2008 year

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ABOUT NOVELTIES IN KAUNAS SAVANORIŲ AVENUE AND PARTIZANŲ STREET 2008-02-03

Kaunas Council of Architecture and Urbanism Experts (KAUET) analysed the new offers of architects and investors in Savanorių Avenue and Partizanų Street in Kaunas. The detailed plans of the high-rise building of offices with commercial premises and underground parking designed by A.Kančas and T.Petreikis at Savanorių Ave. 441 and the high-rise residential house at Partizanų Str. 192b (designed by Kaunas Design and Consulting Office, authors – D.Augustinaitė, A.Asauskas, customer – Kamintos Investicija UAB) were analysed.

RADIANCE OF STARS: WHAT DIMS IT? 2008-02-06

In brief: The solo recital of a singer is a rare and almost vanishing phenomenon in the Lithuanian music life, not to speak about a concert of an opera soloist on a theatre stage. This is why the evening of opera stars duets, which took place at Kaunas Musical Theatre on January 29, should have become a beautiful gift for admirers of belcanto.

IRON DRAWINGS 2008-02-09

In brief: The name of the sculptor Edmundas Frejus is closely related with iron – even the initials of the artist pressed in his works correspond to the sign fe in the Mendeleyev table and mean ferrum – iron. Iron is the main creative substance of E.Frejus and also the exact metaphor of the strong personality.

ABOUT BUREAUCRATIC VIOLENCE AGAINST LITERATURE (II) 2008-02-17

In brief: After unsuccessful attempts to find out about the principles of creative activity of the Lithuanian Writers’ Union (LWU), Kaunas Branch, the question arose: what right does this organization have to behave so arrogantly with the society which feeds it by its funds?

IN MEMORIAM OF A.VAITKŪNAS. PARIS. YEAR 1989 2008-02-28

Paris! Why is this city so magic for artists? Is this magic stronger for elder artists and artists of my generation? Closed by the walls of the Soviet period, we dreamed of wandering along streets of Montmartre, of sitting in outside cafes, looking through the glass of red wine to the play of lights and colours of Paris.

IN MEMORIAM OF A.VAITKŪNAS. PARIS. YEAR 1997 2008-02-28

In brief: In 1997, after almost ten years, Arūnas left for Paris again. This time he intended to paint, visit museums, walk along the banks of the Seine and register impressions in notebooks.

IN MEMORIAM OF A.VAITKŪNAS. PARIS. YEAR 2003 2008-02-28

In brief: The end of March 2003 was terribly cold. The three of us left for Paris from Kaunas bus station on a dark evening torn by icy wind. Tomas attended the first form then but we with Arūnas decided that a trip would also be a good school for him.

LEGENDARY VERSALIS IS TRYING TO REVIVE IN KAUNAS 2008-02-10

In brief: Kaunas Architects and Urbanism Experts’ Council (KAUET) considered offers of architects and investors how historical buildings and quarters of the city centre could be adapted to the needs of the 21st century without affecting the value of historicity. Revival of Versalis is among the considered projects.
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