#centenaries

A beer label celebrating 100 years since the first Hereford cattle were imported to New Zealand in 1869 by sailing ship from England. These cattle were brought in by R & E McLean of Bleak House, Howick, Auckland.

New Zealand Breweries Ltd: New Zealand Herefords, 1869-1969, 100 years. Centennial brew, Red Band export lager, brewed and bottled in N.Z. by New Zealand Breweries Ltd, Wellington. [Label. 1969]

A delicious way to celebrate the Centennial in 1940. Much thought has gone into the moulded patterns on these chocolate-backed biscuits; they show the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Sir George Grey, Captain Cook Centenary, a Maori whare, a kiwi, and a medal. We might be less likely to use some of this iconography today. The tower erected for the Centennial Exhibition at Lyall Bay is shown in the background.

Aulsebrook's Centennial chocolate biscuits, half coated. [Biscuit tin label. 1940?]

This journal’s ongoing centenary celebration has included a cinematic part: a sequence at Movie Discussion board, “Tales from The New Yorker,” which featured films related to The New Yorker’s historical past, whether or not as a result of the supply materials was printed right here or as a result of contributors to the journal had been concerned with the films in query. However the sequence left…

Ireland’s Independence Centenaries Threaten to Reopen Old Wounds

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DUBLIN — It seemed, to some at least, a perfectly reasonable event to include in a series of centenaries planned for the Irish War of Independence from 1919 to 1921: a commemoration of Royal Irish Constabulary police officers who fought and died on the British side.

But the public outcry that greeted the event’s announcementlast month not only forced its cancellation, but may have…

We are pleased to announce that the trip of watercolours will continue and part of the 7th International Watercolor Biennial "Baltic Bridges. 2018. Indeed" soon will be represented in the museum of Janina Monkute-Marks in Kedainiai. Watercolour exhibition "The Echo of Centenaries" is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian states, and the 50th anniversary of the first international exhibition of watercolors in the Baltic States in 1968 in Riga (Latvia) which we were celebrating in 2018. From January 17 until March 2, 2019 the artworks of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian artists will be exhibited in the magnificent halls of the museum.Visitors will have access to the watercolors by 15 artists’, reflecting the peculiarities of national schools and demonstrating authors' mastery and dedication to chosen technique of watercolor.

Please, feel free to share information and invite your friends to come to the venue or visit the exhibition until 2nd of March, 2019.

WHAT: watercolour exhibition "The Echo of Centenaries"

WENUE: Museum of Janina Monkutė-Marks, J.Basanavičiaus str. 45, Kėdainiai

WHEN: opening on 17 January, 2019, 17:00

EXHIBITION RUNS UNTIL: 2 March, 2019

MUSEUM WORKS: II-V from 10:00 till 18:00, VI from 10:00 till 15:00

participants of the exhibition

LITHUANIA: Voldemaras Barakauskas, Osvaldas Jablonskis, Eugenijus Nalevaika, Rimvydas Mulevičius, Vidmantas Zarėka. LATVIA: Janis Spalvinš, Ieva Spalvina, Irida Lazdina, Irena Luse, Oksana Vronska. ESTONIA: Tuuli Puhvel, Eero Ijavoinen, Mall Paris, Tiiu Pallo-Vaik, Mari Roosvalt.