June is full of events, so get your diaries out!!
Secret Cinema teams up with Sheffield Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers presents:
Screening of Dirty Pretty Things,
Sunday 31st May, 6:00pm - 9:00pm [Doors open 5.45pm, film starts 6.15pm]
The Lantern Theatre, Kenwood Park Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield.
Suggested donation 3-5 pounds
-Okwe, a Nigerian doctor, and Senay, a Turkish chambermaid, work at the
same West London hotel. Beneath the glitz of the hotel, exploitation and
corruption is rife. This stunning thriller and understated romance is an
addictively powerful and entrancing film.
This film showing is in support of Sheffield Committee to Defend Asylum
Seekers (CDAS). CDAS campaigns against the demonisation of asylum
seekers and Government policies of detention and deportation
Django a la Creole - Evan Christopher at the Library Theatre
Wednesday 3rd June 2009, Doors 7.30pm
Tickets £12/£10(conc)
Available from Jack's Records, the Bohemian, and: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/45414
For more info/interviews:07835 966810
Django à la Créole is the fusion of Gypsy swing with hot syncopations from the streets of New Orleans, the Caribbean and Brazil,. Elegant and impassioned, New Orleans-based clarinetist Evan Christopher's style is steeped in the tradition exemplified by early jazz masters such as Sidney Bechet, Jimmie Noone, and Barney Bigard. Together with guitarists David Blenkhorn, Dave Kelbie, and bassist Sebastien Girardot, the quartet celebrates the music of the legendary Django Reinhardt and enlivens swing-era classics with fresh interpretations and virtuosic improvisations.
REFUGEE WEEK EVENTS
Refugee Week is being launched with a big event to showcase music and dance from around the world. Come to Devonshire Green between 10am and 6pm and Have Fun!
Line up includes Carlos Lopez (Portugese) Rock, The Limes (Reggae soul) Afro-Latine grooves, Lazy Tree Surgeon (jazz, reggae, funk), King Capisce (Dublike reggae jazz dance), Mojo and the Beatniks.
Documentary Film Screening"The greatest silence: Rape in the Congo"
Tuesday 15th June 2009, 17:30 - 19:30
Library Theatre, Tudor Square, Sheffield, Free entry.
In this devastating award winning documentary on the war in East Congo, Jackson searches for the answer to why rape is used as a weapon in a war being waged to source coltan for the mobile phone industry. Essential viewing
For more information contact:
There is plenty of space for all but we will appreciate if you can let us know if you coming.
'Hopscotch; choice without choice', a play devised by members of Side by Side intercultural arts group.
Tuesday 16th June at 7.30pm
At the Library Theatre, Tudor Square, Sheffield
I left my country. Yes, I had a choice- whether to stay or whether to go- but it was my only choice because the other choice would not have been a choice at all: it was a choice without a choice. What choice would you have made?
Hopscotch is an enlightening and symbolic tale of moving and settling, crossing borders, and surmounting obstacles. It explores cultural identity and human identity, difference and sameness, friendship and solitude, loss, change and adaptability, hardship and survival, and ultimately humanity and the strength of the human spirit.
There will be a short post-performance discussion with the performers - and other supporting acts.
Entry is free (donations welcome!). We are not taking bookings so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.
For more information about Refugee Week events look out for a brochure or go to:
http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk
Yorkshire and Humber Regional Migration Partnership in collaboration with the Institute for Spirituality, Religion and Public Life (Leeds Metropolitan University) is conducting a mapping study of recently formed faith community groups/organisations by refugees and people seeking asylum.
The project mainly aims to identify and gain better understanding of the number, scale (membership and organisational capacity), geographic distribution and composition of ‘new faith' groups in the Yorkshire and Humber Region. We also plan to develop a database of ‘new faith communities' for the region that may facilitate information flow and networking/partnership opportunities.
For more information please contact Bereket Loul
Tel. (+44) 0113 812 5357
Email - B.Loul@leedsmet.ac.uk