Topshop are putting on a series of picnic gigs in London, Bristol, Liverpool and Birmingham for Teenage Cancer Trust and the Birmingham one is this Sunday (20 June) at University of Birmingham’s Vale Village from 12pm.
Topping the bill are my old Cardiff University chums done good Los Campesinos!, with support from I Blame Coco, Eliza Doolittle and Summer Camp, as well as DJ sets from Broken Hearts, Blonde Ambition and special guests.
Tickets are £10, with all profits going to the Trust, and are available from this link here and the Bullring Topshop store. They’re limited to 500, so get your skates on if you want to go.
From the University of Birmingham alumni newsletter*:
A digital heritage revolution that will change the way visitors experience museums, galleries, libraries and archives is being led by the University’s Visual and Spatial Technology Centre (VISTA) and Department of Art History
[...] fundraising is ongoing for a new Heritage and Cultural Learning Hub, a high-tech multimedia hall where researchers will show museums worldwide how technology can enhance their exhibitions
Full blurb here (if you can read it in this pic).
* I know!
The University of Birmingham has arranged for the 1951 original typescript manuscript of On the Road – the world-famous scroll of 1951 – to come to the Barber Institute at the University during December 2008 and January 2009
They’re having a two-day conference (11-12 Dec) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of book’s publication in the UK, along with a series of events including a film night on 11 Dec, probably featuring One Fast Move and I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur.
More info on the website.
