EAC Book Club: Born A Crime by Trevor Noah

Wednesday 7th FebruaryStart time 2pm (no booking required)No set fee, donations to Erin Arts Centre#1 New York Times bestsellerTrevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show in the USA began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ [read more…]

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Midweek Movie: The Old Oak (15)

Adults £6 / under 18s £2Running time 1 hour 30 mins / UK rating 15The Old Oak is a 2023 film directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty. There’s bleak desperation and a stewing sense of injustice in the village, a previously thriving mining community in County Durham. The arrival of several families of Syrian refugees, ramps up the tension, much of which is vented in TJ Ballantyne's dilapidated pub, The Old Oak.  Meanwhile, [read more…]

£6