Star And Shadow Events 2012-03-19 to 2012-03-25

AV Festival 12: Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours + Discussion

This debut feature by visual artist Tiravanija is a portrait of the slow passage of time and simplicity of everyday life in a small village near Chiang Mai. The artist follows old uncle Lung Neaw with a 16mm camera during his daily routines. With compassion and humility, we see him walk, talk, eat, pray, cook, hunt, smoke, drink and visit his neighbours.

Av Festival 12: Still Life

Still Life is set in Fengjie, 150 miles from the Three Gorges Dam, the hydroelectric project on the Yangtze River that submerged thousands of towns and displaced more than a million people. Shot while Fengjie was being demolished, the film has a powerful documentary impact, as two people travel there separately to look for their missing spouses.

Av Festival 12: Eternity + Discussion

This debut feature won the prestigious Tiger Award at Rotterdam 2011. Evoking the traditional Thai belief that the spirit of the dead returns, Eternity follows a man through three stages of being - as a ghost in his childhood home, as a young man falling in love, and absent in the life of his family in the days following his death.

The Alternative Miss Newcastle Pageant

The Alternative Miss Newcastle explodes onto the arts calendar on March 23, with the inaugural pageant taking place at the Star and Shadow Cinema.

AV Festival 12: The Time is Out of Joint: Forest Swords, The Caretaker, Pye Corner Audio

Three live performances embrace the concept of Hauntology at the moment we skip an hour to mark the beginning of British Summertime.

English Language Conversation Group

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.

Canny Little Cafe

The Canny Little Cafe brings you delicious hot drinks and snacks, all vegan, to accompany your sunday afternoon!This month you are invited by the Canny Cafe to bring, take and make rebellious music of all forms and styles with a mix tape/ cd swap! All this and the usual radical/alternative/critical books n zines. 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.