There's a lot to run for, from, and towards, as one catchy song seems to confirm. And running is what you're encouraged to do in this weekend's event guide brought to you by LSM's culture editors.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.