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Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 19. nóvember 2004 • 13
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Lindy tours the Prairies in November, with dates in Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Arts
Until mid-November
Toronto, ON: Artist Tom Bjarnason’s new
show at The Lanes Gallery, suite 122, 55
Avenue Road, Hazelton Lanes, from 4 to 7
p.m. For more information call the gallery at
(416) 923-7272.
Until November 26
Vancouver, BC: An art exhibition by local
Vancouver artist Heidi Maddess will be held
at Columbia Street Studio Gallery, West 18th
Street and Columbia.
Until December 7
Winnipeg, MB: Inga Torfadóttir’s "Ode to
Odin” will be on display at the Elizabeth
Dafoe Library, 3rd fioor, University of Manito-
ba.
Events
Friday 19 November
Calgary, AB: Leif Eiriksson lcelandic Club
presents Höskuldur Þráinsson, who will
speak on “Modern lcelandic Language,” at
the Scandinavian Centre.
Winnipeg, MB: TGIF Smorg Dinner at 6 p.m.
Presentation of traditional lcelandic chil-
dren's costumes, from lceland to Manitoba,
at the Scandinavian Cultural Centre, 764
Erin Street, at 6:45, followed by dance per-
formance by the Scandinavian Children
Dancers. Cost: $14.
Saturday 27 November
Calgary, AB: Leif Eiriksson lcelandic Club
holds its Christmas Party at the Hungarian
Cultural Association, 211 Forge Road S.E.
Sunday 28 November
Toronto, ON: Christmas Fair and Bake Sale
— ICCT’s annual Christmas party, with
games and crafts and entertainment. 2:30
p.m., Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lons-
dale Road $5 for adult members, $6 non-
members, children under 12 free.
Saturday 4 December
Sackville, NS: Scandinavian Society of
Nova Scotia’s Yuletide Dinner at Peace
Lutheran Church, 971 Windsor Junction
Cross Road, telephone (902) 864-1625
Beaverbank & Windsor Junction, Sackville.
Social Hour: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m„ dinner:
7:30 p.m. Tickets: $30.00/Member
$35.00/Non-Member. Cash bar. Please
reserve your tickets by Saturday, November
27, 2004. Seating is limited, therefore
absolutely no ticket sales at the door. For fur-
ther information and to reserve seating,
please contact Irma Pitkanen: telephone:
(902) 832-3289 or e-mail: ipitka@access-
wave.ca
Saturday 4 December
Vancouver, BC: An lcelandic Craft and
Bake Sale will be held from 10 a.m. -1 p.m.
at lceland House. All are welcome to attend.
Items for sale indude vinarterta, rúllupylsa,
hard fish, kleinur, and lilrarpylsa. Craft tables
are also available for rent. For pre-orders to
be picked up on the 4th or table rental con-
tact Naomi at (604) 965-9154. Don’t forget
the Harð Fisk Cafe is open that day.
Winnipeg, MB: Framfari holds its 4th annual
jólahátið, or lcelandic Christmas dinner, in
central Wnnipeg. Call (204) 783-2885 or
(204) 475-3048 for tickets. Seating is limited.
Advance ticket sales only. $25 per adult.
Sunday 5 December
Sackville, NS: Scandinavian Society of
Nova Scotia’s Family Christmas Party Lusse-
fest/Juletreefest 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at
Peace Lutheran Church, Beaverbank and
Windsor Junction. Cost: $3 per person (chil-
dren under 2 free). Featuring open face
shrimp sandwiches for adults and hot dogs
for the children. Plus: crafts Lucia pageant
dancing around the Chilstmas tree visit from
Santa. Please bring some baking for our
dessert table. RSVP by Saturday, November
27 to Irma Pitkanen: telephone: (902) 832-
3289 or e-mail: ipitka@accesswave.ca. Vol-
unteers needed for sandwich making, crafts,
clean-up.
Seattle, WA: The lcelandic Club of Greater
Seattle holds its jólaball at 3 p.m., with danc-
ing, playing and singing. Cookies and cakes
will be served in the lcelandic Christmas
tradtition as well as sweets from lceland. Pre-
ceding the jólaball Reverend Eric Sigmar will
conduct a jólamessa starting at 2 p.m.
Please e-mail Fanney Guðjónsson at f.gud-
jonsson@att.net if you would like to volunteer
to help or bake goodies for the event.
Victoria, BC: The lcelanders of Victoria hold
their Christmas party, Norway House, 2 p.m.
Sunday 12 December
Edmonton, AB: Norðurljós, the lcelandic
Society of Edmonton, holds its annual Christ-
mas party at the Dutch Canadian Centre,
13312-142 Street, 2p.m.
Vancouver, BC: The Children’s Christmas
Party will be held from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the
Scandinavian Centre, 6540 Thomas St.
Burnaby, (604) 294-2777. All are welcome to
attend. There is a charge of $7.50 to offset
each child’s gift. Please bring something for
the food table. Santa will be there to dance
around the tree and check his list.
Icelandic Classes
Friday 10 December
Winnipeg, MB: lcelandic Canadian Frón
invites all interested for an evening of “lce-
landic Conversation Practice” at the Scandi-
navian Cultural Centre, 764 Erin St„ 6 - 8
p.m. TGIF - Smorg (lcelandic menu). Cost:
$14 Adults.
For information about lcelandic language
classes availabie near you, visit www.inlof-
na.org/BB/viewtopic.php?t=93.
Lectures
Saturday 20 November
Victoria, BC: Beck lcelandic Symposium
2004 at the University of Victoria - Clearihue
A127, starting at 9 a.m. Featured speakers
include Helga K. Benediktsson, Gunnar Óla-
fur Hansson, Keneva Kunz, Kristín M.
Jóhannsdóttir, Helgi Skúli Kjartansson, Patri-
cia Conroy, Russell Poole, JohnTucker, Patri-
cia Baer and Christopher Hale. All lectures
are free and open to the public. For more
information, visit http://gateway.uvic.ca/beck/
Thursday 27 January
Winnipeg, MB: Lestrarfeiag Winnipeg pres-
ents lceland’s Bell by Halldor Laxness. Ice-
landic Collection Board Room, University of
Manitoba, 7 p.m.
Movies
Thursday 25 November
Winnipeg, MB: Lestrarfelag Winnipeg pres-
ents the lcelandic film Children ol Nature,
directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Icelandic
Collection Board Room, University of Manito-
ba, 7 p.m.
Museums/Exhibits
Until December 20
Gimli, MB: “Remembering John McCrae,
1872 - 1918,” a new travelling exhibition
developed by Guelph Museums, offers a
fresh glimpse af the life of John McCrae. On
display at the New lceland Heritage Muse-
um, 94 First Avenue.
Until further notice
Hofsós, lceland: Silent Flashes — an inno-
vative exhibit of Victorian-era photographs of
and by lcelandic immigrants in North Ameri-
ca, 1870-1910, featuring 35 themes, 16 lce-
landic photographers, a recreation of the
19th century studio of Winnipeg photogra-
pher Jon Blondai, and much more. Long-
term exhibit at Frændgarður, The lcelandic
Emigration Center, Hofsós, lceland. 'For off-
season visits contact Valgeir Þorvaldsson:
hofsos@hofsos.is, phone (354) 453-7935 or
fax (354) 453-7936.
Music
Friday 19 November
Burnaby, BC: Come and enjoy an ICCBC
fundraising concert by StringFever at the
Scandinavian Community Centre, 6540
Thomas Street at 8 p.m.Tickets are $20 per
person ($15 for students). Funds raised from
this event will go to support participation in
the Snorri Program. Call Gerri at (604) 279-
0420 to order your tickets or by e-mail at ger-
rimcdonald@shaw.ca. StringFever’s mem-
bers indude the Thordarsons, father and son
fiddlers. You can check them out at
www.stringfever.ca.
Bill Bourne tour dates:
November 20: Edmonton, AB — Northern
Lights Folk Club
Lindy tour dates:
November 19: Calgary, AB at Mount Royal
College*
November 20: Regina, SK atThe
Exchange*
November 21: Winnipeg, MB at West End
Cultural Centre*
November 25: Kitchener, ON at Boathouse
November 28: Hamilton, ON at Staircase
December 8: Montreal, QC at Petit Campus,
Main Hall
December 9: Ottawa, ON at Zaphod Bee-
blebrox
December 10: Sherbrooke, PQ at Cafe Bla
Bla
December 18:Windsor, ON at Phog Lounge
December 19: Hamilton, ON at Staircase
’indicates show with Serena Ryder
Lowry Olafson tour dates:
November 19: Port Alberni, BC
November 20: Victoria, BC, House Concert.
Tickets: $15. For info and reservations
call (250) 727-9146.
November 27: Davis Bay, Sechelt, BC
Theatre
Until December 5
Winnipeg, MB: The play Unity (1918) runs at
Prairie Theatre Exchange, located on the 3rd
Floor of Portage Place in downtown Win-
nipeg. Ticket prices run from $20.60
(includes all taxes and fees) for students and
senior to $29.96 (includes all taxes and fees)
for adults. For more information call the box
office at (204) 942-5483.
Engineers
honoured
Glenn Peterson
Montreal, QC
Two Icelandic-Canadian
engineers were inducted into
the Quebec Air and Space Hall
of Fame during a ceremony
held on November 2 honour-
ing the design team of Pratt
and Whitney’s famous PT6
engine.
The late Thor E. Stephen-
son, former president of Pratt
and Whitney, and Gudmundur
P. Peterson of Richmond Hill,
Ontario, a retired Chief Engi-
neer of Pratt and Whitney and
a graduate of the University of
Manitoba, were honoured
along with ten other members
of the so-called “Dirty Dozen,"
who designed the PT6 engine
in the early 1960s. Both engi-
neers were born in Manitoba.
The PT6 engine is still in
production after 40 years and
over 40,000 engines have been
built so far, making the PT6
the worldwide best selling tur-
boprop in commercial aviation
history. Other members of the
team were Jean-Pierre Beaur-
gard, Femand C. Desrochers,
John K. Elsworth, the late Fred
A. Glasspoole, Richard H.
Guthrie, Gordon Hardy, Her-
bert H. .Langshur, Allan B.
Newland, Jim Rankin, and the
late Elvie L. Smith.
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