Yam Big Richard
Richard’s DJing, hacks, collages and write-ups from events
Warwick Bar
A website for Minerva Works, the small industrial estate in Digbeth currently home to Grand Union Studios, Fazeley Park, Street Print and Clifton Steel
Fast Forward – 6.8 million items in our collections! Phew « Museum Network Warwickshire
Fast Forward 2010, the 6th bi-annual survey of West Midlands museums. In all, 170 of you participated, 79% of all our museums! Covering organisational health, collections, and users, it is a wide-ranging and detailed picture of museum provision throughout the West Midlands in 2010
BASS FESTIVAL 2012- Commissions NOW OPEN!
To mark the 50th anniversary of Jamaican Independence and to welcome the Jamaican Olympic team to Birmingham BASS will have JAMAICA as its theme in 2012
BBC Performing Arts Funds announce fellowships
The BBC Performing Arts Fund announced recently that 13 dance organisations across the UK had been awarded a grant as part of its Dance Fellowships scheme, including ACE Dance and Music and Warwick Arts Centre’s Boys Dancing
Eastside Projects Public Evaluation Event
“From 27 to 29 October, Eastside Projects in Birmingham, UK held a three day symposium to analyse and evaluate three years of an artist run space as public gallery”. The videos are online, I just wish they had titles
Open File
Open File is a curatorial conversation between artist Jack Brindley and curator Tim Dixon. The project began as a blog in February 2011. Launching at Grand Union this November 18th, the project will exist as an on-going series of live events, an open and expanding cumulative publication, and a new web-based archive and resource
Birmingham Hippodrome Autumn Season 2011
A few musicals (Top Hat, Evita, End of the Rainbow), some dance (plenty of BRB, Some Like It Hip Hop, Burn The Floor), opera (WNO doing Don Giovanni) and acrobatic craziness (Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe of China and Cirque Eloize). All to be squeezed in before the panto
70-Eight.com
Or 78. Maybe even Seventy-Eight or 7eventy Eight. The replacement for the Medicine Bar at the Custard Factory opens this weekend
Bring Out Your Dead
“We are working with Grand Union, an artist-led studio and exhibition space, that support the development of artists and aim to establish a dialogue between contemporary visual artists and art organisations”
7 Inch Cinema – Event – Adventures in freelancing
“At this free one-day event you can explore what it takes to be a freelancer in the film and moving image industries, getting inspiration and advice from professionals in a huge range of fields – from art to animation, from gaming to graphics.”
Heritage Lottery Fund workshop | The Moseley Exchange
“To find out more about Heritage Lottery Fund grant schemes, top tips for filling in the application form and a chance to meet the HLF Development Team come along to a workshop at the exchange on Tuesday 4th October – 10am til 12.30″ You’ll need to register for this.
Birmingham Ballroom Wall Of Fame Open Day – Saturday 3rd September
“Following the unrest not only in the second city but throughout the UK, we were very sad to announce that the original date for the Open Day had to be re-scheduled, however we’re very happy to inform you all that the show is now most definitely going on and we will now be opening the venue to you all on Saturday 3rd September to welcome you all back to the bosom of Dale End once more!”
transmissions from the hub
“A volunteer based radio venture homed in the Our Place Community Hub, Sutton Coldfield” Volunteers wanted
Home of Metal Black Country Weekender
On the first week in the Sept the folksters will be in Moseley for the festival, the metalheads will be in the Black Country for this
Brigid McLeer – Resident Artist at The Rea Garden | Behind Closed Doors
“We are pleased to announce that the third artist residency is under way here at The Rea Garden. Artist Brigid Mc Leer has been working down at the site since April in preparation for her ‘durational performance’ ‘One + One (The reading)’”
Arts keynote speech – Jeremy Hunt
The new Culture Secretary with some ‘thoughts about the role of arts and culture in society’. Includes a small, Birmingham-related mix-up (hat tip Jake Grimley)
The REP Revealed
“we have just published The REP Revealed – a new brochure which celebrates our achievements to date and our aspirations for the future”
During my first stint on Created in Birmingham I had a nagging feeling that there was loads of good dance stuff going on but it was all happening under my radar. I’m pretty much on top of it these days, partly for the reasons given in the disclaimer at the bottom of this post but mainly because there’s so much dance stuff happening around the city this year.
Anyway, from tomorrow until Sunday, British Dance Edition – a biennial showcase of the British dance scene – is in Birmingham. It’s a big deal, with loads of venues hosting performances, events, presentations and debates. It’s a national showcase, not a local one, but there’s a fair bit of local interest:
Digbeth Is Good – ACE dance and music’s classes
“ACE dance and music’s classes for all ages resume in September. All are based at their studio on Floodgate Street.” Nicky points to the details
Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands
After declaring August to be a bit pants (my words, not his) Russ L rounds up a lot more fun activities for September. He likes Travis though, so take it with a pinch of salt (joke!)
thejazzbreakfast
Peter Bacon has just overhauled his blog and would like to say hi – he writes about jazz for the Birmingham Post and is also an arts administrator and saxomophone player
Commercially Inviable Records – Moseley Folk Festival, Special Offer
“To celebrate the festival we are offering both the Friends of the Stars and James Summerfield albums for a special, one-off festival price of £12 (including postage).” Or a tenner at the Polar Bear stall at the festival itself. James plays on Friday, FOTS play on Sunday
Welcome to 4mations
The city’s animation talent might be interested in this – it’s in beta (ie a pre-release version) at the moment but you can upload your films (and games) already
