Western Icelandic/Canadian

^{Nordic Trails Cultural Weekend}

Íslenska

www.nordictrails.org

^{Febuary 14th and 15th}

^{Mír House}

^{Vatnsstíg 10}

^Reykjavik

^{Parking available down Vatnstígur by Lindargata.}

Friday Feb. 14th.

Stefansson/Alberta Night.

Ambassador Gerald Skinner opens the festivities at 19:30.

Writers´ Workshop opens 19:45;

Viðar Hreinsson, Jonas Þór and Hólmfríður Tómasdóttir.

Viðar will discuss his book on Stefan G. Stefansson. (ENGLISH/ICELANDIC) 30 min.

Jonas will discuss his book on Migration to North America. (ENGLISH/ICELANDIC) 30 min.

Hólmfrídur will discuss her work on documenting Western Icelandic Letters.  (ENGLISH/ICELANDIC) 30 min.

Films begin at 20: 15 in theater room:

20:15. Iceland on The Prairies. 1941, 30 min. (English subtitles/Icelandic speech)

20:50. Icelandic Heritage, the Stephansson story, 1977, 26 min. (ENGLISH)

        21:20. Markerville Creamery, A century of Pride and progress, 1999, 52 min. (ENGLISH)

22:15. The Importance of Being Icelandic,  Jon Einarsson Gustafsson.  (ENGLISH)

and

22:45. Tales From Gimli Hospital, Guy Maddin  68 min. (ENGLISH)

Saturday Feb. 15th.

A agenda will be for children (ENGLISH), begins at 15:00.

The upper floor will be open for parents which need coffee and a rest.

Travel Night begins at 17:00.

HMY, a new airline, Steinþór Jónsson outlines its connections between Iceland and Calgary/Vancouver. (ENGLISH/ICELANDIC)

Information about the Icelandic INL trip to North America June 2003. (ENGLISH/ICELANDIC)

Information about a possible Golf trip to Manitoba

the summer of 2003. Kent Lárus. (ENGLISH/ICELANDIC)

Vestfjarðaleið/Vestfarasetrið outlines Charter Flight Plans

for July 2003. (ENGLISH/ICELANDIC)

Films start at 17:00:

17:00. . Runestone in Minnesota, True or made up 15 min

           17:15.  Saga of Hope, An Icelandic Odyssey  1998, 23 min. (ENGLISH)

17: 45. The Gudmundson Family Saga  2001, 28min. (ENGLISH)

            18:30. Lake Winnipeg Beaches, Public Television  1999, 45 min . (ENGLISH)

 (Icelandic content but mainly tourism/information)

19:15. Intermission, 15 min.

19:30.  Iceland on The Prairies. 1941, 30 min. (ENGLISH SUBTEXT/ICELANDIC SPEECH)

20:00.  Former president Vigdis Finnbogadóttir´s Visit

to Íslendingadagurinn in Gimli. 1986 & 1994. (ICELANDIC)

20:30.  Royal Canadian Air Farce.  1999. 64 min. (ENGLISH)

21:45. Kanadiana, Jon Einarsson Gustafsson. (ENGLISH)

Both days & nights,

Coffee and  Snacks will be available at a

reasonable price. Fundraiser for Canadian Club in Iceland.

Artist Alice Olivia Clarke will be displaying some of her works

Photos by Vilmundur Kristjánsson and Kent Lárus Björnsson

Lögberg Heimskringla Information, Subscriptions Accepted

Information on Display about Snorri Program

Information about Canadian Club of Iceland

Information about Canada and the Canadian Embassy

Admission:  300kr

Free for children.

Updated Feb. 13/03