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…]
SHOUT is: Birmingham’s first ever dedicated festival by and for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community There’s an impressively packed schedule of things going on from 28 October to 30 November with arts, sport and politics all accounted for. With such a variety, picking out highlights can be a little tricky. Ben’s picked out … [Read more…]
To promote their Robin Hood panto, the Hippodrome have commissioned a flash game where you have to fire arrows at the Sherrif of Nottingham’s sneaky baddies (while not shooting the goodies). As Fiona at Audiences Central says, it’s a bit of fun “and people like to interact with something, rather than just having a marketing … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Post Power 50 (tremble at their might!) has just been announced. With last year’s list having an impressive showing from the arts world, interest at CiB could almost have been described as ‘mild’. Ok, so it’s easy to be cynical about these things (and it’s open season on the Birmingham Post site – … [Read more…]