The timeline is winding down and there a still some volunteer positions that need to be filled for our casino event.

Imanta is looking for volunteers for our Casino commitment on February 20^th and 21^st, 2018 at the Casino Yellowhead located at 12464 153 Street. There are day shifts and evening shifts available. No experience necessary! All volunteers will get a free meal!  Remember: Casino funds are vital to our scholarship and seniors programs. Continue reading → Help still needed!

Pro Coro Canada will host Latvian composer Ugis Praulins who will be here in Edmonton for the concert ‘Canadian Connections SIX’. They will perform the Grammy-nominated work The Nightingale, and the composition that was so generously supported by Imanta: The Way Children Sleep.

February 25, 2018 at All Saint’s Anglican Cathedral Edmonton, Alberta

For more information contact Pro Coro Canada.

Imanta is looking for volunteers for our Casino commitment on February 20^th and 21^st, 2018 at the Casino Yellowhead located at 12464 153 Street. There are day shifts and evening shifts available. No experience necessary! All volunteers will get a free meal!  Remember: Casino funds are vital to our scholarship and seniors programs. Continue reading → Seeking volunteers for Casino Feb.20-21, 2018

IMANTA has a new logo! Many thanks to Raina Mithrush for designing this along with our new banner, which was used for the first time in September at the Winspear Centre.

 

This year’s Latvian Independence Day celebration is being organized using suggestions from our enthusiastic newer members, with the intent of making our event accessible to more families. We will be celebrating with a potluck style event,with Latvian foods and recipes. Your relatives, friends, or Google can help you decide which delicious Latvian food to make. Please let us know what dish you’ll be bringing to help us plan the menu.

Continue reading → October 2017 Newsletter

This year Imanta will be hosting our annual November Latvian Independence Day celebration in a different manner.  We are planning to have a potluck style event (“zviedru galds” jeb “smörgåsbord”) with the majority of dishes being of Latvian origin. If Continue reading → Save the date – November 18, 2017

The Latvian Embassy will be holding a mobile passport office in Edmonton on Thursday, October 19th starting at 9am.  Anyone interested in applying for or renewing their LV passport must register in advance with the Latvian Embassy in Ottawa at  consulate.canada@mfa.gov.lv 

Continue reading → Latvian Consular Service in Edmonton

The Edmonton Latvian Society Imanta is sponsoring an Edmonton Symphony concert on Saturday, September 30th, at the Winspear Centre downtown. The concert will feature Nora Bumanis, ESO’s Principal Harpist.

As part of our sponsorship agreement, a promo code is available for ticket purchase whether in person, by phone or online. This code offers a 20% per ticket discount for all ESO performances at the Winspear during the 2017/2018 season. The code is ANNIVERSARY.

Continue reading → Edmonton Symphony Concert September 30, 2017

“I am editing on behalf of various Edmonton organizations, an upcoming E-book with the planned title: “150 Stories of Reconciliation – Connecting Us All”. The book, meant to commemorate Canada 150, will consist of short non-fictional stories (750 words max) from community writers across as many as possible of the immigrant communities in Edmonton, old and new, of all races and from all cultures and continents.
I’m reaching out to see if you could spread word of our project to all potentially interested among people of Latvian heritage in Edmonton that you represent, in the chance of possible contribution of one or two stories for the E-book from that community. Alternately, kindly provide me with email or Facebook addresses of persons potentially interested in contributing a story, that I can follow up with.
The deadline of submission is September 30. We launch the book on November 30. Those interested in contributing a community story or personal one, can reach me at (780) 990-6877, or through connectingusallstories@gmail.com for a detailed information package.
Thank you in advance for your kind support.”
Best wishes,

Tololwa M Mollel
Editor, “Stories of Reconciliation – Connecting Us All” E-book.

IMANTA is once again pleased to announce our self-administered scholarship program for 2017/2018, funded by our ongoing casino program and governed by the regulations of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission. The total funding available is $25,000.

Continue reading → Scholarship Program for 2017

IMANTA will hold a Līgo celebration on from 2 – 11pm on Saturday, June 24th, at Devon Lions’ Campground at 1140 Saskatchewan Ave. East in Devon, west of Edmonton (www.devonlionscampground.activenuketoo.com). The OTS location we enjoyed last year was not available to us this year. We have reserved The Shelter, a facility which has a large covered area, cooking facilities, washrooms, playground, fire-pit and greenspace.  Please see our previous posting for more information.

At the first International Choral Festival in early June, Pro Coro Canada performed the world premiere of Uģis Prauliņš The Way Children Sleep, a song set to the words of Continue reading → June 2017 Newsletter