Created in Birmingham

• Tower of Song
  Birmingham’s foremost acoustic and roots music venue, it says here. In Cotteridge with lots of events going on
• First Person: Playwright Nicholas McInerny « Script Online
  The Chair of Script discussing a recent workshop of his new play
• STUDIO4 GALLERY: Chris setting up show
  “Just finished setting up Chris Bourkes Storm in a Teacup Exhibition with Chris and his lovely wife Jo. Opening Thursday 29th April and on for a month, lots of very nice new lino prints from the blistered hands of Mr. Bourke, come join us for a beer from 6.30pm”
• We Are Fierce» Blog Archive » DIY 7: Fierce and the Black Country
  “Fierce are pleased to be a partner organisation on this year’s DIY 7 with a specific project opportunity: ‘The Black Country and its Living Museum’”
• Interview with ARC « More Canals than Venice
  An interview with organisers Laura Coult and Shamrez Marawat
• Birmingham Central: Musical dome to complete Birmingham’s redbrick vision
  Birmingham Uni’s £16m music project
• Facebook | Black Country Visual Arts Network
  “BC VAN is open to anyone with an interest in the visual or creative arts”

I have two reasons for posting this:

1. It amused me that the site talks up ‘free entry to the splendid Birmingham Artsfest’ when entry is free anyway
2. It’s good to see Birmingham being talked about as a destination for an arty getaway

There’s a few other items bundled into the package that might make it worth throwing your name into the hat. Link to the competition.

Elsewhere on the site there’s a good profile of Studio 4 and mentions given to the Outcrowd Collective, Them Lot, Capsule, Beat13 and Fluid’s Lee Basford. ‘Log’ Roper from Studio4 ‘paints a rosy picture of a thriving, supportive scene, where musicians and artists intermingle’