28.04.26 NEWS ... Clothing is celebrated as a vessel for memory in a new Estonian-Finnish photo exhibition that opened at the Pärnu Museum of New Art (MONA) this weekend.

27.04.26 NEWS ... Estonian painter, lecturer, and architect Vilen Künnapu, whose portfolio includes, among other works, the Tigutorn (Snail Tower) in Tartu, Viru Keskus, and the Tallinn Methodist Church, says he dreams of a Tallinn with more courage and creativity. When it comes to his work, the most important thing for him is that he himself likes it.

25.04.26 NEWS ... A new international group exhibition opened at Tütar Gallery in Tallinn on Thursday, examining how control can feel safe while also becoming restrictive.

25.04.26 NEWS ... Culture Minister Heidy Purga has allocated an extraordinary €500,000 for this year, meaning that about 30 percent of students in Estonia will have the opportunity to take at least one free cultural education field trip as part of their school curriculum.

25.04.26 NEWS ... "Snarly" by the Estonian duo Katrin Tõnisson and Ulla Saar has earned a spot on this year's 100 Outstanding Picturebooks list by dPICTUS.

24.04.26 NEWS ... Estonia's Jewish Museum has asked officials in the South Estonian town of Viljandi to install a plaque on a building which prior to World War II had been a house of prayer, Sakala reported.

24.04.26 NEWS ... Tallinn-based New York native Zody Burke and Stockholm's Klara Zetterholm have teamed up for a joint exhibition in Tallinn examining how history is staged and reimagined.

24.04.26 NEWS ... KEXP, a Seattle-based independent radio station known for breaking international artists, has increasingly been spinning Estonian music for a global audience.

24.04.26 NEWS ... Austria's ambassador to Estonia this week hosted a reception for Vanilla Ninja, Estonia's entry to the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.

24.04.26 NEWS ... People buried in 13th‑century village cemeteries along Estonia's coast were long thought to be pagans because their graves contained goods. New archaeological analyses now suggest they were Christian nobles instead.

24.04.26 NEWS ... A new vocational film school opening in cooperation with PÖFF in Jõhvi this fall aims to train more film crews as Estonia's production sector expands.

24.04.26 NEWS ... Tartu's Stencibility Street Art Festival returns June 11–14 with nearly 20 artists from around the world, putting a spotlight on youth creativity across Estonia's second city.

23.04.26 NEWS ... A Tallinn filming location from Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 sci-fi film "Stalker" became the first in Estonia chosen for inclusion on a heritage list by the European Film Academy.

23.04.26 NEWS ... What is set to be Estonia's only functioning monastery is developing, thanks in part to the support of a major businessman, Maaleht reported.

22.04.26 NEWS ... A veteran stuntman is being honored for pioneering the craft in Estonia at the upcoming Haapsalu film festival.

21.04.26 NEWS ... Just in time for Veterans Day, a new exhibition a the Estonian War Museum showcases more than 200 detailed military models from World War I to today.

20.04.26 NEWS ... Two Estonian short films, "Kyiv Cake" ("Kiievi tort") and "Winter in March" ("Lumi saadab meid"), have been shortlisted for the European Film Awards.

20.04.26 NEWS ... This year's Estonian word contest Sõnaus turns up the heat on food-related terms, but writer Juku-Kalle Raid says once words take hold, replacing them is hard.

18.04.26 NEWS ... Tallinn Music Week (TMW) drew 22,271 visits to the Estonian capital last week, filling the city with international acts, industry leaders and debate on culture's future.

18.04.26 NEWS ... Estonia's Duo Ruut will open for British rock legends The Cure in Tallinn this August — a surprise invite the folk duo says shows their reach is greater than they imagined.

17.04.26 NEWS ... According to a study commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, people in Estonia most often stay away from cultural activities due to a lack of time, high ticket prices, and poor accessibility.

17.04.26 NEWS ... Estonia's Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry has been reworked to give it a "rockier" sound.

17.04.26 NEWS ... Iceland's indietronica band Múm is to perform in Tallinn in August

17.04.26 NEWS ... Legislation to include both men and women on the board of Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) passed its first reading on Wednesday after being proposed by opposition parties.

17.04.26 NEWS ... During Tallinn Music Week (TMW), Resident Advisor co-founder Paul Clement spoke about his Estonian roots, global club culture and why he believes nightlife will endure.

16.04.26 NEWS ... A sound installation inspired by Arvo Pärt and Louis Kahn opens April 29 in New York's Four Freedoms Park, turning the Roosevelt Island site into a moving soundscape.

16.04.26 NEWS ... Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) students are heading to one of the world's top design stages to premiere a collection of birchwood chairs at SaloneSatellite 2026 in Milan.

16.04.26 NEWS ... Legendary Scottish second-wave punk band The Exploited are to play live in Tallinn in July, following the postponement of the gig earlier this year.

15.04.26 NEWS ... The 20th annual Asian film festival JAFF kicks off this week, offering audiences high-profile international movies that regular distributors typically avoid, Artis cinema program director Ra Ragnar Novod says.

14.04.26 NEWS ... Two mini-concerts at Tallinn Town Hall on Tuesday evening are launching a new series of bite-sized programs aimed at making classical music more accessible.

14.04.26 NEWS ... Just off Tallinn's Freedom Square, Vabaduse Gallery is hosting "Quintessence," a new group show by Estonian women's contemporary art collective Phoenix.

13.04.26 NEWS ... The French Embassy in Tallinn has requested that Estonia broaden the name of the new International Museum for the Victims of Communism to include victims of Nazism, reflecting the site's full history.

12.04.26 NEWS ... An exhibition by Finnish street artist EGS opened at the Tallinn Poco pop art museum, where the artist highlights works created in Estonia over decades and reveals his personal connection to Tallinn's fading industrial landscape.

12.04.26 NEWS ... Europe Day on May 9 will be marked with a week of activities and free concerts in Tallinn and the border city, Narva.

11.04.26 NEWS ... While the able-bodied wisecracking about people with disabilities may generally be frowned upon, this certainly doesn't apply to 29-year-old Janar Peterson, paralyzed in an accident in his teens and now a rising star on Estonia's well-populated comedy scene.

11.04.26 NEWS ... Literary scholar Sirje Olesk told ERR in an interview about the development of Estonian women's literature and its founder Lydia Koidula. She said that while there are many good female writers in Estonia today, what matters is whether the reader finds their way to them.

11.04.26 NEWS ... While Tallinn, Tartu, and Pärnu are all vying to host Estonia's planned multi-purpose arena, the Estonian Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Culture have yet to announce a location or timeline.

10.04.26 NEWS ... This Sunday is Orthodox Easter, meaning the Seto tradition of egg rolling will be, well, rolled out again in southeastern Estonia, Postimees' Setomaa edition reported.

09.04.26 NEWS ... This year's Ibero-American cultural festival brings the best of culture from several Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries on both sides of the Atlantic, all under the one umbrella.

08.04.26 NEWS ... Estonia's Venice Biennale 2026 pavilion this week got on its way south to the big event.

08.04.26 NEWS ... Tallinn Music Week festival organizer Helen Sildna told ERR that the capital needs a grand concert venue, for which the Linnahall building would be the perfect choice.

07.04.26 NEWS ... Hundreds flocked to Manhattan this weekend for the annual Estonian Cultural Days in New York, a generation-spanning event drawing a growing number of young diaspora Estonians.

07.04.26 NEWS ... "Õudne Eesti" returns as the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF) spotlights films by four young Estonian genre filmmakers, from sci-fi to folklore.

06.04.26 NEWS ... Composer Pärt Uusberg has won the first Arvo Pärt Center scholarship dedicated to creative artists in Estonian music.

02.04.26 NEWS ... An exhibit at Tallinn's Solaris Center spotlights Nukufilm's 70-year stop-motion legacy, giving a close-up look at the figures behind some of Estonia's most iconic films.

28.03.26 NEWS ... Borrowers may be asked to replace damaged library books, as stains, moisture and other damage can make them unsuitable for circulation and risk harming other materials.

27.03.26 NEWS ... "Rites of Passage," a play about grief and renewal by Estonian playwright Piret Jaaks, premieres this Saturday at the Juozas Miltinis Drama Theatre in Panevėžys.

27.03.26 NEWS ... "The Wayward Daughter" premiered in Tallinn Thursday as the Estonian National Opera stages French choreographer Marc Ribaud's 1950s twist on the 1789 ballet classic.

27.03.26 NEWS ... While not a household name in Estonia, illustrator Eiko Ojala has spent over a decade creating striking work for top global outlets from The New Yorker to The New York Times.

26.03.26 NEWS ... A massive tapestry stage curtain by Enn Põldroos in Tallinn's Linnahall is set for rescue as dust, humidity and structural damage threaten the landmark Estonian textile work.