Pulse April 1st

Here is again the Pulse from April 1st (and this is no joke):

1. The first concert is for those of you who like opera. Students from the Norwegian Academy of Music and «Barrat Due» will introduce you to the art of opera singing by giving a concert on Wednesday, April 2nd (that is tomorrow) at BokCafeen in Chateu Neuf. The entrance is free and it is withing walking distance from Majorstuen. The concert starts at nine.

2. The second concert is for those of you who like experimental music. The «Køln-Oslo Protocoll» is a German/Norwegian collaboration. It is an interdisciplinary ensemble that includes media artists, sound artists, electronic and acoustic musicians, composers, designers, architects, and writers and was founded in 2001. The concert is this Thursday at Biermansgården in Maridalsveien 78 and starts at 8. The entrance is 50 NOKs.

3. Coming to the movies: Cinemateket shows the movie «The war game» by Peter Watkins. The movie is a documentary about a nuclear conflict between Great Britain and the Soviet Union. The movie was made in 1965 but caused dismay with the BBC and the UK government, so that it was not transmitted until 1985. The movie is shown on Wednesday (among other times) at Cinemateket in Dronningens Gate, very close to T-Bane stop Jernbanetorget or Stortinget. It starts at 18.30 and the entrance fee is 45 NOKs for members and 75 NOKs for non-members.

4. If you do not want to spend any money on watching movies, there is also an entirely free option: On Monday, April 7th, the movie «You Really Got Me» is shown at the University in Blindern. It is a Norwegian movie with English subtitles. The movie is about Jan, a fastfood-business owner who is going bankrupt. His girlfriend has left him, and he is being exploited by his live-in father. Therefore, he has nothing to loose when he gets mixed up in the kidnapping of famous rock star Iver Mo. But Jan has never been able to do anything right his whole life, and there are others who want to get their hands on the ransom money. The movie is described as a black comedy and it is shown at Georg Sverderups Hus 1 at seven. The entrance is free.

5. And last but not least, we have a scavenger hunt for you: Organized by the special events programme of the UIO, it starts Friday, April 4th at 2 o'clock at Universitetsplassen (down-town). Participants will be divided in teams and have to go on «missions» in the streets of Oslo in order to collect points. The Scavenger Hunt will end in a big get-together at a bar in down town Oslo where the winners will be awarded. This event is free of charge.