LAG benefit voku + documentary screening ‘Roma Illegale’ (Andrea Scarcella)

Monday 28 November 2022, LAG benefit voku + documentary screening ‘Roma Illegale’ directed by Andrea Scarcella. Food served from 7pm, no reservation. Film from 9pm.

Roma Illegale (Illegal Rome) is a documentary about the illegal parties scene in Rome from the early 90s on. From the first semi-legal commercial parties, to the heavily politicized Illegal Rave movement that lasted a few years and was then replaced by the free party movement “exported” by the tribes that left the UK after the Criminal Justice Act.

LAG is a hacklab project coming out of the SLUG (Squatting Linux User Group) mesh. Our main focus is the relationship between politics and technology, both at a practical and theoretical level. At lag we are interested in ]hacking( and at the same time in questioning what hacking is. We started this place because we wanted a place to share similar interests with other people so feel free to pass by for: installing linux, discussing technical or theoretical ideas, fix your laptop, learn to weave, build a bike, find parts, learn how to encrypt data, make experiments, deconstruct apparatuses, drink coffee, read a book, write a paper, scan a book, look at stuff through a microscope, fix your clothes, share files, take things apart, present something, potter around, add things to this list and share knowledge in any other way you want.

Volkseten Vegazulu is a people’s kitchens existing since the very beginning of Joe’s Garage, June 2005. Your donations are welcome. Food is vegan, no reservation. All benefits go to social & political struggles. Joe’s Garage is a space run by volunteers. Without a collective effort, without your active participation, we’re remaining closed. Get in touch in you feel like giving a hand. We’re always looking for cooks. Any help is welcome in the kitchen. Experience not required. If you want to know which days are still available, mail us.

Cinema Italia: Sostiene Pereira (Roberto Faenza, 1995)

Sunday 27 November 2022, Cinema Italia: Sostiene Pereira (Roberto Faenza, 1995)* 104 min * In Italian with English subtitles * doors open at 20:00, film starts at 20:30. After the film, please engage in sharing comments, ideas, and inspiration with the host(s) of the evening!

Based on the homonymous novel by Antonio Tabucchi, this Italian drama is set in Lisbon, in the days when Salazar’s dictatorship was getting into power, in 1932. Pereira is the editor of the cultural pages of a supposedly independent paper. He is a translator into Portuguese of contemporary French literature and is obsessed with the idea of death and the biographies of writers, poets, and novelists. An unexpected event brings him out of his comfort zone, fronting his past, present and future.

Pereira is interpreted by Marcello Mastroianni, who will pass away a few months after the publication of this film. He was awarded the David di Donatello as Best Actor for this role. It also is an occasion to see an icon of Italian beauty and passion in his last season of life, in a film that goes to the essence of cinematography and the meaning of life.

Sostiene Pereira is a film that talks about the passage from democracy to fascism, which is an actual theme in many countries across Europe nowadays. Interestingly, the title was translated According to Pereira in English, Pereira prétend in French, Afirma Pereira in Portugal and Páginas da revolução in Brazil.

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net

Benefit voku & discussion in support and solidarity with refugees in Dutch AZCs

Monday 21 November 2022, Benefit voku & discussion in support and solidarity with refugees in Dutch AZCs. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

The so called ‘refugee crisis’ has been created by the Dutch government in order to marginalize and dehumanize asylum seekers portraying them as ‘problematic’. We want to expose these toxic policies by giving visibility to refugees and by listening to what they have to say about the conditions they have been put in. With guest talks by LGTBQ+ asylum seekers, organized by the social and civil rights activist Sam Dabat. […Lees verder]

Iranian movie night: About Elly (Asghar Farhadi, 2009)

Sunday 20 November 2022, Iranian movie night: About Elly (Asghar Farhadi, 2009). 119 minutes. In Farsi with English subtitles. Doors open at 20:00, Film starts at 20:30.

With his fourth film, a fascinating psychological drama, Farhadi examines middle class relationships in Iran. A group of former classmates at the law faculty of the university, go to the Caspian Sea for a three-day vacation: Sepideh, her husband Amir and their young daughter; Shohreh, her husband Peymān and their two children, including their son Arash; and Nāzy and her husband Manuchehr. Sepideh, who planned the trip, brings along her daughter’s kindergarten teacher, Elly, in order to introduce her to Ahmad, a divorced friend visiting from Germany.

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net

El Mo Collective: World Music Jam Session 2

Saturday 19 November 2022, El Mo Collective will organise their second World Music Jam session in Joe’s Garage! Doors open at 19:00.

El Mo Collective is a world music band based in Amsterdam. During this event they invite other ‘world’ musicians to take the stage with them. Do you make music yourself, don’t hesitate to contact us in advance to schedule you in, just one piece or a few, everything is possible! We will close the evening with an open jam session. See you there!

Students for Justice in Palestine Fundraising Dinner

Monday 14 November 2022, Students for Justice in Palestine Fundraising Dinner. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

As Students for Justice in Palestine, we are organising a fundraising dinner with delicious vegan Palestinian food!

SJP is a student-led, independent organisation that promotes justice in Palestine, raises awareness of Israel’s settler colonialism and fights for an academic boycott. The aim of this event is to mobilise students to join SJP, get to know each other and socialise, and importantly, fundraise to fund our future events.

Israel’s systemic violence against the Palestinian people is increasing by the day; October was the deadliest month in the ‘deadliest year’* for Palestinians, with 29 Palestinians killed by Israeli Occupation Forces and at least five of them children. This means our work is becoming increasingly important to resist Israel’s settler colonial project. As we are a student-led, independent organisation, we rely solely on donations to fund our events, which is why this event is so important for us!

We are looking forward to enjoying delicious vegan Palestinian food with all of you! Come and enjoy food, drinks and chats with us and help us fight Israel’s settler colonial project!

*Since the United Nations started counting fatalities in 2005 (Middle East Eye, 2022)

Volkseten Vegazulu is a people’s kitchens existing since the very beginning of Joe’s Garage, June 2005. Your donations are welcome. Food is vegan, no reservation. All benefits go to social & political struggles. Joe’s Garage is a space run by volunteers. Without a collective effort, without your active participation, we’re remaining closed. Get in touch in you feel like giving a hand. We’re always looking for cooks. Any help is welcome in the kitchen. Experience not required. If you want to know which days are still available, mail us.

Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: The Ipcress File (Sidney J. Furie, 1965)

Sunday 13 November 2022, Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: The Ipcress File (Sidney J. Furie, 1965) * 108 minutes * In English. Doors open at 20:00, film starts at 20:30.

In many ways this classic British Cold War thriller was set up as an anti-James Bond comment… where Bond is glamorous and heroic and sent to exotic locations, instead here we find our secret agent Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) buried in shitty errands, bureaucratic confusion and endless paperwork. There is always another form to be filled out before he can do anything. He has a hard time getting any girlfriend at all, and when he tries to be witty people mostly find him annoying. In the background the movie also comments on the Americanization of England, as colorful supermarkets invade gritty post-war London.

But when Harry stumbles onto a forbidden file, he suddenly finds himself hunted from all sides, and all hell breaks loose in the midst of double-crossings, kidnappings and mysterious killings. Strangely enough, this flick also reflects with uncanny accuracy the secret brainwashing operations the CIA had in foreign countries worldwide, including their so-called partners in Europe. It is one of those movies considered to have an outrageous premise when it hit the screens, but later it turned out to be based in reality.

Shot in rich Technicolor widescreen, and besides starring a youthful Michael Caine, it also sports an iconic music score by John Barry.
This will be a high-definition screening.

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net

Aman molli: Special Concert

Friday 11 November 2022, Aman molli: Special Concert, Turkish melodies with Duygu Alkan (voice), Alexandros Papadimitrakis (Oud), and Burak Savaş (violin). Door opens at 7pm, music at 9pm.

Aman molli and Joe’s Garage are opening the doors for a special music concert! Later at night jam will follow. Donations welcome.