November 2008
01
Gig: Wreckless Eric And Amy Rigby
1 Nov 2008, 8 p.m.
Urban + Eastern presents a unique musical collaboration between punk maven Eric, and country chanteuse Amy.
02
Film: Ready Steady Skip (2008)
2 Nov 2008, 6 p.m.
"Scrapheap Challenge" meets "Ready Steady Cook" - skipping for food & whipping up some tasty dishes, with plenty of hilarity (& people diving into skips).
03
Meeting: General Meeting
3 Nov 2008, 6 p.m.
04
No Events Scheduled
4 Nov 2008
05
No Events Scheduled
5 Nov 2008
06
Film: Heavy Metal In Baghdad (2007)
6 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Life is as hard as their music for the only metal band in Iraq, Acrassicauda.
07
Event: A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
7 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Great Story Telling Nights with A Bit Crack, Northeast Story Tellers. Tonight the theme is: The Milky Way, with Mats Rehnman.
08
Event: Volunteer Induction
8 Nov 2008, 11 a.m.
The Star and Shadow Cinema is entirely run by volunteers, and if anybody wants to get involved/volunteer/put some events on, coming to the volunteer induction is the way to start.
08
Event: Protect And Survive
8 Nov 2008, 8 p.m.
An evening of live entertainment for a post-nuclear world, hosted by Apocalypse Cow.
09
Film: Oh! What A Lovely War (1969)
9 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
On the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War we are showing Attenborough's satirical and scathing observation of the time up to and during the Great War reflected in the songs of the period.
10
Meeting: Programming Meeting
10 Nov 2008, 6 p.m.
11
No Events Scheduled
11 Nov 2008
12
Event: Cancelled: All This Madness, All This Rage
12 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
13
Gig: Jazz Night
13 Nov 2008, 8 p.m.
A night of stunning jazz from the international trio of Chicago reedsman Ken Vandermark, innovative bassist Barry Guy (on a rare visit from his home in Switzerland), and the UK's leading improvising percussionist Mark Sanders.
14
Film: African In Motion: Clouds Over Conakry (2007)
14 Nov 2008, 5 p.m.
Guinean filmmaker Cheick Fantamady Camara's debut feature proposes a romantic twist on the recurrent tradition-versus-modernity theme of African cinema, as a lovestruck cartoonist learns the spirits have chosen him instead of his religious older brother to succeed his father as imam of Guinea's capital, Conakry.
14
Gig: Field Music Presents...
14 Nov 2008, 7 p.m.
Field Music are simply the most vital pop artists in Britain in 2008. They are curating a weekend of film and music at the Star and Shadow on 14 and 15 November. Exciting.
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Gig: Field Music Presents...
15 Nov 2008, 7 p.m.
Field Music are simply the most vital pop artists in Britain in 2008. They are curating a weekend of film and music at the Star and Shadow on 14 and 15 November.
16
Film: Fred Wiseman Season: Hospital L (1969)
16 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Wiseman's second movie covers the daily action in outpatients and emergency in a large New York hospital; rated by New York magazine as one of the most memorable films made in the city.
17
Meeting: General Meeting
17 Nov 2008, 6 p.m.
18
No Events Scheduled
18 Nov 2008
19
Film: La Bete (The Beast) (1975)
19 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Intially banned from British screens for 25 years. La Bete tells the story of a poor family, pleased when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to marry their son. A striking and usual take on both beauty and the beast, and liberation of inner desires. La Bete displays imagination and an erotic insight into Borowczyk's style.
20
Film: Changing Perspectives 2
20 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Part of a multimedia archive project addressing the reactions to the bicentenary of the 1807 Slave Trade Act of 25 African families living in North East England.
21
Gig: Barbara Morgenstern
21 Nov 2008, 8 p.m.
A cult figure in the UK, and a major star in Europe, Asia and Australia Barbara Morgenstern is the thinking raver's techno Goddess.
22
Gig: Urban & Eastern Presents: Emily Portman And Friends
22 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
"Her songs are rooted in the English tradition, but with a visceral and mysterious edge. Her take on the old ballads is all too contemporary" - Wat Tyler
23
Film: Fred Wiseman Season: Racetrack (1985)
23 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Beginning with the birth of a thoroughbred foal and running through to the conclusion of the Belmont stakes in 1981, Racetrack is not so much horse feathers as real flesh as Wiseman's camera probes the darker recesses of the industry.
24
Meeting: Programming Meeting
24 Nov 2008, 6 p.m.
25
No Events Scheduled
25 Nov 2008
26
Film: Xxy (2008)
26 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Drama from Argentina about a 15 year old hermaphrodite Alex, who lives in a quiet fishing community, much to the confusion and fascination of the local villagers.
27
No Events Scheduled
27 Nov 2008
28
Event: Lifeworkart
28 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Music, Conversation, Dancing and Good Company. A social event open to everyone – following on from the LifeWorkArt student conference.
29
Event: The Grinning Idiot Comedy Club Launch Night
29 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
A fantastic evening of stand up comedy!
30
Festival: Star And Shadow Market
30 Nov 2008, 11 a.m.
A bi-monthly art, craft and flea market with money generated from stall hire going to the up keep of venue. Lucy Farfort & Krista Puranen starandshadowmarket@googlemail.com
30
Film: Fred Wiseman Season: Missile (1987)
30 Nov 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Wiseman doesn't frighten the audience with apocalyptic scenes of nuclear holocaust. Missile simply documents the step by step training of 4315 airborne squadron, the young men and women whose fingers are on the button. Litterally.