Links to selected press coverage for núna(now)
2016
Teghan’s top 5 things to do in Winnipeg this weekend (June 3-5)
CBC News, by Teagan Baudette
núna (now) Iceland Canada Art Convergence
Logberg-Heimskringla
“Nuna Festival presents popular play in Interlake”
Interlake Enterprise, by Roger Newman, May 18, 2016
2015
“A breath of fresh art As summer heats up, get out of the gallery and enjoy works in the great outdoors”
Winnipeg Free Press by Steven Leyden Cochrane
“Ninth núna Festival Celebrates wide Spectrum of the Arts”
Interlake Enterprise, by Roger Newman
“Plays By Famous Riverton Poet Reach New Audience”
Interlake Enterprise, by Roger Newman
“Percussion group raise the roof at Johnson Hall”
Interlake Enterprise, by Roger Newman
CKUW 95.9FM – ‘Eat your Arts & Vegetables‘ – Derek Bruekner interviews with Theresa Himmer
CBC morning Radio interview with Icelandic / Canadian cellist Fjóla Evans and Luke Nickel of Cluster Festival of New Music & Integrated Arts
2014
“Icelandic Music School Principal Takes Up Dancing at Age 48”
CBC News, by Andrea Ratuski
VIDEO “núna music event 2014 – co-present with Islendingadagurinn 125th anniversary: Moses Hightower & Sin Fang Bous”
“RMTC’s Robin Hood Revamp is Physically Demanding, Emotionally Challenging” Winnipeg Free Press, by Kevin Prokosh
VIDEO “núna Alumni Ragnar Kjartansson – sings curatorial committee member John K. Samson ‘s “One Great City” – Ragnar’s work sponsored by núna “The End–Rocky Mountains” at the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Interviews and performances on City TV Breakfast Television
2013
“núna (now) presents Icelandic Films”
Cineflyer Winnipeg, July 24, 2013
“Icelanders give lessons in partying hearty”
Interlake Enterprise, by Roger Newman, June 3, 2013
“Goolie Party opens Núna (now) Icelandic festival”
CBC Manitoba Scene, by Caelum Vatnsdal, Thursday May 23, 2013
Breakfast Televsion video interview, Dr. Laurie K. Bertram
“Vinaborgir: Reykjavík’s BFFs Around The World”
The Reykjavík Grapevine, by Larissa Kyzer, October 21, 2013
“Modern Artists diversify means of expression”
Winnipeg Free Press, April 9, 2013
“Freya Olafson’s HYPER_”
Radio-Canada Interview
Photo Blog: núna now Performances at Ljosanott,
Leif Norman, Jan 26 2013
Interviews and performances on City TV Breakfast Television
2012
Andri Og Flandri episode with núna curatoral member/artist Freya Olafson
“Work explores geographic, emotional isolation”
Winnipeg Free Press, by Alison Mayes, May 31, 2012
“EXPLORING COMMON GROUND: The sixth annual núna (now) festival emphasizes collaboration between Icelandic and Canadian artists”
Uptown Magazine
“Winnipeg playwright Debbie Patterson brings Sargent & Victor to Life”
CBC, May 28, 2012
Photo Blog: núna now Book Launch At Ace Art
Leif Norman, May 17 2012
Photo Blog: núna now Music At The First Luthern Church
Leif Norman, May 25, 2012
Lay Low played live music on CKUW radio
2011
“Einangrun og einmanaleiki á íslensk-kanadískri eyju”
Fréttablaðið, September 1, 2011
Vestur Íslendingar rjúfa einangrunina við Ísland
Article on The Island in Reykjavik in Frettatiminn August 12, 2011
“Ghosts Give Icelanders That Haunted Feeling” Interlake Spectator Roger Newman Sunday, May 29th, 2011
“Rich and riveting: Iceland and Canada converge at Manitoba’s nuna (now) festival”
CBC Manitoba, May 10, 2011
“Iceland Arts Festival in Manitoba”
Iceland Review May 2011
2010
“Arm and Arm”
Winnipeg Free Press, April 29 By Alison Mayes (Image 1, Image 2)
“Manitoba and Iceland Converge with Nuna (now)”
Manitoba Music News, April 29, 2010
“Nuna Festival showcases Manitoba and Icelandic performers”
Interlake Spectator, by Roger Newman, April 30, 2010
“The Weakerthans to Premiere New Documentary We’re the Weakerthans, We’re From Winnipeg”
Exclaim.ca, Josiah Hughes, Apr 29, 2010
“Nuna festival ends on a high note with Gimli shows”
Interlake Spectator, by Roger Newman, May 21, 2010
“Nuna Festival response”
Akimbo blog, Cliff Eyland, June 2nd, 2010
“Nuna now events continue on weekend”
Interlake Spectator, by Roger Newman May 14, 2010
“Lord of the Ring Road”
Iceland Review, Stephanie Orford, (Page 14-15, PDF, 12.3 MB)
Photo Blog: Andri Snær Magnason And FM Belfast
Leif Norman, April 30, 2010
Photo Blog: Humanimal
Leif Norman, May 21 2010
“In The Future…Wolf Parade, The Buzzcocks, And Núna!”
Painting Over Silence, a Winnipeg Music Blog, April 2, 2010
Four interviews and performances on City TV Breakfast Television in May, 2010, available on DVD.
2009
“High Nuna: Icelandic artists & performers invade city for annual multi-culti fest” Winnipeg Sun, Taylor Burgess, April 23, 2009
“And Núna, please welcome the afi of Icelandic rock…”
Winnipeg Free Press, April 23, 2009, By Alison Mayes
“Múm with Sin Fang Bous and Hildur Guðnadóttir – October 30/09 @ Pyramid Cabaret”
Stylus Magazine, December 2009 By Dustin Danyluk
“Symphony of sounds, light and dark installed in Gimli”
Interlake Spectator, May 25, 2009 By Jim Mosher
“Núna (now) expands Interlake component”
Interlake Spectator, April 27, 2009, By Jim Mosher
“From Iceland to our Land: A Q&A with LayLow”
Winnipeg Sun, April 23, 2009, By Taylor Burgess
“Get revved in Gimli on Lay Low”
Interlake Spectator,May 8, 2009
“Digital duet: Local multimedia artist’s Avatar melds technology and movement into a laptop dance”
Winnipeg Free Press, November 15, 2009, by Alison Mayes
“Dancer gives lonely vloggers compassionate critique”
Winnipeg Free Press November 17, 2009, by Alison Mayes
2008
“Year of thought-provoking, life-enriching art”
Winnipeg Free Press, December 30, 2008 by Stacey Abramson,
“Audition at aceartinc.”
Akimbo, June 3, 2008 by Cliff Eyland
“Major Maker’s Lindy Vopnfjord Revisits His Icelandic Roots”
CHARTattack, May 7, 2008 By Scott Bryson
“Future of major music festival uncertain: Global economic crisis may cause Winnipeg to lose major sponsor, damage local community” (PDF, 8MB, Page 2)
Uniter, November, 6, 2008 By Joe Kornelsen
Press from an exhibition support in conjunction with Truck Contemporary Art Gallery in Calgary 2008:
- “Sundogs: The Idea of North”
Canadian Art, April 24, 2008
2007
Image: Winnipeg Free Press, Review of New Icelander performance, 2007
“Membranes and beauty”
Winnipeg Free Press, April 19, 2007
“NUNA (now) EVENT GUIDE” (Images: Tab Cover Image, Page 1, Page 2)
Winnipeg Free Press, April 19, 2007
Núna (now) opens with triple-threat art show
Lögberg-Heimskringla, Issue 10, 2007
Nuna(now) opens with a bang (PDF)
Lögberg-Heimskringla, Issue 9, 2007
“Absent sound, present booming”
The Manitoban, April 11, 2007, by Timothy Brown