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  • Download This: “Imprints” By Tonik Ensemble

    Download This: “Imprints” By Tonik Ensemble

    Our track of the issue features all the best of what Tonik Ensemble (Anton Kaldal Ágústsson, and a host of contributing collaborators) can do in the studio. The beat is steady, a driving force of welcome techno staples, overlaid with deftly placed…

  • Happening Today: Reykjavík Pride 2015!

    Happening Today: Reykjavík Pride 2015!

    This year marks the seventeenth annual Reykjavík Pride celebration—a weeklong series of concerts, parties, performances, interactive events, and seminars all surrounding bi, lesbian, trans, gay, intersex, etc. themes and issues—all culminating in the parade. Come and see a celebration of all things…

  • Whale Watching With Sigmundur Davið

    Whale Watching With Sigmundur Davið

    With two massive masts, tightly furled sails, and an array of ropes and pulleys, Ópal appears to be straight out of the past. But beneath its oaken deck lies a prototype eco-friendly engine, the first upgrade of its kind for Iceland’s fleet…

  • Happening Tonight: Börn / Kælan Mikla / Antimony

    Happening Tonight: Börn / Kælan Mikla / Antimony

    Get your post-SlutWalk energy out at Dillon—embrace the night and get your gloom on with performances from three hard-core, kick-ass, femme-dom acts. You’ve got Börn: Reykjavík’s premier death-punkers who bring everything you love about smashing the Kyriarchy onto the stage. Prepare to…

  • Happening Today: SlutWalk 2015

    Happening Today: SlutWalk 2015

    Join the marchers of the fifth annual SlutWalk on July 25 as they walk in solidarity with victims of sexual violence and assault. Come and aid in drawing much needed attention to social, cultural, and legal issues surrounding rape and rape culture.…

  • SlutWalk Aims For Record Breaking Year

    SlutWalk Aims For Record Breaking Year

    The annual worldwide SlutWalk originated in 2011, in response to the comments of Toronto Police Constable Michael Sanguinetti, after he told a York University audience, “Women should avoid dressing like sluts” in order to prevent sexual assault. The response to the nature…

  • Sandwich Relativity

    Sandwich Relativity

    As a semi-former fat kid, I can say with confidence that I know a thing or two about convenience-store sandwiches. They’re ubiquitous back in the states, and for years they have been the staple food in my diet. So of course, when…