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Celebrate Halloween with Tales of Terror at The Old Crown

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

There’s ‘spine-tingling theatre’ at The Old Crown from 8pm on Halloween with Tales of Terror.  Tickets are £8 each and on sale now at the pub.

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A Saturday East Stride with We Are Eastside

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

There was a definite chill in the air last Saturday afternoon but that didn’t stop a good crowd braving the great outdoors for We Are Eastside’s East Stride, a tour of some of the area’s key arts venues led by … Continue reading →

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St Patrick’s Festival Irish literarure event

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

This year’s Irish literature event at Tuesday, which was part of the St Patrick’s Festival Birmingham Fringe, was as Kent Davis described – ‘great little event that we can build for the future’.  It was a lovely, cosy gathering around … Continue reading →

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A notice for fans of Irish film, literature and that

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Those of you who missed the special screening of the Philip Donnellan piece on BBC1′s Inside Out on 8th March, which featured interviews with Filum fans at the Spotted Dog who’d just watched his documentary film The Irishmen, you can … Continue reading →

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Open Studio at Eastside Studios this Sat 10th October at 12pm-5pm

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 1 Comment

Eastside Studio (the workshop type space next to The Old Crown, where you often find people hammering bits of metal or rock) are holding an Open Studio this Saturday afternoon at 12pm-5pm to ‘celebrate the completion of carving the ‘Rugby … Continue reading →

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Ben Waddington’s Digbeth tour this Sunday

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Just a quick reminder that Ben Waddington is giving me and my Flip an extra special Digbeth tour this Sunday.  We start from The Old Cown Pub at midday Sunday 21 December – so sod the Christmas shopping and come … Continue reading →

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Melinda’s Visit

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Nicky Getgood | 4 Comments

Artist Melinda Scwakhofer visited over the weekend as planned, and it was grand. One of the great things about having her here was the brilliantly positive way people reacted to her. When she explained she was an artist from out … Continue reading →

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