June 2014
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Event: Canny Little Library
1 Jun 2014, 3 p.m.
Books & magazines, free to browse & borrow. Come & discover the amazing collection! Stock focuses on more political, radical, thought-provoking, action-inspiring & critical titles than other libraries.
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Meeting: General Meeting
2 Jun 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
3 Jun 2014, 4 p.m.
Informal weekly English language conversation practice to meet people and learn language skills. Open to people with any or no level of experience. The group aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory. New volunteers and members very welcome!
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Film: Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
4 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Paul and his sister live alone in their cluttered bedroom. They dream up games and rituals. One day Paul falls ill, and the outside world steps in. A 1950 film based on Cocteau’s novel.
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Film: Lianna (1983)
5 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
John Sayles second feature film focuses on the experiences of a woman who finds herself starting life over after coming out of the closet as a lesbian.
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Event: A Bit Crack - Storytelling
6 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Tales of the Forgotten North with Pascale Konyn
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Event: How Can Even More Great Stuff Happen In Places In England's North?
7 Jun 2014, 11 a.m.
What needs to change, or stay the same, to make even better places to live and work over the next 10 years? We'll use the open space structure so everyone has chance to share their ideas, listen, talk and think. Free, with tea and biscuits provided.
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Event: Canny Little Library
8 Jun 2014, 3 p.m.
Books & magazines, free to browse & borrow. Come & discover the amazing collection! Stock focuses on more political, radical, thought-provoking, action-inspiring & critical titles than other libraries
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Event: Canny Little Library Fiction Reading Group
8 Jun 2014, 5 p.m.
All welcome
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Film: The Moon On A Stick
8 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
An informal and eclectic programme of screenings specially programmed in connection to the exhibition They Used to Call it the Moon, at BALTIC’s Project Space, BALTIC 39. Expect everything from sci-fi nostalgia, educational animation, hoax footage and more.
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
9 Jun 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
10 Jun 2014, 4 p.m.
Informal weekly English language conversation practice to meet people and learn language skills. Open to people with any or no level of experience. The group aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory. New volunteers and members very welcome!
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Film: Selected 4
11 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Selected 4 is a national touring programme of some of the best emerging UK film and video artists, selected by the artists shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award 2013; screening + Q & A with artists. Produced by videoclub and Film London Artists' Moving Image Network, supported by Arts Council England. Only North East screening!
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Film: Bound (1996)
12 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Fun and sexy crime caper in which Corky (Gina Gershon), a lesbian ex con working in an apartment as a plumber, meets neighbours Caesar (Joe Pantoliono) and Violet (Jennifer Tilly). The two women have a love affair and decide to steal $2,000,000 that Caesar is keeping for his Mafia boss.
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Festival: Losing The Plot - S&S Film Retreat
13 Jun 2014, 6 p.m.
Heading for the North Pennine hills, our first ever film retreat extends the communal experience of cinema from 90 minutes in the dark to a bunkbarn weekend away together, with docs, experimental and feature films, discussions, meals and walks.
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Event: Newcastle Solfed Workplace Organiser Training
14 Jun 2014, 9 a.m.
SolFed workplace organiser training is designed to give workers the tools and confidence to organise in their workplaces, whether or not there's an existing union. Our direct action approach offers a fresh perspective as we ‘de-mystify’ the workplace organizing process.
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Gig: I Know Where Syd Barrett Lived
14 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A celebration of the life and music of Syd Barrett. Featuring John Edgington's 2001 Omnibus documentary with Director's Q&A by Skype. Unique interpretations of Syd's songs live in the bar from Wetherby Mansions, Salon Kitty, St James Infirmary, Rushers of Din, The Soft Drink Machine and Ukulele Allsorts + DJ Clunkie. Doors 7.30 £4
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Event: Canny Little Library
15 Jun 2014, 3 p.m.
Books & magazines, free to browse & borrow. Come & discover the amazing collection! Stock focuses on more political, radical, thought-provoking, action-inspiring & critical titles than other libraries
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Gig: N O P E + Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
15 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
NOPE - Psychedelic Krautrock from Yorkshire + Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Motorik beats, Psychedelic noise, Heavy rock from Newcastle
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Meeting: General Meeting
16 Jun 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
17 Jun 2014, 4 p.m.
Informal weekly English language conversation practice to meet people and learn language skills. Open to people with any or no level of experience. The group aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory. New volunteers and members very welcome!
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Film: Apples Is Apples
18 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A feature length movie portrait capturing the wonderfully diverse studio members of NAGAS (Newcastle and Gateshead Art Studio) a charitable and member led creative service for those who experience diagnosed mental health problems and other forms of social exclusion.
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Film: Apples Is Apples
19 Jun 2014, 1 p.m.
A feature length movie portrait capturing the wonderfully diverse studio members of NAGAS (Newcastle and Gateshead Art Studio) a charitable and member led creative service for those who experience diagnosed mental health problems and other forms of social exclusion.
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Gig: The Borstal Babies.
20 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Brace yourself for a diverse blend of ‘old and new’ North-East Punk music. The line up will include THE BORSTAL BABIES (Alternative Punk Rock, Newcastle); MURDER THE DISTURBED (Original 70s Punk band, Washington); and EUAN LYNN (Lo-fi surfy Garage Punk, Whitley Bay – fresh from Evolution Emerging 2014)
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Event: Beach Party!
21 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
The ultimate indoor BEACH PARTY with twangin' surf bands, go-go-ing DJs, original sixties cowabunga films, tiki cocktails, sand and as much artificial sunlight as you need within the confines of the S&S. Film: Endless Summer (1966) 7:30pm
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Event: Canny Little Library
22 Jun 2014, 3 p.m.
Books & magazines, free to browse & borrow. Come & discover the amazing collection! Stock focuses on more political, radical, thought-provoking, action-inspiring & critical titles than other libraries.
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Event: Canny Little Library Presents...Watercolour Challenges
22 Jun 2014, 3 p.m.
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Film: The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
22 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A 63 year old man living in a tower block on the outskirts of Bucharest falls ill one night and is bumped from hospital to hospital throughout the night whilst his condition deteriorates.
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
23 Jun 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
24 Jun 2014, 4 p.m.
Informal weekly English language conversation practice to meet people and learn language skills. Open to people with any or no level of experience. The group aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory. New volunteers and members very welcome!
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Film: Musée Imaginaire Presents: Artists Film Night
25 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Musée Imaginaire brings together four artists whose work incorporates ideas of the 'disembodied voice'. This screening will show four artists films with an informal discussion after.Artists include: Jack Saunders, Jacob Dwyer, Kate Liston
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Film: The Rocket
26 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
In Laos a boy proclaimed as unlucky is driven out of his village. Embarking on a journey to find a new home he teams up with a misfit mentor who leads him on a calamity-filled journey across a land still littered with the debris of war. Seeking to win acceptance he enters a contest to build a giant rocket for the lucrative rocket festival. We will offer post film rocketry!
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Gig: Crossings + Dr Socrates
27 Jun 2014, 8 p.m.
Come TIME TRAVELLING with DOCTOR SOCRATES and CROSSINGS Two great roots bands, one steeped in Tyneside history, the other multicultural, perform song and dance past, present and future
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Film: Northern Print
28 Jun 2014, 12:30 p.m.
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Event: Canny Little Library + Canny Cafe
29 Jun 2014, 3 p.m.
Our monthly delicious vegan cafe + books & magazines, free to browse & borrow. Come & discover the amazing collection!
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Film: Oh! What A Lovely War (1969)
29 Jun 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Oh! What a Lovely War redefines the tragedy of World War 1 in bawdy music-hall terms. Of the many fleeting satiric images parading past the camera, one of the most indelible is the sight of several generals playing leapfrog as the world all around them goes to hell.