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Calendar of Ezsents
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Saturday, 4 October
Calgary, AB: Leif Eiriksson lce-
landic Club Fall Feast at Dr. Ron
and Helene Goodmans’ home near
Cochrane. 5:00 pm. Pot luck. Come
bring your favorite dish and enjoy an
illustrated talk by Louise Krogh
about “Life in Greenland.”
7-11 October
Minot, ND: Visit the L-H at Norsk
Hostfest, North America’s Largest
Scandinavian Festival. Scandina-
vian Cuisine, Authentic Clothing,
Dancing. Norsk Hostfest Assoc.and
offices: www.hostfest.com. Tel: 701-
852-2368. Minot Visitors Bureau Tel:
701-857-8206.
Email: hostfest@minot.com.
Saturday, 11 October
Moorhead, MN: Family History Work-
shop presented by the Heritage Edu-
cation Commission at Minnesota
State University, Moorhead, the 23rd
annual Family History Workshop,
from 8 am - 4:30 pm. At the Comstock
Memorial Union at MSUM. Four work-
shop session of 75 mins., two in the
morning and two in the afternoon,
each at six locations on different top-
ics. Workshop $27, Reg. accepted at
workshop, but will not include lunch-
eon. For additional information visit
the website at ttp://www.
mnstate.edu/heritage/xxv ii.htm
email: heritage@mnstate.edu, write
Heritage Education Commission,
Box 82, MN State University Moor-
head, Moorhead, MN 56563, or call
218-477-2183.
Minot, ND: Trinity Health’s Norsk
Hostfest 8k RiverRun. For info and
entry form call the MSU Track Office
at 701-858-3268 or email hutch
esons@minotstateu.edu.
15-19 October
Reykjavík, lceland: The annual lce-
land Airwaves Music Festival cele-
brates alternative music. The cre-
ative attitude of lcelanders has fos-
tered famous alternative performers
such as Björk, Sigur Rós, Gus Gus
and the Leaves. Catch the latest
rhythms of alternative music in ven-
ues across Reykjavík.
Info: www.icelandairwaves.com
Thursday, 16 October
Calgary, AB: Iris Torfason will
begin lcelandic classes. Ph. 256-
2038. 10 am. coffee 10:30 classes;
evening 6 pm classes 6:30 pm bring
bag lunch.
Wednesday, 17 October
Winnipeg, MB: Magic of One Con-
cert Series. A Collaborative Spoken
Word Concert Series With Story-
tellers and Musicians, 2003-2004.
Celtic Tales: The Turning of the
Year. Stories by Valery Clancy, Mary
Louise Chown, Norma Cameron.
Music by Susan and Paul Hammer
(various Celtic instruments). All con-
certs at the Unitarian Church Hall on
Wellington Cres.8 pm. Tickets $8
advance, $10 door. $40 for all six
concerts. Tickets available at Prairie
Sky Books. For info: Mary Louise
489-6994 or Kay 489-5226. Magic of
One Productions was formed in
2003 by Mary Louise Chown, Kay
Stone and Laura Fowler, to encour-
age the development of professional
storytelling in Manitoba. This is an
innovative program of oral stories
supported by music. Fifteen tellers
and eight musicians will work
together over an eight month period
(September through April) to create
six one-of-a-kind presentations in
October, November, January, Febru-
ary, March, and April.
17-19 October 2003
Winnipeg, MB: First Lutheran
Church, Winnipeg, celebrates its
125th Anniversary Oct. 17-19, 2003.
Info about former members? Con-
tact us: 580 Victor St., Wpg, MB
R3G 1R2. 204-772-7444.
E-mail: flcwin@mts.net, or visit our
website at www.mts.net/~flcwin.
Saturday, 18 October
Gimli MB: NIHM Annual Fall Feast.
Johnson Hall, a tribute to Viking
Exploration.
Tuesday, 21 October
Gimli, MB: Walk to the Rock, annu-
al walk to arrival site of the lcelandic
settlers at Willow Point. Held in
cooperation with the Gimli Chapter
of the INL and Gimli Early Middle
Years School.
Wednesday, 22 October
Calgary, AB: Vínarterta making bee
10:00 am. Scan Center, bring bag
lunch. Ph. Carol Blyth 243-6747.
Friday, 24 October
Calgary, AB: Snorri presenta-
tion by Kristin Grisdale. Bring the
young people in your family to hear
all about the lceland Snorri program.
7 pm. This will be a “Soup for a
Toonie Night."
24-25 October
Winnipeg, MB: lceland-Canada
Conference will be held at the lce-
land Reading Room, U of M. For
more info call the Department of lce-
landic Studies, U of M. 204-474-
8487.
Sunday, 26 October
Edmonton, AB: Annual General
Meeting. 7 pm. Dutch Centre.
Sunday, 2 November
Calgary, AB: Scan Center Christ-
mas Bazaar.
4-9 November
Reykjavík, lceland: 13th Reykjavik-
lceland Jazz Festival 2003 includes
such acts as Jaguar, British pianist
Alex Wilson, the New York Voices
and the Reykjavík Big Band. In all,
some 80 musicians and vocalists
will perform from the U.S., Canada,
U.K., Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
Finland, Faeroe Islands, Holland
and, of course, lceland. Info:
www.reykjavikjazz.com.
Sunday, 9 November
Red Deer, AB: Fundraiser for Fen-
sala, “A Quilt of Many Cultures” will
be performed at the Memorial Cen-
tre, 2 pm. Contact Carol Blyth 243-
6747.
Saturday, 29 November
Winnipeg, MB: Framfari Christmas
Dinner at the Crescent Fort Rouge
United Church, Wardlaw Ave. at
Nassau St. For more info see:
www.samkoma.com/framfari
Calgary, AB: Leif Eiriksson lcelandic
Club Christmas Party, Scan Center.
Sunday, 30 November
Edmonton, AB: Christmas Party.
Craft tables, bake tables, carol
singing and a Santa visit. 2 pm. The
Dutch Centre.
Thursday, 11 December
Fargo, ND: F-M lcelandic Club
Christmas gathering. Ramada Plaza
Suites.
ONGOING
Winnipeg, MB: Framfari conversa-
tional lcelandic classes every Mon-
day, begin at 6:45 pm. For more infor-
mation call Arný at 783-2885 or
email: arnyh@shaw.ca
Winnipeg, MB: First Tuesday of
every month, Framfari meeting 7-9
pm at the Boardroom, lcelandic Col-
lection, Elizabeth Dafoe Library, U of
M. Everyone welcome. For more
info see: www.samkoma.com/fram
fari.
From 17 September
Toronto, ON: New beginner lce-
landic classes for 6 weeks on Weds.
8 pm. $35 non-members, $30 mem-
bers. Eglington-Yonge area. Teacher:
Halla Gunnarsdóttir. We have books
in stock “Colloquial lcelandic” $35 or
$70 w/ 2 cassettes. Call Gail 416-
762-8627 to join or by the book.
Montreal, PQ: ICC-Quebec intro-
ductory level lcelandic language les-
sons. Teacher Anna Ludviksdóttir,
every Wed. 7-8:30 pm. Upstairs at
the Greene Avenue Centre, 1090
Greene in Westmount. Contact
Wendy at wer0802@hotmail.com, or
Susan at noricher@total.net. or 514-
931-0771.
Winnipeg, MB: 1st Fri. ea.
month. Icelandic Canadian Frón
invites you to practice your lcelandic
language skills and enjoy the Smor-
gasbord at 6 pm. Scandinavian Cul-
tural Centre, 764 Erin St. Fluency not
a requirement, only willíngness to try.
Until Friday, 31 October
Gimli, MB: Visual Awakenings:
Selected Norse Gods. TheViking
theme that the New lceland Heritage
Museum has been following since
May continues in this exhibit. Gimli’s
own Kerri Taverner shows fifteen
digital composites in this exhibition
and a collection of whimsical ceram-
ic Viking ships for sale.
November and December 2003
Gimli, MB: The Wah-Sa Exhibition.
Framed originals and lithographs by
ten of Manitoba’s best aboriginal
artists exemplifying contemporary
Woodland and Prairie art with its rich
imagery and formal strength related
to ancient artistic traditions. The
works from this exhibition are for sale.
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