Faintheart, the user-generated film that Screen WM had a hand in bringing through, will be shown free of charge in 150 cinemas and on MySpace on 27 Jan 09 with a DVD release a week later. The locations for the screenings will be decided by visitors going to the Faintheat MySpace page and putting their … [Read more…]
Slightly late notice on this one but I’m going to put it up anyway because it’s nice to know this sort of thing is happening. Tonight at the Custard Factory from 10pm-6am over 20 of the city’s promoters are throwing a party together (Facebook event). It’s a follow-up to the shindig the Night Times put … [Read more…]
BCMG December newsletter for the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group ACE Dance Mapping Survey – West Midlands Dance The Arts Council are planning to pull together as much info as possible about all aspects of dance in the country. There’s a lot going on in the West Mids so if you’re involved in dance then I … [Read more…]
Oh, the glitz! The glamour! How often do I get to quote someone like Kanye on CiB? At the MTV Europe Music Awards the other week he said: I believe Mr. Hudson has the potential to be bigger than me, to be one of the most important artists of his generation Mr Hudson, if you … [Read more…]
I mentioned a few weeks back that it’d be nice to know of a few people blogging about jewellery in Birmingham. Here’s what I’ve got so far: Jewellery Quarter – the newly launched site has a blog which Andy Munro (of the JQ Regeneration Partnership) and David Louis will be contributing to. David says: I … [Read more…]
The Undercurrent is: several voices from Birmingham’s Creative Community, with disciplines spanning Music to Design, Photography to Fine Art, collectively exploring the idea of an online magazine in the form of a blog… Many authors, bringing their own fresh perspectives… Those authors include 7 Inch Cinema, Capsule, Geoffrey Dolman, Lucy McLauchlan and Surely? At the … [Read more…]
Radiate “Radiate is a brand new training programme which provides the first step in professional development for artists and other creatives across the West Midlands interested in working with children and young people” Digbeth is Good – Digbeth Tours Ben Waddington will be taking Nicky Getgood on a (presumably typographical) tour of Digbeth, starting at … [Read more…]
Worth reproducing this email from John Tighe of The Spotted Dog: Kent Davis of The Rainbow has asked for help in support of two retrospective planning applications for the Rainbow Warehouse. These are for premises that are already up and running, licensed and to quote the local police “run in an exemplary mannerâ€. Kent’s problem … [Read more…]