June 2013
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Event: Comedy Pick & Mix
1 Jun 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, £2 extra to join if you haven't already.
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Event: Canny Little Library - Not Open Today
2 Jun 2013, 3 p.m.
Today we will be running the Canny Little Library Info Stall at Newcastle Community Green Festival, Leazes Park, Newcastle. See http://www.newcastlegreenfestival.org.uk/ for more info. See you there! Back here at the Star and Shadow next Sunday.http://cannylittlelibrary.tumblr.com/
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Film: Eyes Wide Open - Open Submission Night
2 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Bring along your film creations and screen them amongst an audience of filmmakers! Artist films, dramas, docs, experiments, student projects, all welcome!
03
Meeting: General Meeting
3 Jun 2013, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
4 Jun 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
04
Event: Nrg Quarterly Meet
4 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Newcastle Roller Girls quarterly meeting in bar and cinema. This event is open to members of NRG only.
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Event: Selected 3
5 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Selected 3 is a national touring programme of new moving image work by some of the best emerging film & video artists from the UK, selected by the artists shortlisted for the Jarman Award 2012. Screening + Q&A with artists. Produced by videoclub and FLAMIN. Only North East screening!
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Event: Volunteer Induction
6 Jun 2013, 6 p.m.
Come along and find out more about your favourite DIY cinema, and how to get involved. Everyone welcome!
06
Film: Pierrot Le Fou
6 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
"Put a tiger in my tank" says Belmondo to the pump boy…and the trip begins. The film where J+L tries to do everything and almost succeeds. The tale of the last tragic couple fleeing Paris…with Anna Karina as the gangster's moll.
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Event: A Bit Crack -Storytelling
7 Jun 2013, 7 p.m.
Margot Henderson tells stories from Scotland
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Event: Volunteer Induction
8 Jun 2013, 11 a.m.
Come along and find out more about your favourite DIY cinema, and how to get involved. Everyone welcome!
09
Event: Canny Little Library & Reading Group
9 Jun 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. Plus at 5pm, fiction reading group.http://cannylittlelibrary.tumblr.com/ cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
09
Film: I'M Now: The Story Of Mudhoney
9 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
This documentary tells the story of Mudhoney from their very beginnings, to following them on their recent world tour and everything in between. Part of the Grunge Season http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/season/150
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
10 Jun 2013, 6 p.m.
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Event: 'Glorious' Reunion [Wunderbar]
11 Jun 2013, noon
screening & drinks [invited audience]
11
Event: Conversation Group
11 Jun 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
12
Gig: Maxïmo Park - Special S&S Fundraiser
12 Jun 2013, 8 p.m.
We are very excited to announce that Maxïmo Park is coming to the Star and Shadow Cinema as part of the Festival of the North East. The band will perform a special, intimate gig in honour and aid of the Star and Shadow Cinema. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!
13
Film: Bande A Part
13 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Godard celebrates and marks his continuing love affair with Hollywood gangster movies. A loose knit tale with a few shootings a song and a wondrous dance routine spun onto film as a series of casual off the cuff loops.
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Event: Everything That Happened In Hamburg
14 Jun 2013, 8 p.m.
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Event: Experiments In Colour Film
15 Jun 2013, 10 a.m.
A 2 day workshop delving into the wonderful world of experimental lab-based colour filmmaking. participants will work with 35mm film and apply abstract imagery to it using various camera-less techniques and E6 chemistry for maximum impact and saturation. Places are very limited email matfleming76[at]gmail.com to register or for more information.
15
Gig: Enough Food For Everyone - If Campaign Event
15 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Get involved with the Enough Food For Everyone IF campaign and demand action on global hunger! An evening of inspirational short films, rabble rousing speeches and debate, followed by the wonderful Holy Moly and the Crackers plus support and djs.
16
Event: Canny Little Library
16 Jun 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. http://cannylittlelibrary.tumblr.com/ cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
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Film: Singles
16 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
A group of twenty-something friends, most of whom live in the same apartment complex, search for love and success in grunge-era Seattle. Part of the Grunge Season http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/season/150
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Meeting: General Meeting
17 Jun 2013, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
18 Jun 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
18
Gig: A Deer For Your Lamb Presents David Thomas Broughton, Rachael Dadd And Ichi
18 Jun 2013, 8 p.m.
We're very excited to announce the next ADFYL show will feature three of our most celebrated live acts of recent years all on the same bill live at the cinema this June. not one to be missed!
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Film: Refugee Week: The Kite Runner (2007)
19 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Winner of best foreign language film at the Golden Globes and the BAFTA, this is a beautiful film that we’re showing as part of Refugee Week. After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
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Film: First Name Carmen
20 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
A film about a film with J-L himsewlf drawing the threads togather in a confessional perfromance about a burnt out film maker languishing in a mental asylum.
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Gig: The Longest Day
21 Jun 2013, 8 p.m.
Twango and Star and Shadow Present The Longest Day. A night of music featuring Nev Clay, Rachel Lancaster + Phil Ogg
22
Event: Stop G4s Campaign Meeting
22 Jun 2013, 1 p.m.
The last few months have seen growing opposition to G4S' role in human rights abuses. Join us, Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign, migrant rights campaigners, trade unions and grassroots organisations
22
Event: ¡Vamos! Festival Afterparty
22 Jun 2013, 11 p.m.
An Afterparty for the ¡VAMOS! NONAME party at the Tyne Bar, with DJ sets from Movimientos CK Jader and ¡VAMOS!'s Nik Barrera
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Event: Canny Little Library
23 Jun 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.
http://cannylittlelibrary.tumblr.com/ cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
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Film: Hit So Hard - The Life And Near Death Story Of Patty Schemel
23 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
A documentary that follows Hole drummer Patty Schemel as she struggles with fame and addiction. Part of the Grunge Season
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
24 Jun 2013, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
25 Jun 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. New volunteers and group members with any or no experience of speaking Engkish are always welcome. Free
25
Gig: Theatre Play: Mazloom
25 Jun 2013, 8 p.m.
Mazloom is a portrait of a young refugee, alone in London, whose life is being torn apart by the impending prospect of deportation to Afghanistan, where indiscriminate violence and Taliban intimidation await.
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Film: Artist Film: Piercing Brightness (2011)
26 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Piercing Brightness is a science fiction feature film directed by internationally acclaimed artist Shezad Dawood.
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Film: Patagonia (2010)
27 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
A young Welsh couple travel to Argentina to work on their relationship.
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28 Jun 2013
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Film: All Kinds Of Evil
29 Jun 2013, 8 p.m.
ALL KINDS OF EVIL is a dystopian Gothic Fairy-tale set in a North East disseminated by financial crisis. A woman is forced to look after a briefcase for seven days without knowing its contents.
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Event: Signals: Alden Tyrell
29 Jun 2013, 11 p.m.
Another night and another debut for Newcastle and the Star & Shadow. This time Rotterdam based producer Martijn Hoogendijk aka ALDEN TYRELL performing live with local and european disk jock support from Newcastle's Last Waltz, Justin Mills and Lieden based wax dealer/DJ Turbo Polyp.
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Event: Canny Little Cafe
30 Jun 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. With hot and cold drinks and tasty vegan snacks.
http://cannylittlelibrary.tumblr.com/ cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
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Film: Last Days
30 Jun 2013, 7:30 p.m.
A Seattle-set rock & roll drama about a musician whose life and career is reminiscent of Kurt Cobain's. Part of the Grunge Season http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/season/150