EVENTS
May
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Reykjavík Arts Festival 2013
The 27th Reykjavík Arts Festival begins on May 17.
This year’s focus is on the creative space where the arts intersect and on reinterpretations of older works.
Highlights include performances of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring & Petrushka by the Icelandic Dance Company and Iceland Symphony Orchestra, performances by Bang on a Can All-Stars as well as the opera star Diana Damrau.
The festival runs through June 2.
For full program details visit artfest.is.
Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús
Exhibitions
Erró – Graphic Art, 1949 – 2009
For the first time the general public are able to view Erró’s graphic art spanning half a century. The exhibition is the result of three years’ work researching and registrating the
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11/01/2013 | 11:35
Customs Seize Drugs in 17 Christmas Packages
Icelandic customs authorities seized hash, amphetamines and cannabis seeds, among other drugs, from 17 packages, two of which contained steroids, delivered by post to Iceland in the two months before Christmas.
Photo: Geir Ólafsson/Iceland Review.
The illicit substances were discovered during routine x-ray of packages and handed over to police, ruv.is reports.
The number of seizures is down from 21 in November and December 2011.
Click here to read about other customs seizures in Iceland.
ZR
The illicit substances were discovered during routine x-ray of packages and handed over to police, ruv.is reports.
The number of seizures is down from 21 in November and December 2011.
Click here to read about other customs seizures in Iceland.
ZR
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