Birch Health Walks

Also, with the weather starting to feel more like Spring, how about enjoying a local walk? The Birch Health Walks take place at 1pm on the 3^rd Monday of the month. Join the friendly group outside Birch Community Centre on Brighton Grove.  Please bring a drink and some snacks.

The walks will be a gentle, strolling pace on even ground with opportunities to rest or to walk a little further. The walk will include lots of chat and discussion about nature, wildlife, community history and more.

For more information please contact Jane Morris on 07827 980 684 or jane.morris1@btinternet.com

Future showings....

The February film showing was well attending and thank-you for your donations towards the refreshments and running costs- £44 was raised.

Rusholme Film Club is a local and friendly film club showing a variety of films including classics, latest DVD releases, world cinema and more using a project and screen. The film showing is free with refreshments available for a charge- all proceeds go to fund future showings.

The Film Club will take place on every 3rd Sunday of the month, 5.30 doors open for a 6pm start at The Birch Community Centre, Brighton Grove, M14 5JT.

The next film is on Sunday March 17^th, St.Patrick’s Day…the film will be Waking Ned and those who want a little bit more, we will be heading to Hardy’s Well pub on Wilmslow Rd/Dickenson Rd for a after film social. No need to book, just turn up.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166396/

Future showings: Sunday April 14^th (NOTE THIS IS NOT THE USUAL 3^rd SUNDAY DATE)…an eco-climate theme, with the film tbc and speakers from local groups.

Sunday May 19^th…something different for Spring and Summer. Think Tatton Park’s outside classical concerts- a picnic at the film club but indoors. Bring along some food to share, maybe a rug and enjoy The Artist- a modern day silent film with Academy Award winning film score and costumes.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655442/?ref_=sr_1

Contact: Rich Browning on 07913 540680 or richbrowning@healthymehealthycommunities.co.uk

Facebook: Rusholme Film Club or Blog: http://rusholmefilms.blogspot.co.uk/

See the link below for info on a film showing organised by the Manchester Climate group:

On Monday 25th February Mancunians will come together to watch the classic 1970s film “Soylent Green”, starring the late great Charlton Heston. Following the film they will discuss its relevance to Manchester’s future while drinking beer and wine at the Sandbar on Grosvenor St (2).


http://manchesterclimatemonthly.net/2013/01/31/upcoming-events-free-films-about-the-end-of-the-world-manchester-mon-feb-25th-soylentgreen-food-acertainfuture/

February showing: Not One Less

Sunday 17th February

Doors open 5.30pm for 6pm start

 

Not One Less

 

In celebration of the Chinese New Year

 

In a village in China mired with poverty, Not One Less is heart-warming comedy drama about a teacher’s determination to protect every one of her pupil’s.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/not_one_less/

 

 

 

Birch Community Centre, Brighton Grove, M14 5JT

 

FREE film showing with refreshments available at a charge

 

No need to book- just turn up!

BYO Comfy folding chair if you like!



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An evening of Icelandic film and literature with Agust Borgthor Sverrison

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Comma Press invites you to....

An evening of Icelandic film and literature with Agust Borgthor Sverrison

A rare opportunity to hear one of Iceland's most exciting writers, and author of the acclaimed, Twice in a Lifetime.

Tonight's reading will be accompanied by the screening of two short films based on Icelandic short stories. Vera Juliusdottir's The Magician based on a short story by Jon Atli Jonasson, and Heimir Freyr Hlöðversson's Disappear (Hverfa), based on Agust's own short story 'Disappearing into the World'.

Thursday 24th January

MadLab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN

7pm

Free entry

More info here

'A splendid collection... Sverrisson is a great author who cunningly masters the spare form of the short story.' — Páll Baldvin Baldvinsson

'The stories in this collection brilliantly draw a world through brief details and coincidence.' - The Manchester Review

Ágúst Borgþór Sverrissonhas published five collections of short stories - Twice in a Lifetime being his latest - plus a short-novel, Hliðarspor (Sidestep) in 2007. He is widely regarded as one of Iceland’s most accomplished practitioners of the short form. His stories have been translated into English and German, and two of those featured in this collection, 'Disappearing into the World' and 'The First Day of the Fourth Week', are high-school set texts in his home country. 'Disappearing into the World' won the Strik.is prize in 2001. Agust has worked as a journalist, copywriter and translator and is a well-known blogger and commentator in Iceland on literature and politics.

Supported by Arts Council England

www.artscouncil.org.uk

Katie Slade
Rights, Marketing and Events Manager
[00 44] 7890 494 626

Comma Press
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MadLab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HN, UK

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The BBC International Short Story Award 2012 - official anthology available now.

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'Full of powerful imagery.' - The Financial Times on Pawel Huelle's Cold Sea Stories.

January thank-you

A big thank-you for the big attendance on Sunday to see ‘Grow Your Own’ and thank-you for the home-made cakes that helped to raise £38.30 to keep us going beyond our grant.

The film showing included raising awareness of Manchester’s Hate Crime Report Week and more information can be found at http://www.report-it.org.uk/home and take a look at the LGF’s ‘Enough is Enough’ campaign highlighting homophobic hate crime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6OkOxSH4_s

‘Grow Your Own’ raises many issues around community cohesion, community groups and wellbeing. The character of Kung Sang used his connection to nature and nurturing his plot to begin to rebuild his shattered life, whereas Eddie found the allotments as a source of friendship helping with his loneliness. More simple ways to improve your well-being can be found by following the link, including attending your local film club: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzxR9eLseO8

Finally, on Sunday 17^th February the film showing will be themed to the Chinese New Year celebrations. More to follow soon including an after film showing discussion and social at a nearby pub...watch this space!