April 2011
01
Event: A Bit Crack
1 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
A Night of Fools presented by A Bit Crack Storytelling
02
Event: Cut And Splice Film Workshop
2 Apr 2011, 11 a.m.
Film Bee introduce a technique for making 16mm film without film. We'll be using lighting gels and splicing them onto film sprockets for super saturated colour collage. When put through the steely jaws of the cinema projectors in an improvised multiple projector jam, these filmstrips will reach new levels of intensity - like exploding jewelery boxes.
02
Event: The Last Colossal Bunga Bunga (Milk From A Coconut) - Party Until 2am!
2 Apr 2011, 8 p.m.
Come sip from the coconut, The Last Colossal Bunga Bunga promises a Pina Colada party party with no airs, no graces and no pretence.
03
Event: Cut And Splice Film Workshop
3 Apr 2011, noon
Film Bee bring another day of techniques for making 16mm film without film. We'll be using lighting gels and splicing them onto film sprockets for super saturated colour collage. When put through the steely jaws of the cinema projectors in an improvised multiple projector jam, these filmstrips will reach new levels of intensity - like exploding jewellery boxes.
03
Film: Jezebel (1938)
3 Apr 2011, 7 p.m.
A tale of defiance, love and redemption sees another SUNDAY SILVER! A headstrong Southern Belle forces away her love through her pride, vanity and sedition - all in a red dress - but vows to get him back. The amazing Bette Davis and Henry Fonda star in this 1850's Southern-set romantic melodrama. Why not come dressed in RED for tonight's screening?! MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL OFFER… Bring your mother and she gets in at the concession price of £3.50!
04
No Events Scheduled
4 Apr 2011
05
Event: English Language Conversation Group
5 Apr 2011, 4 p.m.
The English Language Conversation Group is a weekly event at the Star and Shadow for all people who want to meet and practice speaking English. It is an informal group and new people - volunteers to help people practice speaking English or learners to see what the group is like - are always welcome. The group is inclusive and travel expenses can be paid for if necessary.
05
Event: English Language Conversation Group
5 Apr 2011, 4 p.m.
The English Language Conversation Group is a weekly event at the Star and Shadow for all people who want to meet and practice speaking English. It is an informal group and new people - volunteers to help people practice speaking English or learners to see what the group is like - are always welcome. The group is inclusive and travel expenses can be paid for if necessary.
06
No Events Scheduled
6 Apr 2011
07
Event: New Volunteer Induction
7 Apr 2011, 6 p.m.
Come along and find out more about your favourite DIY cinema, and how to get involved. Everyone welcome!
07
Film: Japanese Film Festival - Experimental Animation Short Films: Beyond Anime: Calf Animation + Talk (2007 To 2010)
7 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
A very rare screening of no less than 13 short animation programmes from the new CALF label, which distributes work from some of the most innovative independent Japanese filmmakers + Jasper Sharp, director of London Japanese Film Festival and specialist of Japanese cinema, will introduce the night!
08
Gig: Trash Kit, Woolf + Silver Fox
8 Apr 2011, 8 p.m.
A Glimpse Of Paradise and Star & Shadow Cinema present Trash Kit, Woolf + Silver Fox plus records being spun for your pleasure!
09
Event: New Volunteer Induction
9 Apr 2011, 11 a.m.
Come along and find out more about your favourite DIY cinema, and how to get involved. Everyone welcome!
09
Event: Mini Comics Day
9 Apr 2011, 11 a.m.
International Mini Comics Day at the Star & Shadow! The Paper Jam Comics Collective join up with the Star & Shadow's own Canny Little Library to bring this year's International Mini Comics day to Newcastle. Everyone can make a mini comic, and it only uses up one piece of paper! So come along, all ages & drawing styles welcome - no formal charge but a small donation is appreciated for the use of the building and the photocopier. Everyone's finished mini comics will be photocopied and shared around, so all you have to do is draw one, and you might end up going home with 50!
09
Gig: Late Party With Ben Butler & Mousepad + Djs Until 2am!
9 Apr 2011, 8 p.m.
The Star & Shadow presents a night of furious shake & pop of pixelated DIY dance fury, a late night party with Ben Butler & Mousepad, supported by Newcastle’s party groove faithfuls SDF and Jamie Allen.
10
Event: Screen Printing Workshop
10 Apr 2011, 3 p.m.
Alongside the Canny Little Library a small, free, screen printing workshop will be run. The aim for the day will be to introduce anyone that's interested to the basics of screen printing (by having a go at it from start to finish with photo emulsion and acetate).
10
Event: Canny Little Library - Letter Writing
10 Apr 2011, 3 p.m.
Letter Writing today at the Little Library! Come along, put pen to paper (materials provided) and let your thoughts and ideas go wild. Featuring envelope making and foreign language dictionaries it's open to all and free. Write/ draw to whoever you feel like, a relative, an imaginary character, yourself, a politician, a prisoner… xx
10
Film: Japanese Film Festival - Feature Film: Nn-891102 + 3 Short Animation Films
10 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Unforgettable indie classic about a man struggling to overcome the trauma of the A-bomb through sound.
11
No Events Scheduled
11 Apr 2011
12
Event: English Language Conversation Group
12 Apr 2011, 4 p.m.
The English Language Conversation Group is a weekly event at the Star and Shadow for all people who want to meet and practice speaking English. It is an informal group and new people - volunteers to help people practice speaking English or learners to see what the group is like - are always welcome. The group is inclusive and travel expenses can be paid for if necessary.
12
Event: Newcastle Roller Girls Tactics & Rules
12 Apr 2011, 7 p.m.
An evening of Roller Derby tactics and rules for NRGs at all levels. Square up and skate!
13
Film: The Daydreaming Archivist: The Eccentric Selection (Various)
13 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
The Daydreaming archivist is a series of selections from the Northern Regional Film and TV Archive made by Film Bee collective. In this 2nd archive screening we explore the amazing ephemera that we could not make fit a theme. Commercials, Community and Amateur film and Television News sit side by side like siblings in a bathtub sharing a strain of humour, insight and the benefit of hindsight. These are unique artifacts you will almost certianly never have the opportunity to see again.
14
Event: Creative Writing Workshop
14 Apr 2011, 1 p.m.
14
Film: Japanese Film Festival - Horror Animation Short Films: Ero Guro Anime Night (1993 To 2008)
14 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
This is a selection of 4 nightmarish short animation films, from underground filmmakers Hiroshi Harada and Naoyuki Niiya. The films sit within a hybridised East-West freakshow tradition, and promise a night you won’t soon forget!
15
Meeting: Other Meeting
15 Apr 2011, 6:30 a.m.
15
Event: Music Video
15 Apr 2011, 10 a.m.
Filming music video for Half Past Never Band
16
Gig: It's Not The Arriving, It's The Getting There
16 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Beccy Owen, Richard Dawson, John Egdell, Nev Clay and Marc Oliver. A night of singing and general loveliness. tickets £5 on the door.
17
Event: Make And Mend Market
17 Apr 2011, noon
The biggest independent monthly market in Newcastle! Art, crafts, vintage & second hand. FREE entry! Also SWAP between 2-3pm in cinema space, only £2 up to 15 items (books, clothes etc.) see monthly specification closer to date!) Find us on FACEBOOK ; Make and Mend market group and or email to MAKEANDMENDMARKET@googlemail.com for sellers info. Note: Market 'bi-montly' at Star and Shadow cinema, but also operates at Grainger market as alternative venue monthly.
17
Film: Japanese Film Festival - Feature Film: Footed Tadpoles + 2 Animation Short Films (2009)
17 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
A quirky coming-of-age comedy about first love in junior high school.
18
Gig: A Hawk And A Hacksaw
18 Apr 2011, 8 p.m.
a hawk and a hacksaw return to newcastle with their new album, cervantine, direct from new mexico via eastern europe. this time, they're in the s&s, for a unique and unforgettable night of turkish folk, gypsy swagger, serbian brass and new mexican drinking songs. dan haywood's new hawks are in tow, and raucous, ecstatic vibes are bound to ensue. Support from Dan Haywood's New Hawks and Moa.
19
Event: The English Language Conversation Group
19 Apr 2011, 4 p.m.
The English Language Conversation Group is a weekly event at the Star and Shadow for all people who want to meet and practice speaking English. It is an informal group and new people - volunteers to help people practice speaking English or learners to see what the group is like - are always welcome. The group is inclusive and travel expenses can be paid for if necessary.
20
Event: Mini Screen Printing Workshop
20 Apr 2011, 6:30 p.m.
A mini screen printing workshop, and also a catch up session for those who attended the workshop on Sunday 10th April. If you'd like to come along and ask any questions about printing, or would like to see the process in action please come down. It's free and all are welcome. 6.30pm onwards free
21
Film: The Circle (2000)
21 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Set over the course of a single day, Jafar Panahi's powerful film is an ensemble piece that tells the stark tales of several young Iranian women and the harsh society in which they live. Beginning with a childbirth, and the ensuing despair at the discovery that the baby is a girl, the film touches upon the myriad hardships endured by women living in Iran's male dominated world of bureaucracy, constant surveillance and age old inequalities. But even in the midst of this stifling environment, the spirit, strength and courage of the circle of women cannot be extinguished. Panahi's gripping and controversial film is further confirmation that Iranian cinema is now among the most original, vital and exciting in the world.
22
Gig: Adam Cooper's Little Monsters (Cd-Launch)
22 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Little Monsters is a musical diary of severe hereditary night terrors. Adam James Cooper launches his latest project with illustrations and animations by Matthew Cooper, support from Chased by Wolves and The Lake Poets. Tickets: £4 Free entry for those dressed as monsters
23
Film: Fables - A Film Opera (2010)
23 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Streetwise runs a weekly music workshop Programme in 11 homeless centres around the country. Fables - A collection of four 7-minute Film Operas, created by Streetwise Opera performers working with some of the most exciting composers and filmakers in the UK. Tonight will screen the four films, 'The Making of' documentary a Q&A with the film-makers and a live performance by the local Streetwise group.
24
Event: Paintings By John Joseph Murray
24 Apr 2011, 3 p.m.
featuring a series of clown portraits, another series called hypocondriac lives [using film and media types as its subjects], one of film star portraits, and a handfull of works inspired by camera technology from an artist who garnered favourable reviews after producing the standout exhibit at the student protest show in november
24
Event: Canny Little Library
24 Apr 2011, 3 p.m.
The Canny Little Library is open for browsing and borrowing from our wonderful collection. Free!
24
Film: Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad + Special Party Until 2am! (1988)
24 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
One of the funniest comedies ever made! ZAZ-team's (Zucker-Abrahams-Abrahams) fast-paced slapstick comedy is full of visual and verbal puns and gags masterfully delivered by the late Leslie Nielsen as the Lieutenant Frank Drebin from Police Squad!
25
No Events Scheduled
25 Apr 2011
26
Event: The English Language Conversation Group
26 Apr 2011, 4 p.m.
The English Language Conversation Group is a weekly event at the Star and Shadow for all people who want to meet and practice speaking English. It is an informal group and new people - volunteers to help people practice speaking English or learners to see what the group is like - are always welcome. The group is inclusive and travel expenses can be paid for if necessary.
26
Meeting: Programming Meeting
26 Apr 2011, 6 p.m.
27
Event: 'Blue Veils And Golden Sands' (Bbc Radiophonic Workshop Night Ft. Films + Live Music)
27 Apr 2011, 7 p.m.
28
Film: Top Secret! + Spy Fancy Dress Party + Djs Until 12pm! (1984)
28 Apr 2011, 7:30 p.m.
One of the greatest comedies of our time! The film is a parody of the GDR era and Elvis films in which young Val Kilmer does his second best in his first ever feature role! This joyful insanity is once again brought to you by the great Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker's ZAZ-team!
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No Events Scheduled
29 Apr 2011
30
Gig: Star And Shadow's Fifth Birthday!
30 Apr 2011, 8 p.m.
Come and celebrate the Star and Shadow's FIFTH BIRTHDAY!!! Fun times, dancing times, bar times and raffle times all to be had. Help wish the Star and Shadow with many happy returns!