September 2009
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Meeting: General Meeting
1 Sep 2009, 6 p.m.
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No Events Scheduled
2 Sep 2009
03
Event: Volunteer Induction
3 Sep 2009, 6 p.m.
Volunteer Induction - participants welcome to stay for this evening's film
03
Film: Cinema Of The World: America/India - Sita Sings The Blues (2008)
3 Sep 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana, scored with 1920's jazz. Director Nina Paley has taken the unusual step of making Sita Sings The Blues available to everyone under a Creative Commons License so the film will be beamed to our plush auditorium direct from the internet.
04
Event: A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
4 Sep 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Price: £6/£4 concessions
05
Gig: Alasdair Roberts Live In Concert With Bridie Jackson
5 Sep 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Tonight sees the return of two Star and Shadow favourites, Joanna Newsom and Will Oldham collaborator Alasdair Roberts; and the wonderful Bridie Jackson. It will be a night of hard-focus folk and songs that tell stories you'll never forget. Tickets: £7 members / £8 non-members (and available in advance from alt.vinyl)
06
Event: Make And Mend Market
6 Sep 2009, 11 a.m.
An indy craft, art and flea market offering goodies from new designers alongside 2nd hand/vintage bargains. A great alternative to high street shopping.
06
Film: An American In Paris (1951)
6 Sep 2009, 7:30 p.m.
We push on through to the fifties with this Gene Kelly / Vincente Minnelli classic. The story of ex-G.I. Jerry's (Gene Kelly) sojourn in Paris, this has everything you could ask for in a musical. Gems such as 'I Got Rhythm', Embraceable You and Nice Work If You Can Get It, glorious Technicolor (as ever) and an 18 minute long mini-ballet. Quite possibly why celluloid was dreamt up.
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
7 Sep 2009, 6 p.m.
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No Events Scheduled
8 Sep 2009
09
Film: In Transition (2009)
9 Sep 2009, 7 p.m.
The Premiere of the new documentary charting the spread of the inspiring Transition Movement; could this be our best chance yet of surviving climate change and peak oil?
10
Film: Les Silences Du Palais (Tunisia) (1994)
10 Sep 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Stunningly acted, beautifully shot. A deliciously scored masterpiece.
11
Gig: Damo Suzuki Network + Support
11 Sep 2009, 8 p.m.
Ex lead singer of legendary German Krautrock group, Can, who sang with the band through the height of their creative and commercial success. The man has even had a song named after him by The Fall's Mark E. Smith - 'nuff said. As part of his Damo Suzuki Network project, Damo will be playing with Mark Spybey and Robin Storey, previously of Zoviet France, Christian Alderson of local band Helictite, and Oscar Ruiz Fernandez of Onoma in a night of completely improvised music. £7 members / £8 non-members
12
Gig: Pyjamarama - Sounds And Style Of Bryan Ferry And Roxy Music
12 Sep 2009, 8 p.m.
Roxy Music night!
13
Film: Hyenas (Senegal) (1992)
13 Sep 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Masterful parable of greed, power and insanity.
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No Events Scheduled
14 Sep 2009
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No Events Scheduled
15 Sep 2009
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No Events Scheduled
16 Sep 2009
17
Film: Finzan (Mali) (1989)
17 Sep 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Two women rebel against the traditions of their village in Mali in a film by one of the key auteurs of African cinema.
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No Events Scheduled
18 Sep 2009
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No Events Scheduled
19 Sep 2009
20
Film: Barakat! (Algeria) (2006)
20 Sep 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Set in war–torn Algeria in the 1990s, Barakat! (Enough!) follows two women on the dangerous search for the younger woman's husband, a journalist whose writings resulted in his disappearance.
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
21 Sep 2009, 6 p.m.
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No Events Scheduled
22 Sep 2009
23
Gig: Monster Ceilidh Band
23 Sep 2009, 8 p.m.
THE MONSTER CEILIDH BAND CD LAUNCH PARTY!! - "The coolest ceilidh band around" - Kathryn Tickell
24
Film: Zulu Love Letter (South Africa) (2004)
24 Sep 2009, 7:30 p.m.
“There have been terrible abuses towards humanity exacted under apartheid that the film is in a position to visualise, on behalf of those who survive them. Zulu Love Letter has bravely created a new cinematic space for representing historical truths.”
25
Event: Star And Shadow Evening In Sydney
25 Sep 2009, 10:30 a.m.
For Star and Shadow fans exiled on the other side of the world, the wonderful Mu-mesons archive are holding a Star and Shadow night on September 25 2009 at the Mu-meson Archive in Annandale, Sydney.
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Event: Wild Combination - Arthur Russell Club Night!
26 Sep 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Arthur Russell was one of the most extraordinary musicians ever produced by New York…
27
Film: Ornette Coleman: Made In America (1985)
27 Sep 2009, 7 p.m.
Don't miss Shirley Clark's last film; a tribute to a great free player by one of the great independent voices of US cinema. Starts 7:00pm (note earlier than usual)
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Film: The Gannets
27 Sep 2009, 8:30 p.m.
The Gannets formed by Fyfe Dangerfield from Indie band the Guillimots have taken the improv world by storm. With players Cundy Ward Lash and Noble a quintet not so much rewriting rules as throwing them out the window.
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Meeting: General Meeting
28 Sep 2009, 6 p.m.
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No Events Scheduled
29 Sep 2009
30
Gig: Nite Jewel
30 Sep 2009, 8 p.m.
Nite Jewel - lo-fi avant-pop veering into melancholic disco out on Human Ear Music (Ariel Pink & Haunted Graffiti).