February 2013
01
Event: A Bit Crack - Storytelling
1 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Storytelling
02
Event: Groundhog Days - A Performance By David Foggo
2 Feb 2013, 7 p.m.
From the 2nd February 2008 until 14th November 2012 David Foggo collected 366 Groundhog Day vhs videos - one for each day of the year plus another for the leap year. The first fruits of this collection will be a special anniversary Groundhog Day domino rally. The performance takes place in the gallery/foyer space. An exhibition of text works and various paraphernalia inspired by the film will also be on display.
02
Event: Adrin's First And Last Movie 65 Party
2 Feb 2013, 8:30 p.m.
03
Event: Canny Little Library
3 Feb 2013, 3 p.m.
The Canny Little Library stocks 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. All titles are available to browse and borrow for free.cannylittlelibrary.tumblr.com email: cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
03
Film: North Sea Texas/Noordzee Texas (2011)
3 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Pim lives in a small town on the Belgian coast, together with his single mother Yvette, a local accordion starlet.
04
Meeting: General Meeting
4 Feb 2013, 6 p.m.
05
Event: Conversation Group
5 Feb 2013, 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.
06
Film: The Pianist (2002) + Introduction
6 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Winner of some of the most prestigious international awards (Oscar for best actor and director, Palme d’Or at Cannes), this is an astounding film based on the true story of a Polish-Jewish concert musician who survived WWII.
07
Event: Volunteer Induction
7 Feb 2013, 6 p.m.
Come along and find out more about your favourite DIY cinema, and how to get involved. Everyone welcome!
08
Event: Comedy Pick & Mix
8 Feb 2013, 8 p.m.
Eclectic comedy from half a dozen or more up and coming local comedians on every subject under the sun. Tickets £3 for Star and Shadow members, £1 extra to join if you haven't already.
09
Event: Volunteer Induction
9 Feb 2013, 11 a.m.
Come along and find out more about your favourite DIY cinema, and how to get involved. Everyone welcome!
09
Gig: Anti-Cuts Network Fundraiser Gig
9 Feb 2013, 8 p.m.
featuring Dog Years, Our Imaginary Friends and Lesley Roley If you are opposed to any or all of the cuts imposed by the Coalition Government you really need to attend this gig.
10
Event: Canny Little Library
10 Feb 2013, 3 p.m.
The Canny Little Library stocks 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. All titles are available to browse and borrow for free.cannylittlelibrary.tumblr.com email: cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
10
Event: German Conversation Group - Stammtisch
10 Feb 2013, 5:30 p.m.
German conversation groyup for Germanophiles, organised by the Centre for Lifelong Learning.
10
Film: The Blue Angel (1930) + Introduction
10 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
We’re very excited to screen this 1930s masterpiece, the film that brought Marlene Dietrich to international fame in her role as Lola-Lola, a nightclub singer who seduces and ultimately destroys a stuffy professor.
11
Meeting: Programming Meeting
11 Feb 2013, 6 p.m.
11
Meeting: Other Meeting
11 Feb 2013, 6 p.m.
12
Event: Conversation Group
12 Feb 2013, 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.
13
Film: Shoah (1985)
13 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
This is an absolutely incredible documentary, consisting mainly of interviews of Holocaust survivors. “ It is one of the noblest films ever made” – ROGER EBERT
14
Film: Cat People (1942)
14 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Classic film noir horror, as Simon Simone playing Irena Dubrovna Reed, a Serbian immigrant reinvented as a suburban housewife grapples with her sexuality and her fear of turning into a cat. Tay Garnett's superb direction invents a menagerie of hidden and unseen terrors.
15
Film: Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (1964-1966) + Live Musical Score By Hapsburg Braganza
15 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
A selection of Screen Tests, pop art legend Andy Warhol’s fascinating series of moving-image portraits, shot over three years in his famous New York studio, The Factory.
16
Film: Intertidal - Alex Mackenzie
16 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
New Expanded Cinema work by Alex Mackenzie
17
Event: Making Film Emulsion Workshop
17 Feb 2013, 9 a.m.
Handmade Emulsion: Creating Black and White Film Stock From Scratch. Presented by Alex MacKenzie
17
Event: Terrain Vague
17 Feb 2013, 3 p.m.
parchment scratchers support group…in the cinema
17
Event: Canny Little Library
17 Feb 2013, 3 p.m.
The Canny Little Library stocks 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. All titles are available to browse and borrow for free.cannylittlelibrary.tumblr.com email: cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
17
Event: Anarchist Black Cross Meeting
17 Feb 2013, 5 p.m.
17
Film: Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
17 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
An epic tale of a night and day in a murder investigation. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a beautifully photographed crime drama about police and prosecutors grimly locating a body through one long night in the Anatolian steppes.
18
Meeting: General Meeting
18 Feb 2013, 6 p.m.
19
Event: Conversation Group
19 Feb 2013, 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.
20
Film: Amen (2002) + Introduction
20 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
The film, based on a German play, looks at the links between the Vatican, the Nazi regime and the extermination of Jews.
21
Film: Fishtank (1998) + Short Film: Sunday (2009)
21 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
This double bill brings together works from two distinct British artists whose body of work also includes photography.
22
Event: Elevation Arts Collective
22 Feb 2013, 8 p.m.
The Elevation Arts Collective are a group of artists producing work across a range of practices including: Musicians, producers, DJ’s, visual artists, photographers, actors, theatre makers, filmmakers and poets.
23
Film: The Nomi Song (2004, Andrew Horn) W/ Jaakko Eino Kalevi (Finland) Live + The Nomi Songs Of New York Disco
23 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Looks like an alien, sings like a diva - Klaus Nomi was one of the 1980s' most profoundly bizarre characters
24
Event: Canny Cafe + Book Group
24 Feb 2013, 3 p.m.
Launch of book group starting at the Canny Little Library! Today 5-6 pm discussing 'The Road to Wigan Pier' by George Orwell. Come along for chat and new ideas! Canny Little Cafe 3 -6pm serving tasy snacks and treats, all vegan and delicious.
24
Event: Canny Little Library
24 Feb 2013, 3 p.m.
The Canny Little Library stocks 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. All titles are available to browse and borrow for free.cannylittlelibrary.tumblr.com email: cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
24
Event: Expac Screenwriters Invitational...Special Guest + Q&A
24 Feb 2013, 4 p.m.
expansion pack film production workshop proudly presents…Risaria Langley (Carlton First Cut award winner)…screening three shorts and welcoming questions…plus…one gifted individual can win an exclusive script surgery…one on one for one hour…come prepared, script in hand…free
24
Film: Three Monkeys
24 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Eyüp takes the blame for his politician boss, Servet, after a hit and run accident. In return, he accepts a pay-off, believing it will make life for his wife Hacer and teenage son more secure.
25
Meeting: Programming Meeting
25 Feb 2013, 6 p.m.
26
Event: Conversation Group
26 Feb 2013, 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.
27
Event: Exhibition Opening Northumbria Fine Art Students
27 Feb 2013, 5 p.m.
A collective of Northumbria University fine art students with work covering Print, Photography and Video/Art installation.
27
Film: The Nasty Girl (1990) + Introduction
27 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Winner of the BAFTA for the best foreign film and the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, this film is based on a true story and tells the story of a young woman who investigates her town’s Nazi past.
28
Film: Bodysong (2003)
28 Feb 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Simon Pummell’s remarkable film recalls Bill Morrison’s Decasia (2002) in its astonishing accumulation of archive material, arranged here to evoke the entire process of life, from birth to death by way of love, violence, religion and so on.