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Carrot City

When: 23rd April – 6th May Where: Edible Eastside, Digbeth Carrot City, a touring exhibition about designing for urban agriculture, comes to Edible Eastside this week. Please find more details by clicking on the flyer below. To coincide with the … Continue reading

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The (animated) Digbeth Summit

The Digbeth Summit: Keeping Digbeth Different event is less than two weeks away. To help promote the event, Digbeth Residents Association has enlisted the talent of two second year animation students at BCU’s Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) … Continue reading

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We’re in Fashion

Digbeth has become the unlikely location for various fashion photo shoots of late. The photo in this post, for example, was taken on Pickford Street at 8am on a Sunday morning, which explains the empty roads! Kamila of Luthien Photography … Continue reading

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Some more Digbeth themed animations from BCU students

Some more interesting animation from BCU students. The one above is a rather brilliant walk through Digbeth’s colourful history whilst the one below follows a family of ducks on their journey down the River Rea into Digbeth: Enter Digbeth and the sky turns … Continue reading

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Animated Digbeth

Some films from Birmingham City University students who have been working on a project to ‘animate Digbeth’ are starting to appear on YouTube. The one above from Awath Animations animates audio interviews with local people talking about what they feel … Continue reading

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Exhibit This…

Exhibit This is an exhibition showcasing the work of Birmingham City University’s media students, which encompasses radio, television, journalism, photography, PR, music and web & new media. Go along to Zellig the Custard Factory at 6-9pm on 8th and 9th June to … Continue reading

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All change

You may notice things are looking a bit different here on Digbeth is Good.  Many thanks to Pete Ashton for the great theme tweaking and Midge for the new header design. I hope you like the new place. Find your … Continue reading

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Couple of flyers for forthcoming art exhibitions

Created in Birmingham have posted flyers for two impending exhibitions – the first is Exhibit This at The Bond on Fazeley Street, 7th-8th June at 6pm-8.30pm, a showcase from final year Media and Communication students at Birmingham City University. The … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: Consultation is dead, big plans are deader | Pete Ashton

Consultation is dead, big plans are deader | Pete Ashton – It seems the sad, neglected Curzon Street Station is to get a new lease of life as a high-speed rail link to London. No-one really knew about this until … Continue reading

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Boxxed opens its doors

Last night Boxxed opened the doors to its new home of The Wild Building on Floodgate Street, which has formerly hosted the Flatpack Festival and Jibbering Art, amongst others.  I’ll let Boxxed’s About page do the introductions: boxxed has been … Continue reading

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