There’s a couple of reggae-infused festivals coming up over the next couple of weekends. First up is Simmer Down on 16 July in Handsworth Park. Featuring Ken Boothe! I like him, especially his covers of Is It Because I’m Black and You Keep Me Hanging On. Then on 23 July as part of the Open … [Read more…]
Good to see last weekend’s Birmingham Zine Festival looking busy. This is a slideshow from Antonio Roberts.
I subscribe to STACK because it’s brilliant. At the start of the month a package lands on your doormat containing an interesting magazine of some sort. This month we got Boat Magazine, produced by a London design studio. In their words: We pulled together the most talented people we know; writers, photographers, illustrators, musicians… gave … [Read more…]
Extra Special People is Eastside Projects’ Associates Programme. All these people are members. They have a blog for posting information about what their members are doing. That’s good.
I’m posting this not least because Kingstanding hardly ever gets a mention on CiB. The folks at Frilly have a bit more info and a bigger version of the flyer.
Character Totem – the launch event, exhibition and flyer all look ace.
Good to see showings from Dancexchange, International Dance Festival Birmingham and Birmingham Royal Ballet in Dance! The Most Incredible Thing about Contemporary Dance which was on BBC4 recently. It’s on the iPlayer for… well, the next couple of hours. Hmm. Chris Keenan had some of his footage used and has written about that. Incidentally, if … [Read more…]
You’ve got to hand it to those West Midlands theatrical types – they certainly know how to document a set of discussions. The notes from June’s Open Space get-together are now online. The ones that intrigued me: Theatre Pledge 2012 What could a non-building-based regional theatre look like? How can we help each other save … [Read more…]