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…]
I’ve just noticed that Paul Hadley’s been interviewing people named in the Birmingham Post’s Power 50 and has managed to get hold of quite a few of the creative nominees. Here are a few: Councillor Martin Mullaney Kerry Thomas James Yarker Simon Wales Helga Henry Clare Edwards Justice Williams MBE
Cllr Martin Mullaney has announced the Emerging Festivals Fund – grants of £500 to £4,999 for new niche festivals. Applications have to be in by 4 February, which seems like incredibly short notice for what this is. More details here. Might this be useful to the folks at the recent The Challenge of Change event? … [Read more…]
Digbeth High Street – Festival Street The idea was put forward by Cllr Martin Mullaney on The Stirrer the other day – Millennium Square is going to be unavailable soon as it’s being turned into a park. Of course, this suggestion came in the aftermath (and I don’t think that’s a completely unreasonable phrase to … [Read more…]
I’m playing catch-up on this one. I’ve heard the idea of a contemporary art museum for Birmingham (or Tate Birmingham, as it’s been referred to in some quarters) mentioned in passing a few times but that’s it, so consider this a glorified links round-up as I try to find out what info has thus far … [Read more…]