Boxxed – the art, film, music and education venue on Floodgate Street in Digbeth – is to close its doors. The venue – which hosted the shoot for Juice Aleem’s Rock My Hologram music video and more – made this announcement on their Facebook page: It’s with a great deal of sadness that we have to … [Read more…]
To tie in with its Festival of History, which takes place at Kelmarsh Hall on 16 & 17 July, English Heritage have set up an historical GPS treasure trail around Birmingham city centre for Saturday 9th July. Here’s how it works: Participants in the treasure trail will be given a set of starting co-ordinates to find using … [Read more…]
This morning I attended a meeting about the BBC Big Screen ‘Live Sites’. The idea was that we’d have an opportunity to discuss with Arts Council and the gathered digital, media and cultural organisations how to use Birmingham’s Big Screen – currently situated in Victoria Square – in the lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games. … [Read more…]
In recent weeks our prize giveaways have been living on CiBmail, our weekly arts and culture email round-up, but today we’re treating the blog to some competition action. We’ve got a pair of tickets to see acclaimed comic and Fringe favourite Paul Sinha at Town Hall on Tuesday 23rd November up for grabs. Here’s a little more … [Read more…]
Graffiti artist Temper is exhibiting in Birmingham city centre from today with a collection called ‘Cut From A Different Cloth’. The exhibition was commissioned as part of Style Birmingham Live and features five of the world’s most famous fashion icons. Here’s some more info: The collection, ‘Cut From A Different Cloth’ is being unveiled in … [Read more…]
Just had word of a hip hop and b-boy dance double bill at mac on Friday. It’s part of BASS Festival and features UK hip hop dance champions Smash Bro’z and Miami’s Rudi Goblen. Here’s some blurb about the performers and performances: Smash Bro’z new dance piece Fresh Genes depicts the journey and discovery of … [Read more…]
Missed this one, but Moseley’s Reuben Colley Fine Arts gallery has a blog and it looks as if it’ll be updated fairly regularly with new pieces and events. Notable among the early posts is the gallery’s Summer Exhibition which will run until 7 July. The second part of the exhibition launched on Friday 11 June … [Read more…]
Home of Metal are opening its doors in Wolverhampton this weekend to welcome metal fans to dig through their collections of memorabilia, t-shirts, and posters to contribute to the Home of Metal archive. As the flyer rightly says, it’s free to pop along on Thursday 17th, Friday 18th and Saturday 19th June between 10am and … [Read more…]