With so many regular Estonian community activities and events postponed or cancelled, we’d like to help you stay involved and help keep you from feeling isolated (or bored). Please let us know if your community has on online event or good ideas to share! (Send them via email to erku@estosite.org)  

Some online resources and events to keep you connected with Estonians, Estonian activities, culture and goings-on during the stay-at-home period in effect due to the coronavirus pandemic: 

EU Virtual Open House& Republic of Estonia  invites you to enjoy a concert by Estonian Festival Orchestra (EFO)as part of the EU Virtual Open House, which features delights from EU countries and goes on for the month of May. Enjoy the performance here called ‘Spring Fly ‘ by Estonian composer Lepo Sumera at the Pärnu Music Festival. Lepo Sumera would have turned 70 on the 8th of May this year.

http://events.euintheus.org/events/homewitheu-estonia/

EFO is an international start-up orchestra founded in 2011, EFO is the first orchestra in the world to connect internationally-renowned performers with emerging talent from Estonia. EFO was founded by Estonia’s world renowned conductor Paavo Järvi to bring together hand-picked top international classical musicians with emerging talent from Estonia. 

Listen in! Estonian Cultural Days of NY, livestreaming a mini concert from Viljandi by Jalmar Vabarna (a would-be performed at the postponed festival): April 3rd @ 10 am (Eastern), https://www.facebook.com/estonianculturaldays/videos/844324062739932/

Join in the Estonian Poetry Reading (via Skype) on March 21, 7 pm-9 pm (CDT).

Call in to Skype: https://join.skype.com/T5txodqGWI1n . Hosted by the Estonian Cultural Society of Chicago,  
Phone: 248-890-9120

Introduce your friends to the Republic of Estonia via the PBS series This is America & The World, the Estonian episodes.

Airing on select PBS channels starting mid-March, or catch it anytime to your liking via:  https://estosite.org/this-is-america-the-world/

Re-watch the video of the 2020 Estonian Song Festival, the 150th anniversary! It doesn’t get old!

https://news.err.ee/959895/watch-again-full-videos-of-the-xxvii-song-and-xx-dance-festival-my-love

Tune in to Estonian radio stations, for some local hits, talk shows, concerts or even night school!  Estonian national public radio Vikerradio hosts the weekly Saturday night  program “Ööükikool” (Night University). In this program respected Estonian figures give lectures/radio show on various topics, from language, to currencies, history, psychology, and much more. Tune in! https://vikerraadio.err.ee

Estonian TV’s children’s channel – Games, stories, contests, programming and more: https://lasteekraan.err.ee/

Order a subscription to the only Estonian-language newspaper weekly in the U.S. (It also includes an English section, and a youth section!) Already a subscriber? Submit a fun photo with caption from your Estonian community! http://www.vabaeestisona.com/

Submit your own Estonian-language tongue twister! https://lasteekraan.err.ee/1033962/keelemangude-voistlus

Learn the beautiful Estonian language, or at least give it a try! Get started with the online course Keeleklik, for beginner and intermediate levels: https://www.keeleklikk.ee