Craft Camp is a Estonian handicraft workshop week during 9-15 July 2016 in Olustvere, Estonia. The camp invites people outside of Estonia to come and learn new skills in a variety of handicraft workshops.

The workshops introduce Estonian handicraft by giving an overview of traditional handicraft techniques from Estonia and teach the modern usage of those techniques in workshops for beginner and advanced levels of knitting, sewing, crocheting, embroidering, plaiting, ceramics and glass, silver, bone & woodwork. The teachers are all practitioners, the camp is organized by UT Viljandi Culture Academy Estonian Native Crafts Department who is known as a great centre for professional handicraft teaching. The working language of the camp is English.

Read more about the workshops at the camp here: http://www.kultuur.ut.ee/en/craft-camp/ws

Early Bird discount until March 14th, latest registration deadline May 20. Start your registration by clicking: http://www.kultuur.ut.ee/en/craft-camp. After finishing Step 1 you will receive an e-mail with the link to Step 2 where you can confirm your choice of workshops, field trip, accomodation etc.

The price includes everything in the camp, that is:

– travel from Tallinn to Olustvere and back by private bus,
– accomodation for 6 nights at the Olustvere School of Service and Rural Economics dormitory.
– 6 breakfasts, 5 lunches (field trip lunch to be purchased on their own), 6 dinners
– coffee breaks during the workshops
– 4 workshops of 6 hours per day, during 4 days
– materials and printouts needed in the workshops
– culture and Estonian crafts-themed movie programme
– including a dinner at the Olustvere Mansion with a concert on Thursday evening
– one (guided) field trip of choice to Viljandi, Pärnu or Setomaa

More info:  http://www.kultuur.ut.ee/en/craft-camp

Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia korraldab 9.-15.juulini 2016 Viljandis rahvusvahelise käsitöölaagri Craft Camp, mille eesmärgiks on õpetada väljaspool Eestit elavatele käsitööhuvilistele, käsitöömeistritele ja õpetajatele nädala jooksul erinevaid eesti käsitööoskuseid ja tutvustada Eesti kultuuri. Samuti on korraldajate üheks eesmärgiks on Viljandimaa oluliseks käsitööturismi sihtkohaks arendamine. Osalejaid oodatakse üle maailma ja seni on registreerujaid Euroopast, USAst ja Austraaliast. Ameerika käsitööajakirjas Piecework ilmub märtsis artikkel, mis on koostatud käsitööringkondades üsna tuntud Eesti käsitöö propageerija Nancy Bush’i poolt.

Lingid:

Craft Campi koduleht – http://www.kultuur.ut.ee/en/craft-camp

Facebooki sündmus – https://www.facebook.com/events/1654902244780252/

Vimeo video https://vimeo.com/149003610

Craft Camp laagri koordinaator on Nele Laos  – nelelaos@ut.ee, telefon + 372 53308262

Sydney Eesti Selts kutsub traditsioonilisele Jõululõunale mis toimub 6.detsembril kell 14.00 Sydney Eesti Majas.

Menüüs seapraad, verivorst, hapukapsas, magustoiduks piparkoogid ja kodune küpsisetort. Baar avatud.
Jõulupalve loeb Meelis Rosma ning headele lastele tuleb ka jõuluvana.

Lõunasöök:
$30 täiskasvanud
$25 SES liikmed & noored 13-18a
$20 lapsed 6-12a

Pileti saad osta siit:
http://www.trybooking.com/Event/EventListingURL.aspx?aid=25977
NB! Piletite müük lõppeb 1.detsembril!

Veel saab piletite eest tasuda otse Sydney Eesti Seltsi pangakontole:
Estonian Society of Sydney Welfare
BSB. 062 016
Acc No: 0090 8856
Ref: Perenimi

Kontakt: liisa@aerotravel.com.au / 0449 633 380

Estonian Society of Sydney is hosting a Christmas lunch at Estonian House on Sunday December 6th 2pm.

Join us for a traditional meal featuring all well-known Christmas favorites: black pudding, roast pork, sauerkraut. For dessert gingerbreads and cake.

Lunch:
$30 adults
$25 SES members & youth 13-18 y
$20 children 6-12 y

Tickets:
http://www.trybooking.com/Event/EventListingURL.aspx?aid=25977
Sale closes on December 1st!

Payments straight to Sydney Estonian Society´s bank account:
Estonian Society of Sydney Welfare
BSB. 062 016
Acc No: 0090 8856
Ref: Surname

Contact details: liisa@aerotravel.com.au / 0449 633 380

The Baltic Film Festival, featuring the Estonian film, “In the Crosswinds” will take place at Sydney Estonina House on the 14th and 15th of Novemeber.

For more information and ticket sales, see the website here: http://thebalticfilmfestival.com.au/

Risttuules/In the Crosswind (2014)

This film departs from our focus on the comedy genre. The film is based on the letters of an Estonian woman who was deported to a gulag by the Soviets during the Second World War. The movie is both a mournful, but beautiful meditation on the plight of the Baltic people’s under the power of Europe’s greater nations.
The film received critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014, for its use of the tableau vivant technique, where still images are seemingly brought to life in front of the camera. The screening at our festival will mark its Australian premier.

Language: Estonian, English subtitles
MA15+: Children under 15 must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian for the duration of the film.

Watch the trailer:

Full Schedule

Saturday 14th November 2015:

2:30pm – Zelta Zirgs/The Golden Horse (2014)
5:30pm – Džimlai Rūdi Rallallā!/Then it’s Hi! Hi! Hee! (2014)
Sunday 15th November 2015:

3:30 pm – Šventa karvė/Holy Cow (2014)
6:30pm – Risttuules/In the Crosswinds (2014)
Eventbrite – The Baltic Film Festival

AUSTRALIAN STREET ARTIST GUIDO VAN HELTEN IN TALLINN (ENG) – From Hooligan Hamlet

When we heard that the JJ-Street Baltic Session Street Art Jam festival had invited Australian street artist Guido van Helten to Tallinn, we were damn sure we wanted to meet him.

This 28-year-old guy is famous for his large scale portraits. He is originally from Melbourne but during the last years his insane talent has carried him to do projects in the UK, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, Italy Ukraine and now, lucky for us, also in Estonia. During his one week stay in Tallinn van Helten created this striking piece of work on the wall of Tartu St 71 building.

We expected something pretty amazing but never in our wildest dreams did we imagine his new mural being inspired by the Estonian national story Kalevipoeg.

Read the full article: Australian Street Artist GUIDO VAN HELTEN in Tallinn

Author: Helina Mäll
Editor: Ülli Saar
Photos: Guido van Helteni homepage and official Facebook

In 2018 Estonia will celebrate the centenary of her nationhood. The celebration will last for over a calendar year, commencing in April 2017, when 100 years will have passed since Estonia first agreed on unification, and culminating on the 2^nd of February, 2020, when 100 years will have passed since the Tartu Peace Treaty was signed.
Estonia wishes to celebrate its birthday with you. This is our celebration and it is up to all of us to make it memorable.

Estonia’s centenary celebrations will take place primarily in Estonia, but we have an opportunity to participate, here in Australia. To mark this occasion, the most important decision for us, is what gift to give. It’s not important how large or small the gift, but that it should come from the heart, and instill positive change.

The Council of Estonian Societies in Australia (Austraalia Eesti Seltside Liit, AESL) invites you to suggest what we here in Australia could present to Estonia as a centenary gift? Our personal input can contribute significantly to how meaningful and special the centenary celebrations are. Suggestions are welcome from individuals and organisations.

For example, we could plant in our capital Canberra a tree/trees, or erect a statue, which would remain in perpetuity as our contribution to commemorate the centenary of Estonian nationhood.

Informatsiooniks / Information:
www.ev100.ee
https://www.facebook.com/EestiVabariik100

Ettepanekud / Suggestions:
AESL, PO Box 492, Darlinghurst NSW 1300 or aesl@eesti.org.au

TEEME EESTI VABARIIGI 100. SÜNNIPÄEVAKS KINGITUSE

Aastal 2018 tähistab Eesti Vabariik oma 100. sünnipäeva. Eesti sünnipäev kestab kauem kui ühe kalendri aasta.Tähistamine algab 2017. aasta aprillis, kui möödub sada aastat eestlaste asuala ühendamisest, tipneb juubeli aastat täitvate tähtpäevadega ning lõpeb 2. veebruaril 2020. aastal, mil möödub sada aastat Tartu rahulepingu sõlmimisest.

Eesti soovib oma sünnipäeva tähistada Sinuga koos. See on meie kõigi pidu ja selle meeldejääv tähistamine on meie kõigi teha.

Eesti Vabariigi sünnipäeva tähistamine toimub põhiliselt Eestis, kuid võimalusi kaasalöömiseks jagub ka välismaal. Sünnipäeva puhul on kõige olulisem küsimus – mida kinkida sünnipäevalapsele?  Pole vahet, kui suur või väike on see kingitus, olulisem on see, et kingitus tuleb südamest ja loob mingi positiivse muutuse.

AESL kutsub teid avaldama mõtteid, mida meie siin kaugel Austraalias saaksime Eestile kinkida? Kui rikkalik ja huvitav saab olema kogu sünnipäeva pidu, sõltub meie igaühe panusest. Isiklikud ja organisatsioonidelt ettepanekud on kõik teretulnud.

Näiteks, kas istutada Austraalia pealinna, Canberrasse, eri sorti puu/puud, või püsitada mingisugune skulptuur, mis jääks edaspidiseks püsima, olles meie siin elavate Eesti päritoluga inimestelt kingitus Eesti Vabariigi 100a. sünnipäeva tähistamiseks.

Mandorla presents

Kalevipoeg, Son of Giants

Estonian Folktale
Compositions by Arvo Pärt

Storytelling Iris Curteis
Piano Alice Jamison
Special Guest, Lisa Adcock French Horn

Venue:
Sydney Philharmonic Choir Rooms
Pier 4 Walsh Bay, Hickson Road, Sydney
Saturday the 24th October
7.00 p.m. – 8.30 p.m.
Families $70; Adults $30; Children $15;
Students & Pensioners $20

Booking inquiries: mandorlavisions@gmail.com

‘A unique and highly engaging fusion of music and story
telling, creating an enriching experience for all ages.’
Trish O’Brien,
Former Co-Principal Cellist
Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Image courtesty of Lembit Michelson

Nordic Dance / Põhjamaa tants

Estonian, Finnish and Swedish dances / Eesti, Soome, Rootsi tantsud

Sydney Estonian House, 141 Campbell Street, Surry Hills
Saturday 10 October 2015, 2pm to 5pm

All welcome, no partner or prior dance experience required

A great article about the Estonian seaside resort, Parnu. ( I was just there recently and thoroughly enjoyed it!.)

Tasting the Good Life in Parnu, the Summer Capital of Estonia

When talking beach resort, most of us probably think Greece, Spain, Portugal. The Côte d’Azur. If you’re American, Florida or California. The islands of South-East Asia. The Caribbean.Australia.

Well, Estonians and their Baltic and Nordic neighbours may have a completely different answer for us: they have their own little beach paradise, and it’s called Pärnu.

If you’ve never heard of it before, don’t worry, you don’t need to sign up for a geography Master’s. You’re not alone: neither had I!

In fact, it’s not like I knew anything other than Tallinn when I first started researching for my trip in the Baltics… However, my cousin and I wanted to spend time in at least two different places in Estonia in order to see a little more of the country, and to break up our trip from Riga to Tallinn. So, I googled ‘Estonia highlights’ and ‘Things not to miss in Estonia’, and read about this little beach town called Pärnu that seemed to be located halfway between the two capitals and kept being referred to as ‘the summer capital of Estonia’.

Read the entire article here:  Tasting the Good Life in Parnu, the Summer Capital of Estonia