Cultural intern scheme – University of Birmingham “Applications are now being sought for 10 interns at leading cultural organisations within the West Midlands region as part of the University’s Cultural Partnership Scheme. The paid placements are for 6 months and will start in October 2012” Birmingham Opera Ticket Booking Tickets to the next show (Stockhausen, … [Read more…]
(Photo by Sarah Mount) fizzPOP is for people who like to tinker, whether that’s with electronics, code (maybe there’s some crossover with HydraHack there), motors, gaffer tape or whatever. It’s about trying things out and making things and is the nearest Birmingham has to a Hackerspace. It’s been on a bit of a hiatus recently … [Read more…]
If Birmingham City Council meetings were televised… Not strictly arts/culture related, but if you only click one of these links, click this one. Includes chicken dancing, physical abuse of the Respect Party and what gold dealers in the city can be like Why are Birmingham’s Hackers letting FizzPop die? Thanks to a bit of nudging … [Read more…]
Things we learned by hosting Popcorn Comedy – Dice Productions I’m a sucker for this kind of thing. Lessons here from putting on a stand-up comedy/short film night in a pub Six Birmingham nominations for the RPS Music Awards Big ups to BCMG, Oliver Knussen, Andris Nelsons, CBSO’s Igor Fest, Colin Matthews and Birmingham Opera … [Read more…]
genzai·chi » fizzPOP: thoughts about meeting, sharing and learning Lots of good stuff about fizzPOP and the recent Howduino session My Jewellery Quarter : Birmingham designer becomes first UK jewellery maker to open in China “Fei Liu, who already sells his stunning designs at Harrods, Liberty and Harvey Nichols, has opened a stand-alone shop in … [Read more…]
The fizzPOP Howduino event takes place on Saturday 21st November, 10am – 5.30pm: It’s a free event that will bring together 40 people from different backgrounds to work individually and collaboratively on various projects based around the Arduino platform. (Arduinos are small microcontrollers designed for easy prototyping of things that have electronics/data that respond to … [Read more…]