Reykjavík Grapevine - 23.05.2008, Blaðsíða 39

The Forbidden Kingdom (May
30)
Sex and the City (May 30)
Zohan (June 4)
Speed Racer (June 6)
Deception (June 6)
Movie Theatres
Regnboginn, Hverfisgata 54
101 Reykjavík, Tel. 551-9000
Háskólabíó, Hagatorg
107 Reykjavík, Tel. 525-5400
Laugarásbíó, Laugarás
104 Reykjavík, Tel. 565-0118
Smárabíó, Smáralind
201 Kópavogur, Tel. 564-0000
Sambíóin, Álfabakki 8
109 Reykjavík, Tel. 575-8900
Sambíóin, Kringlan 4-12
103 Reykjavík, Tel. 575-8900
Sambíóin Akureyri, Ráðhústorg
600 Akureyri, Tel. 461-4666
Nýja-Bíó, Hafnargata 33
230 Reykjanesbær, Tel. 421-1170
Selfossbíó, Eyrarvegur 2
800 Selfoss, Tel. 482-3007
Events
Valkyrie festival – women
empowering workshops
May 23–May 25
Youth centre Hitt-Húsið holds a 3 day
festival for females aged from 15-25,
aimed at celebrating the culture of
young women and to work against
their own negative stereotypes. On
May 23 at 18 there will be an open-
ing party and the weekend schedule
introduced and registrations for the
workshops will open. The workshops
on offer range from yoga lessons to
the mysteries of DJ-ing. A total of 12
workshops will be available, with half
of them open with no need to register
prior. Go girls!
Hitt Húsið, Pósthússtræti 3-5
What Would Jesus Buy
– screening
May 28
Activist group Andspyrna shows radi-
cal movies every Wednesday night in
May at Kaffi Hljómalind. On May 28
the documentary What Would Jesus
Buy will be shown. The movie follows
reverend Billy and the Church of Stop
Shopping Gospel choir on tour of USA,
trying to save Christmas from the im-
minent Shopocalypse . The screening
starts at 20:00 and admission is free.
Kaffi Hljómalind, Laugavegur 23
EURES IS Mobility Conference,
May 30
Increased demand and competition
for the highly skilled labour force is be-
coming more and more evident on the
EEA labour market and is likely to be
become one of its largest challenges
in the next decades. The Intercultural
centre, in co-operation with EURES in
Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Ireland
and Capacent Search and Selection,
holds a one day seminar in Keflavík on
the situation for highly skilled mobile
labourers. The seminar runs from 9:00
until 17:00 and includes 11 presen-
tations from various international
experts. Check www.ahus.is for info
and full program.
Flughotel Icelandair Hotel, Keflavík
Lost and found auction
May 31
The annual lost and found auction
held by the Reykjavík police depart-
ment will take place at Suðurhraun 3
Garðabæ, Saturday 31. The amount of
discarded items the police pick up is
staggering. Hundreds of bicycles are
up for grabs to the highest bidder, of-
ten going for ridiculously low amounts.
Those badly in need of fake dentures,
prescription glasses or hearing aids
might also find something to their lik-
ing. The inventory is truly puzzling and
the auction lively and fun.
Krókur, Suðurhraun 3, Garðabæ
Open House at the Intercultural
Centre
Every Friday night
The Intercultural Centre plays host to
intercultural meetings every Friday at
22:00. The concept is to bring foreign-
ers and Icelanders together, and to
give them the opportunity to get to
know other people and to share expe-
riences. The meetings feature plenty
of activities that allow attendees to stir
things up into a nice cultural broth.
Entrance is free.
The Intercultural Centre, Hverfisgata 18
Listings | Reykjavík Grapevine | Issue 06 2008 | B7
Ben Frost at Kaffibarinn
Music
Australian born composer Ben Frost
has been a fixture on the Icelandic
music scene ever since relocating here
to work with Valgeir Sigurðsson on the
Bedroom Community label a few years
back. His noisy-drone opuses are often
challenging and always entertaining,
especially in a live setting. Last year at
Hallgrímskirkja, Ben premiered Music
for Six Guitars, a specially commis-
sioned composition that stretches over
40 minutes and is built around the furi-
ous discipline of six electrified guitar-
ists, orchestrated and processed live
by him. This Friday, Ben will perform
the piece in the intimate settings of Kaf-
fibarinn – and you should not miss it.
Friday, May 23, 21:30
Kaffibarinn, Bergstaðastræti 1
www.artmuseum.is T +354 590 1200artmuseum@reykjavik.is F +354 590 1201
Listasafn Reykjavíkur
Reykjavik Art Museum
Hafnarhús, Tryggvagata 17
Open daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursdays to 10 p.m.
Hafnarhús
May 15 – August 24
Experiment Marathon
Reykjavik
Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
and Olafur Eliasson
May 18 – August 31
Dreams of the Sublime
and Nowhere In Contem-
porary Icelandic Art
Curated by Æsa Sigurjóns-
dóttir
May 18 – August 31
Where am I?
May 18 – December 31
Jóhannes S. Kjarval
Reykjavik Art Museum
May 18 – July 20
Martha Schwartz –
I Hate Nature – ‘Aluminati’
Kjarvalsstaðir
Kjarvalsstaðir, by Flókagata
Open daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m
Free admission.
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