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Watch an audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic rhubarb stew is made. Rhubarb is one of the few vegetables that grows effortlessly in Iceland and for that reason it used to be a highly-valued addition to the traditional diet of fish and lamb.
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The annual contemporary music festival Dark Music Days opens in Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík today and runs through Sunday evening, February 3. In the four days of the festival, 19 concerts will take place.
Harpa concert hall. Photo: Geir Ólafsson/Iceland Review.
The program includes the latest of Icelandic contemporary music, symphonies, chamber, choir and electronic music, solo concerts and concerts with children, as well as a special concert with Chinese contemporary music, as stated in a press release.
Among performers are the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, CAPUT, Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, Hljómeyki, Nordic Affect, Reykjavík Wind Ensemble, Vox Feminae, Schola Cantorum, Megumi Masaki Trio, Wei-Ji and Ezequiel Menalled.
Dark Music Days has served as an important platform for progressive contemporary music in Iceland since the festival was established in 1980. It emphasizes creativity and experimentation and many of the compositions are premiered at the festival.
For further information, go to darkmusicdays.is. Tickets are available on harpa.is.
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The 2013 Reykjavík International Children’s Film Festival opens at the cinema Bíó Paradís on Hverfisgata in downtown Reykjavík on May 29.
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The exchange of power in Iceland took place yesterday when the government of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson formally took over from that of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and ministers exchange keys.
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Mountaineer Leifur Örn Svavarsson became the first Icelander to reach the peak of Everest, the world’s highest mountain, by the North Face from Tibet just before sunrise yesterday morning.
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Iceland’s new government formally took power today following a state council meeting at Bessastaðir, the presidential residence.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Artist couple Nína Ivanova and Ómar Smári Kristinsson explain why they decided to settle in the West Fjords’ capital.
Reykjavík Queer Choir’s annual spring concert takes place on Friday, May 24.
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