Doorwonderland returns
Whatsthebigmistry‘s Doorwonderland, which was one of my personal highlights of the Fierce Festival this year, is returning to Birmingham on November 28th and 29th. More details on the Custard Factory blog.
Month: November 2007
Templeton Pek single
Birminghamusic.com also inform us that Templeton Pek have released their first single If All Else Fails on Small Town Records.
Editors US tour
Birminghamusic.com draws our attention to Editors embarking on a headlining US tour, something that traditionally was a make-or-break moment for UK bands so best of luck with that one.
Hippodrome had a good year
Grimley of The Post reports on a good year for the Birmingham Hippodrome which sees them with money in the bank to spend – apparently a rare thing in the theatre business. Their future strategy is also outlined and seems to be heavy on the dance bringing in more international companies to complement the BRB … [Read more…]
Project X’s next show
Project X are working on their next show. “The result so far has been lots of big pieces of paper, and the thorough use of various sets of multi-coloured pens.”
Pay for my drink?! At an Art show..?!!
Pay for my drink?! At an Art show..?!! Ben Neal muses over why “you pay to get into a music event and then quite happily pay for over priced drinks because you’re at a concert, but expect free entry & booze at art venues, and how this must be detrimental to the art world at … [Read more…]
Karen Osborne
Karen Osborne is a visual artist working in a wide variety of mediums and situations, as shown in the extensive galleries on her site, but I confess I’m mainly linking to her because she has this fantastic photograph on her front page.
Dali at the ICC
There’s an exhibition of works by Salvador Dali coming to the Halcyon gallery in the ICC building on December 4th and running until January 8th.