The 5th contemporary art event know as  “White Night 2010” will take place during the night of September 4, presenting 12 theatre, music, movement and visual art projects and performances. This year's event is based on two principles - “Do it yourself” and “Join in”.

Latvia offers the perfect place to escape in the modern world, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers said in an interview published in the “Mājas Viesis”, the weekly supplement of the daily “Latvijas Avīze”.

The New Theatre Institute of Latvia is organising the 6th International Experimental Theatre Festival “Homo Alibi”, which this year will focus on the lecture-performance genre, presenting a number of local and international artists.

Vladimirs Leščovs short animation movie “Wings and Oars” won Special International Jury Prize at the 25th International Animation Festival Hiroshima. This is already the third prize received by Leščovs creation at this festival.

 

The traditional Rīga Festival will be held this year in the capital from August 20 to 22, featuring a wide range of events and concerts. The festival will hold a mascot parade and a “cartoon” rally, and the night run, open to anyone regardless of age, nationality, physical condition or occupation. Music and literature devotees will be delighted by two-day events at the Vērmanes Garden Park, which will host performances by Rīga traditional dance groups, the 1st Folk Festival “In the midst of Rīga”, Book Street, traditional dance and puppy theatre workshops for children, demonstrations of traditional crafts and a fair.