The Showroom Cinema offers this Film Studies season exploring Palestinian Cinema, with 4 films and 4 lectures by Professor Anandi Ramamurthy and Mahassen Nasser Elgin. “Film critics have reflected that there is no Palestinian film industry, there are only Palestinian films, given the lack of infrastructure in the national context. Despite these difficulties, the increasing range and quality of films…

Join author and journalist CJ DeBarra, for a brief ‘how-to’ of grassroots queer archiving and oral history projects, preserving in social memory the LGBTQ+ community experiences. An exhibition by Sheffield City Archives and Steel City Queer History will be open from 5pm. Talk starts at 6pm.  

The Co-operative Group is different from other supermarket chains, it’s not simply ‘ethical’ for marketing purposes. With co-ops, membership means (shared) ownership. It has a 100-strong elected National Members’ Council to represent the views of members and shape what the Co-op focuses on. They run online consultations but this is a live event. Sheffield members are invited to come and…

Make some noise for Extinction Rebellion! Five Rivers Rising is XR Sheffield’s samba-inspired drumming group. They play to support protests – climate-related, and also for other causes such as the injustices of poverty, pollution, war, discrimination, corporate greed, and more. The weekly drum practice starts at Union Street to collect instruments, then a walk to the Top of the Moor…

Launch of the Sheffield Co-op Meet Up. It is hoped that this will be the first gathering of a regular Sheffield Co-operatives networking social and get-together. This informal gathering is a chance to connect, share ideas, and explore opportunities with fellow co-operators, social entrepreneurs, and community-minded individuals. Whether you’re already part of a co-op, curious about co-operative ways of working,…

Screening of a short film about a trailblazing garage run by women mechanics in 1980s Sheffield. SAYiT’s Fiona Moorcroft will be joined by Ros Wollen, one of the founders of Gwenda’s Garage, and a panel of LGBTQ+ women activists ranging from the 1980s through to the 2000s.