Pop Up York

17/11/2022

Just over a week to go before our next film The Peanut Butter Falcon (starring Shia LeBeouf and Zack Gottsagan). From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine, it's a coming of age adventure tale, about a young man with Downs Syndrome who runs away chasing his dream to become a professional wrestler!

We're welcoming the brilliant Hands and Voices Choir to give us a special performance before the film! Hands and Voices was set up to help people with learning and communication difficulties take part in music and express themselves creatively. Hands & Voices is led by it's members with a vision that everyone should be equally valued, celebrated and challenged.

With funding from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation we can bring this event to you for only £3! Visit Film at the Folk Hall for tickets. The licensed bar will open from 18:30 so you can catch up with friends before the event!

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31/10/2022

Thanks to everyone who joined yesterday as our beloved New Earswick Folk Hall was transformed into a school of Witchcraft and Wizardry!

Hands down the best event I've been to at the Folk Hall! The team somehow organised wand crafting, potion making and an owl display followed by yummy food, butter beer and then Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone!

So much hard work went into it by the staff and a big thanks to New Earswick Resident Forum for helping make it happen. Had a fab time being involved and if you missed out then keep your eyes peels as I'm hoping we can do it all again next year!

Happy Halloween! ❤️

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17/10/2022

We're helping put on an event this Friday to celebrate Black History Month! Always love seeing familiar faces turning up and showing support for these events, Oscar winning film, food options, and a guest speaker too! All for only £5 - all of which goes to York Racial Equality Network charity! 💙🎬👍

16/05/2022

WHOAAAA-OH I'M AN ALIEN...

Come and enjoy this little gem of a film with us at our beautiful little venue, Film at the Folk Hall! All ticket sales go to Stonewall charity and if finances are a barrier there's a free option to book online too. 😘

"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile,
Be yourself no matter what they say."

Next months film is about Quentin Crisp, who Sting called a hero and dedicated his song, 'Englishman in New York' to.

"Quentin's a friend of mine and someone I admire greatly because I think he's one of the most courageous people I've ever met. He has lived his life in an individual way in a society that is vicious and malevolent. But he is a hero in a feminine way. So that's a song about the feminine qualities than can exist in man without being negative."
Timeout, October 1987

12/02/2022

Join us at New Earswick Folk Hall for this incredible film! 🤩

"Neither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything outside you want, but whether there is anything inside that you have not yet unpacked." - Quentin Crisp

Join us to celebrate LGBTQ history month! Doors and bar open at 7pm; we'll have a short film to start; there's table seating and an interval so you can have a natter to your friends. All ticket fees for this event will be donated to Stonewall charity too! 🌈

27/01/2022

"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile,
Be yourself no matter what they say."

Film at the Folk Hall 's film next month is about Quentin Crisp, who Sting called a hero and dedicated his song, 'Englishman in New York' to.

"Quentin's a friend of mine and someone I admire greatly because I think he's one of the most courageous people I've ever met. He has lived his life in an individual way in a society that is vicious and malevolent. But he is a hero in a feminine way. So that's a song about the feminine qualities than can exist in man without being negative." Timeout, October 1987

22/01/2022

We're excited to be collaborating with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Film at the Folk Hall again to bring you another exciting film event in celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month.

Who has seen John Hurt's incredible depiction of Quentin Crisp in the Naked Civil Servant?

More info on the film and the event to come, but if you're keen then get your tickets now via the Facebook event page!

08/11/2021

The guys over at Kirklees Local TV filmed some of our Black History Month special last month and here it is, including interviews with some of the guests, audience and even ME! 😍

Part of the reason I started Pop Up York was a determination to use whatever platform I could to get powerful films out into communities where they could bring us all together. With lots of help from some great people, I think we did just that! ❤️ Be sure to check out Windrush: The Years After - A Community Legacy on Film and keep your eyes peeled for a Christmas film announcement soon!

16/10/2021

What a night last night was! 🤩 Thank you to everyone who supported this. Especially to Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust who providing the funding so we could make it a charitable event.

The film Windrush: The Years After - A Community Legacy on Film is an honest and heartfelt account of West Yorkshire life from the point of view a community of Caribbean people, invited to start a life here over 50 years ago. They arrived with hopes and dreams, only to be met with discrimination and alienation. Half a century later and we've come a long way, but we still have so much work to do. The film is doing the rounds but we'll let you know when it's released.

The guests, Louise and Milton were incredible. They stuck around answering questions and chatting to people for over an hour and we're so grateful for their time and for sharing their work with us.

The food from Mai’s Caribbean Cuisine was delicious and the feedback was all so positive. Gregory and Marjorie, thanks for being so efficient and bringing along so much food and serving it all with a smile. 🍲

While the film and subject matter was tough at times, events like this show we can celebrate and learn together at the same time as acknowledging our difficult past. You showed us last night that you're keen for events like this, so keep your eyes out on here for more in the future.

The event was all captured on film by Kirklees Local TV so we will share more with you when we can!

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15/10/2021

We're back at this beautiful Joseph Rowntree building New Earswick Folk Hall helping our community cinema run a black history month special all about the Windrush generation tonight! 😍 The tunes are on already and the doors and bar open at 6pm!

We still have a few tickets left on the door if you're quick! 🎟️👍❤️

13/10/2021

All tickets with food are now sold out for our event this Friday night! There are still tickets available for the event only.

So chuffed with all the support for what is set to be a brilliant night. Not long now!

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12/10/2021

Our second special guest on Friday night will be Louise Muhammad who is the Black History Month coordinator for Kirklees Council BAME Network. She has coordinated and facilitated various local community events and projects since the mid-90’s linked to BHM and ‘Cultural Enrichment’ for Black African Caribbean Communities
in Huddersfield.

More recently Louise has become a coordinating member of the Kirklees Council ‘Windrush Week’ steering group-working in partnership with other colleagues across the council as well as external organisations. Louise’s driving passion is to bring ‘Black, African, Caribbean’ stories, narratives, contributions and content into the mainstream. She understands the sentiments of the
infamous quote ‘Until Lions write their own history, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter’

Louise was interviewed as part of the docufilm ‘Windrush the Years After’ and ‘briefly’ shared some of her thoughts. She is very much interested in creative solutions and not merely regurgitating the plethora of issues and problems plaguing local Black communities.

Tickets for Friday night's film, food and Q+A are still available here: https://fb.me/e/3WglkDii3

07/10/2021

Tickets are going well for our food and film event for Black History Month next Friday - It's set to be a fascinating night.

The venue has a licensed bar and table style seating. We'll always set an audience limit to make sure you can enjoy your evening in comfort while respecting everyone's space. ❤️

06/10/2021

Next Friday we will be welcoming Milton Brown of Kirklees Local TV to New Earswick Folk Hall for a Q+A after watching his film - Windrush The Years After: A Community Legacy on Film. We're so excited to have him with us!

Milton is a committed social entrepreneur who has spent most of his life working on civic engagement and social responsibilities. He has over 30 years experience working nationally and internationally, specialising in diversity, inclusion and equality. In 2011, he received a Fellowship from the United Nations for people of African Descent.

Milton is the current CEO of Kirklees Local TV, where he enjoys filmmaking and bringing diverse cultures to mainstream audiences. He is in the final year of his PhD at the University of Huddersfield. His thesis is 'The illegitimate son of England: 'An Autoethnographic Study of Navigating Race and Constructing Identity from the 1960s to 2021'. Milton holds a psycho-analytical diploma in Black Leaders in White institutions and an psycho-analytical organisational consultancy MSc.

Tickets for this screening and talk are only £3 and include your choice of authentic Caribbean chicken or veggie curry - https://fb.me/e/3WglkDii3

05/10/2021

To find out more about the movie we're screening at our film and food night next Friday, have a look at the film's official FB page. There's loads of back ground info, clips and trailers on there!

Tickets can be reserved from the event on our page!

The African Descendants Forum is an online digital platform for connecting communities

02/10/2021

We went along and sampled the chicken curry that Mai’s Caribbean Cuisine will be serving up at our screening of Windrush The Years After: A Community Legacy on Film, on Friday 15th October. We can vouch that it was delicious! A vegetarian option will also be available.

Get tickets now for only £3 (including food) from the link in the comments!

30/09/2021

Here's the trailer for our charity fundraising event on Friday 15 October at the beautiful cinema - Film at the Folk Hall!

As well as hearing about the lived experience of the local Windrush generation, we will also be serving up authentic Caribbean curry and hearing from some fascinating speakers. Come along and show your support, all for only £3!

Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/1221504438330248/?ref=newsfeed

25/09/2021

Great turnout for our first night back with Film at the Folk Hall last night! Downton was excellent and the audience had a chance to chat during the interval which was so nice to see! ❤️

We will be back there in a couple of weeks with a special event for Black History Month! More info to follow!

11/12/2020

A York lad who had a spell at City, Iain's cult hero status was earned at Huddersfield Town. Here's some of his highlights... there's some absolute beauties!

Tickets still available for his zoom quiz next week on the event page:
https://fb.me/e/13lrNwMa1

07/12/2020

Are you a Huddersfield Town fan? Are you missing out on a Christmas do this year? Look no further... In his spare time when he's not commentating at York City, Dunny has run hundreds of SpeedQuizzing events. With a special Huddersfield Town round and chats about his time at the club, his online event is going to be a brilliant night for fans!

Why not get your mates involved and play against them? You could even get THE chant going. Winner will get a signed Golden Ball! Follow the link for tickets!

https://fb.me/e/13lrNwMa1

30/11/2020

And here he is - Iain Dunn scoring Britain's first ever golden goal!

He'll be talking about some of his favourite moments at Huddersfield Town and his time at York City at his SpeedQuizzing event on Thursday 17th December. GET INVOLVED!

https://www.facebook.com/events/786818561868139/

29/09/2020

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET

What a true legend Sir David is. ❤️ 94 years old and still taking responsibility for reminding us to work with our world instead of pillaging it.

In this, what he refers to as his witness statement, he doesn't hold back. We're shown the stark damage to our planet over the 5 decades he has graced our screens.

With the world in its current state, I couldn't help but feel the comparison that we are to this earth what the virus is to us. Something we didn't ask for, something which has spread too quickly to contain and wreaked havoc on its host. One of the few things in a generation which will need a global effort in order to survive.

It's not all doom and gloom of course, in his trademark style the beauty of the natural world takes centre stage to remind us what is at stake, and there's some clear examples of how we can do this. Advice from the planets' grandad that there is hope if we just learn how to work together.

He's released this into cinemas ahead of its 4th October release and with a 30 min Q and A with Michael Palin after the credits, it's easily worth the pennies. Vue cinema seems to be cheapest tickets with one more showing this Saturday! ❤️🌍🎬

In this unique feature documentary, titled David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, the celebrated naturalist reflects upon both the defining moments of his...

18/09/2020

17/09/2020

Well this is looking ever more likely. Another season of Tiger King on the way too! Carole Baskin is NOT happy!

Amazon has reportedly picked up a new Joe Exotic drama, with Nicolas Cage starring as the notorious subject of 'Tiger King'

15/09/2020

The rumours are true! Borat 2 already completed and on its way - Niiice!

Not only has a surprise follow-up to Sacha Baron Cohen's 2006 mockumentary been shot in secret, it's reportedly already been screened for a handful of movie industry insiders. And if reports are anything to go by, the sequel will be just as offensive and scandalous as the first film.

11/09/2020

I'm out tonight! Well not 'out out' but still... I'm counting it! Do consider giving blood if you can. They've got all the safety precautions and do make you feel super safe while doing it. It's even easier to book now too with the NHS Blood App! ❤️

Last time I was here was 10 months ago for Stockton on the Forrest Gump! My how time flies when you're doing very little! 😂

Happy Friday everyone. 👍

10/09/2020

I mean it - You really can!

While my beloved Pop Up York project has been on an unexpected hiatus, I've committed to addressing my anxiety head on this year as well as doing my bit to reduce the stigma around open discussion on men's mental health.

I've qualified as a coach and done a series of videos on how to fight the Imposter in us and continue to aim for growth despite self-limiting beliefs. I'll be discussing life, the universe and everything, so if any of this sounds of interest I'd love it if you joined me on Instagram...

https://www.instagram.com/meanduniverse_/

10/09/2020

Well this kick started my day perfectly!

YOU'RE AN ELEVEN! ❤️ DOG'S LOVE YOU!

05/09/2020

Just when things couldn't get any weirder!

03/09/2020

So Tenet at IMAX happened last night and was insane! Here's my spoilerless review for anyone who is wondering whether to go and see it...

I've just about recovered from it now. Brilliant and bonkers. Captivating and complicated. Possibly a touch too much going on at times, but only in that I'm already looking forward to the 4th viewing when I can get my head round it fully. Yet again, Christopher Nolan writes and directs with an assumption of the intelligence and commitment of his audience. I am sure this film will push that to the limit for some though and I do expect to see some dodgy critics reviews as a result.

Admittedly not everyone goes to the cinema committed to that level of concentration, but surely we know what to expect from Nolan after Memento, Inception, Interstellar, and Dunkirk - he's been messing with our experience of time for 20 years now and I've loved every second of it. Similarly to Inception, which took me a few goes to fully appreciate the depth of the narrative, Nolan goes all out to rapidly immerse us in a new reality. Prepare to shout WHAT?! at the screen a fair few times while you get settled in! The pay off is worth the effort and will no doubt get more rewarding with each viewing.

Knowing the time, effort and cost he puts in to his set pieces and to avoid CGI (Tenet has less CGI than most romantic comedies) and his continued love for filming with the cumbersome 70mm IMAX cameras (most of this film is in IMAX) do spend the extra pennies and see it at our sparkly new Cineworld if you can. With a jaw dropping score to boot it's all so gargantuan, I challenge you to fall asleep during this film (no Hans Zimmer this time as he's working on another project, but Oscar winner Ludwig Göransson literally smashes it over this movie!)

John David Washington is as brilliant as ever and this role will hopefully ensure he firmly grabs the torch passed from his legendary dad, Denzel. I couldn't fully accept Branagh as a Russian Oligarch but he has some good scenes nonetheless.

There are a couple of times where volume and background noise did make it hard to fully understand what people were saying at quite key points which was frustrating. Or perhaps we just need to watch it backwards to understand, which I'll no doubt do when it comes out on dvd. 😂

If you're into Nolan and want to experience the most Nolany Nolan-ness you've ever knowln then look Nol further. IMAX Tenet is for you!

Anna's review: 'Bit loud.'