Jānis Kalve

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Latvia Weekend Events: Hello, spring
Latvia Weekend Events: Hello, spring

"Spring is here... is receding... is coming back again, no, wait," say forecasters (not an actual quote). Whole cities are undecided, it seems, whether it's spring or winter still, mixing winter sports with spring celebrations, as our weekend events guide seems to tell.

Latvia Weekend Events: Endless Masquerade
Latvia Weekend Events: Endless Masquerade

There's a song about a poet inviting people to his home, to a masquerade without any masks. Those who wore one, he stripped from them right on the threshold. Turns out the song may have been prophetic... learn why in the weekend events guide prepared by LSM's culture editors. 

Latvia Weekend Events: Miracle Making
Latvia Weekend Events: Miracle Making

Meteņi, the spring waiting celebration, takes place this week. Men with lots of hair brawl, and children play with sleds so that there's an abundant linen harvest. And of course people have to eat a lot to prepare themselves for Lent. On Meteņi, it's said that Happiness herself hands out miraculous gifts, and miraculously happy goes the weekend events guide as well.

Latvia Weekend Events: Maestro Mania
Latvia Weekend Events: Maestro Mania

2016 is important not only for being the year of Raimonds 'Maestro' Pauls' 80th birthday but also as being the year when the renowned composer Imants Kalniņš will turn 75, on May 26. This week LSM's culture editors have prepared a music-heavy program that touches on these two artists and more.

Latvia Weekend Events: Behind the name
Latvia Weekend Events: Behind the name

The weekend events guide is back with a veritable cornucopia of things happening. Culture is related to communication and people, so this week's events guide has to do with names that are behind of or at the very forefront of some events. 

Weekend Events: Advent Adventures
Weekend Events: Advent Adventures

Venite, adoremus! While some think it's too early to celebrate, waiting for the quiet time of the year simply wouldn't be the same without the numerous fairs, gnomes, gingerbread and events such as lighting up Christmas trees all over the place. As for the latter, Rīga is in some accounts the city where the first-ever Christmas tree was erected 500 years ago. It's natural then that Latvia holds a special allure to holiday goers during this wonderful season. 

Latvia weekend events: Sea of Red
Latvia weekend events: Sea of Red

The weekend events guide prepares you for an onslaught of good things happening in Latvia, including music, chances for taking a dip in the chilly water, watching acclaimed movies, and more. Enjoy!

Latvia weekend events: Color your life
Latvia weekend events: Color your life

National cold records make sure that most Latvians would rather cuddle up under a blanket than go out to party, but psyched up promoters won't let them - and visitors to Latvia - relax for a split second. We yield to their call, giving you this weekend's events in full color. 

Latvia weekend events: Fall starts with a flurry
Latvia weekend events: Fall starts with a flurry

Autumn has many other offerings besides being the harvest season. The long evenings are high-time for various rituals, while works of art look particularly fragile and revealing in the pale daylight (and moonlight too). This weekend's event guide will help you get the best of both worlds, plus something more in between.

Weekend Events: Waiter, there's a flea in my mushroom soup!
Weekend Events: Waiter, there's a flea in my mushroom soup!

While Latvia is experiencing a spell - well, it really is magical - of Indian summer and celebrating the 150th birthday of legendary poet Rainis, there's still a lot to experience, even though the operative word isn't 'festivals' anymore. 

Weekend Events Guide: Sir, the music is too loud!
Weekend Events Guide: Sir, the music is too loud!

It's about to get hot and heavy in Latvia (as of now it's just hot) as the weekend is upon us with the regular plentitude of events. But if there's any sense to be made of it all, it's that rock music is definitely not a thing of a past in Latvia, as the events kindly show us.

Weekend Events Guide: Flowery colorful fun!
Weekend Events Guide: Flowery colorful fun!

The weekend is upon us. Good weather (starting Saturday) will ensure that people's hearts will be ready to sprout flowery feel-good well-being, as will the events held on the weekend.