Monday 02 Jan To Sunday 08 Jan 2012
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No Events Scheduled
2 Jan 2012
03
Event: English Language Conversation Group
3 Jan 2012, 4 p.m.
Weekly conversation session for people to practice speaking English in an informal friendly setting. The group is informal and volunteer run. Aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory. Free. Travel costs can be paid for people who would otherwise not be able to come.
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Meeting: General Meeting
3 Jan 2012, 6 p.m.
04
Film: The Florestine Collection (2011)
4 Jan 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Experimental Animator Helen Hill found more than 100 handmade dresses in a trash pile on one Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans. She set out to make a film about the dressmaker, an African-American seamstress who had recently passed away. (31 mins) + DIY animation programme
05
Event: Film Production Workshop
5 Jan 2012, 6 p.m.
Whether you're interested in development, locations, costume, special effects, logistics, filming or marketing there is an opportunity to get hands on experience with Itinerant Motion Picture Company this winter during the shooting of "Noctambule" a dreamlike trip in a surreal labyrinth. This open house session is for all with even a passing interest in how films are made.
06
Event: A Bit Crack - Open Night
6 Jan 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Anyone can join in! The floor is open, the stories are waiting and the next teller could be you! Here is a chance for listeners to become tellers and share the stories closest to your heart alongside A Bit Crack - or just come and listen, you’ll be just as welcome.
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No Events Scheduled
7 Jan 2012
08
Event: Canny Little Library
8 Jan 2012, 3 p.m.
The Canny Little Library is the best library in the star and shadow/ city / uk for books, zines and pamphlets with a focus on titles with a more critical stance towards the society we live in and not available in most regular libraries/ bookshops. The collection includes graphic novels, art, feminism, queer, gender, lgbt, politics, sex, health, relationships, DIY, anarchism, philosophy, global struggles, science, nature and environment, worker's struggles, history, prison struggles, cookery, anti-racism and information for action. All titles are available to browse and borrow for free. The Star and Shadow also houses a large collection of film, photography and theatre books available for browsing and reference. The library can be contacted at cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
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Film: Alice In The Cities (1974)
8 Jan 2012, 7:30 p.m.
After brief encounter with an elusive American woman Phillip a roving German reporter reluctantly accepts temporary custody of little Alice. Their friendship grows while traveling through European cities on a search for the girl's grandmother. Inventive and witty, Wenders reflects on the influences of American pop culture on postwar Europe.