- Bintley triumphs at South Bank Show Awards
“Birmingham Royal Ballet’s David Bintley held off stiff competition from Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity and fellow ballet Limen by Wayne McGregor to win the dance category at the final South Bank Show Awards for E=mc2″. Quite right, it’s an incredible production
- An Endless Supply | Issue 9 Online
New issue of the rather good zine. “You will (eventually) be able to pick up copies from Spike Island, Ikon Gallery, Eastside Projects, Outpost”
- Birmingham Conservation Trust’s new project is Bells Farm in Druids Heath
“The Conservation Trust has been granted £14,000 of funding from English Heritage to carry out an architect’s appraisal at the 17th century Bells Farm in Druids Heath”
- West Midlands Heritage Strategy – Audiences Central
“A strategy setting the overall direction for the heritage sector in the West Midlands has been laid out by the West Midlands Historic Environment Forum”
- Councillor Mike Sharpe – Birmingham City Council
Mike is available for speaking gigs. Specialist topics – Birmingham’s artistic and cultural vibrancy
- Commercially Inviable Records » New World of Fox download – “Tiny Children”
From the monthly free download series – “next up is “tiny children” which was originally by the teardrop explodes”
- Über Brum: Über Brum in Print.
Nice one Über Brum
- Museums hit by ‘perfect financial storm’ – The Independent
“Nearly 40 institutions are under threat or have already closed as lottery funding bonanza ends and credit crunch bites”. The Aston Transport Museum is named as one such that’s apparently under threat of closure
- Writers Wanted « The Blue Whale Blog
“can you write about music without sounding like a complete plonker?” Get in touch with the good folks of the Blue Whale Blog if you can
- Sion Simon resigns as Minister and MP – Tom Watson MP – Birmingham: It’s Not Shit
“Sion, MP for Erdington and Minster for Culture Media and Sport is standing down”. He fancies a run at being Mayor of Birmingham, apparently
- Laveyloo – AlphaBrum
“the alphabet using google maps for areas in Birmingham”. Spot the buildings.
- Change of Chair at Arts Council England, West Midlands – Audiences Central
“After almost eight years, Dorothy Wilson stood down as Chair of Arts Council England, West Midlands at the end of 2009, making way for Peter Phillips”
Fanks again and again again again