Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
I was really touched by what Chris wrote about Baldy’s Blog in his thank you post last Thursday. It got me thinking that if we could harness the huge support of the creative community which made it possible for CiB to win an award, what could we do if we used that support within project … [Read more…]
ArtsFest roundup of events. ArtsFest have posted a list of recommended events happening this month. Also, if you would like to get involved with ArtsFest ’09 applications are being accepted in mid-February. Keep an eye on the site. Digbeth is Good » Lunar Hysteria review. Nicky Getgood reviews the Harnessing Lunar Hysteria exhibition at Fazeley … [Read more…]
Voting for the Weblog awards now over. Yes, the polls are closed and thanks to huge support CiB received the most votes in the Best UK Blog category. The winners are not officially announced until tomorrow, but whilst waiting you can go explore some of the nearly 500 finalist blogs in the 48 categories. The … [Read more…]
Creative Republic’s next event is an informal get-together at Bluu on Summer Row on 20 January from 6pm onwards. It’s an opportunity to get together with other creatives, to share what you’re doing and find out what they’re up to, as well as meeting Creative Republic board members who’d love to know what you want … [Read more…]
Not sure what to make of this but thought I’d put it up for your attention. Improv Everywhere is based in New York and causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places You may remember them from such missions as the rather wonderful Frozen Grand Central Anyway, there are a couple of local spin-off … [Read more…]
A little while back Fullrange Films gave Nicky Getgood a Flip camera on the condition that she use it to document Digbeth, as is generally her wont on Digbeth is Good. The first one she did was the Richard Trengrouse Tour of historical Digbeth. Next up was Ben Waddington’s Digbeth Type and Architecture Tour, the … [Read more…]
Please click the pic and vote for Created in Birmingham. There’s no registration required and it’ll take two seconds, tops. You can vote once a day. Someone has kindly nominated Created in Birmingham for the award of Best UK Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. It’s a public vote and we’re up against a few … [Read more…]
230 Miles of Love is an interesting project – a series of sat-nav triggered comedy sketches that are triggered as you drive along the M6. It’s been put out to publicise the charity Motivation. You can download the audio from the website and play it via a Garmin or TomTom satnav thingy or a GPS-enabled … [Read more…]