Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
Running until Sunday 6th of April the MAC’s Do You Remember The First Time? looks to be worth a visit. This retrospective exhibition curated by Rob Hewitt and Simon Redgrave draws from reactions to more than 40 years of work at mac and explores memories from audiences, artists and staff, from past and present. What … [Read more…]
D’log notices in this Times Parliamentary sketch that the Birmingham Rep is, apparently, losing some funding in the current round of arts cuts. Nothing else in the news that I can see. Anyone know for sure? And if so, what it might affect?
From salamandertome Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details.
A bit of rejiggery-pokery at the 4Talent offices has been going on. What was 4Talent West Midlands is now 4Talent Central bringing Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Cambridge, Oxford, Gloucester and Norwich into the fold. If you’re a West Midlands creative, don’t worry – we’ll still be dedicated to covering Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and the rest of … [Read more…]
The final thing to come out of the Curio City Shop at Five Ways, due to close in March when the area undergoes regeneration, is Sleepin’ Deep at Birmingham Library Theatre on Saturday 26th January 08 at 7.30pm. This was the base for the Reality Estate performance last year. Sleepin’ Deep is the culmination of … [Read more…]
Birmingham Words has an obituary for Roi Kwabena who died recently. “Roi was one of those people who defied all attempts at classification: cultural activist, poet, poet laureate of Birmingham in 2001-2002, anthropologist, historian, publisher, campaigner against racism and former senator in the parliament of Trindad and Tobago. As an artist, Roi was entirely unclassifable, … [Read more…]
photo of 2007’s Blast by Matt Murtagh – bigger. Applications for this years Artsfest have to be in by March 28th. Loads of information is at that link on what Artsfest is all about and how it all works.
As you may already be aware Birmingham Opera is facing an uncertain future, possibly closure, after their Arts Council grant was cut as part of the bloody cull of last month. The Post has all the details which I’ll attempt to parse here: They currently get £324,000 from the Arts Council and £197,000 from the … [Read more…]