Fused Magazine – final call for delegates If you are a manager of a band, promoter, record label owner, music journalist, A&R, Label, DJ – anything related to music in the region and are interested in attending the SXSW festival at a subsidised rate contact Kerry Thomas on 0121 246 1946 / kerry@fusedmagazine.com. Burn fm’s … [Read more…]
Many of the local galleries and museums have fun and creative activities for the kids on half term this week: Half Term Family Workshops Following a special gallery tour, families will use a variety of media to creatively explore the themes and ideas within the current exhibitions. 17, 19 February 2 – 4pm Ikon Gallery … [Read more…]
Creatives are invited to comment on the Big City Plan Following the cancellation of the Big City Plan workshop, Creative Republic have rescheduled the event for 6pm on Wednesday 11th February. The format remains the same with the event featuring a presentation on the Big City Plan with a discussion afterwards that will be written … [Read more…]
Birmingham: British rock’s forgotten city? Louis Pattison at The Guardian Music blog chews the fat over the city’s musical heritage and starts debate a plenty with statements like ‘Birmingham, however, is not a music city’, and comparing Brum to the swaggering ‘Madchester’. D’log – Handsworth Songs The excellent 60-minute film Handsworth Songs (John Akomfrah & … [Read more…]
Snow in B29. The Flickr group: B29 will be tracking and rating the incoming snow via twitter over the next week, and gathering any photographs taken within the postcode. Desk space for rent at the Fierce Earth office. The Fierce Earth office have a desk for rent in a prime city centre location for a … [Read more…]
Broadfield House Glass Museum to close. D’log explains why the only dedicated glass museum in Great Britain, Broadfield House Glass Museum (Wordsley/Kingswinford) is sadly set for closure in 2010. Birmingham Twestival. On 12th February Birmingham will be joining over 100 confirmed cities around the world in a night of fund raising, partying, competitions and all … [Read more…]
Vote again for CiB – last few days Thanks to some fantastic support CiB has a slim lead in the voting. Polls close on Tuesday 13th at 10pm. Please vote daily (and encourage others) until then Screen WM – Birmingham filmmaker shortlisted for the Auteur Award “Birmingham filmmaker Steven Rainbow’s short film ‘A Small Silent … [Read more…]
CiB needs votes Drat, we’re languishing in 2nd now. Please vote (again, if you already have). If CiB has ever promoted anything of yours, please could you return the favour? Art Stalking: One Day Comic & Feature: Architecture “Works by Henrik Schrat (with guests) & Shezad Dawood form an installation at ESP that feels very … [Read more…]