Bridges
Lithuanian American News Journal

Current issue
December 2011
(selected articles)

Table of Contents
in this issue
editorial
Letter from the Editor
Jeanne Dorr
reflections
Advent is a wake-up call to the world
Sister Margaret Bareikaite˙
education
The Christmas Wafer
Sister Theresa Dabulis
education
My American Experience
Gabriele˙ Papievytė
reflections
A House Filled with Love
Jeanne Dorr
culture
Making a Joyful Noise
Jeanne Dorr
culture
Preparations for the XIV Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival
Gloria Adomkaitis
culture
MEET TORONTO ATŽALYNAS
photo album
lac news
THE THIRD MEETING OF THE XIX LAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Danguole Navickas
reflections
Day of Honor
Florence Morkus
reflections
ATEITIS WEEK
Laima Lileikienė Shea
poetry
The Inn-Keeper Makes Excuses
Edgar Guest
calendar

November 2011
(selected articles)

Table of Contents
in this issue
editorial
Letter from the Editor
Jeanne Dorr
sports
Dancing on Ice
Jeanne Dorr
education
Maria High School
to Close
education
Differences Don’t
Matter if You Open
Your Heart
Gabrielė Uršulė
Bartosevičiūtė
from lithuania
Meet the Editor
Jeanne Dorr
culture
LF50 Anniversary
Contest
Laima Lileikienė Shea
culture
MEET THE
ARTISTIC
DIRECTORS
Submitted by
Gloria Adomkaitis
culture
Meet Žaibas -
Madison, Wisconsin
Nijolė Semenaitė Etzwiler
photo album
Los Angeles Festival
sports
A Lithuanian
Champion
Eugenija Misevičius
reflections
Lankas Camp
Sarah Gilbertson
sports
Arturas Karnišovas
Basketball Tournament
Rimas Gedeika
calendar

October 2011
(selected articles)

Table of Contents
in this issue
2 editorial
Letter from the Editor Jeanne Dorr
2 cultural
Events Open to the Public - Dagilėlis 2011 U.S. Concert Tour
3 cultural
DAGILĖLIS BOYS’ CHOIR 2011 U.S. Tour Oct. 20 - Nov. 6, 2011
4 education
MY FULBRIGHT PHILANDERING
IN LITHUANIA Tom Hischak
7 cultural
My Summer at Neringa Heritage Camp Angele Puodziunas
8 cultural
Meeting the Renaissance Man, dr. Charles Borowsky, “Dagilėlis” & “The American Virtuosi” Laurynas Misevičius
11 cultural
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
Gloria Adomkaitis
11 cultural
ŠALTINIS - Detroit, Michigan
Victoria Viskantas
12 photo album
“Dagilėlis” Boys’ Choir of
Lithuania
14 knights of lithuania
K OF L 98th ANNUAL NATIONAL CONVENTION Regina Juska-Svoba
18 reflections
What I Remember About Cousin
Vytautas Petrauskas
Vanda Fabijonavičiūtė Šliupienė R.Ph.
20 calendar
20 cultural
"Dagilėlis" important and
significant achievements

September 2011
(selected articles)

Table of Contents
in this issue
2 editorial
Letter from the Editor
Jeanne Dorr
4 from lithuania
An Interview with
Ambassador Anne E. Derse
Jeanne Dorr
7 reflections
LITHUANIA---
PENNSYLVANIA---
A STUDY OF EXCELLENCE!!
Rimas Gedeika
10 reflections
The Procession of
Pilgrims to Šiluva
Rev. Peter Burkauskas
11 culture
MEET THE LITHUANIAN
FOLK DANCE GROUP
OF BOSTON - SAMBURIS
Gloria Adomkaitis
12 photo album
"Samburis"
Boston, MA
14 traditions
THE BRIGHTEST
MOMENTS – SCHOOL
TRADITIONS
Laima Pacevičienė
16 fairy tale
THE SWAN QUEEN
17press release
World Lithuanian
Youth Community
18 reflections
PART II
What I Remember
About Cousin Vytautas Petrauskas
Vanda Fabijonaviciute Sliupas
20 calendar

July August 2011
(selected articles) 

Table of Contents
in this issue
2 editorial
Letter from the Editor
Jeanne Dorr
4 reflections
Christmas in July
Jeanne Dorr
5 press release
CELEBRATED CONCERT
PIANIST GABRIELIUS ALEKNA
6 reflections
Sisters of St. Casimir in
Lithuania celebration of
the 90th Anniversary
9 culture
Grandis Annual Concert
Ramune˙ Kubilius
11 culture
FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL
Gloria R. Adomkaitis
12 here at home
A Lithuanian Franciscan
Rev. John Puodziunas, OFM
14 photo album
The youngest dancers
16 lac news
“Joninės” The Eve of
St. John Festival
Gema M. Kreivenas
18 reflections
RED TERROR
Submitted by Juozas Lukosevičius
20 reflections
PART I
What I Remember About Cousin
Vytautas Petrauskas
Vanda Fabijonaviciute Sliupas
22 trivia
23 lac
LAC, INC. NATIONAL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
24 bulletin board
AABS Conference
24 calendar

June 2011
(selected articles) 

Table of Contents
in this issue
2 editorial Letter from the Editor
Jeanne Dorr
4 reflections RED BEETS
Marijona Venslauskaite Boyle
6 reflections Gyvenamasis Namas
The House
Angelė Vyšniauskaitė
English translation &
adaptaton by Gloria O‘Brien
8 book review
Between Shades of Gray
Barbara Bilsky
9 here at home
A Dream Come True
Jeanne Dorr
10 here at home
Ateitininkų Week
Laima Lileikiene Shea
11 here at home
Joint Baltic American
National Committee, Inc.
50th Anniversary
Commemoration
Henry L. Gaidis
12 photo album
Vilnius University
15 trivia
16 genealogy
Search for Radavicius:
A Trip Back to the 1863
Insurrection in Zemaitija
PART II
Augustine Idzelis PhD, JD
19 fairy tale
THE WISE PRINCESS
20 calendar

May 2011
(selected articles) 

Table of Contents
Letter from the Editor
Arvydas Sabonis Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Honors for Matulaitis Nursing Home
The Story of Kęstutis as told by Birutė
The Doctor Meets the Legend
New York Lithuanians Celebrate Feast of Saint Casimir
Photo Album - Points of Interest
Search for Radavičius: A Trip Back to the 1863 Insurrection in Žemaitija
Klėtis, Tvartas ir Pirtis - Granary, Barn and Bathhouse - The Lithuanian's Home - Part VII
Evangelical Lutherans from Lithuanian Minor During the Period 1852 - 1874
Calendar

April 2011
(selected articles) 

Table of Contents
Editorial
The First Lithuanian Mission
Keeping with Tradition
An Interview with Daiva Markelis
Lithuania's Ambassadors of Good Will
St. Charles man has NIU building named in his honor
Dainava Lithuanian Chorale
Summer Camp at Wasaga Beach
Tvoros ir Vartai - Fences and Gates - The Lithuanian's Home
Memories of My Youth Part II
Romualdas Zableckas of the "Colorado Beetles"
Calendar

March 2011
(selected articles) 

Table of Contents
Editorial
Justinas Marcinkevičius
President Dalia Grybauskaitė with U.S. Senators
Ateitis Celebrates 100th Anniversary in Chicago
Lithuanian Opens New Museum
Under the Sun Ų the Stars
Archy - Hero K9
What is the Fate of the Lithuanian Churches in the United States
Photo album: Philadelphia's Žilvinas in Australia
Memories of my Youth
Orchards and Honeybees
The Mosquito and the Horse
Florida's Lithuanian Basketball League
Calendar

January February 2011
(selected articles) 

Table of Contents
Editorial
Napoleon's Soldiers Buried in Vilnius
Speech by H.E. Dalia Grybauskaitė
"Bloody Sunday"
ExCEL!
Proclaiming 2011 the Year of Divine Mercy
An Interview with Ruta Sepetys
Bulletin Board
Part V The Lithuanian's Home
Trivia
Photo Album
Cultural Heritage in the Virtual Environment
The Agenda for NATO
Our Children are Very Important
New Year's Day
Fairy Tale: The fool who pastured a hundred rabbits
Calendar