Creative Leap was a professional development programme (led by Sampad and The Drum) for new and emerging Birmingham-based artists that ran for roughly a year. It was ended in March this year and a review booklet/brochure landed on my desk the other day with information about everyone who took part. Eleven individual artists and four … [Read more…]
While looking for something completely different the other day, I stumbled across a set of photos on BMAG’s Flickr account called ‘Behind the Scenes at BMAG‘. Very interesting it was too – fashion shoots, roof works (with views across the city) and the conservation studio. Here’s the slideshow:
I popped in to the launch of the Preclusion exhibition at the derelict/occupied Whitmarley building in Stirchley last night. For something that had come together so quickly (and a big well done to Harry for managing that) it was great to see a decent crowd down there (not quite shown in the photo below). It … [Read more…]
Videos for the first half of Birmingham’s street theatre season, Six Summer Saturdays, are up online on the Hippodrome’s Vimeo account. Here’s week three: And you can follow these links for week two and week one. Listings for all the craziness happening around the city centre are on sixsummersaturday.com. UPDATE: I’m planning to be down … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Post have reported on the plans to rename the ‘Gun Quarter‘. I’m with Sir Albert Bore on this one (except on the political correctness bit – not sure I get that): Like it or not, and I am not into the arms trade myself, the Gun Quarter has a historical connection with this … [Read more…]
What’s good in Brum? :: Loaf Online “Two days in a row this week I was asked for recommendations for food things happening in Birmingham […] Here’s my response” Details of new Birmingham food festival unveiled On the subject of food – “The 10-day celebration of food will take place from October 14-23 and replaces … [Read more…]
Jon, Danny and Midge – friends of CiB all – are off on a road trip and are trying to raise £500 to make it happen. Here’s the plan: Two of Birmingham’s most committed journaleers and artists of human experience—a bi-polar working class warrior with a romantic streak you could drown a fascist in, and … [Read more…]
Realtime, generative Audio Visual performance presented in the MAC’s best kept secret – a gem of 1960s architecture – the HEXAGON theatre, originally the Cannon Hill Puppet Theatre SCREE are DJ Sir Real from the House of God and VJ Catweasel who does visuals for artists like Stevie Wonder. Modulate are an AV collective who grew out … [Read more…]