- Knight of the Camera: The Photographs of Sir Benjamin Stone MP
The photos on display in Centenary Square at the moment are by Sir Benjamin Stone MP, an enthusiastic amateur photographer. This is the first time in a century that his work has been shown in Birmingham, his home town - The Shambala Art Exhibition – Birmingham – The Final Show! at Jibbering Art
The exhibition moves to Birmingham from Friday 10th – Friday 17th October @ Wild Building, 104 – 108 Floodgate Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SJ, 10.30am – 6.30pm. The launch night is Thurs 9 October, 7pm – 11pm – expect live art, afrika jam dj’s and more - Overcoming Dictatorships
This is the blog for “a two-year exchange between artists, poets and authors from various European countries about their experiences of the change from dictatorship to democracy, in particular after the opening of former communist countries since the end of the 1980s”. There’s a round table discussion at the Ikon on 8 Oct and a conference at Birmingham Uni on 9 Oct (with an exhibition there going on until 9 Nov) - The Traditional Arts Team are having a ceilidh on Sat 18 Oct
Apparently this is “part of the Big National Ceilidh – a night when, in cities, towns and villages all over the country, thousands of people will simultaneously be dancing to the music of live bands” - Local Radio – where is the good news?
Robin Valk muses on the state of local radio, specifically wondering (with advertising cuts likely and the cost of ‘old school radio’) whether it has any future - Television’s People Out Today! – Mistys Big Adventure
Grandmaster Gareth has been suffering. The new Mistys album is out today though, so things should start looking up
