September 2014
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Meeting: General Meeting
1 Sep 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
2 Sep 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: The Stuart Hall Project (2013)
3 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
John Akomfrah's sensitive and emotionally charged portrait of cultural theorist Stuart Hall (1932 - 2014).
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Film: Travelling With Douglas
4 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Film of 1930s motorcycle journey taken by rider
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Event: Tales Of The Forgotten North Double Bill: Dark Tales And Beaten Gold
5 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Storytellers Pascale Konyn and Pat Renton rejoin forces as The Cat’s Whiskers, telling tales in their own inimitable style. True to the mysterious nature of the cat, they won’t say exactly what the stories will be.
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No Events Scheduled
6 Sep 2014
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Event: World Peace Animation Workshop 1
7 Sep 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Animation workshop to support World Peace Day event 21st September. The workshop is open access and free to everyone. Whether you're fresh, experienced or something in between you're welcome to join.
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Film: They Live (1988)
7 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
8 Sep 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
9 Sep 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: Diagnosing Difference
9 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A documentary film featuring artists, activists & academics who identify on the trans spectrum, discussing the impact & implications of the Gender Identity Disorder diagnosis on their lives & communities. The film portrays the diversity of gender identities within trans communities & takes the medical & mental health professions head on with compelling historical facts, contemporary debates & personal narratives.
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Film: Double Bill: The Dark Glow Of The Mountains Followed By E11 (1984)
10 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Director Werner Herzog seeks to explore what drives freestyle mountain climber Reinhold Messnerand his partner Hans Kammerlander to climb Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I all in one trip without returning to base camp. Accompanied by e11
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Film: Double Bill: E11 Follows Dark Glow Of The Mountains (2006)
10 Sep 2014, 8:30 p.m.
E11 tells the story behind the first ascent of Rhapsody, a route considered to be the hardest traditional rock climb in the world. Told in an offbeat dramadoc style the film attempts to understand what it takes to climb a route of this standard. e11 strives to get inside the head of its first ascentionist, the understated yet quite remarkable Dave MacLeod. Oh yeah, it's also packed full of ankle smashing, gear ripping, monster falls!
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Film: Kenny
11 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
"None are less visible than those we decide not to see"- Kenny, Part philosopher, part comedian, juggles family tensions, fatherhood and sewage with charm, humour and unflinching dignity.
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Gig: Ravioli Me Away + Zahnpasta Brothers & Pentecostal Party
12 Sep 2014, 8 p.m.
A Glimpse Of Paradise presents Ravioli Me Away (Upset The Rhythm / London) w/ Les Cox Sportifs (Satis Records/ NCL / Berlin) + special guests and DJs
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Event: Greenpeace Giant Lego Making Workshop
13 Sep 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Bring your creative side and ideas to help Greenpeace make some big Lego for use at World Peace Day on Sept 21st.
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Event: Private Booking
13 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
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Event: World Peace Animation Workshop 2
14 Sep 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Animation workshop to support World Peace Day event 21st September. The workshop is open access and free to everyone. Whether you're fresh, experienced or something in between you're welcome to join.
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Film: Kanzeon (2011)
14 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Far from Tokyo, a rarely seen view of Japanese culture is revealed through ancient rituals and extraordinary musical spectacle. The film invites the audience to immerse into this unconventional and trans-formative world
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Meeting: General Meeting
15 Sep 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
16 Sep 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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No Events Scheduled
17 Sep 2014
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Film: Nordwand - The North Face (2008)
18 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
1930's Germany and the pressure is upon two young mountaineers to conquer the unclimbed North Face of the Eiger. Stunning hand-held cinematography from Kolja Brandt and taught direction from Stölzl maintain suspense throughout.
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Gig: Vic Godard & Subway Sect + The Fallen Leaves + The Girl With The Replaceable Head + Films + Dj
19 Sep 2014, 8 p.m.
‘30 Odd Years’ after Subway Sect were formed to play the 100 Club Punk Festival in London in September 1976, the September 2014 formation of the band takes the Subway Sect ’30 Odd Years’ tour to Newcastle for what promises to be another memorable night from ‘The Greatest Living Englishman’, Vic Godard.
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Event: Alement - Star And Shadow Beery Local Occasion Fundraiser
20 Sep 2014, noon
For one day only a fantastic festival of local beers and ales from around the North East with food and music. Come and drink to our future and raise the money to help us be sure we have one! Special events will make it a real occasion!
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Film: Waking Life (2001)
21 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
22 Sep 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
23 Sep 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: Greenpeace & Cinema Politica Newcastle Present: Pre-Screening - Black Ice (2014)
23 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A fantastic chance to see the first prescreening of the new film by Maarten van Rouveroy telling the story of the Arctic 30. An incredible opportunity to come and show support and to learn more about these brave campaigners and what's happening in the arctic…be there!
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Film: George Mallory Film: The Wildest Dream - Conquest Of Everest (2010)
24 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
In 1924 did mountaineer George Mallory, torn between love for his wife Ruth, and his obsession with the last great adventure left to man, become the first person to reach the summit of the untouched Mount Everest?
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Film: By Order Of Things (Vom Ordnen Der Dinge) (2013)
25 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A sympathetic film about unusual people and unusual habits. Collectors, counters, surveyors, “self-optimisers” – they all believe in the explainability of the world, giving order to chaos. The problem is when it no longer takes place only in the minds of individuals but also the complex bureaucracy of the state - and mutates into a lumbering monster.
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Gig: Kobadelta (Ep Launch) Plus Support
26 Sep 2014, 8 p.m.
Kobadelta are a Newcastle based five-piece dabbling in dark and heavy 'indie-psych-rock' For more info contact kobadelta@hotmail.co.uk
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Gig: Yellow Creatures Ep Launch
27 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
The Mistakable Sound Of Presents: Yellow Creatures - ‘The Year of Everything & Nothing’ EP Launch, Plus support…”Brand-spanking-new Newcastle quartet, who have emerged over the last year to become purveyors of whip smart, intelligent post-punk, whilst also looking forward into stranger, more surreal territory…” Endless Window blogYellow Creatures celebrate the release of their second EP, this time in collaboration with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. Featuring projected images of the Grubb Parsons Ltd collection belonging to the archives; A selection of glass lantern slides of mirror tests created at some point during the mid 20th century by the former Tyneside telescope manufacturer.Saturday 27th September Doors 7.30 pm - lateTickets £3 in advance, £4.00 on the doorAll ticket proceeds to be donated to The Star And Shadow Cinema
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Film: Uomini Contro (Many Wars Ago)
28 Sep 2014, 7:30 p.m.
DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, TONIGHT WE'RE SCREENING the held over Uomini Contro (Many Wars Ago).
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Meeting: Other Meeting
29 Sep 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
30 Sep 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!