We Are Eastside – arts and culture- Jonathan Watkins & Jiehong Jiang | Eastside Projects, 1 May, 6.30-8pm April 18, 2012
- Lunch Club | Eastside Projects, 26 April, 1–2pm April 10, 2012
- Underground Photography | Eastside Projects, 26 April, 6.30-8pm April 10, 2012
- Introducing Contemporary China, Eastside Projects, 11 April, 6.30-8pm April 5, 2012
- Discussion | Studios – Is there a need for permanence? 27 March 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects March 22, 2012
- Birmingham Post: Digbeth articles
- Bomb disposal squad called in to Birmingham tower block April 20, 2012
- Joe Holyoak: HS2 station in Birmingham could be disastrous for Digbeth March 30, 2012
- Review: Life Is A Dream, Birmingham Opera Company, Argyle Works, Digbeth March 30, 2012
- 48Sheet art project to transform billboards across Birmingham March 23, 2012
- Helicopter heaven for Birmingham Opera Company during Cultural Olympics March 15, 2012
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Tag Archives: curzon street station
Digbeth on The Culture Show
Digbeth had a brush with fame this week, after appearing in BBC2′s The Culture Show. However, it’s not all good news. Apparently, our beloved Birmingham was recently voted the most boring city in all of Europe. I have one question: … Continue reading
Creative City and Curzon Square – ‘Birmingham’s New Museum Quarter’
So today Birmingham City Council launched the Birmingham Creative City initiative, which aims to increase investment in creative industries and boost the local economy by: Creating a fund to build on existing public sector funding of the arts through loans, … Continue reading
Breaking News: new art gallery complex at Curzon Street Station
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Posted in Art, culture and that, Buildings, regeneration and that
Tagged curzon street station, ikon, martin mullaney, TROVE, twitter
Reclaim the spaces
The green-fingered amongst you might be inclined to join Birmingham Friends of the Earth today for Sunflower Sunday, which marks International Guerilla Gardening Sunflower Day with a mass sunflower plant around Digbeth, ‘planting the seeds wherever there was an unloved patch of ground’. … Continue reading
Burningham from EXYZT on Eastside Green
As Fierce Festival fans will know – there’s a new Burningham construction on Eastside Green by Curzon Street Station, created especially for the festival by EXYZT art/architecture collective. It’s the result of a psychological analysis of Birmingham, which concluded that … Continue reading
High Speed Rail Consultation
The Department for Transport is holding one of the largest consultations ever undertaken by Government for the High Speed Rail link between London and Birmingham. The proposed terminus will be at Curzon Street, utilising the historic station building. Although this … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, regeneration and that
Tagged curzon street station, high speed rail, hs2
Some non-Digbeth linkage
Some interesting things have come to my attention that are beyond the Digbeth borders (yes, I do occasionally look beyond them). Here are a few: Oubliette Above is Pete Ashton’s lovely ‘Through the Viewfinder’ picture of the sad, neglected Curzon … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Local Life
Tagged brooklyn, Chris Unitt, Created in Birmingham, curzon street station, dan simon, digbeth, dumbo, dumbo nyc, grand opening, guardian, helga henry, links, new york, oubliette, Pete Ashton, toblog
Links for October 16th
Happy Robot Music: Omnia Opera, Betty and the Id, Windscale gig – Three live bands play at 22 Green St warehouse on Saturday 18th October 2008 for “a demented mashup of plasma rock, psychedelia, post rock, prog, electronica and acid”. … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, regeneration and that, Local Life, The Sound of Music
Tagged ash-10, birminghamcityuniversity, blogactionday, charlottecarey, chrisunitt, curzon street station, Digbethisgood, Eastside Blog, eastsidecityfarm, feastside, greenst, happyrobotmusic, links, nickbooth, peteashton, podnosh, steflewandowski, toblog