May 2009

01 Event: A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night

1 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Our regular and successful monthly night of story telling…

02 Gig: Work Songs For Labour Day

2 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

A benefit for Labourstart.org to assist imprisoned trade unionists…

03 Event: Art, Craft And Flea Market

3 May 2009, 11 a.m.

An bi-monthly independent market offering handmade, 2nd hand/vintage - art, clothing, jewellery, books, music and more

03 Film: Show Boat (1936)

3 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Sing-a-long-a-Sunday! The first stop on our monthly jazz-hands journey through the decades via the glorious medium of musical film.

04 Meeting: General Meeting

4 May 2009, 6 p.m.

05 No Events Scheduled

5 May 2009

06 No Events Scheduled

6 May 2009

07 Film: Vhs Kahloucha (2006)

7 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

In this unusual film, Tunisia's premier amateur auteur filmmaker is portrayed with loving honesty and gut-busting hilarity in this thrilling documentary.

08 Film: The Reinactors (2008`)

8 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

UK PREMIERE - SCREENING & AFTER-PARTY IN THE BAR The Reinactors interweaves the disparate lives of film character impersonators and celebrity look-a-likes on Hollywood Boulevard over the span of a year. Recognizable characters and stars of movies are portrayed by self-employed rogues who forge a living one-dollar at a time, posing for photos with tourists.

09 Meeting: Other Meeting

9 May 2009, 6 p.m.

09 Film: Viva + Music! (2007)

9 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Hot lounge tunes, go-go dancers, drug education and nudie cutie films and live music!

10 Film: The Age Of Stupid (2009)

10 May 2009, 3 p.m.

A drama-documentary-animation hybrid which stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?

10 Film: Lucrecia Martel Season: La Cienaga (2001)

10 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

'La Cinéaga' tells the story of two families, one upper class and in decline, the other middle class and harried, and through them builds a devastating portrait of life in the Argentine provinces.

11 Meeting: Programming Meeting

11 May 2009, 6 p.m.

12 No Events Scheduled

12 May 2009

13 No Events Scheduled

13 May 2009

14 Film: Lucrecia Martel Season: La Nina Santa (2004)

14 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Dealing with the confusion between sexual awakening and religious fervour in an adolescent girl, holidaying in a hotel hosting a medical conference for ear, nose and throat specialists…

15 Festival: Diy Aye Festival

15 May 2009, 7 a.m.

16 Festival: Diy Aye Festival

16 May 2009, 10 a.m.

A 2 day festival celebrating radical and DIY culture. Including live music, a free shop, open gallery space, radical films and a huge range of workshops and discussions including zine making, percussion workshop, book binding, patchwork, black and white photography, squatting, immigration and no borders, make your own dildo, surveillance, stencil graffiti and many more tbc. Admission free/ donations are welcome. Films and discussion and live music start at 7pm on Friday night. All workshops run on Saturday from 10pm onwards. Live music in the evening. Check out the website, diyayefest.wordpress.com, for further information.

17 Film: Killers Kiss (1955)

17 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Kubrick's first feature (except it's not but never mind) is really great.

18 Meeting: General Meeting

18 May 2009, 6 p.m.

18 Meeting: General Meeting

18 May 2009, 6 p.m.

18 Gig: Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti + Sdf Collective + Hapsburg Braganza + Enoma

18 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

The music is gorgeous and beautiful stemming from a lovely individual's mind and soul, with lots of synth and reverb and muted beats.

19 No Events Scheduled

19 May 2009

20 Event: The Films Of Robert Breer

20 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

A night sampling the delights of Artist Robert Breer's collection of stop frame animation.

21 Film: Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

21 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Peckinpah's masterpiece of grit and filth. A work of genius.

22 Gig: Evolution Unsigned

22 May 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Free gig as part of the evolution unsigned festival. Warm Digits The Cornshed Sisters Balao Nathalie Stern

23 Event: Sublime Frequencies With Omar Souleyman (Syria) And Group Doueh (Western Sahara)

23 May 2009, 6 p.m.

Its the event you've all been waiting for - Sublime Frequencies come to Newcastle, with the amazing Omar Souleyman (Syria) and Group Doueh (Western Sahara) both live, plus Sublime Frequencies DJs, film screenings and q&a's, and much more!