- American Independents Day comes to Birmingham
“Ted Hope & Christine Vachon have produced over 120 independent movies between them (including Boys Don’t Cry, 21 Grams, American Splendor & Happiness).” They’ll be at the Spotted Dog in Digbeth on 7 April - Using Film in Education – West Midlands Seminar
At the Light House on 12 May - Welcome to the human race — ELO-ke Night 2nd April
Dirty Bristow are putting on a night of Electric Light Orchestra Karaoke on Saturday 2 April - Arcane Magazine
“We will bring you the latest news on Birmingham club nights, promotional drinks offers at bars, restaurant deals, music events, sporting events, dance shows, comedy nights – and so much more in between” - Interview with Lee Kemp, Fullrange
“I could genuinely count the number of useful creative networking events i’ve been to on the fingers of one hand shortly after I’d pulled that hand out of a blender” - Due to Birmingham’s flourishing industry and…
The Birmingham Stock Exchange building’s been sold for £8m. Cue musings about Sherlock Holmes’ story about a young stockbroker taking up a new job in the city - Second Home Sketchbook | While the paint dries and the renders crawl…
Chris Randall at Second Home Studios has got himself one of those blogs. Could be interesting. - Interview with Will Grant, Buto
He’s the Technology Director there.
The Bullring has been recreated in Lego. It’s not the sort of thing that you might think was very ‘CiB’ but there’s something about it that appeals to me. More info here. This was spotted on the BiNS PR website (where there are more photos).
In possibly related news, I saw on Twitter that Chris Randall from Second Home Productions is working on a Lego-based project. Hmm.






