Hurrah for gong-giving! The Creative City Awards 2008 will take place on 29 November at the ICC. The awards:
were created by Birmingham City Council to recognise and reward achievement from within the city’s diverse and vibrant creative sector
and, carrying on from […]
KateGoes and Writes a BBC Theme Tune
“KateGoes are doing a theme tune for a new BBC sitcom called Coming of Age” as spotted by Dunc from the Autumn Store
Crisp dust and car boot sales- is it art?
BBC preview of the forthcoming Margaret Street MA show
Light House September/October Events
Spaghetti Gazetti have the list of what’s on […]
The Birmingham Early Music Festival 2008 will present several performances from 15 October to 6 November. Follow the link for the festival programme.
Running annually since 1994, the festival promises:
Great concerts, international stars and exciting and inspirational programmes brought to the heart of Birmingham
Which sounds lovely. Shows will take place at the Barber Institute, St […]
Between The Lines is a promenade performance taking place at the Central Library on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September at 7pm, 8pm & 9pm.
Intriguing events are unfolding between the dusty bookshelves.
Night time strangers exchange unexpected messages, books fall open on empty pages, and a writer is eating his words.
Silence creeps through the maze of […]
Birmingham theatre company Stan’s Cafe are presenting their show Of All The People In All The World in Birmingham from 13 September to 5 October.
Since 2003, when a smaller ‘UK version’ was shown in Birmingham Cathedral, the show has visited (among others) Australia, Slovenia, Canada, the USA, Denmark, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and […]
I’m a bit slow in reporting on this and have just noticed that it’s now almost finished. If it ever started, of course (Wayne at the Metro has doubts).
Donald Savage is an ‘American international cultural producer and curator’. Since 9 August he has been:
Bringing you the very best in artistic excellence from around the globe […]
Change of venue for Creative Republic’s next event - ‘Generating Creative Ideas For Birmingham’
Due to an excellent response to the initial invite the venue has been changed for ‘Generating Creative Ideas For Birmingham’ on Thursday 21st August. The new event location is The Banqueting Suite, The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB
Spaghetti Junction Style
“Birmingham’s […]
BIAD’s MA students will be showing their work at the School of Art on Margaret Street from 29 August to 7 September. There’s a delightfully hectic website (or tumblr for those who’re fussed) featuring many examples of the work that’ll (presumably) be on show. To see that just click this link - Margaret Street MA […]
It’s competition time again! Well, if a first-come-first-served grab can count as a competition.
Camille O’Sullivan is currently at the Edinburgh Festival and her show, La Fille Du Cirque, is collecting 5 star reviews like they’re going out of fashion. She sings songs by Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Jacques Brel and Kirsty MacColl and generally looks […]
Three White Walls Art Gallery in the Mailbox in Birmingham will be displaying photographs by renowned artist, photographer and filmmaker Pogus Caesar, 28th August until 7th October 2008.
Info about the exhibition on the Three White Walls Gallery site.
Info about Pogus Caesar himself on the Oom Gallery website.
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 their […]
There are just two weeks to go for submissions to the 4Talent Awards - the deadline is 29 August 2008.
4Talent acts as a talent spotter for the various arms of Channel 4 and the awards:
tip exciting individuals with the potential to make a difference, as judged both by commissioners and the leading producers who supply […]
Cul-de-Sac is:
an online music magazine about the West Midlands. This is a fledgling project and we are hoping to grow in the coming months and years. Cul-de-Sac is designed to be a one-stop resource for music fans in the region, as well as being a vital source of information for people regardless of their geographical […]
Independent Of The Month - Style Birmingham
Lora Leedham - Studio 6, The Merlin Centre of Contemporary Design, Hockley
Isaac – a man of many talents who redefined the word legend
Roger Shannon pays tribute to the late Isaac Hayes in an article most remarkable for the idea of a band consisting of Isaac Hayes, Huggy Bear and […]
Time for another one of these I reckon.
If you spot a review, some photos, film or whatever (or produce something yourself) then let me know in the comments. I’ll be searching out what I can and hopefully we’ll collect together some interestingness.
First up the Birmingham Opera Company website and the Birmingham Opera Design Brains Trust […]
Picked up by Nicky at Digbeth is Good from the Gallery 37 newsletter:
Beaten Tracks and Peaceful Paths
A devised theatre production inspired by Birmingham’s people and places. Two people can look upon the same picture or hear the same story and interpret it in completely different ways. But what do we have in common, what unites […]
Happening from 22 August to 28 September, the British Glass Biennale 2008 is:
the UK’s top contemporary glass showcase featuring 82 of the country’s leading glass artists with £14,000 in prize money being awarded. This is a rare opportunity to see a huge variety of work in a selling exhibition, from finely crafted vessels to potent […]
In September 2007 CiB mentioned a research project from the University of Birmingham called ACRE. Phase two of the project has now come round and involves interviewing people born outside the UK who are working in Birmingham’s creative industries.
Here’s the blurb in full:
Do you work in the arts in Birmingham and were born outside of […]
Ads On Walls round-up
Another quality, well-attended Animation Forum West Mids event - here’s the list of screenings and contact details for everyone involved
Guardian says Digbeth has 2nd & 3rd best outdoor dancefloors in UK
Ben Neal spotted that “The Guardian voted The Rainbow 2nd best outdoor dancefloor in the UK, and swiftly followed it with The […]
Job listings from Audiences Central