Lögberg-Heimskringla - 03.12.2004, Blaðsíða 13

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 03.12.2004, Blaðsíða 13
Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 3. desember 2004 • 13 The Lttgberg-Heimskringla Everything you need to know about events across North America — come out and have fun! Send information to appear in the Calendar of Events to david@lh-inc.ca or fax to (204) 284-7099. Events must be typed out as they are to appear; please include date, place, time and other particulars. Print deadline is the Tuesday the week prior to the issue date. For more listings, visit our website at www.lh-inc.ca. Arts Falcons exhibit proposed PHOTO: DAVID JÓN FULLER Cousins Devin Firth and Brett Goldhawk read newsclippings of the Falcons’ exploits at the campaign launch. Both are descended from Bobbie Benson, who played for the Falcons. Until December 7 Winnipeg, MB: Inga Torfadóttir’s “Ode to Odin” will be on display at the Elizabeth Dafoe Library, 3rd floor, University of Mani- toba. Events 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/Member $35/Non- Member. Cash bar. Please reserve your tick- ets by Saturday, November 27, 2004. Seat- ing is limited, therefore absolutely no ticket sales at the door. For further information and to reserve seating, please contact Irma Pitkanen — telephone: (902) 832-3289 or e- mail: ipitka@accesswave;ca Vancouver, BC: lcelandic Craft and Bake Sale, 10 a.m. -1 p.m., at lceland House. All are welcome to attend. For pre-orders to be picked up on the 4th or table rental contact Naomi at (604) 965-9154. Winnipeg, MB: The First Lutheran Church Women invite you to attend their annual Christmas Tea from 1 to 3 p.m. at 580 Victor Street. Sales of home baking, meat pies, handicrafts, books, plus white elephant and touch and take tables. Handicap access. Winnipeg, MB: Framfari holds its 4th annu- al jólahátið, or lcelandic Christmas dinner, in central Wnnipeg. Call (204) 783-2885 or (204) 475-3048 for tickets. Seating is limit- ed. Advance ticket sales only. $25 per adult. Sunday 5 December Sackville, NS: Scandinavian Society of Nova Scotia’s Family Christmas Party Lussefest/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). For information contact Irma Pitkanen: telephone: (902) 832-3289 or e-mail: ipitka@accesswave.ca. Seattle, WA: The lcelandic Club of Greater Seattle holds its jólaball at 3 p.m., with dancing, playing and singing. Preceding the jólaball Reverend Eric Sigmar will conduct a jólamessa starting at 2 p.m. Please e-mail Fanney Guðjónsson at f.gudjonsson@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. Saturday 11 December Minneapolis, MN: The annual jólabama- ball, jointly sponsored by the Heckla Club and the lcelandic-American Association of Minnesota, will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at the Swedish Institute, 27th Street and Park Avenue, Minneapolis. Please join us at this family celebration for dancing and singing and enjoy cookies and cake and other lcelandic goodies. As usual, please bring a plate of sweets to share with others. Directions needed? Call Steingrimur Steinolfson at (952) 881-3326. Sunday 12 December Edmonton, AB: Norðurljós, the lcelandic Society of Edmonton, holds its annual Christmas 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 off- set each child’s gift. Please bring something for the food table. Sunday 19 December Minneapolis, MN: The annual lcelandic Christmas Service will be held at 4 p.m. at Luther Seminary, 2481 Como Ave, St. Paul, MN. Dinner out after. Directions needed? Call Steingrimur Steinolfson at (952) 881- 3326. Icelandic Classes Friday 10 December Winnipeg, MB: lcelandic Canadian Frón invites all interested for an evening of “lce- landic Conversation Practice” at the Scan- dinavian Cultural Centre, 764 Erin St., 6 - 8 p.m. TGIF - Smorg (lcelandic menu). Cost: $14 Adults. For information about lcelandic language dasses available near you, visit www.inlof- na.org/BB/viewtopic.php?t=93. Museums/Exhibits Until December 20 Gimli, MB: “Remembering John McCrae, 1872 - 1918,” a new travelling exhibition developed by Guelph Museums, offers a fresh glimpse at 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 America, 1870-1910. Long-term exhibit at Frændgarður, The lcelandic Emigration Center, Hofsós, lceland. For off-season vis- its contact Valgeir Þorvaldsson: hofsos @ hofsos.is, phone (354) 453-7935 or fax (354) 453-7936. Music Lindy tour dates: December 8:jyiontreal, QC at Petit Cam- pus, 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 Sports December 20 Winnipeg, MB: Canada will play in the ‘Team Canada Junior Series’ versus Finland at the MTS Centre, Portage Avenue between Donald and Hargrave, at 7:30 p.m. Team Canada will be wearing replica Win- nipeg Falcons jerseys for the game. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. 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 Winnipeg. Ticket prices run from $20.60 (includes all taxes and fees) for students and senior to $29.96 (indudes all taxes and fees) for adults. For more information call the box office at (204) 942-5483. David Jón Fuller WlNNIPEG. MB Winnipeg’s Betelstadur Housing Co-op was host to a special reunion in late Novem- ber as the Falcons Forever Exhibit Campaign was launched. Among the 60 people filling the residence’s common room were between 20 and 30 descendants of the original Win- nipeg Falcons hockey team. The campaign is raising money for a commemorative display at the MTS Centre, Win- nipeg’s new arena. The exhibit, when completed, will be seen by approximately one million people annually. Mster of Ceremonies Dan Johnson announced that $11,000 had already been raised through private donors. Also in attendance were Brian Johannesson, who told the history of the Falcons and made Linda Bjarnason with Ron Goodman and Lorne Bjarnason Calgary, AB The Leif Eiriksson Icelandic Club of Calgary (LEIC) was honoured to have Bjami Tryg- gvason, Icelandic bom Canadian astronaut, visit as part of LEIC’s 2004 Speaker Series. Tryggvason, an applied mathematician, flew on the space shuttle in 1997 and since then has been involved in a num- ber of research projects initiated during his space flight. Tryggvason began his first day with Ron Goodman at the Calgary Science Centre. A group of grade six students lis- tened to him speak and asked questions, such as “How does it feel to fly in space?” and “What about the future of space flight?” The students were very excited about meeting an astronaut. Tryggvason and some mem- bers of the LEIC executive enjoyed supper at The Ranch- men’s Club prior to his talk at the Scandinavian Centre, where approximately 50 people were already waiting to meet him and listen to his presentation. Tryggvason spoke about the case for supporting the cam- paign, and John Pawlyk, who unveiled a mock-up of the pro- posed display. Ian Rentz of Hockey Canada thanked the Ice- landic community for raising awareness of the Falcons. science in, about and from space, and emphasized that the advancement of science was an essential component of our mod- em society. He traced the history of space observations from early balloon flight to the intemation- al space platform, illustrating with numerous images taken from space. He described some of his experiments in diffusion, and how the process was differ- ent between ground and space- bome studies. He used this as an example of how new scientific understanding was achieved as the result of experiments in space. After the presentation, there was a question-and-answer peri- od covering a wide range of issues and topics. This was fol- lowed by a coffee and dessert reception. The next moming, Ti-yggva- son was driven to Markerville by Lome Bjarnason to meet with members of the Stephan G. Stephansson Society and visit the Markerville Creamery, a provincial historic site. Following lunch, he gave an informal talk on space travel and related topics, as discussed the night before. There was a short question-and-answer period The display is tentatively scheduled for completion in April, 2005. Anyone interested in contributing to the campaign is encouraged to contact Brent Stefanson c/o Stefanson and Lee, (204) 452-8848. before it was time to head back to Calgary. Before his departure to Toronto, Bjami said that he thor- oughly enjoyed visiting with Icelandic Clubs in Calgary and Markerville. Every kind of flag imaginablc... visrr our showroom for your «► ICetANDiC FIAG *► FLAGS Of ALL NATIONS ► PROVINCIAL AND STATE FLAGS ► PINS, CRESTS. 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