Gigbeth - What’s On
The schedule for Gigbeth is coming together. Young Knives, Guillemots, The Destroyers, Sugarhill Gang and Einstellung are down so far with more to come
Light House October Highlights
Featuring independent film releases and new photography exhibition ‘Imagined Lines’cib by Matthew Hammond
Curates Egg Autumn Programme
Here’s the Curates Eggs’ latest mailout. All sorts of things going […]
Birmingham-based theatre group Little Earthquake will be presenting Gogol’s Madman at the Old Joint Stock Theatre on 24 October. Here’s the synopsis:
Hounded by talking dogs and harassed by his plate-smashing mother, life in St. Petersburg is hard for Poprishchin until he falls truly, deeply…and madly in love. Little Earthquake presents an imaginative new stage […]
Back in May I flagged up the website for the Birmingham Photographic Grid, a collaborative project documenting Birmingham with photos taken at points of the city determined by (yep, you guessed it) a grid.
You may recall I said that a public exhibition wasn’t too far away. Well, it’s just been announced and will be held […]
The Birmingham International Film Society (who continue to infuriate with no web presence save for a Facebook Group) have issued their October programme. Click on the pics to make them legible.
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PS - seriously, a free little website can be set up in no time at all. I set up the blog for the […]
The Brothers McLeod were commissioned to make some short animations for 4mations, two of which are now up with the third to follow on 7 October.
The show follows the escapades of a Dogg whose enthusiasm outweighs his intelligence. In the three short episodes Dogg must find new ways to chase cars, clear up […]
Beyond Bricks is:
a programme of temporary creative activities that provides opportunities for artists and residents to work together to respond to the social, economic and environmental changes taking place in Lozells and East Handsworth. The programme celebrates the culture and pride of local community, its heritage and its future
and:
is currently looking for artists and arts […]
This one nearly knocked me off my chair:
Birmingham City Council’s Arts Team has two mobile arts units; multimedia high-tech vehicles which convert into spaces for arts activity with drop-down walls and extending floor sections
We are looking for artists to work at outdoor events across the city between October 08 and March 09, to utilise these […]
Birmingham Live, for most, is a website that posts up reviews and some excellent photographs of bands playing in Birmingham. There are people out there covering gigs almost every night of the week.
However, for the up and coming music photographers and reviewers involved, it’s a platform where they can learn their craft and get […]
Apparently this video will be used on the new Jewellery Quarter Regeneration Partnership website which will be launched soon.
Found via a tweet from Gecal.
Any thoughts?
Frankie’s taken up the baton as far as new student rag Sanctuary is concerned. I posted about it yesterday but said I’d not seen the actual thing.
Here she is flicking through a copy and giving her thoughts:
Airy Fairy is a shop in the Oasis shopping centre in the city centre and they:
stock an eclectic mix of alternative fashion, fancy dress, crazy costumes, cosplay, corsets and tutus. Our shop is a riot of colour where festival inspired rainbow colour tutus sit with burlesque and gothic lolita accessories, gothic art posters cosy up […]
Timm Sonnenschein is:
a German-born photographer living and working in Birmingham since 2000. Building on a graphic design background in his native country, in 2004 he graduated with a 1st class degree in photography from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (UCE). After graduating he started his career as a freelance photojournalist. He is a […]
Self Portrait Birmingham:
This site has been set up as part of the new Self Portrait Birmingham Project. The Project is inspired by the original Handsworth Self Portrait of 1979 but updated with the latest digital technology
Nod to Podnosh for passing this my way.
Ulfah Arts is based at the Highgate Craft Centre and, as the about page says, it’s:
a pioneering arts organisation, which acts as an umbrella to a number of initiatives specialising in faith and the arts. This includes projects around Muslim women in the arts and interfaith work using arts to name just a couple. Over […]
No, nothing to do with the Digbeth music venue, Sanctuary Newspapers claim to be “the UK’s leading student newspaper network”. Monthly editions are produced by students in 12 different cities with the content tailored to their areas. A new Birmingham edition has just been launched with a website that looks thusly:
I’ve not found an actual, […]
David Louis, based in the Jewellery Quarter, designs contemporary tableware items and sells them via David-Louis.com and Gifts of Distinction. One of his items is this spaghetti measurer which I happened to see in the window of Sarah Preisler’s shop in the Custard Factory the other day and had no idea what it was. Mystery […]
Architectiv - Steve Brockerton’s new architectural stock photo library (Birmingham gallery)
“Birmingham architecture gallery. Creative contemporary achitectural stock image library featuring commercial, corporate, retail, leisure, residential and industrial buildings and structures in the uk”
Buy One Get One Free Book Offer
“The Birmingham Book Festival takes place from 1st to 24th October and the Festival team have arranged […]
Frankie Ward interviews Mary Wakelam of Birmingham Jazz and they discuss winning her BBC bursary, her new band Maylight, Rush Hour Blues, bringing jazz into Birmingham’s music venues, Gigbeth and resonance events:
Tomorrow I’ll be offering some tickets for the next resonance events shindig at the Town Hall. There might be a question from the interview, […]
Festibull 2008: Battle of the Unsigned Bands
“Compete against other unsigned bands for the chance to support ‘Cage The Elephant’ at the gig of a lifetime”. That’s right, you can stop dreaming of Wembley and start thinking bigger - the mighty Bullring awaits
Stereographic - The New Art Gallery Walsall
Stereographic have been working on a “brand […]
Job listings from Audiences Central