All Entries in the "Culture" Category
Lyric Lounge
In between the jetsetting, parties and generally being fabulous we can always find time to indulge our cultural sides here at 69 Towers. Well, good news for us (and you) then, as 2010 will see a series of Lyric Lounge mini-festivals sweep their way across the region, in a flurry of lyricism, poetry, music and [...]
The Decypher Collective at Latitude
Latitude Festival kicks off in Sunny Southwold in just a few weeks time. Local lad Leon Burke will be there, and he had a chat about 5, cos it’s their fifth birthday you know! Birmingham Rep, Leon Burke aka LCB, The Decypher Collective 1. When you think of Latitude what 5 words spring to mind? [...]
Curve Ticket Hunt: The search is on!
To celebrate its vibrant new autumn season, the lovely lot at Curve have taken inspiration from Willy Wonka and hidden a limited number of Gold and Platinum tickets inside special leaflets being distributed across the county at the end of June. There will be 100 Gold and 5 Platinum tickets delivered to homes, and those [...]
Lego Hat at Ascot Ladies Day
This is just brilliant and has brightened up my day no end. As most of you will know (followers of fashion and celebs as you are), today is Ladies Day at Ascot. Let the millenary madness begin! Now normally, most of the hats on display will be daring feathery displays a la GaGa or something [...]
Art on the meter
Pay and display will take on a whole new meaning in Birmingham next week as five city centre parking spaces are transformed into temporary art exhibitions. Showcasing artistic talent from across the city, ROAD WORKS will see five on-street car-parking bays converted into cultural spaces, for one day only. The ROAD WORKS project on Monday [...]
Strictly Come Dancing @ De Montfort Hall
The tv show has taking the nation by storm and the celeb tour has been doing very well on the circuit for a few years now, so it’s about time the Strictly pro dancers had the spotlight focused firmly on them. This tour is what that’s all about. No C list celebs tripping over their own feet, [...]
Salome at Curve, Leicester
Oscar Wilde’s Biblical tale Salome comes to Curve in Leicester as the Leicester Theatre Trust and Headlong Theatre unite to bring one of his most savage, fragile and shocking plays to the stage. Salome, step-daughter of King Herod agrees to perform the mysterious dance of the seven veils but demands in return, the head of the [...]
MAC Birmingham
Blimey. Nearly 30,000 people popped in to the brand spanking new MAC on its opening over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The shiny new refurbished arts centre is looking rather spiffy after its £15 million overhaul which began in April 2008. All the existing visual arts, crafts and performing arts studios have been fully refurbished and there’s [...]
And The Circus Left Town
‘And the circus left town’ is the weird, wondeful and somewhat nostalgic title of the end of course show for the 14 students graduating from the Foundation Degree in Photography and Video at Leicester College. The show is the chance to show case their individuality and artistic abilities. Throughout this two-year Higher Education course which [...]
Birmingham Museum Scoops Top Award
Birmingham’s Museum of the Jewellery Quarter has won a top national tourism award – being named the best small visitor attraction in the Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2010. Located right in the heart of Birmingham’s world famous Jewellery Quarter, the museum was named Best Small Attraction in last year’s Heart of England Excellence Awards – [...]
Museums At Night
Museums at Night, the annual after-hours celebration of UK culture, history and heritage, is back! Over the weekend of 14-16th May 2010, museums and galleries will be opening late and staging over 200 unique events. Definately a great chance for a great night out and exploring the culture and heritage on your doorstep. For many [...]
By George!
Nottingham Playhouse has come up with an appropriate theatrical offering for St George’s Day this Friday (23 April). As fate would have it, that evening marks the press night of its new play ARTHUR & GEORGE. In honour of England’s patron saint, the Wellington Circus venue is offering anyone whose own name is George a [...]
Win! Tickets To See The Ethics Of Progress
After the Bodies Revealed Exhibition in Birmingham, where the human body was explained in all its gory detail the 69 crew have had cravings for more sciency goodness. Luckily Curve is on hand with this odd presentation exploring the actual, imagined, ethical, political, religious and philosophical impacts of leading edge research in Quantum Physics. The [...]
New Generation Arts Festival: Launching the cultural icons of the future
Birmingham City University is showcasing the brightest emerging talent in the arts and design world today through this summer’s New Generation Arts (NGA) Festival, running from the 8th until the 26th June. Now in its fifth year, the Festival shines a spotlight on creative practice in Birmingham, providing emerging artists, actors, designers, writers and musicians [...]
Interview: Katy Brand
Katy Brand is not one to rest on her laurels, a successful TV show, a budding film career and dancing the Beyonce way for charity is just not enough. We were lucky enough to have a sit down with Katy just before she embarks on her ‘Big Ass Tour.’ What can we expect from the tour? There will be familiar [...]
Win! Tickets To See Ghost Boy @ Curve – closed
20 Stories High bring a unique theatre experience to Curve as part of a national tour. Ghost Boy fuses Hip-Hop, mask, puppetry and street art into an anarchic, energetic and engaging piece of theatre. “Welcome to Lemonade Estate. A place between the city and the hills, a place people have forgotten, a place where the [...]
The Mitchy Bwoy Exhibition Has Opened in Brimingham’s Custard Factory
Mithcy Bwoy, the man behind the band of dance duo Chase & Status, is currently exhibiting a selection of his album covers, illustrations, fonts and fashion designs in Birmingham’s The Source Gallery. As a ‘post pop’, ‘post graff’ artist Mitchy Bwoy’s diverse work has made a mark on most people’s record collections at some point. [...]
