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(Previously run by Pete Ashton until he stepped down in April)

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Plight of the hedgehog

Not strictly creative (although I’m not sure what is these days) but it’s Harry Palmer, so worth a mention.
Join Harry Palmer this Saturday (22nd Nov) near St Martins Church – Bullring, Birmingham (3pm sharp) to hear details surrounding the tragic crisis of the hedgehog in Birmingham
Here’s the flyer (update - as per the comment below, […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted November 18, 2008 in Others | Tagged | Comments (5)

The Eccentric Auction with John Ward

News from Eccentric City’s Harry Palmer, which I hope you’ll forgive me for regurgitating in full:
The Eccentric City newspaper shortly holds it eccentric auction (23rd Sept, Anchor pub, Digbeth, Birmingham - 7.30pm onwards). With much anticipated joy and excitement, British luminary eccentric Mr John Ward www.johnwardinventor.co.uk will be in attendance. This is a unique and wonderful […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted September 16, 2008 in Events | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

The Mayor of Happiness & The Butler of Joy

These are a series of short films (each around the 30 second mark) produced by the Eccentric City folks to celebrate their third year.  There will be 24 in total, the first four are up on the Eccentric City YouTube account and also here:
Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

Episode 4:

Stay tuned for more…

By Chris Unitt | Posted September 1, 2008 in Publications | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Links for July 4th

Video from Music by Candlelight
Marc Reck had his camera with him the other night so “Here’s a little video of Rich (Batsford) performing one of his latest tracks entitled Chromazone”
YouTube - The Eccentric City Promo
The worst video on YouTube? Lofty aspirations from the Eccentric City crew. “Offers little in the way of narrative, […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted July 4, 2008 in Links | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Links for July 2nd

Midlands sitting pretty at Edinburgh Film Festival - Birmingham Post
Roger Shannon looks at Birmingham’s representation at the film festival
Upon further investigation. A site visit to Ludgate Car Park in Birmingham (UK)
Harry Palmer reports on his investigation/survey of one of the few remaining sites in Birmingham that hasn’t been built on since being bombed in WW2.
7inch […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted July 2, 2008 in Links | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

The £1 Arts Commission Scheme

Just a reminder that there’s only a few days left to get your applications in for the £1 Arts Commission Scheme run by The Eccentric City:
There is:
No criteria.
We offer:
The successful recipient  (£1) and the opportunity to publish the results in our 3rd tabloid paper (10,000 free emotional copies will be out later in the year (we […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted June 28, 2008 in Funding | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Harry Palmer - Sites of Social Special Interest (SSSI) No.4

Fact: Ludgate Car Park, adjacent to Great Charles Street (Queensway), Birmingham (UK) in is one of the last remaining sites in the central part of the city that hasn’t yet been built since being bombed during the 2nd World War.
Invite: Join Eccentric Archeologist, Harry Palmer, this Saturday 12 midday as part or an informal mission examining this peculiar […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted June 25, 2008 in Events | Tagged | Comments (0)
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