Polls close at 10pm tonight so this’ll be the last time I ask here. Please clink on the link and vote Created in Birmingham for Best UK Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. It only takes a second. If you know anyone else who might give us a vote please send them a link this … [Read more…]
Creative Republic’s next event is an informal get-together at Bluu on Summer Row on 20 January from 6pm onwards. It’s an opportunity to get together with other creatives, to share what you’re doing and find out what they’re up to, as well as meeting Creative Republic board members who’d love to know what you want … [Read more…]
The Winter Show at the Vaad Gallery is an exhibition of Walsall College’s finest up-and-coming artistic talent, running from 27 Jan to 2 Feb. (Via the Custard Factory blog)
RSS. Feeds. Horrible, nasty words that scare normal folk and have them running from the internet to take refuge with their library cards. They’re not that tricky though. I’ve been keeping track of hundreds of websites to find stuff to post here. Visiting them all daily would have taken too long and cost me my … [Read more…]
Birmingham Flickrers met for a photo-taking wander around the Jewellery Quarter yesterday and the photos are starting to go up online. Here’s the slideshow: New people are always welcome so if you’re interested in going along then join the Birmingham Flickrmeet group. The next Flickrmeet will be on Sunday 8 Feb (location tbc).
Not sure what to make of this but thought I’d put it up for your attention. Improv Everywhere is based in New York and causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places You may remember them from such missions as the rather wonderful Frozen Grand Central Anyway, there are a couple of local spin-off … [Read more…]
Vote again for CiB – last few days Thanks to some fantastic support CiB has a slim lead in the voting. Polls close on Tuesday 13th at 10pm. Please vote daily (and encourage others) until then Screen WM – Birmingham filmmaker shortlisted for the Auteur Award “Birmingham filmmaker Steven Rainbow’s short film ‘A Small Silent … [Read more…]
Colourbox is Joe Rogers, a freelance illustrator who trained at BIAD. His new portfolio website has been designed by Tak! and isn’t yer normal run-of-the-mill kind of thing. He also has a blog here and is on MySpace and Facebook too in case you want to pledge your allegiance.