BBC iPlayer – The Politics Show West Midlands: 17/01/2010 Birmingham’s City of Culture bid gets profiled at 46 mins 20s Poetry Workshop with Roz Goddard On 6 Feb, promising that “This workshop will look at ways we can re-seed the ground we love to produce fresh, exciting poems. You will look at startling beginnings, expressing … [Read more…]
you thought we wouldn’t notice (link dead) Ouch. Dance company accuses Birmingham design agency of ripping off their work. Dom from Tak gently corrects them (see the comments) Noel Dunne: Creative industries letting youngsters down over apprenticeships Good opinion piece from Noel Unique hand drawn wonderland faith shoes Illustrator Sam Pierpoint has some hand drawn … [Read more…]
From Liz via email: The Birmingham BookCrossers and charity LUCIA are hosting a BOOK DATING event at the Urban Coffee Company coffee shop on Church Street in central Birmingham, on 14 February 2010. BookCrossers will be telling people about their favourite books, and giving them away, so attendees can find a book to spend a … [Read more…]
Intimate portrait of contemporary Britain and economic migration revealed in new exhibit at LSE “A major new commission by Birmingham-based photographer Andrew Jackson exploring contemporary Britain and economic migration will be exhibited at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from Monday 11 January” Tuned On music seminars « Punch Records “The seminars … [Read more…]
Cllr Martin Mullaney has announced the Emerging Festivals Fund – grants of £500 to £4,999 for new niche festivals. Applications have to be in by 4 February, which seems like incredibly short notice for what this is. More details here. Might this be useful to the folks at the recent The Challenge of Change event? … [Read more…]
More music news for Birmingham – hoorah! I heard about The Music Quarter a little while ago and it’s good to see it up and running now. Natalie, the site’s editor, is a BCU student and this, I gather, is to be the focus of her year-long project. Of course, this raises questions about whether/how … [Read more…]
West Midlands Cultural Sector Economic Survey “The aim of this survey is to find out how the West Midlands cultural sector is performing during the recession”. Courtesy of the West Midlands Regional Observatory. Please help out by filling it in Images 33 « More Canals than Venice “The prestigious Association of Illustrators (AOI) Images 33 … [Read more…]
The first Dr Sketchy’s burlesque/drawing event of the year will be on Sat 16 Jan at The Victoria and the theme will be ‘Victoriana’. Tickets here (I think it tends to sell out). Here’s the FB event with more details. For an idea of the sort of thing to expect, here’s a vid from the … [Read more…]