July 2014
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Event: Conversation Group
1 Jul 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: Ghosted (2009)
2 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A mysterious love story between Hamburg and Taipeh. Sophie (Inga Busch) is an artist who falls in love with Ai-Ling (Huan-Ru Ke), who had moved to Hamburg to gain more information about her father.
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Film: Apropå Ord Som Kommunikation, Begriplighet, Makt Och Ensamhet (1979) [Concerning Words Such As Communication, Intelligibility, Power And Loneliness]
3 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Selected by artist Nina Canell to screen alongside her exhibition Near Here at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. Filmed in Sweden, Belgium and France by Eric M. Nilsson for Swedish television in 1979, this interview-based film, considers the futility and desires of communicating through a number of intimate conversations.
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Event: A Bit Crack - Storytelling
4 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
"If stones could speak …traditional tales rooted in the Irish landscape"
told by Liz Weir
05
Gig: Free Show! A Glimpse Of Paradise Narcfest Special
5 Jul 2014, 7 p.m.
Free A Glimpse Of Paradise curated show ft. The Family Elan, Skull Mansions, Wax Magnetic, Pentecostal Party, Zassō Fūkei + more!
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Event: Canny Little Library
6 Jul 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
06
Film: Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
6 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Not only acted but also produced by Beatty, a brutal fairytale that reclaimed the gangster genre from Nouvelle Vague.
07
Meeting: General Meeting
7 Jul 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
8 Jul 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!
09
Film: One Hundred Foot Ii
9 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A collection of works by leading film artists, presented by artist compiler Jim Hobbs. 100 feet (166 seconds) is the standard length for a small spool of film and remains an interesting limitation and a pertinent format.
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Film: Shampoo (1975)
10 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Set on the eve of the election of Nixon as President, Beatty as Hollywood's chic hairdresser tries to sort out his sex life. A dark politico-sexual satire on 70's America.
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Event: Funky Fruity
11 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A multi-genre bonanza showcasing the talent of four up and coming acts, from around the North East. Indie rock (Coquin Migale), Dubstep (Natty Nasty), HipHop/Funk/Punk (B-Type), Folk Rock (Thieving Herer)
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Event: Funky Fruity
11 Jul 2014, 8 p.m.
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Event: Tusk Mini
12 Jul 2014, 11 a.m.
We are very excited to be hosting the first edition of TUSK mini, a mini version of the almighty TUSK festival!
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Event: Canny Little Library
13 Jul 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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Film: La Grande Illusion (1937)
13 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Renoir's classic is not a movie about a prison escape, nor is it jingoistic in its politics; it's a meditation on the collapse of the old order of European civilization.
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
14 Jul 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
15 Jul 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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Event: "Raw Animation" Programme
16 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A programme of animation brought to you from Belgium via the Kino Climates network, in advance of our Kino Climates festival this coming November 2014.
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Film: The Parallax View (1974)
17 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Modelled on the Kennedy assassination, this superb political thriller, with Beatty in the lead role, sets the keynote for future conspiracy and paranoia movies.
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Film: Riding Along (2009)
18 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Hitchhiking across Europe, from one meeting to another,with an old mechanical 16mm camera and a sound recorder,the author takes us on a journey with no destination.
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Event: Poke
19 Jul 2014, 10 p.m.
Newcastle's popular queer indie disco will celebrate Northern Pride 2014 the only way it knows how: with generous helpings of indie, punk, hip-hop, electro-dance and pop. Guaranteed to make you shake a rainbow-coloured tail feather or two.
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Event: Canny Little Library
20 Jul 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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Film: Reds (1981)
20 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
An epic interweave of revolution and romance, drama and documentary, Beatty's paean to struggle and dissent.
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Meeting: General Meeting
21 Jul 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
22 Jul 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!
23
Film: Academic Film Center Of Belgrade Presents
23 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Collection of short films from Academic Film Center of Belgrade, established 1958 as a cinema club for film amateurs, since it has produced over 500 films. It also hosts two film festivals - Alternative Film/Video and European Animated Film Festival Balkanima.
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Film: Independent Film Center Vorky Team Of Ruma Presents
24 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Vorky Team was established in Ruma 2005 in memory of Serbo-American film artist Slavko Vorkapich. The Team organizes screenings and debates, but also produces films and hosts the International Festival of One Minute Film Mister Vorky.
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Event: Hidden In The Leaves - Ex-Yugoslavia & Serbia Night
25 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Our Serbian guests screen and present an adaptation of The Damned Thing, which was originally written by American writer Ambrose Bierce. Followed by a party in Serbian and ex-Yugoslavian style!
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Gig: Community Night
26 Jul 2014, 9 p.m.
The Mancunian based dance music party, influenced by 70s clubs such as The Loft and Paradise Garage, rolls into the warm city of Newcastle for a second time following its resounding success in February.
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Event: Canny Little Library + Canny Cafe
27 Jul 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: Csillagosok, Katonák (The Red And The White) (1968)
27 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Csillagosok, katonák deals with the Russian Civil War. Jancsó produces a profoundly anti-heroic film that depicts the senseless brutality of the Russian Civil War specifically and all armed combat in general.
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Meeting: Agm
28 Jul 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
29 Jul 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: Both Sides Now
30 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Both Sides Now presents contemporary and historical work by some of Hong Kong and China’s most exciting artists working in film and video, and varies between animation, documentary and artist’ moving image. The films explore developments within the culture and society of Hong Kong and China over the past three decades, including work which comments upon such events as Tianamen Square and the ongoing economic development of China.
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Film: Bulworth (1998)
31 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.
This is Beatty's brilliantly conceived corrosive satire in which the politics are up-front and serious. According to the New York Times 15 April 14, Obama has in private talked about,'…doing a Bulworth.'