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M. K. Čiurlionis Events

Sept. 29, 2000: New Lithuanian compositions in honor of Čiurlionis's 125th birthday celebration will be premiered at the University of Chicago 3:00 PM. Reproductions of Čiurlionis's artwork will be exhibited. Musicologist Linas Paulauskis will introduce the event.

Nov. 1, 2000: "Dainavos" ensemble, the Vilnius String Quartet, Actress Audrė Budrytė and pianist Rokas Zubovas will perform at a concert at the Chicago Cultural Center – Bradley Hall at 6:00 PM. Chicago-Vilnius Sister Cities Committee, Balzekas Lithuanian Cultural Museum and The American Lithuanian Art Society sponsors this event.

Nov. 3, 2000: The Vilnius String Quartet and pianists Sonata and Rokas Zubovai will perform new compositions from Lithuanian composers in honor of Čiurlionis; while American artwork dedicated to Čiurlionis's birthday will be displayed at the World Lithuanian Center in Lemont, Illinois starting at 7:00 PM.

Nov. 4, 2000: The Lithuanian Youth Center will also sponsor a repeat performance of the Lemont event in its Center rooms for the Lithuanian Saturday School at 12:00 PM, and later in the evening for the general public. Its Čiurlionis Gallery will display reproductions.

Nov. 5, 2000: The Čiurlionis Festival will close with a play based on Čiurlionis's and his wife's, Sofija Kymantaitės-Čiurlionienės letters, "The Sonata of Longing" at the World Lithuanian Center in Lemont at 1:00 PM.

The Vilnius String Quartet, pianists Sonata and Rokas Zubovai will perform, while Musicologist Linas Paulauskis will introduce events at:

Boston University, Mass. — Nov. 7, 12:00 PM.
Steinway Hall, Akron, Ohio — Nov. 10, 7:00 PM.
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio — Nov. 12, 3:00 PM.

Other events may be found in your area. Contact the Lithuanian American Artists Society at 773-776-8818 or log on at www.mkc2000.tripod.com.

To View Čiurlionis Exhibits in Lithuania
THE MIKALOJUS KONSTANTINAS ČIURLIONIS MEMORIAL MUSEUM

35 M. K. Čiurlionio St, Lt-4690 Druskininkai
Tel.: (8-233) 52755.
Fax: (8-233) 52755

The museum contains a memorial exhibition illustrating M. K. Čiurlionis' biography and photographs, documents, reproductions of the artist's works, as well as a collection of works dedicated to M. K. Čiurlionis by contemporary artists from different countries.

The museum was founded in 1963 in the home of the artist and parents, and in which he lived sporadically from 1890 to 1910. It was in Druskininkai that M. K. Čiurlionis wrote his symphonic poem The Sea ("Jūra") and painted the series "The Grass-Snake Sonata" ("Pavasario sonata") and created many other works.

M. K. ČIURLIONIS STATE MUSEUM OF ART

V. Putvinskio str. 55, Kaunas
Phone: +370 7 204446
Fax: 204612
Guided tours booked on tel: +370 7 207709
Open: March-October – Tue - Sun 12-18
November-February -Tue - Sun 11-17
Closed: last Tuesday of each month.

The museum houses much more than the 360 works of the great mystic modernist. The vast collection of 20th century Lithuanian paintings and sculptures is of equal importance, as the 3,643 pieces of Lithuanian folk art also exhibited. The colorful collection of iron heads of crosses is of particular interest.