I had a good chat with Sandra Hall of Friction Arts about a variety of things recently, one of which is the ambitious and unique Reality Estate project that starts in the Five Ways Estate on October 28th. Beyond the basic numbers (“300 participants, 3 venues, 3 professional, 3 community and 3 estate-led choirs, an … [Read more…]
Architect and Urban Designer Joe Holyoak has been uploading a load of articles onto his blog. Always good reading.
Birminghamusic.com note that Templeton Pek have signed to Small Town Records.
Audiences Central notes that the MOBOs have reinstated their Jazz category and Soweto Kinch is one of the nominees with Jamelia up for Best UK Female. You can vote online here. Any other Birmingham acts in those lists?
I’m not sure if this is strictly relevant to the creative sector but it’s certainly interesting. Free paper The Birmingham News is going ultra-local, splitting itself into seven papers covering specific areas of the city. “To help get to the grass roots the newspaper has recruited an army of citizen correspondents.” I wonder who they’ve … [Read more…]
From Artstalking Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details.
Art Stalking Ana reports on Damián Ortega’s Being at Ikon Eastside and Drunken Boat Colony. (Hmm, have to investigate Colony…)
The Birmingham Comedy Festival runs from Friday 5th to Sunday 14th October and the lineup looks pretty strong indeed. Top and tailed by Jimmy Carr and Sean Hughes names that jump out at me include Stuart Lee, Josie Long, Shazia Mirza, Barbara Nice, Ted Chippington, Mitch Benn and Marcus Brigstocke. And I’m not a huge … [Read more…]