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Art For Every Body: Listahátið í Reykjavík returns with an eye on accessibility and inclusivity
by Rex Beckett
In the 54 years since its inception, Listahátið í Reykjavík (the Reykjavík Arts Festiva) has gone from being the gateway…
Grapevine Events: Reykjavík Arts Festival, The Icelandic Tattoo Convention & FLÓÐ
With the Reykjavík Arts Festival kicking off tomorrow, Reykjavík is really hitting its cultural peak. There are gigs, ballets, premieres,…
Grapevine New Music Picks: Birnir & Bríet, Gugusar, Sideproject & More
Can you imagine that after this weekend Iceland will have its next president? It seems like yesterday when outgoing president…
Police Use Force, Pepper Spray On Pro-Palestine Protesters
The Reykjavík Metropolitan Police broke up a peaceful anti-war and pro-Palestinian protest on May 31 with the unprecedented use of…
Between Two Worlds: Anna Þorvaldsdóttir premieres Metaxis at the Reykjavík Art Festival
Composer Anna Þorvaldsdóttir premieres her newest piece Metaxis to the world Listeners familiar with the work of composer Anna Þorvaldsdóttir…
There Will Be Flood: Jónsi’s large-scale installation opens at Hafnarhús
“I don’t know anything about how to be an artist,” says Jón Þór Birgisson, or Jónsi, as we meet at the…
Kiasmos Return To Stage
Bursting back into business Pioneering DJ duo and hometown heroes Kiasmos are officially back in business after finally taking the…
The Glacier That Would Be President
It may not have made the ballot, but this isn’t the end for Snæfellsjökull Icelanders will head to their local…
An Eruption Has Begun North of Grindavík
by Catharine Fulton and Jóhannes Bjarkason
An eruption began between Stóra Skógfell and Sýlingarfell at 12:45 this afternoon, sending a curtain of lava spewing 50 metres…
Crew Members Arrested Suspected Of Capsizing Boat
The captain and first mate of the cargo ship Longdawn were arrested following the capsize of a small fishing vessel…
Track By Track: Le Blossi by BLOSSI
Love, Loss, Mermaids Setting his course towards Icelandic pop stardom, BLOSSI is the moniker of socialite and art student Álfgrímur…
Prints, Dreams And A Rusty Old Van
Freshly screen printed art just for you One day early in May, I found myself in a random parking lot…
Two People Found Dead In Bolungarvík Home
Police officers in the Westfjords were called to a house in Bolungarvík on Monday evening, where they found two individuals…
An Open Letter To RÚV From The Iceland-Palestine Association
by Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir and Yousef Ingi Tamimi
Was Iceland’s participation in Eurovision really worth it? It’s finally over. Months of mistakes, cringe-worthy PR attempts, relentless protest and…
Don’t Feed The Ducks — Seriously, Don’t Do It
It’s happening! The ducks that make their homes on and around Reykjavík’s central pond, Tjörnin, are welcoming their babies. While…
Time Seems Long Until You’ve Lived It
Childhood friends ponder time on their debut EP Fluid Time With more than four decades’ worth of creative experience, musicians…
Side Hustle: Seven Years Of Pizza
Einar Ágúst Þorvaldsson is sailing the seas and serving the pies Einar Ágúst Þorvaldsson juggles life as a fisherman on…
27 Injured in Bus Accident in South Iceland
A bus overturned on Rangárvallavegur near Stokkalækur in southern Iceland shortly before 17:00 on Saturday, mbl.is reports. There were 27…
Grapevine Events: HAM, Viibra Release Show, Art Book Fair & New Hot Happenings Episode
Things truly get heated up on this week’s edition of Hot Happenings, as we have an absolutely fire discussion with…
Grapevine New Music: Lúpína, Kött Grá Pjé, KARÍTAS & More
This Friday greeted Iceland with a big ole yellow weather warning. Trampolines and yard furniture beware because this storm is…