On Thursday evening last week, Creative Republic brought together council leader Mike Whitby and head of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, Jerry Blackett to discuss the role of Birmingham’s creative industries in the Big City Plan. Mark Ball (at the lecturn in the pic) hosted. Rhubarb Radio were there to record the proceedings and have … [Read more…]
Change of venue for Creative Republic’s next event – ‘Generating Creative Ideas For Birmingham’ Due to an excellent response to the initial invite the venue has been changed for ‘Generating Creative Ideas For Birmingham’ on Thursday 21st August. The new event location is The Banqueting Suite, The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB Spaghetti … [Read more…]
That’s the title of the next Creative Republic event, taking place on Thurs 21 August in the Council’s marketing suite on the 25th floor of the Alpha Tower UPDATE – now at The Banqueting Suite, The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB. The focus of the evening is the Big City Plan – the … [Read more…]
Last weekend Rhubarb Rhubarb presented the ninth Rhubarb Review: A very exhausted yet happy Rhubarb team would like to say a very big “Thank You” to everyone who took part this year. You all helped to make it one of the most successful Rhubarb events ever. We’re back in the office and planning the tenth … [Read more…]
Yeah, ok, no-one likes ‘networking’. Fine. How about going for a drink with some good people? Yes? Ok, well there’s a few things coming up. On Friday there’s Likemind, hosted by James from Supercool and Lucie from Saint Caffe at the latter’s cafe on St Pauls Square. Drop in any time between 8.30am and 10am … [Read more…]
Creative Republic (who fund this blog) are organising a series of events over the next few months, the first of which focuses on the West Midlands Cultural Olympiad which is a four year celebration of culture and creativity that will be launched over the weekend of 26 September as part of the plans for the … [Read more…]