One day a year, Digbeth is painted green and becomes a huge celebration of St. Patrick, with a parade only matched by Dublin and New York. Some swifty Flickr users have uploaded their photographs of the festivities showing the eclectic mix of revellers. This work from two Flickr users especially capture the atmosphere: Birmingham St. … [Read more…]
Last weekend was one the most exciting and eventful of the year, but unfortunately I have come down with a nasty bug which meant I missed it all. I had plans to don my reporters hat and head off to see internationally revered film maker Mike Figgis speaking at the Boilerhouse (Thursday) Flatpack Festival (Friday … [Read more…]
Last month an unlikely collection of street artists gathered in Shenley, Birmingham, joined by senior citizens and BBC2’s ‘The Culture Show’ presenter, Lauren Laverne, to create a giant mural. The mural will be a permanent “thank you” to Lottery players, who in just one year alone, invested over £235million to help fund Good Causes projects … [Read more…]
Birmingham City Council’s Big City Plan is looking for imaginative photographs and films showing how you think Birmingham should develop over the next twenty years. In the spirit of this user generated content age it doesn’t matter if you use your mobile phone or the latest camera technology. Entries will only be accepted from amateur … [Read more…]
Screen West Midlands and Film Birmingham bring BBC’s Survivors to Brum Screen WM is proud to announce that the West Midlands, through Screen WM and Film Birmingham support has secured the relocation of the major BBC TV drama series, Survivors to Birmingham. Council leader offers creative alternative to dwindling city. After a string of high … [Read more…]
Photographer Lee Allen has recently launched his a website, and is now doing business under his own name rather than the former Front Row Photos. He has successfully integrated a blog element into his new website which gives a more personal element to the marketing of the plethora of different services offered. Lee Allen is … [Read more…]
Last Thursday I joined a rowdy bunch of art buffs, film lovers and the Flatpack devotees on the Flatpack Festival installation trail. The trail started at 5.30pm at Urban Outfitters with an introduction from Flatpack director Pip and representatives from the Universities involved in the project. The festival starts tomorrow with ‘Curzonora’ at Town Hall, … [Read more…]
You may of noticed that CiB has looked a bit weird over the last week, this is because I have been tinkering with the site, removing bits and testing this lovely new theme out. I have decided to strip alot of the features out as they were not updating properly or just not working full … [Read more…]