New BBC sitcom Citizen Khan: Set in Birmingham, filmed in Manchester The Radio 4 show was pretty funny, nice to see this continued Tourism tax could help pay for Birmingham’s Creative City There’s been a lot of ‘could’ around this week and a distinct lack of ‘will’. No wonder people are losing faith/patience/respect Launch: Black … [Read more…]
Nirvana – Lithium – Birmingham 1991 – YouTube Footage from The Hummingbird (now Birmingham Ballroom). There are a few more here too Interactive/film and video artists wanted – The Public The Public are currently inviting interactive artists and artists working in film and video to submit work to two unique open exhibitions, taking place early … [Read more…]
Clarendon. An occasionally Birmingham-ish photo Tumblr CMYKern v2 New look for the design/print/illustration blog All new hippo show From Chu: “It documents the beginnings of Walsall Youth Arts, who I ended up working for during the start of my painting career”. You’ve got to watch this Construction Manager – Here’s the twist “The huge concrete … [Read more…]
Birmingham Conservatoire are offering ‘tricks and treats for everyone’ at their Composer’s Platform Halloween Special. If dinner and theatre’s your thing The Kitchen Garden Cafe is offering Fright Bites with Don’t Go into The Cellar Theatre Company. On the filmic side, The Electric are showing Ghostbusters and at the MAC you can see Nosferatu with a live score … [Read more…]
7inch October listings “a list of interesting things happening around Birmingham over the next 31 days or so”. You should definitely sign up to their newsletter Turning Point West Midlands | Visual Art and Craft in the West Midlands A run-down of the venues, collections, festivals, schools and artist support programmes, as well as ways of … [Read more…]
Custard Wednesdays Launch Event – Eventbrite “You are invited to come along to the official launch of this exciting new approach to film exhibition and distribution. We’ll be running live film events and screenings every Wednesday from 5th October. Join us as we share our vision for a community-run cinema and find out how you … [Read more…]
Dance blogs in the West Midlands If you like dance, these are the blogs to follow Tindal Street Press’s summer ebook success | Tindal St Press “This summer the clear genre appeal of a regional crime novel and a summer beach romance have reached more readers than we could have expected”. Nicely done. Iona Waite … [Read more…]
Mark Essen, Gene-George Earl, Sarah Farmer and Cathy Wade – CRASH “An experimental season of sonics, moving image, installation and construction stimulated by the vision of J.G. Ballard” Growing Our Own Producers « mid * point I can’t remember whether I’ve already linked to this or not. Either way: “During the First Bite Festival on … [Read more…]