BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Smagiai Events//NONSGML v1.0//LT CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Smagiai — renginiai X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Vilnius BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Vilnius BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19701025T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19700329T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-6638@smagiai.lt DTSTAMP:20260929T061625Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20261001T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20261001T235900 SUMMARY:Theater "Arbatvakariai" Performance "The Storytelling Canon" DESCRIPTION:October 1\, 2026 at 5 PM in the conference hall of Utena A. and M. Miškini ai Public Library\, the theater "Arbatvakariai" presents the performance "T he Storytelling Canon"\, dedicated to one of the most outstanding Lithuania ns – Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas (1869–1933). Screenplay author and direct or – Eglė Tulevičiūtė. Starring: Kristijonas Siparis (canon J. Tumas- Vaižgantas)\, Virginija Kuklytė (mistress Emilija). We cordially invite e veryone! The project is partially funded by the Lithuanian Culture Council ~~~~~ The screenplay was created based on literary sources: "The Unforgetta ble Vaižgantas. Memoirs\, Essays\, Letters"\, "Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas Fa mily Correspondence"\, "The Cultural Path: Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas Letters "\, A. Merkelis "Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas" as well as narratives and insigh ts from literary scholar and museum curator Remigijus Jakulevičius. The pe rformance "The Storytelling Canon" is dedicated to one of the most outstand ing Lithuanians – Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas (1869–1933). If the writer\, literary historian\, critic\, public figure\, pedagogue\, and canon J. Tum as-Vaižgantas were to live today\, he would again seek "little diamonds" young\, civically responsible\, talented "pure souls" devoted to art and science. Wishing to know his nation\, its people\, their customs and even their flaws as well as possible\, he understood that one must look not only broadly\, but as deeply as possible. Tumas was a personality of incredibly broad views\, who transcended his era. As a priest\, he was incredibly lib eral\, humane\, marrying couples without confession and other formalities. Because of this\, he was repeatedly punished by church leadership and event ually retired ahead of time. Vaižgantas himself wrote: "I am ultra-liberal \, ultra-progressive\, ultra-democrat\, ultra-patriotic\, ultra-arrogant\, ultra-lazy\, ultra-individualist\, completely hopeless…" So it is no wond er that such a "hopeless" personality was not comfortable for everyone. J. Tumas – a universal man\, priest\, writer\, teacher\, journalist\, theate r critic\, public figure\, who knew the world and created it through his se arch and charisma. Throughout his life\, during the times of tsarist Russia and Poland's dominance\, Vaižgantas cultivated the Lithuanian word\, dist ributed forbidden press while serving as a vicar in various Lithuanian pari shes\, drew masses of people with his inspiring sermons\, and later with hi s own hands and personal funds restored the Vytautas Church in Kaunas. This performance transcends the boundaries of classical theater\, combining doc umentary reality and psychology with theatrical fiction in an authentic spa ce where most historical artifacts can be touched by hand and experienced p ersonally. LOCATION:Utena URL:https://smagiai.lt/en/renginys/theater-arbatvakariai-performance-the-storytelling-canon/ CREATED:20260928T030504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T030504Z STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR