Custard Wednesdays Launch Event – Eventbrite “You are invited to come along to the official launch of this exciting new approach to film exhibition and distribution. We’ll be running live film events and screenings every Wednesday from 5th October. Join us as we share our vision for a community-run cinema and find out how you … [Read more…]
OxjamBrum have posted their own video of the The Boat That Oxjam Rocked, the canal-based gig they put on earlier this month. OxjamBrum’s next charity event is The Takeover 2011 on Saturday 15th October that puts bands in several city-centre venues throughout the day. I went to last year’s Takeover and it was excellent, so I … [Read more…]
Lee Crutchley is a graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for quotes. His Quoteskine blog of illustrated quotes has travelled far and wide and soon his first book Quoteskine Volume One will be available to buy. You can see more of Lee’s work on his flickr account or by visiting his website. Thanks go to the FAKE magazine blog where we noticed this. … [Read more…]
Gutter Floozy has a blog and is on Flickr (I’d have embedded a couple of pics but embedding is turned off). She says: I am not an incredible photographer but I aim to fairly attractively show what’s happening on Birmingham’s streets, mostly in Digbeth. I’m also a Landscape Architecture student and knitter of toys and vandalism.
Fluid are pretty chuffed about seeing their artwork grace the cover of a no. 1 hit single. I’m not just posting this because I think the idea of sticking Dappy on CiB is somehow amusing (although I do) but because there are a few agencies around Birmingham who work behind the scenes on big music … [Read more…]
I’ve still not popped in to see the Big Issue Hard Times exhibition yet. It’s only on the end of this week (30 September 2011 at St Martin-in-the-Bullring Church) so I’d probably best get my skates on.
Here’s photographer Jonathan Cherry on his recent trip to Rohini, India: I was in India for only two weeks & the majority of that time was spent in the 30-year-old sub city of Delhi called Rohini. It was a fascinating place to stay & apart from feeling a little out of place Rohini offers a beautiful … [Read more…]
Tony Graffiti presents Keep Graffiti Real, Smoke Crack, Sign On… a graffiti exhibition at Green Street Arts. The exhibition launches on 14 October and will run through to 23 October. Digbeth is Good says there’ll be… …a house band, DJ Boogie Dave, Drop Beats Not Bombs along side DJ Rosko, as well as Emjay Ladie, DJ Punk N … [Read more…]