Written by Nicky Getgood on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 ( Start discussion )
Tags: birminghambeadshop, birminghamculture, birminghamitsnotshit, cityofculture, creativeopenworkshops, irishheritage, links, margarettroseabri, toblog, wroteunder
What ‘culture’ do you do? – Birmingham: It’s Not Shit – An opportunity for those making great things happen locally to include themselves in the Brummie cultural make-up for the city’s bid for UK City of Culture 2013:
One idea to capture that is to let everyone contribute to a one day celebration of all Birmingham’s cultural activity. For 24 hours from midday on Friday 23rd April to midday on Saturday 24th anyone can blog anything cultural they’re doing on the bid website (it’ll be at http://birminghamculture.org/blog) — you contribute via email. Anything sent to blog@birminghamculture.org will make the site — pictures video or audio included.
Now some Digbeth peeps I’d like to see blowing their own trumpets this weekend are:
- Wrote Under – shout about your spoken word and poetry events and plans.
- Irish Heritage – some of the best cultural events I’ve been to in Birmingham are your evenings.
- Margarett Rose Abri Cafe – for your live music, poetry and comedy cosy gatherings.
- COWshop and Birmingham Bead Shop – for getting us all crafty.
I’m sure I’ve missed some out – if you feel you’re one of them get email blog@birminghamculture.org with what you’re up to from midday this Friday 23rd April to midday on Saturday 24th.
Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 ( Start discussion )
Tags: Cheapside, margarettroseabri
This Saturday 10th April the Café at the Margarett Rose Abri centre (the old Post Office on Cheapside) will be holding their first stand up comedy night ‘Café Laff-a-chino’.
It will be MC’d by the very talented Rachel Sambrooks, and will include spots by Janie Greville, Aaron Twitcher, Louise Stokes, Naomi Paul, JJ and Gary Longden.
Entry is only £3 and guests can bring their own wine (in moderation!) or enjoy good coffee at a ‘not for profit price’. It kicks off at 8pm with doors opening at 7.30pm.
Written by Nicky Getgood on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 ( One response )
Tags: adamandeve, custardfactory, links, louisestokes, margarettroseabri, spotteddog, toblog, wroteunder
Wrote Under Up And Coming… « Wrote Under Publishing – Birmingham creative writing and spoken word collective Wrote Under have announced some forthcoming gigs and that, including:
- Wrote Under Meetings (interesting chats with drinks, as far as I can tell) at The Spotted Dog, Digbeth from 6pm onwards on Friday 27th November, Friday 11th December.
- Open Mic Sunday Xmas special: Adam and Eve Pub, Digbeth on Sunday 13th December – it’s FREE IN from 3pm onwards.
- Louise Stokes on Fri 27th Play reading The Margaret Rose Abri cafe on Cheapside, then later at Giggles Comedy Night in the Custard factory theatre.
Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: chrisunitt, coffeeshoppoets, createdinbirmingham, links, margarettroseabri, toblog
Coffee Shop Poets | Created in Birmingham – Details of a new open mic spoken word and poetry night, Coffee Shop Poets at The Margarett Rose Abri on Cheapside. All are welcome to go along and perform or just sit back and watch the show. It’s completely free, although there will be collections for breast cancer charity ‘Breakthrough’.
It’s on tomorrow, Thurs 12 November, and they will be on the first Thurs of each month after that.
The cafe also has acoustic sessions on Sunday afternoons and The Espresso Sized Theatre on 27 November.
