https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/2008/11/feed/Star And Shadow Events 2008-11-01 to 2008-11-30en-gbSat, 15 Sep 2018 22:29:29 -0000https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/129"Scrapheap Challenge" meets "Ready Steady Cook" - skipping for food & whipping up some tasty dishes, with plenty of hilarity (& people diving into skips).https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/129https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/57Life is as hard as their music for the only metal band in Iraq, Acrassicauda. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/57https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/313On 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/313https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/319Guinean 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/319https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/105Wiseman'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. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/105https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/69Intially 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/69https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/314Part 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/314https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/200Beginning 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/200https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/315Drama 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/315https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/195Wiseman 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. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/195https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/68Urban + Eastern presents a unique musical collaboration between punk maven Eric, and country chanteuse Amy.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/68https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/91A 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/91https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/92Field 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/92https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/93Field 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. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/93https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/21A cult figure in the UK, and a major star in Europe, Asia and Australia Barbara Morgenstern is the thinking raver's techno Goddess.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/21https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/94"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 Tylerhttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/94https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/53Great Story Telling Nights with A Bit Crack, Northeast Story Tellers. Tonight the theme is: The Milky Way, with Mats Rehnman.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/53https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/54The 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. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/54https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/55An evening of live entertainment for a post-nuclear world, hosted by Apocalypse Cow. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/55https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/56THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLEDhttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/56https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/58Music, Conversation, Dancing and Good Company. A social event open to everyone – following on from the LifeWorkArt student conference.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/58https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/59A fantastic evening of stand up comedy! https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/59https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/festival/128A 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 https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/festival/128https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/91General Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/91https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/90Programming Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/90https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/89General Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/89https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/88Programming Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/88