Only a couple of days in and there’s already some good (and helpful) chat over on the CiB Facebook Page.
I’m planning to use that page’s discussion board when I need to ask questions, rather than cluttering up the blog. For example, we’re currently asking for suggestions as to who it’d be good to go and interview.
I’ve also opened a topic over there called ‘The Spam Board‘. Forgive the slightly cheeky name, but that’s a place for people to promote whatever they’ve got going on. It’s another thing for me to dip into occasionally too, so for instance we’ve got:
Rage Arts – The Scent of Evil
The Scent of Evil was made by The Rage Ensemble @ Birmingham Rathbone at The Urban Film Club. The club gives young people the opportunity to work with professionals to create short films. The young people worked with the director to create the story for The Scent of Evil and assisted behind the camera as well as appearing in the film itself
Friction Theatre – Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht
On at the Old Rep Theatre from tonight until Saturday 10 October:
Mother Courage and her Children is considered by many to be the greatest play of the 20th century. Brecht’s anti-war themes are as current today as when the play was first performed in 1941. Mother Courage’s business is war. She trades in brandy, boots and belts, endlessly dragging her children across Europe whilst attempting to protect them from the war’s devastating effects. Epic theatre at its most thought provoking.
What’s more, use the code ‘Friday Fiver’ when booking tickets via The Ticket Factory to take advantage of £5 for the show on Friday 9 October.
So everyone in Birmingham who isn’t a Facebook member is to be denied the opportunity to be involved in your discussions. A great way to marginalise your efforts even further.
Well, that’s one way of looking at it I suppose. On the other hand what’s being taken away here? What’s anyone being asked to pay? How is this anything other than an added extra?
As far as marginalising goes, I know more people in Birmingham who use FB (shonky as it can be) on a daily basis than read/subscribe to arts & culture blogs. If CiB was going Facebook only then I’d take your point, but this is a nice demonstration that people can still have a discussion on the site itself
Interested by the ‘even further’ though and by any suggestions you’ve got for improving CiB.