Reykjavík Grapevine - 03.06.2011, Síða 47

O U T S I D E R E y K J Av Í K
IN JUNE
Ghosts and spirits of the South
Guided tour for groups -of ten people
or more- through the lowlands south of
Selfoss where many a ghost, spirit and
other spiritual beings live
The Icelandic Settlement Centre,
Borgarnes
The Settlement Exhibition
It tells how Viking sailors left Norway
and settled in Iceland
The Egils Saga Exhibition
The exhibition concentrates in one of the
most famous of all the
saga heroes, Egil
Laxness Museum, Mosfellsdalur
Gljúfrasteinn was the home and work-
place of Halldór Laxness (winner of the
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955)
On permanent view
LÁ Art, Hvergerði
Images of Þingvellir from various artists.
Runs until August 21.
Pompei of the North, Westman
Islands
Excavations project at the site of 1973
volcanic eruption on the island of Hei-
maey
Reykjanes Art Museum, Reykjanes-
bær
On permanent view
Safnahús Museum, Westman
Islands
This museum has mounted birds & fish,
an aquarium, as well as a variety of
rocks and minerals on display
Skaftfell
New exhibition opens on June 17
Sláturhúsið
Concert June 11. Check for updates
at slaturhusid.is
Suðuðvestur (Keflavik)
Slíður (the heart is a lonely hunter)
Collection of enigmatic 3D works by
artist icelandic Margaret H. Blondal
Runs until June 5
OuTSIDE MuSIC
3 |FRI
Græni Hatturinn, Akureyri
22:00 Bang Gang concert
4 |SAT
Græni Hatturinn, Akureyri
22:00 Jón Jónsson concert
9 |THu
Græni Hatturinn, Akureyri
21:00 Rögnvaldur Gáfaði & Gísli
Einarsson
10 |FRI
Hof Menningarhús, Akureyri
20:00 Hárið (Musical), 3950 ISK
Græni Hatturinn, Akureyri
22:00 Dúndurfréttir 'Best of
Concert'
11 |SAT
Hof Menningarhús, Akureyri
20:00 Hárið (Musical), 3950 ISK
Græni Hatturinn, Akureyri
01:00 Dúndurfréttir 'Best of
Concert'
16 |THu
Hof Menningarhús, Akureyri
20:30 Útgáfutónleikar Bubba
Morthens & Sólskugganna
3900 ISK
OuTSIDE ART OPENINGS
Akureyri Art Museum
June 3
Within the Rose - Retrospective
Exhibition of paints created by awarded
artist Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir
Runs until June 26
Viking Village, Hafnarfjordur
June 16
16:00 Viking Festival 2011
At the Viking Festival 2011 you are trans-
ported back to the time of vikings. There
will be music, crafts, archery, and viking
cuisine
Runs until June 20
Skjaldborgarbíó, Patreksfjörður
June 10
Skaldborg Film Festival
Twenty new Icelandic Documentaries
will be on display. A chance for docu-
mentary enthusiasts and filmmakers to
come together. At the end of the festival,
the best documentary at the festival will
be chosen by viewers
Runs until June 12
exhibition
OuTSIDE ONGOING ART
Fjöruhúsið, Hellnar (Snæfellsnes
Peninsula)
Fiskur Sirkur
Collection of Spaniard Eduardo Perez
Baca's paintings
Runs until June 30
Gamli Baukur, Húsavík
15:30 Comedy show about Iceland
Everyday
The Ghost Centre, Stokkseyri
Night at the Ghost Museum
Do you feel like a scary night in the Fish-
erman’s hut inside the Ghost Centre?
Only for brave people!
Outside Reykjavík | Venue finder
Keflavík
Suðsuðvestur
www.sudsudvestur.is
Hafnargata 22
230 Reykjanesbær
421-2225
Borgarnes
The Icelandic Settlement Centre
www.landnam.is
Brákarbraut 13-15
310 Borgarnes
437-1600
Stykkishólmur
Vatnasafnið / Library of Water
www.libraryofwater.is
Akureyri
Akureyri Art Museum
www.listasafn.akureyri.is
Kaupvangsstræti 12
600 Akureyri
461 2610
Græni Hatturinn
Hafnarstræti 96
600 Akureyri
461-4646
Kunstraum Wohnraum
Ásabyggð 2
600 Akureyri
Mývatn
Mývatnsstofa
Hraunvegi 8
660 Mývatn
464-4390
www.visitmyvatn.is
Egilsstaðir
Sláturhúsið
www.slaturhusid.is
Kaupvangi 7
700 Egilsstaðir
470-0692
Seyðisfjörður
Skaftfell
www.skaftfell.is
Austurvegur 42
710 Seyðisfjörður
472-1632
Hveragerði
LÁ Art
www.listasafnarnesinga.is
Austurmörk 21
210 Hveragerði
483-1727
SKJALDBORG FILM FESTIVAL 2011
Skjaldborgarbíó, Patreksfjörður
June 10 - 12
Free
Documentary enthusiasts and film-
makers rejoice! The Skjaldborg Film
Festival has come around again for its
fifth year. Go to the festival’s hometown
of Patreksfjörður in the Westfjords for
the screenings of twenty brand-new
Icelandic documentaries (including GV
scribe Haukur Már Helgason’s docu-
mentary on the RVK9, ‘Ge9n’)—stay
for the legendary partying. The films
shown over the festival’s three days
are documentaries that you might not
get a chance to see in Reykjavík, so do
take the chance. Skjaldborg looks to
respect documentaries of all kinds by
giving them an audience. In the end,
the top film will be chosen by viewers
like you. SAT
10
June
12
June
Do You Like Fish?
Fjöruhúsið in Hellnar (Snæfellsnes
Peninsula)
Runs until June 30
Free
The idea of a circus full of strange fish
may have you thinking of a new Tim
Burton flick. Yet, ‘Fiskur Sirkus’ has
nothing to do with it. It’s actually an
awesome exhibition by Spanish artist
Eduardo Perez Baca, who after falling
in love with an Icelander, moved from
his native Granada to Reykjavik many
years ago. Since then, he has devoted
much of his time to capturing his vision
of Iceland in his magic drawings. In
this case, ‘Fiskur Sirkus’ is a collection
of hand drawn postcards featuring the
local marine fauna. JH
Restaurant in the oldest
house in Akureyri
Hafnarstræti 11,
telephone: 461-2900
laxdalshus@laxdalshus.is
More than ten thousand fingers have
played beautiful music on this piano, since
it arrived in Eyrarbakki village in 1871. It
was brought across the Atlantic on a large
merchantman, then hauled into a small
fishing boat and rowed ashore, where four
strong men carried it into the village in a
terrible rainstorm. But you can touch it
now in the Húsið museum in Eyrarbakki.
TEN THOUSAND FINGERS
Open May 15th - Sept. 15th: 11 - 18. Other times by arrangement. | www.husid.com