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: filum
Two forthcoming screenings of Arise, You Gallant Sweeneys!
They were among the many thousands who came to Britain to work on the roads and building sites of a booming postwar economy and who, for various reasons, have never been able to go back. When I read this article in … Continue reading
Screening of The Magdalene Sisters at The Spotted Dog this Monday 30th June
This coming Monday 30th May there is a screening of Peter Mullan’s powerful 2002 film The Magdalene Sisters, about Ireland’s infamous Magdalene Laundries: It is a sustained and all-but-deafening howl of rage on behalf of vulnerable women whose story is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Spotted Dog, The Irish Quarter
Tagged film, filum, magdalene laundries, magdalene sisters, peter mullan, Spotted Dog
Forthcoming film screenings at The Spotted Dog
There’s a couple of good events coming up at The Spotted Dog for film fans. There’s a special screening of the Irish film Mise Eire this Monday 2nd May at 8pm: MISE EIRE (I am Ireland) covers the period from … Continue reading
Posted in Spotted Dog, The Irish Quarter
Tagged An American Werewolf in London, film, filum, Mise Eire, Spotted Dog
Screening of Kisses and some 3 Minute Heroes at The Spotted Dog tomorrow
There’s a special screening of Kisses at The Spotted Dog at 8m tomorrow (Monday 18th April) – Lance Daly’s 2008 film about two young runwaways: KISSES picked up the coveted Irish film award for Best Irish Film at the Galway … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Local Life, Spotted Dog, The Irish Quarter
Tagged 3 minute heroes, film, filum, Friction Arts, Kisses, Lance Daly, Spotted Dog
Irish language film Cre Na Cille at The Spotted Dog on Mon 7th March
There’s some free Irish language film fun at The Spotted Dog tomorrow evening on Monday 7th March, with a screening of Cre Na Cille (Graveyard Clay), an adaptation of Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s celebrated novel. This a story about an obsessive hatred … Continue reading
Posted in The Irish Quarter, The Sound of Music
Tagged cre na cille, film, filum, graveyard clay, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Spotted Dog
February Irish Heritage: Deirdre O’Byrne on females in farm fiction
The last Birmingham Irish Heritage Group evening event on Wednesday 2nd February saw a welcome return visit from Deirdre O’Byrne. Deirdre gave a very interesting talk about the depiction of women in Irish rural fiction, often relating her findings to her … Continue reading
Filum screening: The Secret of Kells this Monday 13th December
There’s a some cheery Filum fun at The Spotted Dog from 8pm this Monday 13th December with a screening of The Secret of Kells. I’ll let IMBd do the describing: Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Spotted Dog
Tagged filum, imbd, secret of kells, Spotted Dog
‘Seoda’ at the Spotted Dog this Mon 18th Oct: ‘movements in Irish life from the 1940s to the 1970s’
There’s some extra special Filum fun at The Spotted Dog this Monday 18th October with Seoda (Treasures): Seoda is a new collection of short Irish films selected from the thousands preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive. It offers a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Spotted Dog, The Irish Quarter
Tagged filum, full circle project, Irish Film Institute, lucie kerley, MACE, seoda, Spotted Dog
Screening of 1926 filum ‘Irish Destiny’ in the Spotted Dog Mon 23rd August
There’s a little Filum fun at the Spotted Dog this coming Monday with Irish Destiny – ‘The Great Spectacular Film Of The War In Ireland’. A little clip from the old 1926 film is above. According to the Wikipedia blurb, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Spotted Dog, The Irish Quarter
Tagged filum, irish destiny, Spotted Dog
Happy Birtday DiG! Friday and Monday in the Spotted Dog, and elsewhere in between…
Today is Digbeth is Good’s second birthday! Please join me for celebration drinkies and a slice of the above cake, lovingly made by Mrs Rawlins. We’ll be in The Spotted Dog from 6pm this evening. On Monday evening in The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Local Life, Pubwatch, Spotted Dog, The Irish Quarter
Tagged Cheapside, Cleary's, filum, Gypsy Roma Traveller Month, Irish Traveller Movement in Britain, mike rawlins, mom, moseley street, Nigel Dickinson, Pavee Ceilidh, Roma Beyond Borders, sauce gallery, scott phillips, Spotted Dog, the current mrs r, The Lighthouse, Travellers Got Talent, Wolverhampton