Lithuanian Landslide

Aldona Lingertat shares with Mark from Floral Park how St. Peter Lithuanian Church & Parish in South Boston saved itself from closing and then celebrated their 120th anniversary.

Young Lithuanian-American writer Gabby Avicolli shares with Mark from Floral Park how she came to realize that being Lithuanian is a responsibilty.

Lithuanian-American leader of Sodauto, the Boston Lithuanian Ethnohraphic Ensemble, Gita Merkeviciute-Kupciskiene, shares her story with Mark from Floral Park.

Award-winning Lithuanian-American composer and conductor, Kestutis Daugirdas, shares his story with Mark from Floral Park.

Lithuanian-Canadian musician Paulius Murauskas tells Mark from Floral Park his history with renowned Lithuanian supergroup, Gintaras.

Singer and radio personality Rasa Kaye-Brittain tells Mark from Floral Park her history with renowned Lithuanian supergroup, Harmonija.

Siga Juozelskis and Thomas Gumpert tell Mark from Floral Park how their relationship formed via Lithuanian-American and Lithuanian-Canadian events.

Musician Ed Meilus tells Mark from Floral Park of his history and mission in Lithuanian scouting.

In the spirit of Baltic Unity Day, Latvian scout David Rohlfing tells Mark from Floral Park his fascinating history with Latvian, Lithuanian and American scouting.

Straw-artist extrodinaire Philitha Stemplys-Cowdrey tells Mark from Floral Park of her journey from her youth through her realtionship with Aldona Saimininkas to her present day accomplishments.

Master chef Josephina Senken tells Mark from Floral Park her culinary journey from Brazil to New York on the wings of her kugelis, a deep-dish potato casserole to die for.

Musicians Kristina Klioryte & Alekdandras Stankevicius tell Mark from Floral Park their musical history focusing on their albums, altruism and Dainu Svente 2025.

Renowned kankles player and singer, Simona Smirnova, tells Mark from Floral Park of her musical journey from Lithuania to the United States and album releases.

Poet Maria Williams tells Mark from Floral Park of how her Lithuanian-American heritage has fueled her writing.

Andris Vizbaras tells Mark from Floral Park of his unprecedented experience at the 2024 Dainu Svente (Song Festival) in Vilnius.

Lithuanian singer Vilte Ambrazaityte tells Mark from Floral Park, among other things, where and when she picks berries and mushrooms in Vilnius and how it felt to be a part of Eurovision 2024.

Lithuanian musicians Robertas Semeniukas and Sigita Jonynaite of the band Zalvarinis tell Mark from Floral Park about sutartine and other elements that produce their group's Lithuanian sound. Includes in-WHPC-studio peformances.

Lithuanian-American experimental hip-hop artist Dritty Pope tells Mark from Floral Park of how Camp Neringa in Brattleboro, Vermont, among other things, influenced him to record his "Lithuania" EP. Includes in-WHPC-studio performances.

Lithuanian-Canadian actress Ruta Lee (who appeared in countless movies and television programs) tells Mark from Floral Park how she used her Hollywood clout to call then-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, asking him to pardon her grandmother who had been sent to an internment camp in Siberia.

Lithuanian musician Kolorado Romas tells Mark from Floral Park of his musical journey from Lithuania to the United States after Lithuania regained its independence in the early 1990s.