Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
From Marc Reeves on the Birmingham Post editor’s blog: In three weeks’ time, the last daily edition of the printed version of the Birmingham Post will roll off our presses in Erdington, marking the end of a publishing tradition that stretches back more than 150 years Roy Greenslade rounds up the changes: The Birmingham Post, … [Read more…]
I’ve heard plenty of grumbling over the past little while that there’s not enough space around the city for doing ‘stuff’ in, so this might be interesting to a fair few. Media Kube Productions – 5-7 Vaughton Street South (a couple of mins from Five Ways) In the words of Pete Homer from Media Kube … [Read more…]
Of all the things on last night I only made it to two out of five. I missed out on the opening of Ryoji Ikeda’s exhibition at Ikon Eastside (which I might go and catch at lunchtime today), Jordan McKenzie’s ‘Day Into Night’ at Vivid and Colour’s night at The Victoria featuring World of Fox’s … [Read more…]
Only kidding, it’s all treats here. If you’re looking for Halloween-y things to do around Birmingham then here are a few ideas: 28 October 2009 Filmrats Halloween special – a multimedia evening of short films and live music. Plus fancy dress 30 October 2009 Ghost walk at Highbury Hall. £9.95 and you get a jacket … [Read more…]
Continuing the round-up of where else to go for arts/culture/etc info. This is an easy one, because Who’s Laughing Now is pretty much the best/only place I know of for Birmingham-based comedy. Listings come from Live Brum (although they’re not coming through quite right at the mo, so check Live Brum itself), news comes from … [Read more…]
I’m still getting up to speed on what’s happening around town but thought it’d make sense to go through some of the main sources of arts/culture/ents info out there. Next up: listings websites. There are loads of em and theoretically they should all have the same information on them. Here’s the ones I know of: … [Read more…]
I’ve been seeing flyers for Clickity Clackity Anarchy all over the place, so someone’s doing a good job of promoting it: It’s on at BIAD on Margaret Street from 12 to 22 October. More info on More Canals and the Clickety… Facebook Page.
Bollywood Steps An outdoor dance spectacular that’s part of Birmingham Town Hall‘s 175th birthday celebrations. They’re hoping for up to have had up to 12,000 people take part. It’s being performed on Friday 9 October at 8pm and Saturday 10 October at 3pm and 8pm – and you can learn the steps half an hour … [Read more…]