March 2010
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Monday 1 March 2010
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Northern Lights Film Festival Volunteer Inductions
3:00 p.m.
English Language Conversation Group
4:00 p.m.
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Copenhagen - "System Change Not Climate Change!" (2010)
7:30 p.m.
Reel News return to the Star and Shadow to show their new film about social and environmental protests at the Copenhagen Climate Talks.
COPENHAGEN - "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE!"
PLUS: BOLIVIA IS NOT FOR SALE!
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Thursday 4 March 2010
New Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
Cinema Of The World: The Pool (2008)
7:30 p.m.
A new film from India delving into the curiosity we human beings possess.
Look through the eyes of a young man working in a hotel in India. Follow his
dream, over the garden wall, through the mango branches, into the neighbouring
house with its wealth and allure...This is a story both authentically specific
and profoundly global.
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Friday 5 March 2010
A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
7:30 p.m.
Doon the Waggonway Storytelling and music devised and performed by Storyteller Chris Bostock and Musicians Ken Patterson and Richard Scott. Doon the Waggonway is a celebration of the lives of people living and working in the industrial North east, exploring their roots and culture in music, songs and stories. £6 / £4 More »
Club Night: The Astro-Botanical Garden
9:00 p.m.
S&S launches as AV Festival 10 late night hub with a 70's sci-fi inspired hallway-makeover - remember the Hawaiian Beach Party makeover from Summer 07?
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Av Festival 2010 At The Star And Shadow Cinema
9:00 p.m.
Star and Shadow Cinema is very proud to be hosting some of the great events of the AV Festival 10, including its late night hub.
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Saturday 6 March 2010
Club Night: Road To Rimini: Moustache Records Speciale
10:00 p.m.
One more of Rimini's legendary parties for tonight: in an attempt to harness more energy than the boffins at CERN, the Rimini brothers have looked to the Rotterdam-based Moustache Records...
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Sunday 7 March 2010
Double Bill: The Day The Earth Caught Fire + Silent Running
7:00 p.m.
Nervous Energy - Double Bill
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Monday 8 March 2010
Ten Skies (2004)
9:00 p.m.
Ten Skies is one of the great works of US experimental filmmaker James Benning: ten shots of the sky, each lasting ten minutes.
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Tuesday 9 March 2010
Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
11:00 a.m.
We are a group of people who meet together to act collectively to solve problems with the benefits system. Anyone is welcome to join us, particularly people claiming benefits of any sort (e.g. JSA, ESA, DLA, Incapacity Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Carers Allowance, Child Tax Credit, Pension Credit, etc.), and unemployed workers, unwaged people, etc. More »
English Language Conversation Group
4:00 p.m.
An English Langauge Conversation group for asylum seekers, refugees and other students of English. All welcome: volunteers and learners alike. More »
Av Festival & No-Fi: Atsuhiro Ito
8:00 p.m.
Japan’s Atsuhiro Ito performs using his device the Optron, essentially fluorescent light tubes with integrated guitar pick-ups sent through a guitar amp stack. Produced by NO-FI.
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Wednesday 10 March 2010
Power Down
9:00 p.m.
With only communal energy and candles as fuel, expect to see mesmerising pre-cinematic technologies and early animation devices including shadow puppetry, magic lanterns and the predecessor of the zoetrope... More »
Thursday 11 March 2010
Craig Baldwin: Mock Up On Mu (2008)
9:00 p.m.
Special guest appearance by Craig Baldwin, filmmaker and founder of the Other Cinema in San Francisco. Mock Up On Mu (114 mins) is a radical mix of spy, sci-fi, Western and even horror genres.
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Friday 12 March 2010
Datarama - Av Festival 2010
8:30 p.m.
Datarama is a democratic data-sharing event: a show-and-tell session for all people who like to make interesting things with technology.
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Saturday 13 March 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
Crafty Diy Session
12:00 p.m.
1st in a series of lo-tech, non-expert skillshares and creative sessions, run by whoever turns up on the 2nd Saturday of the month (which is also volunteer induction day). More »
Nothing Is New, Everything Is Permitted
9:00 p.m.
This incredible evening includes live performances by artists, musicians and poets who have creatively dissected, recycled and quoted.
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Sunday 14 March 2010
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
2:00 p.m.
Waltz with Bashir (Hebrew: ואלס עם באשיר - Vals Im Bashir) is a 2008 Israeli animated documentary film written and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories from the 1982 Lebanon War. To be followed by a talk with Miri Weingarten of Israeli Physicians for Human Rights.
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Lucky Dragons - Av Festival Closing Party!
9:00 p.m.
The Festival closing party harnesses all of the human energy of the past 10 days...
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Monday 15 March 2010
General Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 16 March 2010
English Language Conversation Group
4:00 p.m.
An English langauge conversation group for asylum seekers, refugees and students of English. All welcome: volunteers and learners alike. More »
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Pulgasari (1978)
7:30 p.m.
Produced by movie buff Kim Jong-Il, Pulgasari is a giant-monster movie directed by kidnapped South Korean director Shin Sang-ok. When a blacksmith is imprisoned, he creates a doll out of rice, which comes alive with a drop of blood. A fable on the power of the collective in the fight against evil Capitalism?
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Thursday 18 March 2010
Eyes Wide Open
7:30 p.m.
Open Submission film night!
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Friday 19 March 2010
The Zapatista Movement Fundraising - 'The Resistance Of Social Movement Under Neoliberal Homogenization In Latin America'
7:30 p.m.
The Zapatista movement - resistance under neoliberal homogenization / FUNDRAISING for Zapatista communities /
Introduction of Zapatista movement /speakers from Edinburgh-Chiapas Solidarity group/
Projection of movie 'Massacre Foretold' by Nick Higgins
Open discussion
Music /band TBC, possibly No Fit State and Casual Terrorist/
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Saturday 20 March 2010
Diy Film Reviews Launch Event: Top Uk Film Magazine In Newcastle: Little White Lies
11:00 a.m.
Little White Lies is by far one of the most interesting, ambitious, passionate, genuine and beautiful film magazines in the UK. We are extremely proud to be welcoming the Publisher and the Editor of Little White Lies at the Cinema, to give a talk, to launch the Northern Lights Film Festival, and the DIY film review project.
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Northern Lights Film Festival (20-28 March) - Diy Film Review
11:00 a.m.
Throughout the Northern Lights Film Festival we will be encouraging people to put pen to paper, fingers to keyboard and write their own film articles and reviews - to create their won film magazine.
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The Trash Shack
7:30 p.m.
It’s teenage rampage time … a night dedicated to the glamour and excess of Iggy, Ziggy, Bolan and the New York Dolls, with an ear lashing of prime Little Richard, Ronettes, MC5, Shangri-las, Sonics and Ramones.
We’ll be joined by THE BACCHAE – psychedelic San Francisco inspired garage rockers from Leeds, feral jungle beat from RUSSELL & THE WOLVES, and we’ll be showing go-go B-movie classic BLAST OFF GIRLS (1967).
All this, plus support from Senor Beatnik and tunes from DJ Michael Clunkie Vinyl Junkie. Dress to excess and be prepare to be trashy!
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Sunday 21 March 2010
Takeshis (2005)
7:30 a.m.
A new old film from an absolute master.
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Monday 22 March 2010
Closed
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
11:00 a.m.
We are a group of people who meet together to act collectively to solve problems with the benefits system. Anyone is welcome to join us, particularly people claiming benefits of any sort (e.g. JSA, ESA, DLA, Incapacity Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Carers Allowance, Tax Credits, Pension Credits, etc.), and unemployed workers, unwaged people, etc. More »
Other Meeting
11:00 a.m.
Chris T-T Plus John Egdell
7:30 p.m.
Influential Indie/Folk cult singer Chris T-T arrives in Newcastle. While Chris T-T is too young (and swears too much) to be an old school folk hero he is travelling the right path, with powerful unique songwriting, an uncompromising outlook and flashes of sardonic humour. "A folk wonder! Funny wise and builds to a clistering climax" (NME). Supporting Chris will be the wonderful John Egdell. A night not to be missed. Tickets £6 on the door. Plus free cakes. What is not to love? www.myspace.com/christtuk http://christt.com/ More »
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Involuntary (2008)
7:30 a.m.
A preview of a great new film from Sweden, It has received massive acclaim at festivals around the world and is brought to the North East ahead of it's UK distribution later this year by Star and Shadow and Northern Lights Film Festival.
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Thursday 25 March 2010
Nagisa Oshima Double Bill: Naked Youth + In The Realm Of The Senses (1960)
7:00 p.m.
Two rare Japanese treats: In the Realm of the Senses is one of the most famous and acclaimed "erotic" films of all times.
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Friday 26 March 2010
Night And Fog In Japan (1960)
7:30 p.m.
Third film in the Oshima Nagisa series brought to you by Star and Shadow and the Northern Lights Film Festival.
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Pangaea
10:00 p.m.
OneWorld music night as a fundraiser for the green festival. More »
Saturday 27 March 2010
Postponed - The Man Who Laughs And Maximo Park (1928)
2:00 p.m.
This event has had to be postponed because of very sad circumstances. The Band, The Cinema and Northern Lights Film Festival are determined to make it happen as soon as possible. Sorry and thanks for your understanding.
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Postponed - The Man Who Laughs And Maximo Park (1928)
7:30 p.m.
This event has had to be postponed because of very sad circumstances. The Band, The Cinema and Northern Lights Film Festival are determined to make it happen as soon as possible. Sorry and thanks for your understanding.
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A Little Lost@Star & Shadow With Special Guest Dj P. Skillz
9:30 p.m.
A Little Lost returns for its fourth outing at the Star & Shadow – this time as part of the Northern Lights Film Festival and with special guest, DJ P. Skillz - for another one of its parties inspired by New York disco in its many different forms, from the dreamiest New York disco to the danciest bass lines, including David Mancuso, Larry Levan, ESG, Arthur Russell, Mutant Disco, Post Punk and much more…
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Sunday 28 March 2010
Make And Mend Market
12:00 p.m.
The Make and Mend Market is now the grand old age of two and to celebrate we’re having an extra special market event on Sunday 28th March.
This will be at the new time of 12noon - 5pm in our homeland the Star and Shadow Cinema.
We’ll have 20 stalls of goodies for you to feast your eyes on from some of the best creative local talent as well as a host of vintage and 2nd hand traders offering you some retro bargains. Heres a sneaky peek at some of the sellers we’ll have this time round:
*Black Flame books will be in residence with a huge variety of 2nd hand literature for all you book worms out there.
*Pinnies for Hinnies will be offering their handmade retro chic aprons for the domestic goddess in your life.
*Dolls and Molls offering their super-cute kitsch accesories and jewellery. * Artist Emma McClaughlin offering her beautiful original artwork.
*Alan Edge will be bringing his great taste in music in the form of all things vinyl.
* Louise Bradley will be setting up shop with her enormous array of uber-cool retro and vintage homeware
As well as the usual fab stalls we’ll also be bringing some nibbley snacky things to get you in the party mood and Phil Tyler and friends will be giving us a little tune as well as some music from another local musician.
Everyone is welcome and its free entry as usual.
Thanks for all your support over these last 2 years we couldn’t have got here without you. Please tell your friends and family to join the party.
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Hindi Film Night
7:30 p.m.
Our regular Hindi film night. Featuring films as picked by our audience. More »
Monday 29 March 2010
General Meeting
12:00 a.m.
Tuesday 30 March 2010
Other Meeting
7:12 p.m.
Wednesday 31 March 2010
File Under Sacred Music (2004)
7:30 p.m.
In 1978 The Cramps played a legendary gig at Napa State Mental Institute, California, 25 years later, artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard set about remaking the infamous video of that show... This is 'File under Sacred Music'
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