The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) is hosting a Wikipedia Backstage Pass event on Sunday 4th November. We are all familiar with the concept of Wikipedia, the encyclopedia which can be edited by anybody. This ability for institutions to contribute to their own entries, the bredth and depth of topics covered, combined with the … [Read more…]
As you might expect this evening sees a few Halloween-themed events in Birmingham. At the Town Hall there’s traditionally a silent film from the horror genre with live organ accompaniment by Nigel Ogden. This year it is Der Golem (1915), described as “a crucial work in the development of the horror movie”. Classic 1973 horror … [Read more…]
MSFAC – Margaret Street Free Arts Council are a ‘radical fine art collective’ based in Birmingham. They make political statements and induce political discussion through self publishing as Distrakshun Press. They were involved in the Birmingham Social Centre last year. “MSFAC are excited to announce that we are soon to begin a 12 month … [Read more…]
Not done one of these links posts in a while, but here are things I bookmarked this week: Why have Birmingham’s hyperlocal bloggers failed to deliver? Reasons To Be Cheerful About Birmingham BiNS: Birmingham’s Biggest Hyperlocal News Website: 10 years strong | eBay Expedition Report No.4: Birmingham CBD, Westside and Jewellery Quarter Flip Festival 2012 1/2/3 … [Read more…]
It’s been roughly 12 years since I last attended a dance performance, I have no idea what it was but at a guess I’d say it was some form of school trip as part of theatre studies. Tonight I am breaking that duck with my first visit to Birmingham Hippodrome and, based within it – … [Read more…]
Here is a little round up video from CiB of this year’s outstanding Birmingham Zine Festival Zinefest 2012 from Created in Birmingham on Vimeo. Hopefully the first of many more videos to come!
Bread & Circus is a blog by two Birmingham based designers posting mainly about travel, design, fashion, music and food. Dotted amongst their travelling posts which include Budapest, Istanbul and Ibiza, you’ll find gems about Birmingham based happenings, such as the recent Eye Candy Festival in Southside, the third Birmingham Royal Ballet/Claire Hartley design and illustration collaboration … [Read more…]
I don’t think I am the only one suffering from post Eye Candy Festival blues this week. If you didn’t get a chance to get down to Southside and visit Eye Candy Festival check out the following videos from Craig to find out all that went on; Eye Candy Festival – Day 1 from … [Read more…]