Lögberg-Heimskringla - 09.04.2004, Blaðsíða 15

Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 9. apríl 2004 •
Calendar of Ezsents
Sunday 4 April
Winnipeg, MB: Linda Lundstrom
Fashion Show Brunch, 11-2 pm.
Fairmont Hotel, Two Lombard.
Featuring Linda Lundstrom in per-
son. Benefit for Habitat for Humanity
in cooperation with Boutique La
Femme. Call Boutique La Femme
489-1663 for tickets ($40.00 -
$20.00 receipt for income tax pur-
pose).
April 15 through June
Winnipeg, MB: Martha Brooks at
The Toad on Main. With local jazz
artists Glenn Buhr, Michelle Gré-
goire, Steve Hamilton, Rob Siwik,
and more. Thursdays, April 15
through June. First set 8:30. Great
food. Great jazz. Great pub atmos-
phere.
Friday 16 April
Winnipeg, MB: Stories from the
Sacred Earth. Earthstory - Kay
Stone, Jane Cahill, Mary Louise
Chown. Music by Sand, David
Quanbury, guitar, Phoebe Mann,
drums. Unitarian Church, Wellington
Crescent. $8 advance, $10 door.
Tickets: Prairie Sky Books. For info
Mary Louise 489-6994 or Kay 489-
5226.
Saturday 17 April
Minnesota: lcelandic Hekla Club
announces the 79th annual Sam-
koma dinner, An Evening with Bill
Holm. Minneapolis Woman’s Club.
Sunday 18 April
Edmonton, AB: Sumardagurinn
Fyrsti where there will be an auction
selling all new items to raise money
for the Snorri Program.
Calgary, AB: Sumardagurinn Fyrsti
will be hosted by the Leif Eiriksson
lcelandic Club from 5 to 9 p.m. It will
be held at the Calgary Scandinavian
Centre with. a potluck supper, com-
plete with Tombola Raffle and other
surprises. Cost is one “twoonie” per
person. The evening will be complet-
ed with a special presentation by
Louise Krogh on her "Life as a
Greenlander." For more information
on this event, please contact Linda at
(403) 241-0778.
Middle Musquodoboit, NS: lce-
landic Memorial Society of Nova
Scotia Annual General Meeting at
the Natural Resources Education
Centre, 2-4 p.m. Guest speaker will
be archeologist Brigitta Ferguson.
Her presentation will be “L’Anse aux
Meadows and Vinland: the First lce-
landers in North America.” Everyone
welcome. Lunch will be served.
Wednesday 21 April
Winnipeg, MB: The music of Harold
Areln with vocalist Martha Brooks
and trumpeter Dean McNeill, 8 p.m.
at the Pantages Playhouse. Tickets
$20, $12 for students, avalable at
Ticketmaster.
23 April - 12 September 2004
Washinton, DC: “Nordic Cool: Hot
Women Designers” will be presented
at the National Museum of Women in
the Arts. Icelandic designers will be
féatured. For more information, visit
www.nmwa.org.
23 - 25 April 2004
Hecla Island, MB: INL of NA Con-
vention 2004. Rooms can be booked
directly through Gull Harbour Resort
and Conference Centre at 1-800-
267-6700 under the lcelandic Nation-
al League. Convention Convener
Maxine Ingalls — jingalls @ mts.net or
204-482-9822.
Saturday 24 April
Winnipeg, MB: The First Lutheran
Church Women invite you to their
Spring Garden Tea from 1:00 to 3:00
p.m. at 580 Victor Street. Sales of
home baking, meat pies, handicrafts,
white elephant and touch and take
tables, plus books, videos, and tapes.
Handicap access.
Sunday 25 April
Winnipeg, MB: The "Past Time"
Singers from Reykjavík, lceland, will
present a short recital at St. Andrew’s
River Heights United Church,
Kingsway and Oak Streets, on at 12
noon. The Singers will feature lce-
landic Songs, with English transla-
tions. Be sure not to miss this out-
standing group. More information
can be obtained from Helga Ander-
son (204) 453-7348, or the church
office (204) 488-1130.
Wednesday 28 April
Winnipeg, MB: Lestrarfélag reads
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
by Martha Brooks, 7 p.m.
Thursday 29 April
Toronto, ON: lcelandic movie with
English subtitles: Devil’s Island, by
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, at National
Film Board, 150 John Street, 6:30
and 8:30 p.m. Join us before for a
drink or a meal at Montana across
the street. Call Carolyn for more info
or to book, (905) 469-4917
Saturday 15 May
Markerville, AB: Auction and giant
garage sale, starting at 1 p.m.,
Creamery and Fensala.
Saturday 29 May
Markerville, AB: Viking Cup Golf
Tournament, Gleniffer Lake.
Thursday 27 May
Winnipeg, MB: Lestrarfélag reads
Falcons Goldby Kathy Arnason. 6:30
p.m., in the lcelandic Collection
Board Room, University of Manitoba.
Thursday 27 May
Toronto, ON: lcelandic movie with
English subtitles: Seagull’s Laughter,
by Águst Guðmundsson, at National
Film Board, 150 John Street, 6:30
and 8:30 p.m. A sneak preview of this
film which will be released in Canada
in the fall. Join us before for a drink or
a meal at Montana across the street.
Call Carolyn for more info or to book,
(905) 469-4917.
ICELANDIC CLASSES
Montreal, QC: lcelandic Canadian
Club of Quebec. Icelandic Lessons
with Anna. Each Thurs. 7 - 8:30 p.m.,
Greene Avenue Center, 1290
Greene Avenue, $8.50+ $1 (room
rental). annalu75@hot mail.com.
Arborg, MB: Conversational lce-
landic Classes started Wed. 22 Octo-
ber at Arborg Collegiate. 7:30-9 p.m.
Contact Einar and Rosalind Vig-
fusson. (204) 376-2769.
Winnipeg, MB: lcelandic language
classes every Thurs. 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. at the Scandinavian Centre, 764
Erin Street. Introductory and interme-
diate 1evel classes. Call Gunnvör for
details, evenings at(204) 256-2143.
Foam Lake, SK: lcelandic language
lessons, Sunday evening, 7:30,
Elfros Library, winter session now
beginning. One-time payment of $5
to cover photocopying, then $2 each
time you attend. Gunni Goodman
instructing. For more information,
call Stella, (306) 328-2077.
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President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and his wife
Dorrit Moussaieff at Internationai Days in Reykjavík.
President
up for
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Iceland’s President, Ólafur
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The Prime Minister’s
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