Category Archives: History
Flatpack need your help!
Flatpack is back! The seventh Flatpack Festival returns from 21-31 March 2013, spreading across eleven days. This year audiences can expect and cycle-powered screenings, Lotte Reiniger’s 1926 cut-out fairy-tale, The Adventures of … Continue reading
Floating forest to tour Birmingham & Black Country canals
From 31 August to 7 October a floating forest will be traveling the waterways of Birmingham and the Black Country. The Rootless Forest will consist of about 100 native British … Continue reading
Whiskey Galore!
I admit that I have never been to the National Trust’s Back to Back houses just across the road from Birmingham Hippodrome. It’s somewhere I’ve been meaning to visit for … Continue reading
Still Walking
Cripes! March is going to be a seriously busy month for wonderful events in the city! Still Walking is the brainchild of Ben Waddington. The festival of walking will celebrate the … Continue reading
Prosperity
If you have been to Stirchley recently you may have noticed a couple of new artworks in the area. The pieces are part of Place Prospectors‘ Stirchley Prospects project and … Continue reading
Stirchley Prospects
Since June, Place Prospectors, a non-profit community interest company, have been working creatively with Stirchley residents, organisations and businesses with their Stirchley Prospects project. Based in a former shop unit … Continue reading
Home of Metal Black Country Weekender
Over the summer the region has been celebrating its musical heritage with Home of Metal. Numerous exhibitions have celebrated and exhibited everything from Judas Priest’s stage costumes, the last pouring … Continue reading
