Icelandic events happening in Toronto this month
New location! Room IMA307, School of Image Arts, Ryerson University 122 Bond Street
imagineNATIVE – films by ICCT club member Terril Calder
The Lodge – October 23
Acclaimed filmmaker and animator, Terril Calder presents a surreal fairytale recalling equal parts Goldilocks and The Three Bears and the traditional Anishanaabe legend of the Dandelion.
Thursday, October 23 5:15pm
Tiff Bell Lightbox as part of imagineNATIVE film festival
Storytellers October 25
An exciting reinterpretation of Joseph Boyden’s ballet debut, Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation, this animated 3D visual exploration reclaims history, literally cutting it out of past ideologies and history confined between oral and written methods of storytelling. Directed by Terril Calder and Joseph Boyden.
Saturday, October 25 3:00pm
Tiff Bell Lightbox as part of imagineNATIVE film festival
October 24, 25 and 26 between 10am and 5pm.
Ron Peter, husband of our wonderful ICCT club treasurer, Lynne Thorkelsson, is presenting his art this fall at the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg. Ron was selected from over 200 artists across Canada to be a part of the McMichael Gallery’s Autumn Art Sale.
Location – McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg, Ontario
October 27, Doors open 7:00pm, Concert at 7:30pm
Tickets are nearly sold out! For more information, please contact Gail Einarson-McCleery at 416-762-8627 or gaileinarsonmccleery@gmail.com.
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson will be performing two Toronto solo recitals as part of his 2014 Canadian Concet Series. The Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto and the Consulate of Iceland in Toronto are proud to present these events, as Ólafsson is an accomplished performer.
At just 30 years old, he has been described by The New York Sun as “born to play the piano”, and as a “rising star of a pianist” by the Sunday Times.
The first Toronto concert will be on October 27th at the Remenyi House of Music at 210 Bloor Street West. Doors will be at 7:00 pm and the show will start at 7:30pm. Ólafsson will be performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, followed by a Nordic Program including Icelandic folk and art songs.
Please contact Gail Einarson-McCleery for payments.
October 28, Doors open 11:30am, Concert at 12 noon
Ólafsson will again perform a solo recital of this program as part of the Canadian Opera Company’s lunchtime concert series on October 28th. This free event will take place at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts at 12pm. Doors will be at 11:30am. There is limited seating, and no reserve tickets, so come early!
For more information on Ólafsson, visit vikingurolafsson.com.
Learn about the ancient Icelandic art of rimur and tvösong and learn to sing some kvæðalög and Tvísögvar from Guðrun Ingimarsdóttir of Iceland. Share coffee and goodies in a living room setting in the west end. Email Gail (gaileinarsonmccleery@gmail.com) or phone her at 416-762-8627 for location and directions.