We Are Eastside – arts and culture- Eastside Projects, Jim Howieson: Sports Hall Sessions, Exhibition Launch Friday 7 June, 6–8pm May 18, 2013
- Eastside Projects, Gunilla Klingberg: Parallelareal Variable, Exhibition Launch Friday 7 June, 6–8pm May 18, 2013
- A Small Hiccup at Grand Union May 9, 2013
- ART AFTER HOURS at Grand Union: Don’t go into a butchers asking for a piece of cod May 9, 2013
- Graphic designer opportunity – Birmingham 2022 May 7, 2013
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- Birmingham Post: Digbeth articles
- Birmingham Opera Company's airborne Mittwoch nominated for two major awards April 12, 2013
- Birmingham creatives flying high thanks to Honda advert March 14, 2013
- Birmingham Wholesale Markets to leave Digbeth, city council confirms March 12, 2013
- Review: Foals, at the Institute, Birmingham March 7, 2013
- JFK memorial returns to Birmingham after a decade in storage February 25, 2013
Tag Archives: Ikon Eastside
VIVID to close
Yesterday VIVID announced it’s set to cease trading due to funding cuts imposed by Arts Council England. The news comes a year after Ikon Eastside announced its closure due to cuts in public funding, it’s incredibly sad to see two … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that
Tagged Arts Council, cuts, funding, heath mill lane, Ikon Eastside, The Garage, Vivid
Birmingham’s Culture Strategy – “Digbeth is key to the city’s future success”
Birmingham has hosted more world, international and European sports events than any other European city, and was still voted as the most boring city in Europe. Perhaps as a reaction to this news, Birmingham City Council has recently announced a … Continue reading
Digbeth is Good’s third birthday!
It will very soon be the third anniversary of Digbeth is Good’s first ever post about the Soi Project, Island exhibition at the then newly-opened Ikon Eastside on Fazeley Street. Sadly, the Ikon Eastside art gallery is no more (though the … Continue reading
Posted in Local Life, Spotted Dog
Tagged birthday, digbeth is good, Ikon Eastside, soapylovedeb, Spotted Dog
My Fierce and Flatpack Festival highlights
The last weekend of March was jam-packed full of some great creative food for thought thanks to to Flatpack and Fierce, here’s a few of my personal highlights: Nothing kick-starts your weekend like a Saturday morning kayak ride along the … Continue reading
Flatpack and Fierce festivals this week
The Flatpack film and Fierce art festivals kick off this week, with screenings, exhibitions and happenings in venues across Birmingham from this Tuesday 22nd until Sunday 27th March. True to tradition, both festivals are making optimum use of Digbeth venues … Continue reading
Ikon Eastside under threat of closure – how will this affect Digbeth’s cultural community?
Yesterday the Birmingham Post reported that the future of Ikon Eastside is uncertain after becoming a casualty of Birmingham City Council’s arts funding cuts, which got me thinking how this would affect Digbeth. I know I’m stating the obvious here, … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham City Council, Birmingham Post, cuts, Eastside Projects, funding, grand union, Ikon Eastside, Spotted Dog, Vivid
Birmingham Book Festival 2010
The annual literature extravaganza that is the Birmingham Book Festival gets into full swing this weekend, with events for avid readers and writers across central Birmingham. There’s a fair few workshops taking place at South Birmingham College this Saturday 9th … Continue reading
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Tagged birmingham book festival, Ikon Eastside, jo ind, nick walker, sbc, south birmingham college
Digbeth is Good’s second birthday this Friday 25th June!
This Friday 25th June Digbeth is Good will be two years old. On 25th June 2008 I wrote my first ever Digbeth is Good post about the Soi Project, Island exhibition at the newly opened Ikon Eastside on Fazeley Street. … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, Ikon Eastside, Soi Project, Spotted Dog