The website for the Film Forum West Midlands, which I mentioned just the other day, has been spruced up and is looking very nice indeed. The domain name is now filmforumwm.co.uk and if you subscribed to the earlier version of the blog you’ll need to update to this new one. With all that said, they … [Read more…]
…be at Gigbeth tonight, but I’ve got to go to a birthday party the other end of the world instead. Humph. If I could, I’d be checking out The Destroyers (amusingly described as “Oompah oompah oompah oompah oompah oompah pah, OY! x 1m” by one unconverted soul), the Sugar Hill Gang and the 4Talent stage. … [Read more…]
David Barrow’s northern soul paintings at St Pauls Gallery “An exclusive exhibition of David Barrow’s Wigan Casino paintings will open on 21st November” West Midlands Media Top 100 | daveharte.com Dave Harte raises the prospect of a West Mids media top 100 to include people from “TV, radio, the press and publishing, film and production, … [Read more…]
Fused Magazine have just launched their revamped website, and a lovely thing it is. For those that don’t know Fused, they produce a quarterly publication that covers fashion, music, arts, etc and so on. They also produced a rather good students’ guide to Birmingham, a responsible for the Ltd Edition affordable art market and promote … [Read more…]
I’ve had an email: I have been asked to support the children in need appeal and I would like to get a Pudsey the Bear figure carved out of a 25kg block of cheese. Can you help? Can you give me a call if this is something you could do. The event is being held … [Read more…]
Film Forum West Midlands has been set up following a conversation at the last Birmingham Film Makers meet organised via Facebook. Taking its cue from the Animation Forum WM: The focus of this blog is to expose opportunities and bring people together from different disciplines of filmmaking, with the aim that these lovely people will mingle, learn and thrive … [Read more…]
Another big weekend with something for everybody (unless you happen to hate animation, music and design in equal measure, in which case you can just do one) with: Plus+ International Design Expo Flip Animation Festival Gigbeth Plus+ kicked off today at Fazeley Studios, Digbeth. I’m heading over in a bit and am not really sure … [Read more…]
Karen Strunks has a new project called B4AM – photos taken around the city at 4am. The other day she had the idea of asking visitors to her blog to vote for her next destination and they sent her to Digbeth. More photos on Karen Strunks’ blog.