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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Seven hours to kill and nowhere to go? Try this.
This sounds like fun - a shame I’m 80 miles away from Birmingham this weekend, this gig sounds exactly like the kind of thing which could keep me entertained for hours.
As LiveBrum explains;
Project X Presents invites you on a journey into the heart of Digital Dystopia.
A carefully sequenced evening during which many performers combine to […]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Journey to the centre of the Brummieverse, this week on Radio 4
A short and sweet entry this time for the end of July. If you missed “Centre of our World”, the six-part insight into Birmingham’s diverse ethnic communities written and presented by Birmingham’s very own Professor Carl Chinn, Radio 4 are currently repeating the series every day this week at 3:45pm. Starting with Birmingham’s Irish community, […]
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Trouble Bruin in the Black Country
It’s not just canals coming out of the Black Country these days, we have some superheroes all of our own too. Employing the talents of Matthew Craig, Donato’s bringing the Bostin Heroes to the world - and he’ll be on the radio on Sunday to talk about it. From the Brum Mail article about […]
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Creative Republic gears up for another August brainstorm
The Creative Republic bods are about again… More often they can be found drumming up interesting new ideas for the West Mids, but this time it’s all about the City Centre:
We are delighted to be hosting the second in a series of new events designed to inform and update you about key projects and issues […]
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
Mmmmmmmmm… Jazz Festivals. Nice.
[A quick note about the lack of posts recently - my apologies, I’m currently busy moving house. Normal service resumes shortly!]
Fancy a bit of music to brighten up your July? You’re in luck. For the 24th successive year, The Birmingham International Jazz Festival opens its doors - today! From the 4th to the 13th of […]
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Birmingham’s newest music venue opens, to the sound of Drop D powerchords
Birmingham has been plagued by a spate of rumoured (and actual) venue closures in the past few years, and also been unlucky with others (memorably, the burning down of Eddie’s, near New Street Station, a great blow for fans of alternative music and a decent night out). However, Roy and Jaci Davis have just opened […]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Soweto Kinch underneath a flyover, for one night only
Not got anything planned for Saturday the 31st of May? Well, give The Flyover Show a go. It’s on from 1pm to 9pm (but I’m sure it may well overrun) and… well, when was the last time you got to enjoy a dollop of wholesome fun in such a glamourous location as underneath the Hockley […]
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Big Picture day, get your Brum snaps in!
Firstly - did we miss Spring? Summer’s decided to queuejump once again this year, as my (exceedingly grown up and consummately mature) housemate said to me yesterday, “strappy top season’s upon us once again. Giggidy!” But anyway, I digress.
The Big Picture project’s been running for a while now, and it’s culminating in the grand competition today. […]
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Birmingham: meet Esposito, bringer of Bostin tidings
Donato Esposito’s the man with the plan - the guy behind Bostin and the supporter of everything good about the Midlands. The word ‘bostin’ is in itself a wholly positive gesture; “that’s bostin mate!” is roughly equivalent to “that’s really good / brilliant / really nice / smashing” and it’s been around for absolutely ages.
He […]
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Another Brum blog is born!
This time, prepare to welcome BloggingBrum to the world, a product of the creative mind of one Mark Steadman… What’s it about? “It’s a blog for Birmingham. That’s it.”
Succint. I like it. (Bonus points for having a picture of the Floozie in the Jacuzzi as part of the design!)
I’m always in favour of new outlets […]
