A weblog updated daily by Chris Unitt.
(Previously run by Pete Ashton until he stepped down in April)
Joint-winner of the Media Guardian Innovation Award for Independent Blog 2008. "An entrepot for the cultural chaos of Birmingham"
Halloween might not be my bag but at least it’s an excuse to put some interesting events on.
Aside from the Ikon Eastside closing party there are a fair number of Halloween-themed things going on. These are they (all happening on Friday 31 October, except the last two):
The National Trust are putting on events in the […]
Bits of Britain
John Dale is a “trade plate driver, collecting and delivering vehicles around the UK” but is based in Birmingham. His blog is a collection of his travel writing. In his email he adds “I’ve previously had writing published in the Moseley based magazine Birmingham 13 and in Raw Edge. I’ve also […]
In October VIVID present three film programmes from ICO Essentials (a series of national touring programmes) around the themes of play, pop and modernity.
Here, via some copy and paste magic, is what’s going on:
Wed 08 Oct
Essentials: Play honours the irreverent, impudent, subversive and fun in artists’ film. Featuring work by Hans Richter, John Smith and George […]
PLOT - Supporting Creative People
Got a start-up creative business in the West Mids and want business/marketing/mentoring advice? Drop into the Light House on Sat 21 June between 12-4pm for their Creative Sessions
Robot Vs Dinosaur have a blog
Which alerted me to the fact that Datassette has relaunched his site. RvD’s next night of laptoptronica […]
Something that’s been in my ‘to investigate’ pile for a while, from 25 June to 13 July Vivid present FLUX-FEST, a season of events celebrating the spirit of Fluxus which, if you’ve not come across it before (like me), emerged as a reaction to the high-art of the 60’s. The emphasis is therefore on […]
