bits and pieces from the northern island.
For whoever is interested, the brochure featuring complete information on the venues and detailed program for the upcoming Jónsvaka Midsummer Festival – opening tomorrow at the Hitt Húsið at 15:00 – is now available in most bars and cafés around Reykjavík or is downloadable from here. Don’t forget to take a look at their official … Read the full article →
Jónsvaka Midsummer Festival 2010, an important promoting platform for many promising members of the Icelandic art scene, is going to take place in the heart of Reykjavík from 24th to 27th of June.
After performing several shows in the rest of Europe, Ólafur Arnalds brought his latest effort to his own homeland. The Icelandic Opera’s cozy atmosphere seemed to grant a suitable setting for the official release concert of the recent …And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness. The album, released at the end of April 2010, … Read the full article →
Heimir was king of Hlymdalir. His spouse was Bekkhildr, sister of renowned shieldmaiden Brynhildr. Aslaug, daughter of Sigurd (also known as Nibelungenlied‘s Sigfried) and Brynhildr, was his foster-daughter. After Brynhildr’s and Sigurd’s deaths, fearing for the child’s life, as the Burgundians wanted to kill her, Heimir started to wander the Scandinavian lands disguised as a … Read the full article →
Græna Ljósið, the only distributor in Iceland for foreign indipendent films, presents Bíódagar 2010, a film festival that will run for three weeks, from April 16 to May 6. With its main venue at the Regnboginn cinema in downtown Reykjavík, the festival’s calendar consists of twenty-four films selected among the most interesting releases of the … Read the full article →
Lucas is a homeless living in the streets with only a bony stray kitten as a companion; Jacques is the owner of The House of Oysters, a bar he runs alone with his dog Rococo. Apart from their pet friends, Lucas and Jacques don’t seem to have much in common at first sight: Lucas is … Read the full article →
It must be some form of idiosyncrasy or it must be a fixation. Or it’s the former cinema student in me that has been brainwashed by manuals written by conceited scholars and critics. Whatever it is, I can’t restrain myself. Should I? I haven’t signed a deal with anybody and this site isn’t supposed to … Read the full article →