36 Hours – Birmingham, England – NYTimes.com “In terms of respect, Birmingham is the undisputed Rodney Dangerfield of British cities”. Thank you? New Birmingham Jazz Scheme: Stepping Up Birmingham Jazz have got three £1,000 grants to support the writing, touring or recording of contemporary jazz Walk of Fame for King’s Heath “A Walk of Fame … [Read more…]
Those crazy cats at Stitches and Hos: On Friday night our knit graffiti faction struck at the heart of a Birmingham suburb. We met after night fall and covered 48 safety bollards surrounding a roundabout in a rainbow of knitting. There are photos of the dastardly deed here and a slideshow of photos from Sparks68 … [Read more…]
All Fired Arts is a new shop opening on 9 November in Kings Heath, selling locally produced artwork and commissioned pottery. They’ll also be letting visitors get in on the action with ‘paint your own pottery’ drop in sessions, where they’ll provide you with all you need to paint, glaze and fire you own pieces … [Read more…]
There’s a promise of bunting on the flyer, so you can guarantee there’ll be a party atmosphere at the Kings Heath Big Summer Party on Saturday. Here’s that flyer I mentioned: So, if food, craft, sports and games are your thing, you could do worse than to get yourself down to Kings Heath High Street … [Read more…]
Yet another 10th birthday to add to the pile – Jibbering, the multi-faceted music/art promoters, are heading into double figures and will be celebrating that fact at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath on 14 November. Over the years, as they say: we have staged over 150 concerts and parties presenting the finest music … [Read more…]