A new festival makes it debut this year, celebrating the second city’s structures, with everything from the heights of the skylines to the hidden corners. The Birmingham Architecture Festival will be running from the 24th to 27th of May, with the theme ‘Take a Second Look’. This independent festival will span across the city and … [Read more…]
A contemporary creative practice needs to be a problem solver, fund raiser, facilitator and business collaborator. While anyone experienced in cultural and community based areas would be ignorant to ignore the realizations that the current economics demand better value for investments and any funding, do our creative industry graduates know what they need to do … [Read more…]
For your consideration: Project Brutal: Initial Meeting: 20th April 6:30-7:30pm. CiB Shop. Project Brutal is a plan to bring together people and networks interested in creatively celebrating and capturing Birmingham’s Brutal library before it’s too late. We’re looking to formulate a series of events and projects under the Brutal banner over an extended period of … [Read more…]
Changing Faces of Small Heath & Birmingham Exhibition An exhibition of photos taken 10 years ago by pupils from Small Heath School and photographic work by Rubina Bibi. Small Heath Library until 30 May. Self-published author takes competition to bestseller rivals Birmingham-based Irish writer Mary Rochford’s collection of short stories Gilded Shadows (Tia Publishing) has … [Read more…]