Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
Some good news from the Edge has dropped into my inbox. Having secured a ten-year lease for their premises they’ve now secured funding for a big refurb: The wonderful SITA trust have blessed us with the resources to install a new heating system, disabled loos, insulation and a new kitchen!  This will be stage one … [Read more…]
I went along to the meeting for the previously mentioned Rhubarb Radio on Thursday last week. Things are still tripping along quickly, with equipment due to move on-site shortly and small teams of volunteers being allocated to look after certain other matters. As much as possible, discussion about the direction and development of the station … [Read more…]
The Thinktank at Millenium Point is hosting the Birmingham International Comics Show on 4-5 October and, with expansion this year, it’s aparently now the UK’s largest comics convention. Unfortunately, unlike the previous incumbent of the CiB hotseat I haven’t much of a clue about the world of comics so the list of overseas and UK … [Read more…]
The first Sutton Festival of Arts is launching on 9 July and carrying on to 13 July with the majority of events taking place in Saturday 12th. Jon Hickman, the chair of the organising committee has picked out these highlights: Niall Johnson hosts a showing followed by Director’s Q & A of his film ‘Keeping … [Read more…]
Here’s an interesting one. The Digbeth-based Dynamics Arts look to be overseeing the launch of a new community radio station that will be based in the Custard Factory. It’s early days but things are moving apace. There’s a bit of discussion over on The Stirrer’s forum which will give you an idea of what’s going … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Opera Company, which was faced with cuts to its funding not so long ago, will return to the stage next month with a production of Mozart’s Idomeneo. As it says on the website: We don’t have an opera house and we don’t work in conventional theatres. We conjure our theatres out of spaces … [Read more…]
Just a reminder that there’s only a few days left to get your applications in for the £1 Arts Commission Scheme run by The Eccentric City: There is: No criteria. We offer: The successful recipient (£1) and the opportunity to publish the results in our 3rd tabloid paper (10,000 free emotional copies will be out later … [Read more…]
Fact: Ludgate Car Park, adjacent to Great Charles Street (Queensway), Birmingham (UK) in is one of the last remaining sites in the central part of the city that hasn’t yet been built since being bombed during the 2nd World War. Invite: Join Eccentric Archeologist, Harry Palmer, this Saturday 12 midday as part or an informal mission examining this … [Read more…]