The Arts Council have announced a 0.5% cut in the funding given to RFO’s. It’s not as much as people were suggesting it’d be, but the blow is being softened by ACE being told to dig into their reserves. Here’s a spreadsheet of the organisations in the West Mids and how they’ll be affected. Figures … [Read more…]
So that’s it then – the final pitch was in Liverpool yesterday and we’ll have to wait until July (can’t find an exact date) to find out who, out of Birmingham, Derry/Londonderry, Norwich and Sheffield, will have the title of City of Culture 2013 bestowed upon them. A neat addition yesterday was the chance to … [Read more…]
University of Birmingham’s School of History and Cultures do a series of day schools. These courses are designed for anyone interested in the subject and no background knowledge is assumed. The focal points are on the archaeology, history, culture and heritage of the West Midlands region, Britain and beyond There have been evening classes too, … [Read more…]
Home of Metal are opening its doors in Wolverhampton this weekend to welcome metal fans to dig through their collections of memorabilia, t-shirts, and posters to contribute to the Home of Metal archive. As the flyer rightly says, it’s free to pop along on Thursday 17th, Friday 18th and Saturday 19th June between 10am and … [Read more…]
Topshop are putting on a series of picnic gigs in London, Bristol, Liverpool and Birmingham for Teenage Cancer Trust and the Birmingham one is this Sunday (20 June) at University of Birmingham’s Vale Village from 12pm. Topping the bill are my old Cardiff University chums done good Los Campesinos!, with support from I Blame Coco, … [Read more…]
There’s a promise of bunting on the flyer, so you can guarantee there’ll be a party atmosphere at the Kings Heath Big Summer Party on Saturday. Here’s that flyer I mentioned: So, if food, craft, sports and games are your thing, you could do worse than to get yourself down to Kings Heath High Street … [Read more…]
Some people send a press release. Some people go a little further. First up is this film for Bright Space’s Platform project. Filmed by Courtney Salmon and starring Matt Windle. And secondly, there’s this rather good promo for the Birmingham European Theatre Festival 2010 (30 June to 3 July). Update: seems the BE Festival trailer’s … [Read more…]
Synth Eastwood come to Birmingham for the Flatpack Festival. They turned up early, ran around taking photos (some in the CiB Shop – hello Aaron and Pete) and used them in the visuals for their show. This video (spotted by More Canals) explains things better: