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BRMB doing Digbeth this Friday 11th March

You may remember that back in January I had a bit of a rant about BRMB Radio’s Banter/Made in Birmingham poster campaign, which claimed Digbeth is ’a nice place for a Coach Station’ to get a coach ‘To Somewhere Nicer’.  This resulted … Continue reading

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A cultural What’s On for this weekend

There’s plenty happening, starting this fine Friday evening with: Launch event for two new exhibitions at Eastside Projects at 6-9pm – Dan Graham’s Models and Videos and Again, A Time Machine. Filmmaker Lis Rhodes’ installation Light Music at VIVID as part … Continue reading

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Project Pigeon’s Workshops in Pigeon Keeping over February – April

Would you like to learn more about pigeons and how to look after them? Let Project Pigeon introduce you to a novel new hobby with their Workshops in Pigeon Keeping at 2pm-4pm on Fridays and Saturdays over February – April 2011. … Continue reading

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Help build a Community Pigeon Loft that reflects Digbeth and Highgate

People from all around the world keep pigeons and pigeon lofts reflect the culture in which they are located. Chinese pigeon lofts are different to English pigeon lofts, these are different to Irish pigeon lofts, which are again different to … Continue reading

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Hither and Thither’s tour of Digbeth art spaces

Hither and Thither, the ‘road trip around the British Independent arts scene’, seems to have been exploring Digbeth of late. As well as this previously linked to interview with artists from The Lombard Method they’ve also spoken to: Paul Newman and … Continue reading

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Two Fused Magazine films: Project Pigeon and Book Show at Eastside Projects

Fused Magazine have made available a couple of cool films: The first is Alex Lockett and Ian England, Co-Curators of Project Pigeon, discussing how the project came to into being. The second is Eastside Projects Curator Gavin Wade discussing “Book … Continue reading

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Project Pigeon updates

It seems the Digbeth is Good pigeon, along with all his pigeon chums, is faring well and Project Pigeon are emailing me regular updates on their progress.  I’ve fed these into a dedicated Project Pigeon page (by forwarding the updates … Continue reading

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Meet the Digbeth is Good pigeon!

Digbeth is Good is now the proud sponsor of a Project Pigeon pigeon in Rea Garden, Floodgate Street.  If you would like to join the Project Pigeon Syndicate and own a half share in a Project Pigeon bird for just … Continue reading

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A Saturday East Stride with We Are Eastside

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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