Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 ( 3 responses )
Tags: chrisbarber, chrisunitt, createdinbirmingham, Custard Factory, links, sarahmorris, sundaymercury, weblogawards
- Nominated for a Weblog Award – Chris Unitt – Created in Birmingham has been nominated for the 2008 Weblog Awards in the category of Best UK Blog. Please support this fantastic local arts blog by following the link and voting, which you can do once every day. CiB is thoroughly deserving of this award, it’s done a brilliant job of covering the arts and creative output of Birmingham and has been a true inspiration to others interested in blogging. I’m pretty certain Digbeth is Good wouldn’t have been born without it. Plus it’d be one in the eye for the bilious Melanie Philips of the Daily Mail, who is currently in a narrow and very beatable lead.
- Chris Barber Media Blog: Shooting “Fiddy” – It’s 50 Cent in the Custard Factory! Except it’s not.
- Happy New Year Birmingham! – Sunday Mercury – Diva Diaries – Sarah Morris talks about how Birmingham compares to other cities, using the unfulfilled potential of Digbeth as an example:
This, the oldest part of Birmingham, has the beginnings of a brilliant and bustling Bohemian ‘Quarter’…. But it just isn’t visible enough. It hosts a top 10 UK venue in the Old Library, but how many visitors know this? I know it’s great – I held my graduate fashion show there in 2005. We have the Sunday Flea, which, if more people could be drawn, could have the potential to be much bigger. We have the boutiques, small businesses and the arty roots, the nightlife… and the Creative Launchpad. But we need something more. I’d love to see Digbeth turn into this wonderful, arty, popular community from the top to the bottom of the high street. But, what, particularly in this climate, can we do to create it?
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
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- Harry Palmer: Birmingham’s hedgehog crisis. – Make it to St Martin’s Church on Saturday afternoon to hear plight of the ickle, prickly things. ‘This will be followed by Dominik Kai Brotherton who will publicly speak about alternative relationships and why they have a lasting impact.’ Sounds bizarre enough to be fascinating.
- Custard Factory Flea Market – The Antiques Diva gives us the lowdown on the Sunday arts and crafts market. ‘Stalls range from the bizarre to the truly wonderful. Japanese baby clothes, vintage and handmade garments, rare records, original photography and art, crepe suzettes, pottery, kitsch collectables and homemade fudge are a small taste of what’s available.’
- A Creative Masterclass with Michael Wolff – Creative Republic offer you the chance to join the team of Michael Wolff ‘a champion of design and innovation’. ‘We have invited Michael to take on the challenge of developing a fantasy brief for that imaginary role, a creative director for Birmingham. This event is not a lecture – those attending will be participating and expected to contribute actively during the evening…we plan to run a session as if we, the creatives, were part of Michael ’s team . How would this team market the creativity of the city? How would Michael brief the first meeting of this campaign team? What would the immediate actions and priorities be in the first 90 days? Come along to find out.’ The event is at Fazeley Studios next Thursday 27th November from 5.30pm and is well worth signing up to the Creative Republic Charter for.
- Birmingham Central – The Big City plans outlines the options for each of the policy areas. Let’s see, do we want Digbeth to be Start-up Digbeth, Business Digbeth or Living and Working Digbeth? Or all of the above? And how will it connect to the core and other outer quarters? Ta to D’log for bringing this to the wider web.
- UB40’s Red Red Wine pub becomes a victim of the Credit Crunch – Birmingham Eastside blog features the Sunday Mercury’s coverage of the closed-down pub, with UB40’s Red, Red Wine video that was filmed there for those feeling nostalgic. Local ‘UB40 fanatic’ Helena Payne said, “The Eagle & Tun was an historical venue for UB40 and their fans, so it’s really sad to see it boarded up and shut down…it’s been closed for a while now, so although we really hope someone will take it over, we’re not hopeful that will happen. I don’t know what’s in store for the building. It may turn into apartments or it could even be knocked down.”
- Islam Awareness Week 2008: Celebrating the Best of Britain- Promoting Shared Values – ‘South Birmingham College are proud to be holding an event for Islam Awareness Week. Activities include a series of monologues followed by a Question Time session, a light buffet and an opportunity to view some displays.’ On Thurs 20th November 2-4pm. Part of a series of events going on around Birmingham.
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