Issue 1247 - The Courier

Th eCourier
Tuesday 6 March 2012
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C2 Editor: Aimee Philipson
Clothes swap
7-9pm
Teasy Does It Cafe, Heaton Park
Road, Heaton
To celebrate International Women’s Day
2012, come along to a charity clothes swap
at Heaton’s newest cafe, Teasy Does It.
Bring your clothes, shoes and accessories
along (clean and in good condition) **with
their coathangers**. All proceeds go to the
domestic abuse charity SixtyEightyThirty.
See Facebook event for more details.
Friday
Caledonian
Society Ball
7pm
Assembly Rooms
See Facebook event for more details.
Av Festival: Slow
Cinema: Films and
Directors Q&A
6-11pm
Star and Shadow
Cinema
6pm-8.30pm:
Nightfall (Dir. Fred
Keleman) - One of
the boldest German
filmmakers of the
last 20 years, Kelemen’s
third feature
is a devastating,
tender and sublime
masterpiece.
9.30pm-11pm:
Elegy To The Visitor From The Revolution
(Dir. Lav Diaz) - A woman waits on the
street curb, a group plan a robbery, a musician
plays guitar and a visitor wanders the
city; these are the enigmatic components of
Diaz’s work-in-progress film – the start of
an ambitious series of 15.
Something
for the
weekend
X Factor Auditions
7-9pm
Metro Radio Arena
Do you have The X Factor? Are you in a
group or a solo singer aged 16 or over? This
is your first step to stardom! Open auditions
take place at Newcastle’s Metro Radio
Arena starting at 8.00am. If you haven’t
already applied online, don’t worry, just
turn up. This audition could change your
life forever! You will need to prepare a verse
and chorus of at least one song in acapella
(i.e. without backing music or instruments).
Remember you need to stand out
from the crowd.
www.itv.com/xfactor
Looking
forward
to...
Fine art exhibition
15-17 March, 10am-5pm
Newbridge Site, 18 Newbridge Street
A group of second year Fine Art students
will collaborate together over the course of
60 hours to produce an exhibition to run
alongside the AV Festival. Preview on 14
March from 7pm - 10pm. Exhibition open
15 - 17 March from 10am - 5pm.
Charity comedy night
19 March
Hoochie Coochie
Like comedy? Want to support a really
good cause? This is the night for you! We
are proud to present a packed and varied
lineup , headlined by local legend Gavin
Webster. Nine acts, all for £3! There will
also be a charity raffle, with fantastic prizes
such as champagne, M&S giftcards, iTunes
cards, John Lewis vouchers and more TBC!
All you have to do is visit www.justgiving.
co.uk/charitycomedy, donate £3 & your
name will be added to the guestlist for
entry on the night. Tickets will also be
available on the night. Every single penny
raised will go straight to charity!
COCO ‘Street Scenes’
dance night
Saturday
WHQ
Performers include Newcastle Dance
Society, Newcastle DJ Society and many local
hip-hop and break dancers. Tickets are
£4 in advance and are available from the
Students’ Union Reception. +
Let’s Get Lyrical
31 March
Newcastle City Hall
Get your Glee on!
The final of Let’s Get Lyrical - the annual
choir competition held in aid of St
Oswald’s Hospice in Gosforth - is coming
up soon, so grab a ticket and get down
to Newcastle City Hall to support your
favourite on 31 March. Tickets are available
from Newcastle City Hall or St Oswald’s
Hospice for £12.
Lonesome West
15 March
The Cluny 2
The Lonesome West features the constantly
arguing brothers Coleman and Valene,
whose father has just died in a shotgun ‘accident’.
Another death forces the brothers
to consider their situation, with an interesting
outcome! Last NUTS production of the
term!
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