March 2009

01 Gig: Ukulear Meltdown Ii

1 Mar 2009, noon

For the second glorious year, the Star & Shadow celebrates the cheapest, easiest-to-play, most lo-fi, most punk rock instrument in the world - the Ukulele. With live performers, films and workshops, our Saturday night and Sunday afternoon will be dedicated to worshipping a "Thirty dollar wooden box with wires".

01 Film: Naked (1993)

1 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Excellent and surprising film from one of the best UK directors: Mike Leigh. Film followed by a discussion with members of the Newcastle Philosophy Society.

02 Meeting: General Meeting

2 Mar 2009, 6 p.m.

03 No Events Scheduled

3 Mar 2009

04 Film: People And Planet Season: Climate Fever

4 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Organised in conjunction with Transition Initiative Newcastle. Two short films looking at the effects of global warming, followed by discussion with guest speakers

05 Film: Baran (2001)

5 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

This month's Cinema of the World season brings you a sheer delight from Iran. In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Kurdish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives.

06 No Events Scheduled

6 Mar 2009

07 Event: Collective Game Of Battleships

7 Mar 2009, 2 p.m.

To launch the exhibition of stickman battle tableaux, there will be a friendly group game of battleships in the hallway of the cinema.

07 Gig: Aufgehoben

7 Mar 2009, 8 p.m.

This legendary guitar-based noise band are at the extreme outside limits of psychedelic rock, with a metallic core of harsh industrial noise.

08 Event: Market's First Birthday

8 Mar 2009, 11 a.m.

This Sunday 8th March sees the 1st birthday event of the bi-monthly art, craft and flea market. 20 new stalls offering a wonderful array of 2nd hand, vintage and handcrafted - Clothing, jewellery, art, music, books, homewares and more in the artium and bar area.

08 Film: Cannibal The Musical A.K.A Alfred Packer (2008)

8 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

The debut film by the South Park creator Trey Parker.

09 Meeting: Programming Meeting

9 Mar 2009, 6 p.m.

10 No Events Scheduled

10 Mar 2009

11 Film: People And Planet Season: Between Midnight And The Rooster's Crow (2005)

11 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

In the aggressive search for the 'black gold' that drives Western economies, multinational corporations are working to extract billions of dollars of oil reserves from beneath Ecuador's rainforest. This documentary investigates how the operations of the Canadian EnCana corporation are answerable for widespread environmental contamination and human rights violations in the region.

12 Film: Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo

12 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo is a mockumentary film by Primus lead-man Les Claypool.

13 Gig: Masked Ball

13 Mar 2009, 8 p.m.

Prepare yourself for a night of music, suprises and intrigue…

14 Event: Troubled Sleep

14 Mar 2009, 7:21 p.m.

A song cycle with music from The Band of Holy Joy, play from Ben, Tilly and Sukie, soundscape from Jonny Mugwump and visuals from Inga. The event starts at 8 runs til 9 and will be followed by music in the bar until midnight. It is the tale of a talent gone to waste and locked in room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel with a lover and a stranger. Raising the spirits of all the great dead talents, Burroughs, Joplin, Hendrix, Rimbaud, Behan, feel free to add your own. A night of raising ghosts and incantations of hope and celebration. To reserve tickets; call Mark on 07765 272759. Or just buy on the door.

15 Film: Finding Nemo (2003)

15 Mar 2009, 3 p.m.

Classic post-post-modern fable of friendship?

15 Film: Oh, Mr Porter (1937)

15 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

This is the best and most famous of Will Hay's films from the pre-war era. Like the Marx Brothers, but British, this bumbling madcap trio manage to save the day when posted at a isolated train station where suspicious goings on are afoot …

16 Meeting: General Meeting

16 Mar 2009, 6 p.m.

17 No Events Scheduled

17 Mar 2009

18 Film: People And Planet Season: Drowned Out

18 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

A film about a family's stand against the building of a dam in India, a fight against the destruction of their land, home and culture.

19 Film: Family Films: Make Your Own Films!

19 Mar 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Make your own films and watch them at the cinema

19 Film: Co-Operative Film Festival: The People's Cinema

19 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Films shown as part of the Co-operative Film Festival. Tonight we will be celebrating the history and politics of the movement, by showing fascinating films from the national co-operative film archive.

20 Gig: Lady Caroline Mary In Concert

20 Mar 2009, 8 p.m.

One of the gig-going highlights of the past couple of years has been finding (Lady) Caroline Mary on the bill, invariably supporting less talented types.

21 Gig: Morrissey Disco, Girls X 3 And More

21 Mar 2009, 8 p.m.

A Night of pop punk with the bands Education Education Education, British Lichen Society, The Wooden Spoons and Girls Girls Girls followed by a Morrissey disco until 3 with art in the foyer.

22 Film: Family Films: Make Your Own Films!

22 Mar 2009, 1 p.m.

Make your own film and watch it at the cinema!

22 Film: Orgazmo

22 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

The Life Beyond South Park season finishes with the rude, crude and hilarious Orgazmo.

23 Meeting: Programming Meeting

23 Mar 2009, 6 p.m.

24 No Events Scheduled

24 Mar 2009

25 Film: Co-Operative Film Festival: Cooperatives As An Alternative Economic Order

25 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

2 films: Electrification of Pignon and Tsunami.

26 Film: Co-Operative Film Festival: Youth And Futures

26 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Co-operative Film Makers / UK / 120 min’s with interval 120 minutes of 6 minute shorts, all films made by groups of young people in co-operative youth groups.

27 Film: The 2nd Newcastle Bike Festival: Ayamye (2004)

27 Mar 2009, 6 p.m.

A documentary which considers the effects that the lack of reliable transport has on rural Ghania but also about how the solutions to such problems aren't nearly as complicated as one might expect.

27 Film: The 2nd Newcastle Bike Festival: A Boy, A Girl And A Bike (1949)

27 Mar 2009, 8 p.m.

Filmed around Hebdon Bridge, Yorkshire this is a amiable romantic comedy about a 'love triangle between a working class woman, a man from a cycle club and a middle class motor fanatic.

28 Event: The 2nd Newcastle Bike Festival: Check Y Bmx

28 Mar 2009, noon

A drop in session for anyone interested in sorting out any mechanical problems with the support and advice of a trained mechanic also an opportunity for riders to go spoke to spoke and discuss customising and modifications. Guest speaker tbc.

28 Film: The 2nd Newcastle Bike Festival: Bmx Bandits (1982)

28 Mar 2009, 1 p.m.

A nostalgic afternoon with a brilliant film -as long as you don't take it to seriously and just enjoy the great stunts, long chases and be amazed at the cringing Scooby Doo one liners- and terrible acting- Nicole Kidman, you will leave wishing that life could be as exciting.

29 Film: Can't Beat It Alone (1985)

29 Mar 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Made by Amber’s Current Affairs Unit, the video grew out of the engagement with the campaign against pit closures, the anti-nuclear and the peace movement.