This weekend will be unexpectedly hot in Vilnius: even if the weather is wintery, the creative fervor will definitely not last - the first international literary festival "Vilnius lapai" will be held in the capital for three days.
On December 9-11, the "Vilnius lapai" festival will present twelve events for literary creators: they will read texts, interact with literature lovers, and sign autographs. Writers and poets will be joined by musicians, who will add even more colors to the word with their sounds.
The goal of the festival organizers is to popularize public readings of literature, intended not for specialists, but for the general public. Such literary festivals are very popular in Great Britain, Scandinavian countries, France, Estonia. The main three evenings of the festival are dedicated to presenting three authors of Lithuanian and foreign literature. This year it will be Rolandas Rastauskas, Danutė Kalinauskaitė and the Icelandic writer Hallgrímur Helgason. Meetings with them will take place at the National Drama Theater.
Most of the festival events are open and free. Tickets are on sale for the three main events of the evening. Special ticket prices will be offered to students and seniors and those who present their library card when purchasing tickets at the theater. People struggling with a serious illness or experiencing social exclusion will be invited to these events free of charge.
More about the festival:
http://www.vilniauslapai.lt/
The event program:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9
18.30 OTHELLO FROM SIBIUS. AN EVENING WITH RORA.
Participants: Rolandas Rastauskas, laureate of the National Culture and Art Prize, literary critic Virginija Cibarauskė, jazz musician Dmitrijus Golovanov (keyboardist) and Arkadijus Gotesmanas (percussion).
The Main Stage of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater. Tickets are distributed by "Tiketa"
20.30 POETRY AND JAZZ FIESTA
Participants: Poet AA Jonyns, laureate of the National Culture and Art Prize, poets G. Kazlauskaitė, D. Čepauskaitė, poets M. Burokas, M. Nastaravičius.
Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė & Silent Blast (manager V. Labutis), presented by the "Kaunas Jazz" festival
The lobby of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater. Event open and free.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10
14.00 Meeting with the authors of children's books of the campaign "Book of the Year Elections".
Participants: Aidas Jurasius, Nadia Kovaliova, Selemonas Paltanavičius, Regina Morkūnienė; the event is hosted by reading promotion expert Rūta Elijošaitytė.
The lobby of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater. The event is open and free.
16.00 Meeting with the authors of poetry books of the "Book of the Year" campaign.
Participants: Eugenijus Ališanka, Mantas Balakauskas, Stasys Eidrigevičius, Dainius Gintalas, Giedrė Kazlauskaitė; the event is hosted by literary critic Rimantas Kmita.
The lobby of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater. The event is open and free.
17.30:XNUMX p.m. "Bumblebee heat" of the group concert.
The lobby of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater. The event is open and free.
18.30 1000⁰ ICELAND. AN EVENING WITH ICELANDIC WRITER Hallgrímur Helgason.
Participants: writer Hallgrímur Helgason, literary critic and translator Rasa Drazdauskienė, actress Aldona Vilutytė. The Main Stage of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater. Tickets are distributed by "Tiketa"
20.30 Screening of the film "101 Reykjavik" (dir. Baltasar Kormákur) based on the book by H. Helgason
The film is presented by: writer Hallgrímur Helgason on the Lithuanian National Drama Theater's Main Stage. The event is open and free.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11
14.00 Poetry readings "From Vilnius to Vilnius"
Participants: National Culture and Art Prize laureate poet Aidas Marčėnas, Dainius Dirgėla, Antanas Šimkus, Domantas Razauskas, Birutė Jonuskaitė, Rimvydas Stankevičius, Jurgita Jasponytė and other poets; actor Justas Tertelis.
State Knowledge Center (President's Palace, Totorių St. 28). The event is open and free.
15.00 Children's creative workshop: the characters of the book "Happiness is a fox" by writer Evelina Daciūtė and artist Aušra Kiudulaitė come to life
Participants: actress Daiva Rudytė and artist Aušra Kiudulaitė
The lobby of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater. The event is open and free.
16.30 Young poets read
The event is hosted by the poet Vytautas Stankus. Nerijus Cibulskas, Birutė Grašytė, Ernestas Noreika, Ramunė Brundzaitė, Marius Povilas Elijas Martynenko, Dovydas Grajauskas, Lina Buividavičiūtė, Monika Bertašiūtė and other poets are participating.
The lobby of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater. The event is open and free.
17.30 Welcoming Linus Kontrim's book of poems "The moon is here, the month is beyond".
Participants: actor Remigijus Bilinskas-Benas, composer Linas Rimša, video projections - Mykolas Alekna.
The lobby of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater. The event is open and free.
18.30 YOU NEVER KNOW. AN EVENING WITH DANUTE KALINAUSKAITE
Participants: writer Danutė Kalinauskaitė, actor Juozas Budraitis, literary critic Jūratė Čerškutė.
Screening of Giedrias Tamosevičius' short film "Niekada nežinai", based on D. Kalinauskaitė's short story. The Main Stage of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater. Tickets are distributed by "Tiketa"
