Topshop are putting on a series of picnic gigs in London, Bristol, Liverpool and Birmingham for Teenage Cancer Trust and the Birmingham one is this Sunday (20 June) at University of Birmingham’s Vale Village from 12pm. Topping the bill are my old Cardiff University chums done good Los Campesinos!, with support from I Blame Coco, … [Read more…]
There’s a promise of bunting on the flyer, so you can guarantee there’ll be a party atmosphere at the Kings Heath Big Summer Party on Saturday. Here’s that flyer I mentioned: So, if food, craft, sports and games are your thing, you could do worse than to get yourself down to Kings Heath High Street … [Read more…]
Local illustration collective Girls Who Draw – including Gemma Correll, Anke Weckmann, Mary Kilvert, Sarah Ray, Kate Hindley, Ruth Green, Currentstate, Yee Ting Kuit, Karoline Rerrie and Michelle Turton – are taking their exhibition ‘Travelling Menagerie’ to the Here and Now Gallery in Falmouth throughout July. More info at menageriebook.blogspot.com
I’m a photographer, not a terrorist! is a project by Birmingham Metropolitan College’s Diploma of Professional Photo Imaging students. Their end of year show will be for one night at Masonic Buildings on Severn Street, Birmingham on 25th June from 6.30pm till 9.00pm and the after show party will be at the same venue from … [Read more…]
Heard And Not Seen (HANS) is an arts project and exhibition at Gallery 36 at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery by artists Sandra Hall and Mitra Memarzia, in association with Friction Arts. Here’s what the project’s website has to say about it all: The project aims to create a unique, safe space for people to … [Read more…]
D8 are a design consultancy firm based in The Custard Factory and they’ve just launched the first edition of their D8 Magazine. You can have a browse by clicking this link or the image below.
I Am Camera is an exhibition featuring 25 photographers displaying work at Boxxed on Floodgate Street in Digbeth between 10th and 19th of June. Here’s some more words about it: I Am Camera is a collective showcase of work put together by a group of emerging and established artists who are currently rooted within Birmingham. … [Read more…]
Alexandra Theatre‘s summer 2010 brochure is online now and you can have a browse through it here. A notable highlight from the programme is the acclaimed Monty Python’s Spamalot, which comes to the Alex in the winter. Even better, if you book your tickets for before 31st August 2010 you’ll get £5.00 off per ticket. … [Read more…]