Summer brought with it degree show time of year and also the first Birmingham European Theatre Festival (which I’m pleased to see will be back again this year). Listings started coming out for the HMV Institute too. The days were getting longer, which was probably just as well for Rhubarb Rhubarb, who seemed to doing loads. … [Read more…]
The CiB Shop wound up after three hectic months, with Pete announcing the impending announcing the impending closure. Before that, INKwell popped into the shop for some screen printing, the City of Culture bid got it’s send-off and The Story Exchange popped in. The Created in Birmingham closed its shutters for the last time at the … [Read more…]
April was a busy month by the looks of things. The 4am Project took the opportunity of the fourth day of the fourth month to take an early morning photowalk, there was a look at what could be expected from the MAC reopening, International Dance Festival Birmingham got into gear and all sorts of events popped up … [Read more…]
Into March and while Capsule took Home of Metal to SXSW and Flatpack were readying another festival, Rhubarb Rhubarb opened the Rhubarb East Gallery Pete took a break from the CiB Shop to give an update 2 weeks in, The Photography Collective formed and held their first meeting and We Are Eastside launched linking up Eastside’s creative organisations. Project Brutal … [Read more…]
February started on a low note with news of funding cuts to the arts and culture sector. Boo. British Dance Edition took over the city, the Custard Factory waved goodbye to the Factory Club, Fierce relaunched their Platinum scheme and I wrote a post that went on to be seen by HRH Charlie Windsor himself. We … [Read more…]
In January this year we introduced and thanked the first few CiB Supporters. Congratulations were given to Raphael Selbourne for winning the 2009 Costa First Novel Award and we came across The Music Quarter, a new music blog. Hustle made the move to the Midlands, we had a giggle with Kipple and the Emerging Festivals Fund was … [Read more…]
A daily look at the last 12 months November saw the year start drawing to a close with Gigbeth and a whole bunch of awards… The nominations for Brummie of the Year were posted with voting lasting all month. Gigbeth happened. The IKON had their Eastside closing party curated in the main by 7inch Cinema … [Read more…]
A daily look at the last 12 months October – the summer of art starts coming to a close with a new Town Hall, opera in the NIA and choirs on a housing estate. The Post and Mail was not for sale as Trinity Mirror decided they wanted to keep our local papers. KR-36 became … [Read more…]