I hadn’t realised this was online and picked up on it while skimming the latest from this / inexplicably / styled website from the Arts Council. I’ll let plan b (not that one) explain: We are making a living portrait of 24 hours in Birmingham with the people who move through its streets, parks, waste … [Read more…]
Area Culture Guide – The Independent Issue Verr noice. BE Festival 2011 « More Canals than Venice A nice interview here with “Miguel Oyarzun, BE Festival Co-Director about the festival and what to expect in 2011” The Stage – O2 to host The Nutcracker at Christmas “Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker will play … [Read more…]
I don’t usually regurgitate press releases wholesale but I’ll make an exception here: Due to new challenges over the last 2 years, Rhubarb-Rhubarb has found it necessary to enter a period of transition. The core ethos of the company will remain at the centre of what we do. We will continue to offer support to … [Read more…]
The Hubb is another one of those places in Birmingham that I wish I could get down to a bit more often than I do. There’s another interesting-looking event on this Friday that I can’t make it to. The blurb from the press release says: Soul City Arts welcomes acclaimed author, Na’ima B. Robert, to … [Read more…]
Jan Bowman’s book, This is Birmingham, has been given the animation promo treatment by Graham D Lock, an animation graduate from Wolverhampton. Very nice it is too:
More Hippodrome-backed craziness in the streets of Birmingham this year, from 9 July to 13 August. Giant lobsters, a scary ice cream van and a man with a big red balloon over his head. There’ll be some extra stuff on Fridays this year too. Splendid. I’ve also just learnt that the area outside the Hippodrome is … [Read more…]
Yesterday afternoon I asked Twitter what I should write about next on CiB. I was given four topics and these are they (in reverse order). Digbeth v the JQ (via @EleanorWi) Ooh, good one – the battle of the so called ‘creative quarters’ – this could be fun. I’ve just moved from working in Digbeth … [Read more…]
Yesterday there was a vintage fair in the Jewellery Quarter. Charles J Davis tool some photos. The Flickr set’s here.