The British Science Festival has been taking place in Birmingham this week. Based around Aston University, the festival has brought a whole host of seminars, workshops and activities to make our brains ache, along with a chance to show that scientists can play just as hard as they work. Starting with this flash mob of … [Read more…]
The eagle-eyed shoppers among you may have noticed ballet shoes and tutus, like the one pictured above found in the Created in Birmingham shop, popping up all over Bullring recently. Add this to questions like “What is Urban Ballet?” on the shopping centre’s Life Feels Better twitter stream, and this Urban Ballet website, and it … [Read more…]
I was agonising about how much I can say about this without giving too much away (given police intervention with recent Birmingham flash mobs) but I’ve just noticed all the info’s now up on the B-VAC blog anyway, so… Tomorrow, Saturday 16 August, members of the Birmingham Visual Arts Coalition will be exhibiting pieces of … [Read more…]