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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 Tectonics Music Festival is held in the Harpa music hall and conference center - Iceland’s home to musicians - this weekend.
The festival is organized by Stefán Jón Bernharðsson, who plays the French horn in the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra.
“We’re doing everything we were told not to do in the conservatory”, he told reporters Ástríður Viðarsdóttir og Egill Eðvarsson on news magazine Kastljós on RÚV.
The star of the show is modern music by two composers, the late John Cage and Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson. John Cage is an American composer who would have celebrated a centennial birthday this year, and Jóhannsson is an Icelandic pioneer in the field of electronic music.
The festival commenced last Thursday on March 1 with a program dedicated to John Cage. The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra played the works of Cage on the main stage of Eldborg, or the city of fire, Harpa's biggest music hall. On Friday the program was dedicated to Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson and the evening schedule included a performance of his works.
Today is the last day of the festival and the theme of the day is "different directions". The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra will play for audience in Eldborg at 5 pm followed by a performance in Norðurljós recital hall. At 8 pm, performers John Tilbury and Oren Ambarchi will improvise on piano and electric guitar in Eldborg.
Click on the link to see the whole program for tonight.
Tickets can be purchased online and on location in Harpa for ISK 2500.
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On the way back to Reykjavík following this morning's news conference, at which the new government agreement was formally presented, the next Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, and his assistant, Jóhannes Þór Skúlason, who was driving, were stopped for speeding.
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Leader of the Progressive Party, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who held the mandate to lead coalition talks, presented the government agreement between the Progressive Party and Independence Party to the President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at the presidential residence Bessastaðir this morning.
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The chairmen of the Independence Party and Progressive Party, Bjarni Benediktsson and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, formally presented the government agreement to the public at a press conference shortly after 11 am this morning.
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The party council of the Independence Party and central committee of the Progressive Party unanimously accepted the government agreement negotiated by their respective chairmen, Bjarni Benediktsson and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, yesterday evening.
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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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