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	Current issue May 2012 (selected articles) Table of Contents in this issue editorial Letter from the Editor Jeanne Dorr trivia reflections Sisters and Mothers Jeanne Dorr reflections Part III - My Lithuanian Summer Teresė Vekteris here at home A summer to remember Michel Krevenas culture RETRO - Dance group Santa Clarita, CA Sigita Barysienė culture LAUME - Dance group from Buffalo Grove, IL Raimonda culture AIDAS - Youth Folk Dance Group of Kansas City, Kansas Nancy Stegeman photo album Sisters and Mothers history THOUGHTS REGARDING THE COLUMNS OF GEDIMINAS Saulius V. Ploplys lac news Cape Cod Lithuanians Participate in a Multi-Cultural Festival Aurelia Nijole Borges reflections Excerpt from "We Were There, Too" Phillip M. Hoose calendar
	April 2012 (selected articles) Table of Contents in this issue editorial Letter from the Editor Jeanne Dorr easter letter Msgr. E.J. Putrimas traditions THE LITHUANIAN EASTER EGG OVERTURE Anthony J. Shalna reflections Part II My Lithuanian Summer Teresė Vekteris culture THE LITHUANIANS ARE COMING Gloria R. Adomkaitis culture “ŠVYTURYS” Beata Čiurlionienė photo album KAZIUKO MUGĖ Ramunė Kubilius culture 40th ANNUAL BALTIMORE LITHUANIAN FESTIVAL Henry L. Gaidis lac news Cape Cod Celebrates Lithuanian Independence reflections CONCLUSION HISTORY OF THE LITHUANIAN GUARD AND LABOR SERVICE COMPANIES IN POST WAR GERMANY Henry L. Gaidis calendar
	January / February 2012 (selected articles) Table of Contents in this issue editorial Letter from the Editor Jeanne Dorr education A Challenging Year Eleonora Lekavičiūtė reflections Music, basketball,tea, and the recipe for porridge Ramune˙ Kubilius culture XIV LITHUANIAN FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL JULY 1, 2012 Boston, MA Gloria R. Adomkaitis culture “BERŽELIS” Dalia Dzikas reflections THIS & THAT IN OLD VILNIUS Gloria Kivytaite˙ O’Brien culture Lithuanian Craft Show Krista Bard photo album Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show reflections Part I-HISTORY OF THE LITHUANIAN GUARD AND LABOR SERVICE COMPANIES IN POST WAR GERMANY Henry L. Gaidis education New Fungi named after Duke biology professor folk tale WHY THE PRINCESS LAUGHED AGAIN culture Žilvinas Folk Dance Group of Philadelphia Ramune˙Cobb

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