration program at Lithuanian Music Hall, 2715 E. Allegheny Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134

Choir LAISVE, folk dance groups AUSRINE and ZILVINAS, as well as students of Vincas Kreve Lithuanian Heritage School will participate. The Honorable Audrius Bruzga, new ambassador of Lithuania to the United States has been invited to the Philadelphia celebration. Philadelphia Chapter of Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. and Lithuanian Musci Hall Association will announce this year's Honorees for outstanding contributions to our Lithuanian community. Admission FREE, but donations to support the work of Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. National Executive Committee will be gratefully accepted.

Lunch will be available in the Middle Hall from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m.

Information: 215-938-0783.

Annual Christmas Concert

St. Andrew Lithuanian Parish invites everyone to its annual Christmas concert to be held Sunday, January 7, 2007 at 2 P.M. in the parish church 19th and Wallace Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19130.The concert program will feature choir LAISVE (Ilona Babinskiene, choir director) and soloists in rendition of Lithuanian and English Christmas carols.FREE admission, but donations will be gratefully accepted.

Vilnius Massacre Remembrance

Also at St. Andrew Lithuanian Church, Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 10:30 A.M. Holy Mass will be offered in memory of those who lost their lives to Soviet tanks on January 13 , 1991 at the Vilnius TV Tower. Everyone is invited to honor the 13 victims of Lithuania's Singing Revolution.

Film "Dievų Miškas" ("Forest of the Gods")

Sunday November 19, at 2:30 p.m

The concert planned for Sunday November 12 at the Lithuanian Music Hall WILL NOT take place because the performers were unable to get U.S. visas which would allow them to perform in the United States.

HOWEVER, on Sunday November 19, at 2:30 p.m. at the Lithuanian Music Hall (address and map) there will be a showing of a full length Lithuanian feature film (WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES) DIEVU MISKAS (Forest of the Gods) Story of man's survival of both Nazi and Soviet regimes. Tickets at $8, $5 for students to age 18 will be sold at the door. Lunch will be available from 12 noon until the showing. The film is not appropriate for children under age 14. Information at 215-938-0783.

Best Lithuanian Film in 2005!
This film, having unusual stylistics, original dramaturgy and direction, is telling a story about a man, an artist, a thinker, who remained unbreakable prisoner of two regimes - soviet and Nazi.... The main character of the film - Professor - an exceptional personality living by his own Decalogue, own morale and truth principles. After being imprisoned in a German concentration camp he becomes a part of a drama of the condemned. Irony helps him to survive in this extreme situation and distances him from the cruel reality. Back from the concentration camp professor writes a memoir where he pictures the death "Babel" - Stuthof sarcastically, but the Soviets would never accept it. The so called soviet freedom becomes just as much a challenge as the German concentration camp.
 

Lithuanian "MUGĖ" Festival

November 4 - 5, 2006, Noon to 6 PM

At the Lithuanian Music Hall (address and map)

• Free Admission!
• Authentic Lithuanian food
• Lithuanian music and dancing
• Krupnikas contest with prizes
• Balloon animals for all
• Lithuanian crafts and gifts: amber jewelry, music, t-shirts

Check out pictures from Muge-2005 by Rimas Gedeika!

For information: 215-739-4831. Join us!

USA LAC Pictures

Pictures by Saulius Garalevicius from the National Board of Directors meeting in Philadelphia can be viewed here. The pictures are copyright and cannot be published in any publication or website without a permission and a reference to their author.

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