July 2011
01
Event: A Bit Crack
1 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Christine McMahon will perform tense tales of suspense spun around the harsh past of the north of England, where the crags of Lancashire and Yorkshire frown at one another in close but harmless proximity!
02
Gig: Suono Sundays 7th Birthday
2 Jul 2011, 10 p.m.
All the sevens. Suono are 7 and to celebrate, they present the redoubtable Mark Seven. Stockholm based record dealer and dj’s dj, Mark plays Newcastle for the first time, with some of the best mixes of recent years and a diamond reputation, prepare to dance it off.
03
Film: The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
3 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Ah, Lubitsch! Subtle, sharp, sad, romantic and funny - a film fit for the SUNDAY SILVERS! Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan star in this tale of despise for those you know and love for those you don't - whoever they might be…
04
Meeting: General Meeting
4 Jul 2011, 6:30 p.m.
05
Event: English Language Conversation Group
5 Jul 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
Film: Saneamento Básico (Basic Sanitation) (2007)
6 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Upbeat and comic look at social activism by the celebrated Brazilian director Jorge Furtado. A small town overwhelmed by the smell of sewage desperately needs a new drainage ditch, but there are no public funds for such a project. When one villager realizes they do have funds for creating a fiction video, she drafts a screenplay for a horror film, hoping to use the film as a smoke screen for building a drainage ditch. Of course, making a film proves to be harder than the town expects.
07
Event: New Volunteer Induction
7 Jul 2011, 6 p.m.
Come along and find out more about your favourite DIY cinema, and how to get involved. Everyone welcome!
07
Film: Docs Wi' The Heavies: Coal And Steel
7 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
An evening with the heavy industries. Archive film covers the glory days of coal mining in the North East, and the subsequent decline of the industry.
08
Gig: Eddie & Sheena
8 Jul 2011, 8:30 p.m.
ROCKABILLY SURF GARAGE ROCK GIRL GROUPS PUNK ROCK
09
Event: New Volunteer Induction
9 Jul 2011, 11 a.m.
Come along and find out more about your favourite DIY cinema, and how to get involved. Everyone welcome!
09
Event: Participate-Orama!
9 Jul 2011, noon
The Star and Shadow Cinema is run collectively by volunteers, using consensus. Consensus is widely regarded as one of the most empowering ways of making decisions in a group. At best, it allows people to come together as equals and find creative win:win solutions that everyone is happy with. However, it's not always easy! The Star & Shadow and Seeds for Change present 2 workshops on consesnsus decision making and facilitation. Whatever experience of consensus you have had - good, bad, or non-existent, you are very welcome to come along and join in with these two workshops.
09
Event: Glimpse Of Tibet
9 Jul 2011, 6:30 p.m.
To Celebrate H.H the 14th Dalai Lama's Birthday! Music, food, dancing, exhibitions and documentary film. With music from Crossings, Friendship Band, Sam Cooke (Cybernetix) & Dubcat (Dub inna Pub) £5/ £3.50 concessions No one turned away through lack of funds
10
Film: Jacques Tati I: Jour De Fete + French Wine And Conversation! (1949)
10 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Telling the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman, who interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, this film contains wine drinking and a lot of cycling!
11
Meeting: Programming Meeting
11 Jul 2011, 6 p.m.
12
Event: English Language Conversation Group
12 Jul 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.
13
No Events Scheduled
13 Jul 2011
14
Film: Jacques Tati Ii: Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot + French Wine And Conversation! (1953)
14 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Introducing the shy, complex, and elegantly maladroit Monsieur Hulot, this film “might contain the greatest collection of sight gags ever committed to celluloid” (The Independent).
15
Gig: Iceni In Concert With Lady Caroline Mary
15 Jul 2011, 8 p.m.
Great pop songs have lives of their own. That's why the best live on into the future, and get covered, deconstructed and rebuilt. They sound like they're easy to write, and that makes them the hardest of all to compose. But Iceni seem to do exactly that. They have a brain for pop that creates tunes that stay in your head, and that are radio AND dancefloor friendly. They're the best chart band you've never heard of.
16
Gig: Usurper
16 Jul 2011, 8 p.m.
Creating a sound nearly impossible to describe, Edinburgh-based Usurper combines obsessive metallic clunk, destroyed voices, broken horns and dropped marbles (?), into dense fields of activity.
17
Film: Alien Nation I: The Stone Tape + Introduction From British Film And Tv Specialist (1972)
17 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
The “Alien Nation” season of British telefantasy opens with this startling fusion of science fiction and supernatural horror. The programme will be introduced by Dr James Leggott, who curated the Alein Nation season, and is a British Film and TV Specialist.
18
Meeting: General Meeting
18 Jul 2011, 6 p.m.
19
Event: English Language Conversation Group
19 Jul 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.
19
Event: Newcastle Roller Girls Meet Up
19 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Time for Newcastle Roller Girls to get together and talk all things Derby!
20
Event: Maker Space Drop In
20 Jul 2011, 6 p.m.
First drop in session in Maker Space for mad inverters from across the North East.
20
Film: Alien Nation Ii: Ghostwatch + Exclusive Introduction! (1992)
20 Jul 2011, 8 p.m.
This infamous BBC mockumentary about an evil spirit possessing a suburban household was taken by some audiences as a genuine live broadcast upon its first (and only) broadcast on Halloween in 1992. EXCLUSIVE INTRODUCTION: the writer of the programme, Stephen Volk, will be present to introduce and discuss the rpogramme!
21
Event: Meeting Of North East Anarchists
21 Jul 2011, 7 p.m.
In the Office
21
Film: Alien Nation Iii: Penda’S Fen + Introduction! (1974)
21 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
A true cult classic about a teenage boy’s fantastical encounters with angels and pagan rulers, Penda’s Fen is an enigmatic meditation on themes of nationality, sexuality, myth, masculinity and religion. The programme will be introduced by Dave Rolinson, a specialist of British Film and Television.
22
Film: The Holy Mountain + Gig: Gravanzia + Khünnt (1973)
22 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
"You are excrement. You can change yourself into gold" - the message of Alejandro Jodorowsky's psychedelic masterpiece, The Holy Mountain, not just a film, but an experience and journey into the secret of immortality. After the film two mysterious local underground bands, Gravanzia and Khünnt + DJs Fenrus Crill and Levi Mendez
23
Gig: Threes
23 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
An eclectic night of music and art showcasing work by artists currently based in newcastle… Doors at 7:30pm Price £3
24
Film: Alien Nation Iv: Schalcken The Painter + The Exorcism + Introduction (1979 + 1972)
24 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
The “Alien Nation” season of weird and haunting UK telefantasy concludes with this double-bill of two gems highly rated by connoisseurs of 1970s TV horror. We are very happy to announce that great film specialist Gail Nina-Anderson will there to introduce these films!
25
Meeting: Programming Meeting
25 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
26
Event: English Language Conversation Group
26 Jul 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.
27
Event: Revelations
27 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
a trans / queer eve of short and feature films from around the world SEX RELIGION GENDER IDENTITY LIFE LOVE
28
Film: Jacques Tati Iii: Mon Oncle (1958)
28 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Winner of the Oscar and the New York Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Film, and of a Special Prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, this incredible film is centred around Monsieur Hulot, adored uncle of young Gerard, who struggles to fit into ultra-mechanised and geometric new demands of Modernity.
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No Events Scheduled
29 Jul 2011
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No Events Scheduled
30 Jul 2011
31
Film: Jacques Tati Iv: Play Time (1967)
31 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Seen as Tati’s most daring film, an enormous set was built for the film, known as “Tativille”, for which Tati participated financially, and which stretched the production of the film to 3 years.