February 2010
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- Tuesday 2nd February
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4:00 p.m. - English Language Learning Conversation Group
Group meeting weekly to learn and teach English. All welcome. Volunteers welcome as language assistants. From 4pm - 7pm. More Info
- Thursday 4th February
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7:30 p.m. - Film: Cinema of the World; Son of a Lion (2007)
This brave film is set in the troubled region of the Hindu Kush, the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It tells of a boy, resistant to picking up his father's trade of gun-making as he challenges the expectations of those around him. Made secretly and with non-professsionals this is rough, gorgeous cinema that speaks from the heart. this film speaks of personal freedom, AK47s and poetry. More Info
- Saturday 6th February
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12:00 p.m. - No Borders Meeting
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8:00 p.m. - C86-night
A night celebrating the spirit of C86, both past and present. Local luminaries such as Milky Wimpshake and Pale Man Made will be performing covers by the likes of the Brilliant Corners, Shop Assistants, Sea Urchins and Field Mice, as well as tracks from their own fine repertoires, whilst rare archive footage of the period plays in the cinema next door. Lancaster's finest funsters, The Lovely Eggs, round the night off with their unique brand of quiet-loud indiepop. £5 on door (£6 non-members) 8pm-12am More Info
- Sunday 7th February
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11:00 a.m. - Make and Mend Market
A diverse art, craft and flea market offering amazing items from artists, new designers and fresh creative talent alongside 2nd hand and vintage goodies. Anything from homewares & fashion to art and books. More Info
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7:30 p.m. - Film: THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
'The Hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years'. Come and see this ever-favourite Hollywood musical. Every song is a classic that you will want to belt out, or whistle, or hum, or mime while you watch the story of love, fun and song unfold on screen. More Info
- Tuesday 9th February
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11:00 a.m. - Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
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4:00 p.m. - English Language Learning Conversation Group
Weekly group for informal teaching and practising English language. Volunteers welcome as learning assistants. 4-7pm. More Info
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7:30 p.m. - Film: For a Few Dollars More (1965)
The man with no name is back... The man in black is waiting! As if one wasn't enough . . . as if death needed a double! More Info
- Wednesday 10th February
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8:00 p.m. - Gig: MV & EE + support from The Doozer and Cath & Phil Tyler
Matt Valentine and Erika Elder combine Indian raga style composition with Appalachian folk and post-psychedelic electrical experimentalism, using Western and Eastern acoustic instruments amplified and augmented with effects. More Info
- Thursday 11th February
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7:30 p.m. - Film: Bricks and Mortar (Various,)
A collection of Artists film and video that use architecture as their main theme. Includes a performance by Mat Fleming and Gordon Matta-Clark's Conical Intersect. More Info
- Friday 12th February
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8:00 p.m. - Gig: Reformed Faction + Bruce Gilbert (ex-Wire) + Emergency Librarian
Reformed Faction (pioneers of the ambient music genre who have collaborated with some of the most important figures in experimental music and the Krautrock scene), Bruce Gilbert (founding member of legendary post-punkers, Wire, widely acknowledged as one of the most ground-breaking bands that come out of the UK punk scene and leading into such genres as post-punk or ‘art’ punk), and an appearance from Newcastle’s very own Emergency Librarian providing a glimpse into the fine electronic music produced by some of our contemporary local musicians. More Info
- Saturday 13th February
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8:00 p.m. - Gig: Publicist + support from SDF + Onoma and Road to Rimini DJs
Publicist is Sebastian Thomson from other acts such as Trans Am and Weird War. He plays a solo act on drums, synths and vocoder, playing ultra-energetic sets on the floor rather than the stage. Support from SDF + Onoma + music from Road to Rimini DJs and special guests. On till late! More Info
- Sunday 14th February
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6:00 p.m. - Anti Valentine's Night
A 70's Abigails party inspired dinner party... the non camera shy read on!! More Info
- Tuesday 16th February
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7:30 p.m. - Film: A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge... More Info
- Wednesday 17th February
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7:30 p.m. - Film: The Rumble Man: LINK WRAY (1997)
One of the most influential guitar players of all time, Link Wray pioneered an overdriven, distorted electric guitar sound, and invented the power chord, paving the way for punk and heavy rock. THE RUMBLE MAN follows the guitarist on his 1996 UK tour, and features classic tracks like 'Rumble' and 'Rawhide', as well as the man himself on music, life and friendship. More Info
- Thursday 18th February
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7:30 p.m. - Film: The Films of Enrico Cocozza (1950-60s)
Five short films by Enrico Cocozza film maker showing his diverse subject range Enrico Cocozza (1921–1997), was a Scottish filmmaker who won many film awards during the 1940s and 1950s. His often surreal films were mainly filmed in and around the town of Wishaw in Scotland, where his family owned the popular Belhaven Cafe. These include Chic's Day (1950), a prize winner at the 1951 Scottish Amateur Film Festival, The Living Ghost (1957), and Glasgow's Docklands (1959). Illness later forced him to give up making films and he spent most of his working life teaching at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. In 2001 he was the subject of the Channel 4 documentary Artery: the Story of Enrico Cocozza. More Info
- Saturday 20th February
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7:30 a.m. - Cambridge Super8 festival on tour
Cambridge Super 8 festival has been going on a couple of years now held together by a tight group of filmmakers who love small format film. More Info
- Tuesday 23rd February
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11:00 a.m. - Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
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8:00 p.m. - Gig: Golden Ghost + George Thomas & the Owls + Richard Dawson
GOLDEN GHOST - is a band fronted by Laura Goetz from the village of Endicott in Upstate New York. More Info
- Saturday 27th February
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6:00 p.m. - Gig: Ukelear Meltdown III
The third annual festival of extreme ukulele, Ukelear Meltdown celebrates lo-fi, punk rock approaches to the ukulele. This year we'll have films, workshops and bands from as far afield as the USA, Pakistan and Finland. Saturday night is gig night, so be there early for five uke led bands from across the globe. More Info
- Sunday 28th February
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12:00 p.m. - Gig: Ukelear Meltdown III
The second day of Ukelear Meltdown is the day we chill out. There'll be more bands, but there'll also be workshops for children, for beginners, and on using effects pedals and making avant-garde noise. There'll also be films and the British premiere of THE MIGHTY UKE, a new feature length documentary from America. More Info