Slip & Wild Pop presents
Joe Snape: ‘Joyrobix’ + Laurie & Suze: ‘Coop’ + Competition + Gwilly Edmondez + Mariam Rezaei (DJ)
Raggedy pop-ache, gunk games, bruised and bewildering pop. British label Slip team up with Newcastle’s Wild Pop for an audiovisual blow out.
Fri 19 April // 20:00
'Joyrobix' is the live version of Brummy-abroad Joe Snape’s flooring return to Slip: a suite of ... [more]
Open 12pm - 5pm
Sunday Cafe
Sun 21 April // 12:00
Sun 28 April // 12:00
Sun 5 May // 12:00
Sun 12 May // 12:00
Sun 19 May // 12:00
Sun 26 May // 12:00
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Resounding Silents...
Aelita, Queen Of Mars (1922)
vintage silent movie, contemporary live score
Sun 21 April // 19:30
The Earth recieves mysterious messages from outer space and a daydreaming scientist draws up plans for ... [more]
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'What About the Women?’ [Revealing Women Series]
presented by the North East & Yorkshire Film Archives
Wed 24 April // 19:30
Drawn from non-fiction material; local adverts, cine clubs, amateur & professional films - this is a ... [more]
24 Apr - 29 May
The Revealing Women Series
a diverse, collectively organised series of 7 events exploring women's histories—and the representation of women on screen—across multiple genres & experimental forms
Wed 24 April // 19:30
Revealing Women is a diverse series of 7 events exploring women's histories—and the representation of women—in ... [more]
Star & Shadow presents
audio visual basic training
for inducted volunteers
Thu 25 April // 18:00
[more]
This month we're Knitting!
Craft Cafe Sunday
With special guests Miss Spiritual Tramps Knitting Circle
Sun 28 April // 12:00
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New Volunteers Induction
Sun 28 April // 12:00
Sun 5 May // 12:00
Sun 12 May // 12:00
Sun 19 May // 12:00
Sun 26 May // 12:00
Sun 2 June // 12:00
100% volunteer powered. Come & join us - get inducted! [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
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Phill Niblock, Tim Shaw + John Bowers (Mythogeosonics)
Sun 28 April // 20:00
New York based composer Phill Niblock plays The Star and Shadow as part of his on-going ... [more]
Star & Shadow presents
projection basic training
for inducted volunteers
Tue 30 April // 18:00
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instant DJ instruction
for inducted volunteers
Wed 1 May // 18:00
Select top tunes. Drop heavy beats. Spin classic vinyl. Mix wild sounds. Scratch hot wax. hands ... [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 is proud to be the host of this year's
Social Centres Gathering UK & Ireland
Come and join in the conversations
Fri 3 May // 20:00
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Sat 4 May // 09:00
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Sun 5 May // 09:00
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The Social Centres Network is an affiliation of grassroots, autonomous spaces around the UK and Ireland ... [more]
DGA presents CHAOS PARTY
CHAOS PARTY by DGA
at Star and Shadow
Sat 4 May // 20:00
Do you wish you could see more Drag Kings? Maybe Genderfuck? Or just something a little ... [more]
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Laughing at Life + Kate Fox [Revealing Women Series]
Wed 8 May // 19:30
A celebration of Northern female comedy including a special screening of the 1981 documentary Laughing at ... [more]
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Welcome II the Terrordome + Ladies of Midnight Blue [Revealing Women Series]
Thu 9 May // 19:30
Welcome II the Terrordome (1995) and Coffee Coloured Children (1988) showcase Black British Filmmaker Ngozi Onwurah's ... [more]
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Prevenge [Revealing Women Series]
with introduction from Dr. Alison Peirse and post-film discussion
Fri 10 May // 19:30
Prevenge (2016), the directorial debut of writer-actor Alice Lowe, is a black comedy following the heavily ... [more]
Void/Evolve
Sat 11 May // 20:00
Sun 12 May // 20:00
Mon 13 May // 20:00
Tue 14 May // 20:00
Wed 15 May // 20:00
Thu 16 May // 20:00
Fri 17 May // 20:00
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'Skimestone Arts Present
Doorbells: Dreaming for the Future
My home, my castle, my container, my prison?
Wed 15 May // 18:00
Wed 15 May // 18:00
Heléna Herklots Chief Executive of Carers UK said: “Our ageing population has created a new generation ... [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]
On the Lash - street photography exhibition
Fri 17 May // 19:00
On the Lash is a long-term collaboration between street photographers Maria Maza and Hazel Plater, members ... [more]
Star & Shadow presents
Band of Holy Joy
a benefit gig for Hope Not Hate
Sat 18 May // 19:30
Welcome back Band Of Holy Joy - 22(!) albums in, and still making a beautiful racket! ... [more]
Jesmond Festival childrens film matinee
Sun 19 May // 14:00
Selection of films selected by local school children [more]
Pint of Science - 20th -21st - 22nd May - a science festival that takes place every May and brings researchers to your local bar to present their scientific discoveries....(more)
Mon 20 May // 19:30
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Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival + Heather Phillipson's What's the Damage and Wow [Revealing Women Series]
Tue 21 May // 19:30
Fabrizio Terranova's film portrait of Donna Haraway, Story Telling for Earthly Survival, paints a rebellious and ... [more]
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Sandra Lahire's Anti-Nuclear Trilogy [Revealing Women Series]
Accompanied by political activist poster exhibition from Penny Remfry
Thu 23 May // 19:30
Women Artists of the North East Library and Penny Remfry present a screening of Sandra Lahire’s ... [more]
The City and the People:
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....
Fri 24 May // 19:30
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The City and the People - a weekend of films, 24 25 26 May that look at the relations between cities and the people who inhabit them, starts
Fri 24 May // 19:30
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Harambee Pasadia Festival
Harambee Pasadia Warm Up Party
Warm Up & Africa Day Celebration
Sat 25 May // 18:00
Performances by: Ladies of Midnight Blue, Baque de Ogun, & Rapasa --Harambee Pasadia: Afro Fusion Arts ... [more]
The City and the People:
- Uppland - the ruins of an abandoned African town reveal their secrets + support film: the London Nobody Knows (U)
Sat 25 May // 19:30
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The City and the People:
In the Last Days of the City Tamer El Said 2016 - an elegy a melancholic love-hate poem to Cairo
Sun 26 May // 19:30
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Byker Groove : Disco Party
Sun 26 May // 21:00
BYKER GROOVE Bank Holiday Sunday 26 May 21:00 till 3:00 Byker Groove brings together some of ... [more]
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You Be Mother (Sarah Pucill, 1990) & Letters Home (Chantal Ackerman, 1986) [Revealing Women Series]
Wed 29 May // 19:30
Shifting between performance and film, Fiona Larkin, Harriet Plewis and Nicola Singh present the films You ... [more]
Tenth Avenue Band and Extinction Rebellion Benefit Night
Fundraising event against opencast coal mining in the North East
with Appletwig Songbook, Jammshed and Tenth Avenue Band, vegan food served in Café
Fri 31 May // 19:00
STOP OPENCAST COAL MINING! Local bands, Appletwig Songbook , Jammshed and Tenth Avenue Band, in collaboration ... [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]
Star & Shadow Presents
Return of Carlos Souffront (US)
Fri 7 June // 22:00
San Francisco/US Disk Jock Carlos Souffront returns to Star & Shadow [more]
Wandering Oak presents
Teeth of the Sea
Sat 8 June // 20:00
Wandering Oak presents Teeth Of The Sea (Rocket Recordings). Since their formation in 2006, London-based group ... [more]
APRIL 2019
Sat 20 19:00 .... Electronic Music Open Mic
Sun 21 12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
14:00 .... Nae Pasaran. Film
19:30 .... Resounding Silents... Aelita, Queen Of Mars (1922) Vintage Silent Movie, Contemporary Live Score
Tue 23 18:00 .... PROGRAMMING DEVELOPMENT MEETING
Wed 24 19:30 .... 'What About the Women?’ [Revealing Women Series] Presented By The North East & Yorkshire Film Archives
Thu 25 18:00 .... Star & Shadow Presents Audio visual basic training For Inducted Volunteers
Fri 26 12:00 .... Friday Fixit
Sat 27 11:00 .... Star Bazaar
22:00 .... POKE IS 10!
Sun 28 12:00 .... This Month We're Knitting! Craft Cafe Sunday With Special Guests Miss Spiritual Tramps Knitting Circle
12:00 .... New Volunteers Induction
12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
14:00 .... The Shadow World Film. Inside the Global Arms Trade.
20:00 .... Phill Niblock, Tim Shaw + John Bowers (Mythogeosonics)
Tue 30 18:00 .... Star & Shadow Presents Projection basic training For Inducted Volunteers
MAY
Wed 01 18:00 .... Instant DJ instruction For Inducted Volunteers
Thu 02 19:00 .... Chop socky dojo Classic Martial Arts Movie Club
Fri 03 20:00 .... A Gala screening of 'NANOOK OF THE NORTH' WITH LIVE SCORE BY ‘SINK’
Sat 04 09:00 .... Star & Shadow Is Proud To Be The Host Of This Year's Social Centres Gathering UK & Ireland Come And Join In The Conversations *
20:00 .... Dga Presents Chaos Party CHAOS PARTY by DGA At Star And Shadow
Sun 05 09:00 .... Star & Shadow Is Proud To Be The Host Of This Year's Social Centres Gathering UK & Ireland Come And Join In The Conversations *
10:00 .... DIY Democracy Day School & Film Peterloo
12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
12:00 .... New Volunteers Induction
Tue 07 18:00 .... OPEN MEETING
19:30 .... Hs2: Whose Line is it Anyway?
Wed 08 19:30 .... Laughing at Life + Kate Fox [Revealing Women Series]
Thu 09 19:30 .... Welcome II the Terrordome + Ladies of Midnight Blue [Revealing Women Series]
Fri 10 19:30 .... Prevenge [Revealing Women Series] With Introduction From Dr. Alison Peirse And Post-Film Discussion
Sat 11 18:30 .... Void-Evolve
20:00 .... Void-Evolve
20:00 .... Void/Evolve
Sun 12 12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
12:00 .... New Volunteers Induction
14:00 .... Jesmond Festival childrens film matinee Children's Film Screening
19:30 .... Skimstone Arts Program
20:00 .... Void/Evolve
Mon 13 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING MEETING
20:00 .... Void/Evolve
Tue 14 20:00 .... Void/Evolve
Wed 15 18:00 .... 'Skimestone Arts Present Doorbells: Dreaming for the Future My Home, My Castle, My Container, My Prison?
20:00 .... Void/Evolve
20:00 .... Void/Evolve
Fri 17 19:00 .... On the Lash - street photography exhibition
20:00 .... Void/Evolve
Sat 18 19:30 .... Star & Shadow Presents Band of Holy Joy A Benefit Gig For Hope Not Hate
Sun 19 12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
12:00 .... New Volunteers Induction
14:00 .... Jesmond Festival childrens film matinee
Mon 20 18:00 .... CARETAKING MEETING
Tue 21 19:30 .... Pint of Science - tonight's pint - Space and Lies....(more)
Wed 22 19:30 .... Pint of Science- tonight's pint -Happy Healthy Minds....(more)
Thu 23 19:30 .... Sandra Lahire's Anti-Nuclear Trilogy [Revealing Women Series] Accompanied By Political Activist Poster Exhibition From Penny Remfry
Fri 24 18:00 .... City Youth Music - part of Jesmond Festival *
Sat 25 18:00 .... Harambee Pasadia Festival Harambee Pasadia Warm Up Party Warm Up & Africa Day Celebration
Sun 26 12:00 .... Open 12pm - 5pm Sunday Cafe
12:00 .... New Volunteers Induction
21:00 .... Byker Groove : Disco Party
Tue 28 18:00 .... PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT MEETING
Wed 29 19:30 .... You Be Mother (Sarah Pucill, 1990) & Letters Home (Chantal Ackerman, 1986) [Revealing Women Series]
JUNE
Sun 02 12:00 .... New Volunteers Induction
16:00 .... Real History Of Cinema Jesmond Festival - film and discussion *
Mon 03 18:00 .... GENERAL MEETING. THE SOVERIGN BODY
Thu 06 19:00 .... Chop socky dojo Classic Martial Arts Movie Club
Fri 07 22:00 .... Star & Shadow Presents Return of Carlos Souffront (US)
Sat 08 20:00 .... Wandering Oak Presents Teeth of the Sea
Mon 10 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING MEETING
Mon 17 18:00 .... Caretaking Meeting
Mon 24 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING MEETING
JULY
Mon 01 18:00 .... OPEN MEETING
Mon 08 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING MEETING
Mon 15 18:00 .... CARETAKEING MEETING
Mon 22 18:00 .... PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT MEETING
Mon 29 18:00 .... PROGRAMMING DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL. MEETING
SEPTEMBER
Mon 02 18:00 .... OPEN MEETING
Mon 09 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING
Mon 16 18:00 .... CARETAKING MEETING
Mon 23 18:00 .... PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT MEETING
Mon 30 18:00 .... PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL MEETING
OCTOBER
Mon 07 18:00 .... GENERAL MEETING. THE SOVERIGN BODY
Mon 14 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING MEETING
Mon 21 18:00 .... CARETAKING MEETING
Mon 28 18:00 .... PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT MEETING
NOVEMBER
Mon 04 18:00 .... OPEN MEETING
Mon 11 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING MEETING
Mon 18 18:00 .... CARETAKING MEETING
Mon 25 18:00 .... PROGRAMMING DEVELOPMENT MEETING
DECEMBER
Mon 02 18:00 .... GENERAL MEETING. THE SOVERIGN BODY
Mon 09 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING MEETING
Mon 16 18:00 .... CARETAKING & PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT MEETING
JANUARY 2020
Mon 06 18:00 .... OPEN MEETING
Mon 13 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING MEETING
Mon 20 18:00 .... CARETAKING MEETING
Mon 27 18:00 .... PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT MEETING
FEBRUARY
Mon 03 18:00 .... OPEN MEETING
Mon 10 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING MEETING
Mon 17 18:00 .... CARETAKING MEETING
Mon 24 18:00 .... PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT MEETING
MARCH
Mon 02 18:00 .... GENERAL MEETING. THE SOVERIGN BODY
Mon 09 18:00 .... OPEN PROGRAMMING MEETING
Mon 23 18:00 .... PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT MEETING
Mon 30 18:00 .... PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT MEETING - SPECIAL
* cheap night