Manitoba Íslenska Félagið
ARTS
Until March 31
Winnipeg, MB: Forest of the Bullheaded Fishes, a vibrant collection of insect, animal, and plant paintings, is Kristjana Wood’s first solo exhibition. Located in the Iceland Reading Room of the University of Manitoba’s Elizabeth Dafoe Library.
EVENTS
Saturday 27 March
Winnipeg, MB: The Jon Sigurdsson Chapter IODE will hold its Spring Bridge and Whist Luncheon at Betelstaður, 1061 Sargent Avenue. Bake Sale starts at 11:00, Lunch at 11:45, followed by card playing.
April 10, 2010
Minneapolis, MN:
Icelandic Hekla Club of Minnesota
The Icelandic Hekla Club of Minnesota will host their annual Samkoma dinner on April 10, 2010, at the Danish American Center in Minneapolis. This fund-raising dinner helps support the Val Björnson Scholarship Fund at the University of Minnesota, promoting educational opportunities between the U of M and the University of Iceland. The Minnehaha Academy Madrigal will help usher in the spring season following dinner. The Club thanks Icelandair for their generous participation. For more information, tickets, or to make a donation, please contact Kristin Ode at dekode@comcast.net. Dinner tickets will not be sold at the door.
Friday 16 April
Winnipeg, MB: A Wine Tasting Party is being put on by the Icelandic Canadian Frón, 6:30 p.m. at the Scandinavian Centre on Erin St. Six wines will be paired with soup, hors d’oeuvres and dessert. That Wine Guy, Campbell Alexander will conduct the wine tasting and Bonne Cuisine will prepare the New Iceland Cuisine. Tickets are $35 per person. For tickets contact: Gunnvor at (204) 284-1535 or e-mail gunnvor@mfa.is
April 22-25
Toronto, ON: The Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto is hosting the 2010 INL Convention. The theme is Icelanders: Then and Now. Along with the ‘Friends of Ottawa’, we will be focusing on the early immigration years, with presentations on settlements in eastern North America, and then moving on to today, featuring accomplished people from the region. The convention will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott, downtown Toronto. www.courtyard.com/YYZCY. For more information, visit the INL website at www.inlofna.org.
Sunday 2 May
Calgary, AB: Celebrate Sumardagurinn Fyrsti with LEIC’s Family Fun Day, held at the Scandinavian Centre. Doors open at 3 p.m., dinner at 5:30 p.m. in the Viking Hall. There will be games and activities for the children. Whist, chess, and activities for the adults in Valhalla Hall. Non-members welcome. Ticket deadline is April 28. Contact Aldis Hallson at (403) 278-9087 or email hallson@shaw.ca
Saturday 15 May
Markerville, AB: Opening Day Pancake Breakfast, 9 a.m. at the Historic Markerville Creamery Museum.
Saturday 19 June
Markerville, AB: Annual Icelandic picnic. Come out and enjoy outdoor games followed by dinner and the crowning of the new Alberta Fjallkona. ICCE will be providing a bus from Edmonton to Markerville for seniors, call Susan Hallett at (780) 471-0082 to register for the bus. Bag lunch is provided on the way to Markerville.
GENEALOGY
Sundays
Victoria, BC: The first Sunday of each month the Icelanders of Victoria are offering a genealogy night open-house style at Fred Bjarnason’s. You will have the opportunity to use his collection of genealogy books, use his password to a variety of databases and have an experienced hand to guide you in your quest to find your Icelandic ancestors. Please come out and join us from 6 – 9 p.m. on Sunday evening. Fred Bjarnason (250) 477-3535.
ICELANDIC CLASSES
Tuesdays
Winnipeg, MB: The Icelandic Canadian Frón will hold its Icelandic Language Classes at the Scandinavian Centre on Erin St. for ten weeks beginning on Tuesday, January 19 at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $40 for members and $45 for non-members. Walk-ins are welcome at $5 per session. For further information, please contact Kendra at kensuloa@mts.net or Gunnvör at (204) 284-1535.
Wednesdays
Gimli, MB: Kaffitími (coffee time) in Gimli takes place at 3 p.m. each Wednesday, meeting at Amma’s Tea Room at the Gimli Waterfront Centre. There is no signup and no teacher. Anyone is welcome to drop in; the only fee is the price of your cup of coffee. There is only one rule – you need to talk Icelandic in order to participate in the chat around the table. If you just want to listen at first that’s fine too!
LECTURES
Monday 1 March
Victoria, BC: “Visual translation of Njáls Saga.” Dr. Jón Karl Helgason will speak as part of the Richard and Margaret Beck Lectures at the University of Victoria, 10 a.m., Fine Arts, Room 104. Helgason is a scholar, translator, radio producer, editor and novelist. His scholarly fields of interest include the post-medieval reception of the Icelandic sagas and 20th-century Icelandic cultural history. As a part of his extensive research on the rewriting of Njáls Saga, Helgason produced a CD-Rom in 2001 with 360 illustrations from editions and translation of the saga. In his paper, Helgason will deal with this corpus and its political and stylistic implications.
Tuesday 2 March
Victoria, BC: “Bloody Runes: Uncanny Elements in Egils Saga.” Dr. Jón Karl Helgason will speak as part of the Richard and Margaret Beck Lectures at the University of Victoria, 7:30 p.m., Clearihue Building, Room A206. In his lecture on Egils Saga, Helgason will borrow concepts from the fields of psychoanalysis and cultural history to consider the impact that the saga’s graphic descriptions of brutal killings–along with repeated images of blood, mead and vomit–may have had on its medieval audience.
Wednesday 3 March
Victoria, BC: “Dead Poets’ Society: Nationalism, Literature and Cultural Saints.” Dr. Jón Karl Helgason will speak as part of the Richard and Margaret Beck Lectures at the University of Victoria, 11:30 a.m., Clearihue Building, Room A204. In his paper, Helgason will discuss the fact that the Icelandic national cemetery at Thingvellir contains only two poets: Einar Benediktsson, buried there in 1940, and Jónas Hallgrímsson who was reburied at Thingvellir in 1946. Helgason will trace the history of this failed Pantheon in the context of European nationalism.
LITERATURE
Friday 19 March
Calgary, AB: Christina Sunley, author of The Tricking of Freya, will be speaking at the Scandinavian Centre, 7:30 p.m. 739 – 20th Ave. NW, Calgary.
MEETINGS
Sunday 28 March
Calgary, AB: LEIC AGM will be held at the Calgary Scandinavian Centre, Viking Hall, 739 20th Avenue N.W. 5 p.m. Pot Luck Dinner, 7 p.m. Annual General Meeting, 8 p.m. or following the meeting Icelandic Whist.
MUSIC
Sunday 11 April
Seattle, WA: Icelandic Fantasies with Ögmundur Thor Johannesson, international award-winning guitarist from Iceland, and Michael Partington, British-born international guitarist. 4 p.m. at the Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th Street.
SPORTS
April 29 - May 1
Akureyri, Iceland: The 7th annual open curling bonspiel at the Akureyri Curling Club. 4 games guaranteed, open to any four curlers, individual registration accepted. Entry fee is ISK 25,000 which includes opening party and final dinner. To register, or find more information, email to haring@simnet.is.
Saturday 29 May
Markerville, AB: Viking Cup Golf Tournament. Shot Gun start at Glennifer Lake at 2 p.m.
ÞORRABLÓT
Saturday 6 March
Victoria, BC: The annual Icelanders of Victoria Þorrablót will begin 5:30 p.m. to late at the Norway House.
Saturday 13 March
Seattle, WA: The Icelandic Club of Greater Seattle is hosting their Annual Þorrablót Celebration. 5:30 p.m. at the Swedish Club – 1920 Dexter Avenue N. Seattle. A Icelandic chef Gummi Helgason will be cooking up a authentic Icelandic buffet. Entertainment will include Icelandic singers, a dance band, Icelandic Princesses, and raffle tickets for many great prizes including two Round Trip tickets to Iceland. To register, download the form from www.icelandseattle.com
Saturday 27 March
Arborg, MB: The Arborg Þorrablót will be held at the Community Hall. Tickets are $30 for an evening of fine food, entertainment, dancing and socializing. This evening will focus on the life and legacy of writer and educator, Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason. Borga Jakobson will introduce her recently published translation of JMB’s well loved book, Eiríkur Hanson. Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. For tickets or info, contact: Lillian Gudmundson, (204) 376-2620, or David Gislason, (204) 376-5578, dgisla@mts.net.
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