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🍲 Food for Thought: Emergency Preparedness & Community Resiliency 🍲

Join us for a FREE, age‑friendly (55+) event focused on staying prepared, connected, and resilient as a community. Enjoy lunch and practical information from local experts!

📍 Fensala Hall (Historic Markerville)
🗓 Monday, May 4
⏰ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
® rdcounty.ca/programs, call 403-350-2150, or email tlewis@rdcounty.ca

This event is made possible with support from Red Deer County, FCSS, and the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.

👉 Bring a friend and come learn, share, and connect! … See MoreSee Less

More opportunities!🇮🇸POETRY AND SHORT STORY CONTEST🇮🇸

Now accepting entries for 2026.
Free entry – cash prizes. Winning entries will be published in the @logbergheimskringla

⭐Thank you to our sponsor the University of Manitoba Department of Icelandic Language and Literature

Tag any writers you think may be interested!📝

Visit icelandicfestival.com/festival-events/contests/poetry-short-story-contest for more info and submission guidelines … See MoreSee Less

🎶 Our season finale is almost here! 🎶

Join us on April 25th at Fensala Hall for the final show of the 2025/2026 Concert Series. We’re thrilled to welcome Maria Dunn and Shannon Johnson performing together as a duo for this special evening.

🎟️ Tickets: $35 per person
👉 Get yours here: historicmarkerville.com/tickets

📍 Location: 24 Main Avenue, Markerville
🚪 Doors open: 6:45 PM
🎵 Show starts: 7:30 PM

This event is made possible in part by support from Red Deer County and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Since 2017, this concert series has helped raise funds for the Stephan G. Stephansson Icelandic Society, supporting the care and preservation of several historic sites in Markerville, including the Creamery, Lutheran Church, Buttermaker’s House, and Fensala Hall.

Thank you for helping us keep this history alive—we hope to see you there! ❤️ … See MoreSee Less

Markerville Creamery, Red Deer County, 1984

This photo shows the Markerville Creamery during a period when plans were underway to restore the historic building. The site, an important part of the area’s agricultural and cultural history, was being considered for preservation and redevelopment as a heritage location.

Source: Red Deer Archives
Identifier: P18842
Creator: Red Deer Advocate / Greg Neiman
Rights: Copyright assigned to Archives; Creator must be cited … See MoreSee Less

Here’s a wonderful “throwback” post from July 2016. We’re no longer holding “Taste of Markerville” events but the Vonin Ladies are still getting together each year to bake batches of goodies: Available from the Kaffistofa during the summer and of course Christmas in Markerville!The Vonin Icelandic Ladies are baking a new batch of vinarterta for you to sample at Taste of Markerville. We’ll be enjoying their traditional flatbread with cheese at ‘Appy Hour too. July 23- join us! … See MoreSee Less

"Two of the older artifacts in Historic Markerville, Happy Birthday Bernice 🫶🏻"
– Posted earlier today by John McKechnie … See MoreSee Less