ISU Agder: March 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009

Easter concert

The will be an Eeaster concert (Påskekonsert) in Kristiansand Domkirke on Thursday, 2 April, 19:30. It is going to be nice and cosy evening with orchestral music of Händel and Haydn.

A student ticket costs NOK 100. Tickets can be purchased online at Billettluka.

IMPORTANT: If you come 1:30 hour before a start of a concert organized by Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, you can ask for a last minute student ticket. If they will have any seats available, you only have to pay NOK 20. Please remember to bring your UiA Student ID with you.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Christiansand studentseiling

Christiansand studentseiling club invites international students (girls as well!) to join. Admission is free. There will be also a possibility to participate in sailing regatta in Kristiansand and Oslo.

If you are interested, see the facebook group here.

Kristiansand Tangoklubb

Kristiansand Tangoklubb invites students to join tango classes at beginner or advanced level. If you do not have a dance partner, they will fix it up for you. Meetings are held twice a week. The student price for the whole course is NOK 200.

For more information in English click here.
For a translated website click here.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

UiA: classical concert

Young talents from University of Agder will perform classical music on Tuesday, 24 March, in Studentkonsert Klubben (Vestre Strandgate 8), at 19:00. Entry is free.

The music ranges from opera arias by Puccini and Verdi to Ysaye's sonata for violin solo and piano pieces by Chopin and Rachmaninoff. We will also hear music for cello and flute, all played by students who are doing, or in the spring will end, his Bachelor and Master education.

Eugene Ysaye, Sonata No. 6 in E major:

See the full program for the concert here.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Katie Melua

This summer Katie Melua will be performing live in Kristiansand!

Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Ravnedalen, Kristiansand
Tickets: Billettluka.no
Price: NOK 530

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Agder i Verden 2009

Students are invited to attend the conference Agder i Verden 2009 (Agder in the World 2009) on 26 March, 13:00-17:30 at the Fønix Cinema. Admission is free.

This year's main dicussion topic will be "Crisis and competition". The conference will be held in Norwegian.

After the event, there will be a concert in the evening of a Norwegian band NAME. They play a mixture of soul, rock, new wave, hip hop and 80s pop.

Please note that if you wish to attend, you should register yourself here. The deadline for registration is Thursday, 19 March.

The event is organized by Mercurius (Economics student association in UiA), NHO Agder and BI Studentsamfunn.

Venture Cup Regional Finals

Venture Cup is a business plan writing competition organized by Start Norge. The Regional Finals will be held on Thursday, 19 March, 19:30-22:00 at Sørlandet kunnskapspark. During the event teams from Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand will present and the winning team will be then announced.

After the event, contestants and students will be going to the Spot Club in town. On Thursays entry to the club is free.

ISU Agder would like to encourage international students who will continue their studies in UiA to form teams and participate in the competition next year.

Turbonegro

Turbonegro is playing on Saturday, 21 March, 23:00 at Havnekvartalet. This concert is one of the events organized in this year's Kultopia festival. Tickets can be purchased from Billettservice. They cost NOK 260-320.

Turbonegro (aka Turboneger in Norway) is a punk rock band from Oslo. They describe themselves as death punk.

Among the band's main influences are Black Flag, Rolling Stones, KISS, Venom, Radio Birdman, AC/DC, Iggy Pop & James Williamson, Ramones, Negazione, The Dictators and The Stooges, as well as Norwegian rock like DumDum Boys, Raga Rockers and Jokke & Valentinerne.