Grand Union spring opening « D’log – ‘The arts project space Grand Union, aka Unit 19 on the Fazeley Industrial Estate, reopens for Spring on 27th March 2010 (event: 6pm-9pm) — and is part of the Open Studios from 12-5pm on 27th and 28th March 2010.’
Ella Lucas at The Lombard Method « We Are Eastside | Birmingham – Am I far too potty-brained or do these look a little phallic? London based artist Ella Lucas is at The Lombard Method for a 2 week residency ‘in which she will explore themes of the cinematic’. The residency culminates in a 4 day exhibition March 25th – 28th open 12-5pm daily. Launch party is Thursday 25th 5-7pm (no mention of it being private as far as I can tell) and admission is free. Yay!
Birmingham, B29: secret spring garden door – Not to be outdone by B29, Digbeth has a secret door too, on Fazeley Street. If only I could work out how to open it….”OPEN SESAME!”
Claudia’s Night 3 | Behind Closed Doors – A lovely photo of Claudia’s Borgna’s exhibition open evening at Rea Garden on Floodgate Street last Thursday 11th March. Her plastic bags look like lovely magic lanterns…
The site is now open daily 11am – 4pm until 28th March 2010.
Westley’s 1731 plan of Birmingham. Photo courtesy of mapseeker.co.uk
Birmingham: A History in Maps by Paul Leslie Line | Birmingham Conservation Trust – Did you know the top of Digbeth High Street was called Cock or Well Street? No, me neither. Hannah Severn on Birmingham Conservation Trust reviews Paul Leslie Lines’ book Birmingham: A History in Maps, accompanied by the above old map of Digbeth.
BBC One Programmes – Inside Out West Midlands, 08/03/2010 – The episode of Inside Out that features a report on film-maker Philip Donnellan, who bought real life to screen with films such as The Irishmen, which we held a special screening of in The Spotted Dog especially for this programme. It features interviews with members of Birmingham’s Irish community about their responses to the film. Inside Out is available to watch on BBC iPlayer until Monday.
Consultation is dead, big plans are deader | Pete Ashton – It seems the sad, neglected Curzon Street Station is to get a new lease of life as a high-speed rail link to London. No-one really knew about this until Gordon Brown came and pointed it out to us yesterday (literally, going by the above picture). Pete Ashton shows us how this will work in his neat little diagram:
Pete goes on to explains why, although this may be bad news for BCU, it may be a good thing for Digbeth (a Brummie Southwark?).
He also asks what’s happening to the planned Connaught Square development on Bradford Street/Rea Street, that has failed to materialise into anything more than a sorry pile of rubble. Carl has been keeping an eye on the Skyscrapercity forum thread about this and…er…no-one seems to know, really. The building site looks and acts like Digbeth’s very own Limbo.
We “dig” Digbeth – A great photographic journey through the Digbeth Branch of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. Every single turn is snapped. I particularly liked this short of boat entering the Curzon Street Tunnel.
