March 2010
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- Tuesday 2nd March
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3:00 p.m. - Northern Lights Film Festival Volunteer inductions
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4:00 p.m. - English Language Conversation Group
- Wednesday 3rd March
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7:30 p.m. - Film: COPENHAGEN - "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE!" (2010)
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! More Info
- Thursday 4th March
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6:00 p.m. - New Volunteer Induction
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7:30 p.m. - Film: Cinema of the World: The Pool (2008)
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. More Info
- Friday 5th March
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7:30 p.m. - A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
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 Info
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9:00 p.m. - CLUB NIGHT: The Astro-botanical Garden
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? More Info
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9:00 p.m. - AV Festival 2010 at the Star and Shadow Cinema
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. More Info
- Saturday 6th March
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10:00 p.m. - CLUB NIGHT: Road to Rimini: Moustache Records Speciale
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... More Info
- Monday 8th March
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9:00 p.m. - Film: Ten Skies (2004)
Ten Skies is one of the great works of US experimental filmmaker James Benning: ten shots of the sky, each lasting ten minutes. More Info
- Tuesday 9th March
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11:00 a.m. - Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
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 Info
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4:00 p.m. - English Language Conversation Group
An English Langauge Conversation group for asylum seekers, refugees and other students of English. All welcome: volunteers and learners alike. More Info
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8:00 p.m. - Gig: AV Festival & NO-FI: Atsuhiro Ito
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. More Info
- Wednesday 10th March
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9:00 p.m. - Film: Power Down
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 Info
- Thursday 11th March
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9:00 p.m. - Film: Craig Baldwin: Mock Up On Mu (2008)
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. More Info
- Friday 12th March
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8:30 p.m. - Datarama - AV Festival 2010
Datarama is a democratic data-sharing event: a show-and-tell session for all people who like to make interesting things with technology. More Info
- Saturday 13th March
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11:00 a.m. - New Volunteer Induction
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12:00 p.m. - Crafty DIY session
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 Info
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9:00 p.m. - Nothing is New, Everything is Permitted
This incredible evening includes live performances by artists, musicians and poets who have creatively dissected, recycled and quoted. More Info
- Sunday 14th March
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2:00 p.m. - Film: Waltz with Bashir (2008)
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. More Info
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9:00 p.m. - Lucky Dragons - AV festival closing party!
The Festival closing party harnesses all of the human energy of the past 10 days... More Info
- Tuesday 16th March
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4:00 p.m. - English Language Conversation Group
An English langauge conversation group for asylum seekers, refugees and students of English. All welcome: volunteers and learners alike. More Info
- Wednesday 17th March
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7:30 p.m. - Film: PULGASARI (1978)
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? More Info
- Friday 19th March
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7:30 p.m. - The Zapatista movement FUNDRAISING - 'The resistance of social movement under neoliberal homogenization in Latin America'
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/ More Info
- Saturday 20th March
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11:00 a.m. - DIY Film Reviews Launch Event: Top UK Film Magazine in Newcastle: LITTLE WHITE LIES
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. More Info
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11:00 a.m. - Northern Lights Film Festival (20-28 March) - DIY Film Review
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. More Info
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7:30 p.m. - Gig: THE TRASH SHACK
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! More Info
- Tuesday 23rd March
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11:00 a.m. - Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
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 Info
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7:30 p.m. - Gig: Chris T-T plus John Egdell
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 Info
- Friday 26th March
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8:00 p.m. - Pangaea
OneWorld music night as a fundraiser for the green festival. More Info
- Saturday 27th March
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9:30 p.m. - A Little Lost@Star & Shadow with special guest DJ P. Skillz
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… More Info
- Sunday 28th March
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11:00 a.m. - Make and Mend Market
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7:30 p.m. - Film: Hindi Film Night
Our regular Hindi film night. Featuring films as picked by our audience. More Info
- Wednesday 31st March
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7:30 p.m. - Film: FILE UNDER SACRED MUSIC (2004)
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' More Info