Reykjavík Grapevine - 28.08.2010, Side 23

O U T S I D E R E Y K J AV Í K
CONCERTS & EVENTS IN AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
How to use the listings
Venues are listed alphabetically by day.
For complete listings and detailed
information on venues visit
www.grapevine.is
MUSIC
27 FRI
Akureyri Town Festival
Music, performances and exhibitions.
For schedule and venues visit www.
visitakureyri.is.
Lay Low
Hof Menningarhús, Akureyri
22:30 Concert. 1500 ISK, 20 years and
under free.
Myrká
Rýmið, Akureyri
24:00 Concert.
Völva
Laugargata Gym, Akureyri
24:00 Concert.
Killer Queen
Græni Hatturin, Akureyri
22:00. Queen Tribute.
Trobadour Magnús Kjartan
800 Bar, Selfoss
Live Music. Free.

28 SAT
Akureyri Town Festival
Music, performances and exhibitions.
For schedule and venues visit www.
visitakureyri.is.
Classical Concert
Akureyri Theatre
12:00 Heimir Inigimarsson (baritone) and
Helga Bryndís Magnúsdóttir (piano).
Iceland Airwaves Warm Up
Græni Hatturin, Akureyri
23:00 With Bloodgroup, Endless Dark,
Buxnaskjónar and Sjálfsprottin.
Playboy Party Round 2
800 Bar, Selfoss
DJ Óli Geir, Haffi Haff.
Medieval Performance
Snorrastofa, Reykholt
17:00, 2500 ISK.
29 SUN
Akureyri Town Festival
Music, performances and exhibitions.
For schedule and venues visit www.
visitakureyri.is.
Symphonic Concert
Hof Menningarhús, Akureyri
17:00 North Iceland Symphony Orches-
tra with soloist Víkingur Heiðar Ólafs-
son, pianist and conductor Guðmundur
Óli Gunnarsson, performs music by
Hafliði Hallgrímsson, E. Grieg and A.
Dvorák.
SN and Hafliða Hallgrímsson
Hof Menningarhús, Akureyri
16:00 Music by Edward Grieg and Anto-
nin Dvorak.
Musical Moments
Gljúfrasteinn, Mosfellsbær
16:00 Performance by Ástríður Alda
Sigurðardóttir (piano). 500 ISK.
2 THU
The Snappers
Græni Hatturin, Akureyri
21:00 Melbourne jazz.
3 FRI
Bæjarleikhúsið, Mosfellsbær
21:00 Erla Þorsteinsdóttir – Tribute
Concert.
4 SAT
Græni Hatturin, Akureyri
21:00 Bara – Flokkurinn
ART OPENINGS
Art Museum, Akureyri
Blaðaljósmyndarafélags Island
Opening August 28, 15:00
Photographs.
Trú
Opening August 28, 15:00
Photographs by Ken Opprann.
Hof Menningarhús, Akureyri
Guðnýjar Kristmannsdóttur
Opening August 27, 17:00
Exhibition with the Art Society.
Deiglan, Akureyri
Ragnheiðar "Heiðu" Guðmunds-
dóttir
Opening August 28, 14:00
Photographs.
Ketilhús, Akureyri
Rabbabari
Opening August 28, 14:00
Exhibits by Guðrún Hadda and Anna
Sigríður Hróðmarsdóttir.
Populus Tremula
STEYPA
August 28 and August 29, 14:00 – 17:00
Exhibits by Arnars Tr. and Gunnars
Kr. Sýningin.
Between Art Museum and Ketilhús
Litróf
Opening August 28, 14:30
Photographs by Önnu Fjólu Gísladót-
tur and Gísla B. Björnsson.
galleriBOX, Akureyri
ÞAGNARNÁL
Opening August 28, 14:00. Runs until
September 19.
Exhibits by Kristján Pétur Sigurðs-
son.
Gallerí Víð8tta601, Akureyri
Ekki land
Opening August 28
Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður
Að elta fólk og drekka mjólk (Chas-
ing people and drinking milk)
August 27 – October 24
Works by Icelandic artists from dif-
ferent generations.
The Bookshop – Skaftfell’s project-
space, Seyðisfjörður
POSTCARDS
Rakel Sverrisdottir & Gordana Beza-
nov
August 26 – September 6
ART ONGOING
Akureyri Museum
Treasure
Runs until September 15
Twenty Photographers in Akureyri and
Surroundings 1858-1965 Eyjafjordur in
the early period.
Árnesinga Folk Museum, Eyrar-
bakki
11:00 - 18:00 until September 15
Café Karólina, Akureyri
Breiða
Runs until September 3
Photo exhibition
Gamli Baukur, Húsavík
Let´s Talk Local
15:30 Comedy show about Reykjavík,
2200 ISK/1100 ISK for kids.
The Ghost Centre, Stokkseyri
Night at the Ghost Museum
An offer for two to spend a scary night at
the Ghost Centre. 3500 ISK.
Herring Factory, Djúpavík
Pictures - and their sounds
Runs until August 31.
Hótel Varmahlíð
Horses & Men
Runs until January 1, 2011
Photographic exhibition which looks into
the history of the horse, spanning 100
years .
The Husavik Whale Museum
Whale & Marine Exhibit
9:00 - 19:00 all July & August
Includes detailed info about whale
habitat, biology, ecology, strandings &
history in Iceland.
Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art
Museum, Akureyri
Art Feast 1
Runs until September 5
50 pieces by multiple artists.
The Icelandic Settlement Centre,
Borgarnes
The Egil Saga/ Settlement Exhibition
In these exhibitions The Settlement Cen-
tre tells the sagas of Iceland's settlement
and Egill Skallagrímsson, Iceland's most
famous viking and first poet .
Jónas Viðar Gallery, Art center,
Akureyri
Exhibition.
Kunstraum Wohnraum, Akureyri
Anywhere
Runs until August 29
Exhibit by German artisits Frauke Hänke
and Claus Kienle.
Ljosafoss Power Station
Nature In Design
Runs until August 28
Exhibition of Icelandic designers who
find inspiration in nature.
Museum of Design and Applied Art,
Garðabær
Deep Sea to High Fashion
Runs until September 5
Exhibit featuring works which utilize
fish-skin leather.
Pompei of the North, Westman
Islands
Excavation project at the site of the
1973 volcanic eruption on the island of
Heimaey.
Reykjanes Art Museum, Reykjanes-
bær
11:00 - 17:00 every weekday, 13:00 -
17:00 every weekend.
Safnahus Museum
Aquarium & Museum of Natural His-
tory in Vestmannæyjar
Mounted birds & fish, aquarium, and
rocks & mineral display.
Skaftfell Centre for Visual Art
Runs until September 30
Exhibits by Birgir Andrésson, Tumi Mag-
nússon & Roman Signer.
Skógar Museum, Hvolsvöllur
9:00 - 18:00 all July & August
Verksmiðjan, Hjalteyri
Finnur Keli Kristján ?
Runs until September 5
Collaborative exhibit by artists Finns
Arnar and Kristjáns Steingríms and the
composer Þorkels Atlasonar.
- 1200 m2 Elves, Trolls and Northern Lights Museum
- 1000 m2 Ghost Museum
- 24 Icelandic ghost stories in German, English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Russian
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AKUREYRI
Fri. 27. Aug. Killer Queen / Queen Tribute
Sat. 28. Aug. Bloodgroup
Thu. 2. Sep. The Snappers / Australian Jazz
Sat. 4. Sep. Bara-Flokkurinn
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