Just past the halfway point… Pete kicked off discussions about how to follow on from the CiB Shop, The Little Chill looked like fun and involved pretty much every promoter in town and Supersonic’s line-up started coming together. There was a lot of kerfuffle around the filming of Turbulence, with lots of people getting involved … [Read more…]
The CiB Shop wound up after three hectic months, with Pete announcing the impending announcing the impending closure. Before that, INKwell popped into the shop for some screen printing, the City of Culture bid got it’s send-off and The Story Exchange popped in. The Created in Birmingham closed its shutters for the last time at the … [Read more…]
April was a busy month by the looks of things. The 4am Project took the opportunity of the fourth day of the fourth month to take an early morning photowalk, there was a look at what could be expected from the MAC reopening, International Dance Festival Birmingham got into gear and all sorts of events popped up … [Read more…]
In January this year we introduced and thanked the first few CiB Supporters. Congratulations were given to Raphael Selbourne for winning the 2009 Costa First Novel Award and we came across The Music Quarter, a new music blog. Hustle made the move to the Midlands, we had a giggle with Kipple and the Emerging Festivals Fund was … [Read more…]
We’re taking a bit of a break here but CiB will return in the new year. In the meantime, I’ll be posting a few ‘year in review’ things to remind you that 2010 was alright really, and that all the talk of (and worrying over) money over recent months shouldn’t detract from some great art, … [Read more…]
Yesterday we had Shady Bard playing in the Created in Birmingham shop. Here’s 26 minutes of their set (before the batteries in my camera ran out…) Matt Murtagh was on hand with his camera. Thanks loads to Shady Bard for turning our shop into a venue for an hour.