Acorn presents
Introduction to Community Organising
Sat 23 February // 09:30
(cancelled)
Angry at the way things are in this country? Want to do something about it? Then ... [more]
Me and My Whale
Sat 23 February // 20:00
A live performance blending theatre and sound art. Featuring a submarine captain, innovative audio technology, and ... [more]
Open 12pm - 5pm
Sunday Cafe
Sun 24 February // 12:00
Sun 3 March // 12:00
Sun 10 March // 12:00
Sun 17 March // 12:00
Sun 24 March // 12:00
Sun 31 March // 12:00
[more]
New Volunteers Induction
Sun 24 February // 13:00
Sun 3 March // 13:00
Star and Shadow is 100% run by volunteers. We'd love you to join us. Come and ... [more]
Yoga (CANCELLED)
Tue 26 February // 18:00
(cancelled)
Tue 5 March // 18:00
(cancelled)
Tue 12 March // 18:00
(cancelled)
Concentrating on simple yoga postures and breath work this course is designed to introduce each student ... [more]
The Star and Shadow Presents
The Spaces Between Countries: Mexico & USA
UK Premiere
Thu 28 February // 19:30
The film is an exquisite corpse with a total of twenty filmmakers, from both countries, some ... [more]
Friday Fixit
Fri 1 March // 12:00
Fri 8 March // 12:00
Fri 15 March // 12:00
Fri 22 March // 12:00
Fri 29 March // 12:00
free fixing workshop open to all! [more]
NewFro
Fri 1 March // 20:00
A night dedicated to artists of African heritage featuring the music of... Zico MC Georgia May ... [more]
the Star & Shadow invites you to a
Saturday Social MARCH!
...one foot in front of the other...
Sat 2 March // 20:00
MARCH! left right left right left right left right left right left right left right left ... [more]
chop socky dojo
classic martial arts movie club
Thu 7 March // 19:00
tonight's training session; The Best Of The Best...the finest directors, the greatest performers, the legendary characters, ... [more]
Heaton Park Fund Raiser -Spring is just around the corner - so dust off your dancing shoes and shake off those winter blues with Heaton based Singer/songwriter Ben Watson; Gypsy Jazz-band 'Side Cafe Orkestar' Rock&Rhythm Band 'The Vales'.
Fri 8 March // 19:00
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Star and Shadow Cinema Presents
Cinematic Inclusions: Part I – Documentary Traditions in Lithuanian Cinema
+ Q&A with program co - curator Lina Kaminskaitė - Jančorienė, a cinema historian and a co-founder of Meno Avilys - Mediatheque, the first cinematheque in Lithuania
Fri 8 March // 19:00
Due to political circumstances, Lithuanian documentary film was developed and formed under the influence of the ... [more]
Star and Shadow Cinema Presents
Cinematic Inclusions: Part II – Experiments in Lithuanian Documentary Cinema
+ Q&A with program co-curator Lina Kaminskaitė - Jančorienė, a cinema historian and a co-founder of Meno Avilys - Mediatheque, the first cinematheque in Lithuania
Sat 9 March // 19:00
Systematic control and censorship within the Soviet Union meant that the importance in storytelling was placed ... [more]
Wandering Oak and Lost in the Woods bring you
Snapped Ankles (Leaf Label)
Sat 9 March // 20:00
Wandering Oak and Lost in the Woods bring you: Snapped Ankles (Leaf Label) https://www.snappedankles.com/ [more]
Star and Shadow Cinema Presents
Cinematic Inclusions: Part III – I Had Nowhere to Go
+ Q&A with program co-curator Lina Kaminskaitė - Jančorienė, a cinema historian and a co-founder of Meno Avilys - Mediatheque, the first cinematheque in Lithuania
Sun 10 March // 14:30
Douglas Gordon film ''I Had Nowhere To Go'', 2016 a sound-based portrait of Jonas Mekas, Lithuanian-born ... [more]
Star and Shadow Cinema Presents
Detective Bureau 2-3 – Go To Hell, Bastards!
Seijun Suzuki – Japanese New Wave Yakuza and 1960s Surreal Cool
Sun 10 March // 19:30
Starring original Diamond Guy, Joe Shishido as Detective Tajima, Seijun Suzuki's Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to ... [more]
Star and Shadow Cinema Presents
Tokyo Drifter
Seijun Suzuki – Japanese New Wave Yakuza and 1960s Surreal Cool
Thu 14 March // 19:30
In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Tetsu’s attempt to go straight is thwarted when his ... [more]
Me Me Me present
Rex The Dog (Kompakt) Live & Manpower
Fri 15 March // 21:00
(SOLD OUT)
Late Late club night with Rex The Dog (Live) & Manpower [more]
Star and Shadow Cinema Presents
Branded to Kill
Seijun Suzuki – Japanese New Wave Yakuza and 1960s Surreal Cool
Sun 17 March // 19:30
When Seijun Suzuki delivered this brutal, hilarious, and visually inspired masterpiece to the executives at his ... [more]
The Star and Shadow Presents
Eyes Wide Open - screen your own short film on a big screen
Thu 21 March // 19:30
Show your short films on big screen in a friendly and supportive environment. Absolutely anything goes; ... [more]
Swine Tax + No Teeth +White Legs
Swine Tax + Support
Fri 22 March // 20:00
Tyneside chaos-rockers Swine Tax unleash some fresh music! a wondrous headline show at the wonderful Star ... [more]
Acorn presents
Introduction to Community Organising
Sat 23 March // 09:30
Angry at the way things are in this country? Want to do something about it? Then ... [more]
Wish You Were Here Too
Sat 23 March // 16:00
Diskotek Archives present an immersive exhibition of 1960’s/70’s period piece Socialist Modernist postcards from beyond the ... [more]
Wish You Were Here Too
Sat 23 March // 20:00
Diskotek Archives present a 3 screen projection, experience the venue space as it morphs from exhibition ... [more]
Star and Shadow Cinema Presents
Zigeunerweisen
Seijun Suzuki – Japanese New Wave Yakuza and 1960s Surreal Cool
Sun 24 March // 19:30
In the multiple Japanese Academy Award-winning Zigeunerweisen (1980), two intellectuals and former colleagues from military academy ... [more]
chop socky dojo
classic martial arts movie club
Thu 4 April // 19:00
tonight's training session; The Best Of The Rest...the obscure talents and hidden gems buried deep in ... [more]
Star & Shadow presents the
DERTy Saturday Social
a cinematic folk dance
Sat 6 April // 20:00
with Dance England Rapper Tournament in town we are throwing a barn dance special Saturday Social, ... [more]
Akong - A Remarkable Life (UK 2016; BBFC: U) 'Just as the Dalai Lama and thousands of other Tibetans fled their homeland, Akong Tulku Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist master, also made the perilous journey to India in 1959...(more)
Sun 28 April // 19:30
[more]
chop socky dojo
classic martial arts movie club
Thu 2 May // 19:00
tonight's training session; The Best Of The Worst...the cream of the crap, the strong flavours that ... [more]
Star & Shadow presents the
Saturday Social Center
in association with the uk social centers network
Sat 4 May // 20:00
with the UK Social Centers Network squating in the building over the weekend we are throwing ... [more]
Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag
including films by artists Ian Giles, Charlotte Prodger, Rob Crosse, Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings and Patrick Staff. Plus Q&A with special guests
Thu 16 May // 18:30
‘Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag’: a program of artist films exploring the role of LGBTQI+ spaces ... [more]
Star & Shadow presents
Band of Holy Joy
a benefit gig for Hope Not Hate and Stand Up to Racism.
Sat 18 May // 20:00
[more]
The City and Sensibility: the city as open to feeling
Citizen Jane the Battle for the City When New York planning supremo Robert Moses wanted to smash a six lane highway across Greenwich Village, Jane Jacobs took him on and organised the people against the developers...
Fri 24 May // 19:30
[more]
The City and Sensibility - the City as open to Feeling
Uppland - the ruins of an abandoned African town reveal their secrets + support film: the London Nobody Knows (U)
Sat 25 May // 19:30
[more]
chop socky dojo
classic martial arts movie club
Thu 6 June // 19:00
tonight's training session; The Worst Of The Worst...some things are best avoided, do not try this ... [more]
FEBRUARY 2019
Sat 23 09:30 .... Acorn Presents Introduction to Community Organising (CANCELLED)
20:00 .... Me and My Whale
Sun 24 12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
12:00 .... Craft Cafe - Book Binding
13:00 .... New Volunteers Induction
Tue 26 18:00 .... Yoga (CANCELLED) (CANCELLED)
Thu 28 19:30 .... The Star And Shadow Presents The Spaces Between Countries: Mexico & USA Uk Premiere
MARCH
Fri 01 12:00 .... Friday Fixit
20:00 .... NewFro
Sat 02 20:00 .... The Star & Shadow Invites You To A Saturday Social MARCH! ...One Foot In Front Of The Other...
Sun 03 12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
13:00 .... New Volunteers Induction
Tue 05 18:00 .... Yoga (CANCELLED) (CANCELLED)
Thu 07 19:00 .... Chop socky dojo Classic Martial Arts Movie Club
Fri 08 12:00 .... Friday Fixit
20:00 .... Wandering Oak And Lost In The Woods Bring You Snapped Ankles (Leaf Label)
Sun 10 12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
Tue 12 18:00 .... Yoga (CANCELLED) (CANCELLED)
Thu 14 19:30 .... Star And Shadow Cinema Presents Tokyo Drifter Seijun Suzuki – Japanese New Wave Yakuza And 1960s Surreal Cool
Fri 15 12:00 .... Friday Fixit
21:00 .... Me Me Me Present Rex The Dog (Kompakt) Live & Manpower (SOLD OUT)
Sun 17 12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
12:00 .... Fleamarket 12 - 5pm
Thu 21 19:30 .... The Star And Shadow Presents Eyes Wide Open - screen your own short film on a big screen
Fri 22 12:00 .... Friday Fixit
20:00 .... Swine Tax + No Teeth +White Legs Swine Tax + Support
Sat 23 09:30 .... Acorn Presents Introduction to Community Organising
16:00 .... Wish You Were Here Too
20:00 .... Wish You Were Here Too
Sun 24 12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
12:00 .... Screen Printing Workshop by Canny Library
Fri 29 12:00 .... Friday Fixit
Sun 31 12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
APRIL
Thu 04 19:00 .... Chop socky dojo Classic Martial Arts Movie Club
Sat 06 20:00 .... Star & Shadow Presents The DERTy Saturday Social A Cinematic Folk Dance
Sat 20 19:00 .... Electronic Music Open Mic
MAY
Thu 02 19:00 .... Chop socky dojo Classic Martial Arts Movie Club
Sat 04 20:00 .... Star & Shadow Presents The Saturday Social Center In Association With The Uk Social Centers Network
Sat 11 20:00 .... Void-Evolve
20:00 .... Void-Evolve
Sun 12 19:30 .... Skimstone Arts Program
Wed 15 19:30 .... Skimstone Arts Program
Sat 18 20:00 .... Star & Shadow Presents Band of Holy Joy A Benefit Gig For Hope Not Hate And Stand Up To Racism.
Fri 24 18:00 .... City Youth Music - part of Jesmond Festival *
JUNE
Thu 06 19:00 .... Chop socky dojo Classic Martial Arts Movie Club
* cheap night