Winter in Wartime

And another great poster from our volunteer designer Paul Gallagher. The posters will be soon be available to buy...watch this space!

Rusholme Film Club

The November showing was the excellent Million Dollar Mermaid and we raised £35 for the Philippines Disaster Fund selling home-made cakes.

The next showing is a winter film to get you in the festive mood. 'Winter in Wartime' set in wartime Netherlands following Michiel, part of the resistance movement aiding a British paratrooper.
Come along on Sunday 15th December, 5.30 doors open for a 6pm start. The film club is free with donations for refreshments.

At the Birch Community Centre: http://birchcc.org/

http://www.sonyclassics.com/winterinwartime/

Sunday 17th November: The Million Dollar Mermaid

Sunday 17th November

The Million Dollar Mermaid

Biopic of Australian swimming champ and entertainer Annette Kellerman, starring Esther Williams. After overcoming polio, Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044903/

What?

Rusholme Film Club is the friendly way to watch a film. The monthly club brings together people from across the Manchester galaxy, showing films for free and offering a mug of tea, home-made cakes and of course some pop-corn. Some come and make some new friends, banish the Sunday blues and watch a film.

The film showing is FREE, with refreshments available for a donation.

Where?

Birch Community Centre, Brighton Grove, Rusholme, M14 5JT

When?

Almost always the 3^rd Sunday of the month.

5.30pm open doors for a 6pm start. No need to book, just turn up.

For more information

Call Rich on 07913 540680

richbrowning@healthymehealthycommunities.co.uk

http://hmhcnews.blogspot.co.uk/

Rusholme Film Club November 13 - February 14

Join us for some great films at Rusholme Film Club- the friendly way to watch a film.

See the attachments below for our new programme for November, December, January and February. Starting in November with a genuine classic- The Million Dollar Mermaid.

Rusholme Film Club is co-produced by Healthy Me Healthy Communities
www.healthymehealthycommunities.co.uk

Opening night....

Thanks for attending the opening night of the new Rusholme Film Club season. The film, ‘Searching for Sugarman’ was excellent, it looked great on the new bigger screen and the soundtrack was perfect for the new sound-system. So if you have been before come along and see and hear for yourself!

I am in the process of planning the next few showings…

Sunday 17^th November- suggested by film club member Gill, the ‘Million Dollar Mermaid’

Sunday 15^th December- festive film tbc…any suggestions?

Sunday 26^th January- ‘The Artist’

More ideas please for the Feb, March and April showings.

Rusholme Film Club is back! Saturday 20th October....Searching for Sugarman

Rusholme Film Club is back, the friendly way to watch a film!

We open the new programme with ‘Searching for Sugarman’ on Sunday 20^th October.

 

Birch Community Centre, Brighton Grove, M14 5JT

Sunday 20th October

5.30pm chat and mingle

6pm film showing

 

For those new to Rusholme Film Club, we show a variety of films using a projector and screen. So the Odeon it isn’t but you can catch with your friends, make some new ones and find out about what else is happening in magical Rusholme and further afield. And of course it is free (thanks to a Manchester City Council Cash Grant) and refreshments are available.

So don’t be shy, Rob welcomes all new members with a brew and a chat!

So a little about our next film….

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125608/

New for Rusholme this September

Rusholme Film Club will start back again in October:

 

20th October, 17th November, 15th December, 26th January, 16th February and 16th March.

 

Thanks to members who completed the survey and we will making a few improvements including purchasing a slightly bigger screen.

Also your suggestions for film showings would be really welcome- world cinema, social history or just your favourites you would like to share!

See you all soon.

 

http://rusholmefilms.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Stories of the Great Turning:

 

The launch of the book: Stories of the Great Turning, 20th September at 6.30 - 8.30pm at Birch Community Centre. Please see the poster below for RSVP details.

 

Stories of the Great Turning is inspired by an essay from Joanna Macy of the same title. The book consists of tales of 15 people who have aimed to make a difference where they stand. Vala is a co-operative publishing company. I enclose a list of the stories with a summary line to demonstrate their varied nature.

 

NEW Sewing Bees workshops:

A new Rusholme Sewing bees programme will be starting on Monday 16^th September, 6.30-8.30pm at Trinity House Community Resource Centre. The

 

Rich

Rich Browning

07913 540680

richbrowning@healthymehealthycommunities.co.uk

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