Star and Shadow Cinema

BYKER GROOVEBank Holiday Sunday 26 May 21:00 till 3:00Forget PJ and Duncan; imagine New Yorks legendary discos: The Loft, Sanctuary, Paradise GarageByker Groove brings together some of Newcastles very best Soul, Funk, Psych and Disco DJs -Adzmandala (Cosmifrica), Alex Johnson (Soul Finger), Giovanni Spatuzzi (Fuzzy Warbles), Jelly Jels (Funky Fridays), Mr Sayers (Fuzzy Warbles) to recreate the magic of these early 70s to late 80s discos.Byker Groove will transform the Star and Shadows wonderful club space and use its fantastic sound and lighting systems to create an environment for people to party!

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In the Last Days of the City is an elegy, a melancholic love-hate poem to Cairo

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• 2019
• USA
• 1h 30min

• Directed by: Jasmine Leyva, Kenny Leyva

An exploration into the problem of unhealthy dietary patterns in the USA's African American communities.

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Tenth Avenue Band is pleased to be collaborating withExtinction Rebellion in organising this benefit gig against opencast coal mining in the North East to:raise funds for local campaigns against dirty opencast coal mining which will pollute our air, and add to climate changeto raise awareness of the urgency of fighting climate changeWe are planning a richly varied evening of entertainment, information and discussion. Therell be stalls, films and speakers from local campaigns against opencast mining and climate change. Speakers from Pont Valley Campaign, Extinction Rebellion, Defend Dewley Hill and Youth Strike 4 Climate. Vegan food �5 and cakes �2 served from 7 pm.3 bands will entertain in the Event Space :19:30 - 20:15: Appletwig Songbook 20:45 - 21:30: Jammshed22:00 - 22:45: Tenth Avenue BandExtinction Rebellion groups have sprung up worldwide including in the North East as the risk to our future has become clear and are calling on our Government to:- declare a climate emergency- tell the truth about the dangers of climate change happening now which put all of our lives at risk- urgently pass laws that will reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2025- set up local citizens assemblies so that we the people can make sure climate change plans are acted upon in our localities and that we hold the Government to account.Extinction Rebellion urges every one of us to join in the rebellion. This may include taking non-violent direct action to get these urgent messages across!

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Two films - two contrasting stories of cities: one abandoned; one rebuilding; one without a voice; one with a cacophony of lost voices.Uppland - The ruins of a once-thriving town in West Africa reveal their secrets.andThe London Nobody Knows a lament for the changing face of London as post-war development starts to bute into the citys fabric.

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