Birmingham: It's Not Shit http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk Birmingham: It's Not Shit loves Birmingham, its people, arts, animals, buildings, parks, grass verges, factories and bus stops. We've even got a soft spot for the Black Country. <br/><br/> BiNS runs The <a href="http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/award">Brummie of the Year Award</a>, <a href="http://www.talklikeabrummieday.co.uk">Talk Like a Brummie Day</a> and we're inviting you all to spend <a href="http://elevenbus.co.uk">eleven hours on the eleven bus on the eleventh of November</a>.<br/><br/> BiNS is mostly by <a href="http://www.jonbounds.co.uk">Jon Bounds</a>, a Birmingham based social web consultant, producer and writer. <br/><br/> Feel free to <a href="mailto:jon@birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk">send us</a> anything you're interested in - or think we might be. <br> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:07:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 52.483003-1.8935http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/http://www.jonbounds.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jon/brum/bullbadge_small.pngBULL BULL BULL BULL BULLbirminghamiNShttp://feedburner.google.com Goodnight Lenin – Crook In The Creek Goodnight Lenin have… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/xsY5VBw3UnM/goodnight-lenin-crook-in-the-creekgoodnight-lenin-have.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/goodnight-lenin-crook-in-the-creekgoodnight-lenin-have.html#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:07:27 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/goodnight-lenin-crook-in-the-creekgoodnight-lenin-have.html from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera: Goodnight Lenin &#8211; Crook In The Creek Goodnight Lenin have released the video for their upcoming single. Launch next Friday (6th August) at the Hare and Hounds. via The Hearing Aid from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera:

Goodnight Lenin – Crook In The Creek

Goodnight Lenin have released the video for their upcoming single. Launch next Friday (6th August) at the Hare and Hounds.

via The Hearing Aid


]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/goodnight-lenin-crook-in-the-creekgoodnight-lenin-have.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/goodnight-lenin-crook-in-the-creekgoodnight-lenin-have.html Ghost Sign: Barbers Teas In Witton, one of many ghost signs at… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/grUoolNQDVM/ghost-sign-barbers-teasin-witton-one-of-many-ghost-signs-at-2.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/ghost-sign-barbers-teasin-witton-one-of-many-ghost-signs-at-2.html#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:02:24 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/ghost-sign-barbers-teasin-witton-one-of-many-ghost-signs-at-2.html from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera: Ghost Sign: Barbers Teas In Witton, one of many ghost signs at the History of Advertising Trust web archive. A fair few in Brum from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera:

Ghost Sign: Barbers Teas

In Witton, one of many ghost signs at the History of Advertising Trust web archive. A fair few in Brum


]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/ghost-sign-barbers-teasin-witton-one-of-many-ghost-signs-at-2.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/ghost-sign-barbers-teasin-witton-one-of-many-ghost-signs-at-2.html The Kings Heath Charity Shop Crawl http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/uU9BDSH3xM4/the-kings-heath-charity-shop-crawl.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-kings-heath-charity-shop-crawl.html#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:50:23 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-kings-heath-charity-shop-crawl.html from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera The Kings Heath Charity Shop Crawl: Time: 09 October · 14:00 &#8211; 16:00 Location :Kings Heath High Street Created by: James Cook Come and take part in the most giving event of the Birmingham Comedy Festival. You’ll make your way up Kings Heath High Street, stopping in every one of the 10 Charity Shops – purchasing an item of clothing in each and then donning it for the rest of the crawl. Then we go to the pub. Expect to be dressed completely differently by the end of the crawl. Bring friends and money. … Oh and a theme. Sometimes people like to have a theme. Meet in the Poundstretcher car park at the bottom end of the High Street at 2. from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera
The Kings Heath Charity Shop Crawl:

Time: 09 October · 14:00 – 16:00

Location :Kings Heath High Street

Created by: James Cook

Come and take part in the most giving event of the Birmingham Comedy Festival. You’ll make your way up Kings Heath High Street, stopping in every one of the 10 Charity Shops – purchasing an item of clothing in each and then donning it for the rest of the crawl. Then we go to the pub. Expect to be dressed completely differently by the end of the crawl.

Bring friends and money. … Oh and a theme. Sometimes people like to have a theme.

Meet in the Poundstretcher car park at the bottom end of the High Street at 2.


]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-kings-heath-charity-shop-crawl.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-kings-heath-charity-shop-crawl.html "Recordo Gordon downloaded so many lewd videos and images on the laptop that it developed a virus, a…" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/1osm-ERHQ4g/recordo-gordon-downloaded-so-many-lewd-videos-and-images-on-the-laptop-that-it-developed-a-virus-a.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/recordo-gordon-downloaded-so-many-lewd-videos-and-images-on-the-laptop-that-it-developed-a-virus-a.html#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:11:47 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/recordo-gordon-downloaded-so-many-lewd-videos-and-images-on-the-laptop-that-it-developed-a-virus-a.html from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera “Recordo Gordon downloaded so many lewd videos and images on the laptop that it developed a virus, a disciplinary hearing heard.” &#8211; From the ‘that’s not how it works’ department at the Birmingham Mail from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera
“Recordo Gordon downloaded so many lewd videos and images on the laptop that it developed a virus, a disciplinary hearing heard.”

– From the ‘that’s not how it works’ department at the Birmingham Mail


]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/recordo-gordon-downloaded-so-many-lewd-videos-and-images-on-the-laptop-that-it-developed-a-virus-a.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/recordo-gordon-downloaded-so-many-lewd-videos-and-images-on-the-laptop-that-it-developed-a-virus-a.html Join in, make the news @onBirmingham http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/m5HhzjDZlEE/join-in-make-the-news-onbirmingham.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/join-in-make-the-news-onbirmingham.html#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:52:08 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/?p=3519 As part of the site revamp we&#8217;ve added tweets from onBirmingham to the sidebar, and would like you to join in: Twitter is now pretty much established as the place where news can break most quickly — when news happens it’s becoming more and more likely a Twitterer will be somewhere nearby, or be one of the first to hear it. But unless it’s huge World news whether you hear it quickly is dependant on who you’re following. If you’re not following the &#8216;newsmaker&#8217; then you’ll wait until someone you do follow mentions it, or until a blog or even a newspaper picks it up (queue the “Twitter is fast at news” news story). Thing is for the more niche or local story that may never happen. Which is where the idea behind onBirmingham comes in. It&#8217;s been going for about 18 months and with 300 odd news items it seems to work, but it could do with more people tweeting in. Here&#8217;s how it works: The @onBirmingham Twitter account retweets (with attribution) direct messages (DMs) sent to it. It can only get DMs from people that the account is following, so there can&#8217;t be any spam. onBirmingham will only [...] As part of the site revamp we’ve added tweets from onBirmingham to the sidebar, and would like you to join in:

Twitter is now pretty much established as the place where news can break most quickly — when news happens it’s becoming more and more likely a Twitterer will be somewhere nearby, or be one of the first to hear it.

But unless it’s huge World news whether you hear it quickly is dependant on who you’re following. If you’re not following the ‘newsmaker’ then you’ll wait until someone you do follow mentions it, or until a blog or even a newspaper picks it up (queue the “Twitter is fast at news” news story). Thing is for the more niche or local story that may never happen. Which is where the idea behind onBirmingham comes in.

Kings Heath ...

It’s been going for about 18 months and with 300 odd news items it seems to work, but it could do with more people tweeting in.

Here’s how it works:

  • The @onBirmingham Twitter account retweets (with attribution) direct messages (DMs) sent to it.
  • It can only get DMs from people that the account is following, so there can’t be any spam.
  • onBirmingham will only follow those it trusts, and if they use the service to spam, then they’ll be unfollowed — it’s as simple as that.

So, follow onBirmingham to get the news, and if you’d like to help make the news send the account an @ message and it’ll follow you back.


]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/join-in-make-the-news-onbirmingham.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/join-in-make-the-news-onbirmingham.html The Twang for ArtsFest http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/vccNm3segs4/the-twang-for-artsfest.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-twang-for-artsfest.html#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:00:29 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-twang-for-artsfest.html Some will be pleased, some will vomit, some will think it&#039;s not such a bad choice even if they don&#039;t really like them. Some will wonder where the heck a &#039;Centenary Square Stage&#039; is going to go. Would of been able to tell you sooner but the Artsfest blog has no RSS feed and the Twitter is unresponsive (and piped from Facebook). [link] Some will be pleased, some will vomit, some will think it's not such a bad choice even if they don't really like them. Some will wonder where the heck a 'Centenary Square Stage' is going to go.

Would of been able to tell you sooner but the Artsfest blog has no RSS feed and the Twitter is unresponsive (and piped from Facebook). [link]


]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-twang-for-artsfest.html/feed 1 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-twang-for-artsfest.html Birmingham tornado july 29th 2005 Not too sure about the opera… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/svtgUqsd0Xs/birmingham-tornado-july-29th-2005not-too-sure-about-the-opera.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/birmingham-tornado-july-29th-2005not-too-sure-about-the-opera.html#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:27:57 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/birmingham-tornado-july-29th-2005not-too-sure-about-the-opera.html from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera Birmingham tornado july 29th 2005 Not too sure about the opera soundtrack, but covers most of the wind. (via mhangl) from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera

Birmingham tornado july 29th 2005

Not too sure about the opera soundtrack, but covers most of the wind.

(via mhangl)


]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/birmingham-tornado-july-29th-2005not-too-sure-about-the-opera.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/birmingham-tornado-july-29th-2005not-too-sure-about-the-opera.html Birmingham screening of Oliver Stone’s South Of The Border http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/cOf6vVIlBWo/birmingham-screening-of-oliver-stones-south-of-the-border.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/birmingham-screening-of-oliver-stones-south-of-the-border.html#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:55:04 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/birmingham-screening-of-oliver-stones-south-of-the-border.html A Press Release we can&#8217;t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you: Birmingham’s only screening of Oliver Stone’s SOUTH OF THE BORDER Birmingham Library Theatre 6th August @ 7pm (bar opens at 6pm) Official Selection, 2009 Venice Film Festival   There&#039;s a revolution underway but the world doesn&#039;t know it. A film by Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, revealing the truth about progressive leaders in Latin America, will be screened at Birmingham Library Theatre at 7pm on 6th August. Oliver Stone sets out across five countries to explore the social and political movements and the mainstream media’s misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. Presidents Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Néstor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raúl Castro (Cuba), THIS IS THE ONLY SCREENING OF THIS FILM IN BIRMINGHAM Tickets are £4.50 Book online Buy South Of The Border tickets  Telephone bookings – 0121 303 2323 Or visit Birmingham Library Box Office   Download now or preview on posterous South of the Border [3].docx (203 KB) Permalink &#124; Leave a comment&#160;&#160;&#187; A Press Release we can’t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you:

Birmingham’s only screening of Oliver Stone’s SOUTH OF THE BORDER

Birmingham Library Theatre 6th August @ 7pm (bar opens at 6pm)


Official Selection,

2009 Venice Film Festival

 

There's a revolution underway but the world doesn't know it.

A film by Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, revealing the truth about progressive leaders in Latin America, will be screened at Birmingham Library Theatre at 7pm on 6th August.

Oliver Stone sets out across five countries to explore the social and political movements and the mainstream media’s misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. Presidents Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Néstor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raúl Castro (Cuba),

THIS IS THE ONLY SCREENING OF THIS FILM IN BIRMINGHAM Tickets are £4.50

Book online Buy South Of The Border tickets

 Telephone bookings – 0121 303 2323

Or visit Birmingham Library Box Office

 

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]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/birmingham-screening-of-oliver-stones-south-of-the-border.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/birmingham-screening-of-oliver-stones-south-of-the-border.html Photo of Lucy Mclauchlan’s mural on the library in… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/ctAkAOi1shM/photo-of-lucy-mclauchlan%e2%80%99s-mural-on-the-library-in.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/photo-of-lucy-mclauchlan%e2%80%99s-mural-on-the-library-in.html#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:52:01 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/photo-of-lucy-mclauchlan%e2%80%99s-mural-on-the-library-in.html from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera Photo of Lucy Mclauchlan’s mural on the library in progress from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera

Photo of Lucy Mclauchlan’s mural on the library in progress


]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/photo-of-lucy-mclauchlan%e2%80%99s-mural-on-the-library-in.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/photo-of-lucy-mclauchlan%e2%80%99s-mural-on-the-library-in.html The Big Paws 24/07/2010 – Listen Again http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/qtxk3y7CgUE/the-big-paws-24072010-%e2%80%93-listen-again.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-big-paws-24072010-%e2%80%93-listen-again.html#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:05:28 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-big-paws-24072010-%e2%80%93-listen-again.html Listen to the latest from BiNS&#8217;s radio show The Big Paws: Including Morrissey&#8217;s thoughts on cocks: The Big Paws is live every Saturday at 8am on Rhubarb Radio. Listen to the latest from BiNS’s radio show The Big Paws:

Including Morrissey’s thoughts on cocks:

The Big Paws is live every Saturday at 8am on Rhubarb Radio.


]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-big-paws-24072010-%e2%80%93-listen-again.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-big-paws-24072010-%e2%80%93-listen-again.html Central Library video installation — More Canals than Venice http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/eXqcOdoc-l0/central-library-video-installation-more-canals-than-venice.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/central-library-video-installation-more-canals-than-venice.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:00:06 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/central-library-video-installation-more-canals-than-venice.html &#34;From Thursday, VIVID present a new multi-screen video installation by Karin Kihlberg &#38; Reuben Henry. In a series of tracking shots, the multiple screens show a journey through the empty Brutalist space of Birmingham Central Library.&#34; [link] "From Thursday, VIVID present a new multi-screen video installation by Karin Kihlberg & Reuben Henry. In a series of tracking shots, the multiple screens show a journey through the empty Brutalist space of Birmingham Central Library." [link]


]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/central-library-video-installation-more-canals-than-venice.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/central-library-video-installation-more-canals-than-venice.html Headz: The Photographic Art Of Pete Williams http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/ssQPVbIwp0Y/headz-the-photographic-art-of-pete-williams.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/headz-the-photographic-art-of-pete-williams.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:23 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/headz-the-photographic-art-of-pete-williams.html A Press Release we can&#8217;t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you: Kind Regards   Amar   Sauce Gallery5. The Custard FactoryGibb StreetDigbethBirminghamB9 4AA   Myspace.com/saucegallery See and download the full gallery on posterous Permalink &#124; Leave a comment&#160;&#160;&#187; A Press Release we can’t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you:

Kind Regards
 
Amar
 
Sauce Gallery
5. The Custard Factory
Gibb Street
Digbeth
Birmingham
B9 4AA
 
Myspace.com/saucegallery


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]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/headz-the-photographic-art-of-pete-williams.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/headz-the-photographic-art-of-pete-williams.html UWI Singers Tour Comes to Birmingham http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/sKrxdhrpQgY/uwi-singers-tour-comes-to-birmingham.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/uwi-singers-tour-comes-to-birmingham.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:23 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/uwi-singers-tour-comes-to-birmingham.html A Press Release we can&#8217;t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you: The UWI (University of West Indies) Singers are a group of singers from the University of West Indies which has bases at various points across the Carribean. For  only the second time in over a decade they are coming to the UK for a tour.   The UWI really are a university choir with a difference. Their repetiore spans genres not usually associated with university choirs such as jazz, folk, and even pop music. Their performance style is also one to be noted and can only be described as Gleeful!   As a much loved and respected group in the Caribbean, the UWI singers have also captured the hearts of Birmingham City Council who are one of the groups many sponsors. They will be performing at Adrian Boult Hall in Birmingham on August 7th 2010. Download now or preview on posterous A University Choir with a Difference.doc (36 KB) Permalink &#124; Leave a comment&#160;&#160;&#187; A Press Release we can’t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you:

The UWI (University of West Indies) Singers are a group of singers from the University of West Indies which has bases at various points across the Carribean. For  only the second time in over a decade they are coming to the UK for a tour.
 
The UWI really are a university choir with a difference. Their repetiore spans genres not usually associated with university choirs such as jazz, folk, and even pop music. Their performance style is also one to be noted and can only be described as Gleeful!
 
As a much loved and respected group in the Caribbean, the UWI singers have also captured the hearts of Birmingham City Council who are one of the groups many sponsors. They will be performing at Adrian Boult Hall in Birmingham on August 7th 2010.

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]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/uwi-singers-tour-comes-to-birmingham.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/uwi-singers-tour-comes-to-birmingham.html Stirchley Community Market – Tuesday 27 July http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/fYoW2wbokfc/stirchley-community-market-tuesday-27-july.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/stirchley-community-market-tuesday-27-july.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:23 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/stirchley-community-market-tuesday-27-july.html A Press Release we can&#8217;t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you: We thought that you might be interested in the first ever Stirchley Community Market, which will be taking place from 4 &#8211; 8pm on Tuesday 27th July (next week!) on the car park of Stirchley United WMC. The market will feature stalls selling wholefoods, bread, hot curry, hot pizza, preserves, cupcakes, plants and local fruit &#38; vegetables, as well as bike maintenance advice and local arts &#38; crafts. We have a newly created website where there&#8217;s more information about our activities: http://stirchleycommunitymarket.wordpress.com/. We&#8217;re also attaching a press release and pdf of our flyer. Please feel free to contact us if you have any more questions! Stirchley Community Market       Download now or preview on posterous press release &#8211; stirchley market.pdf (45 KB) Download now or preview on posterous C flyer Market new2.pdf (590 KB) Permalink &#124; Leave a comment&#160;&#160;&#187; A Press Release we can’t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you:

We thought that you might be interested in the first ever Stirchley Community Market, which will be taking place from 4 – 8pm on Tuesday 27th July (next week!) on the car park of Stirchley United WMC. The market will feature stalls selling wholefoods, bread, hot curry, hot pizza, preserves, cupcakes, plants and local fruit & vegetables, as well as bike maintenance advice and local arts & crafts.

We have a newly created website where there’s more information about our activities: http://stirchleycommunitymarket.wordpress.com/. We’re also attaching a press release and pdf of our flyer.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any more questions!

Stirchley Community Market

 
 

 

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 Lake of Stars is a music festival in Malawi and

on friday 11th june at the Hare and Hounds we are hosting our Launch
Party. The Line up is Afrikan Boy supported by local bands Monday
Session, Cantaloop, The July Days (plus many more..)
www.lakeofstars.org

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]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/lake-of-stars-launch-party.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/lake-of-stars-launch-party.html The films of Lizzy Piffany – premiering at art show http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/TypuqwVU2_U/the-films-of-lizzy-piffany-premiering-at-art-show.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-films-of-lizzy-piffany-premiering-at-art-show.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:22 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-films-of-lizzy-piffany-premiering-at-art-show.html A Press Release we can&#8217;t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you: You are heartily invited to the premiere of my first two short documentary films, Synchronicity: In Search of the Unus Mundus and Dawn (synopses below and I&#8217;ll be posting clips on my blog before Saturday morning). From Saturday 12th to Saturday 19th June (excluding Sunday) they will both be running on a continuous loop at the School of Art, Maple Road, Bournville (the college on the green) as part of a degree show featuring a plethora of other artists. The private view of the show (with free wine and cake) takes place on Wednesday 16th June from 6pm to 8pm, with a special &#8220;friends &#038; family&#8221; screening of my films beginning at 5pm that day, to give my loved ones a chance to see the film before the hoards start arriving at 6 (feel free to join us). Entry is free at all times. See my blog or the degree show blog for further information: www.lizzypiffany.wordpress.com www.vans2010degreeshow.blogspot.com Dawn (2010) &#8220;The great Lizzy Piffany is being evicted – due to subsidence.&#8221; When my best friend and ex-boyfriend Tim started seeing a new girl and he stopped coming round to [...] A Press Release we can’t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you:

You are heartily invited to the premiere of my first two short
documentary films, Synchronicity: In Search of the Unus Mundus and
Dawn (synopses below and I’ll be posting clips on my blog before
Saturday morning).

From Saturday 12th to Saturday 19th June (excluding Sunday) they will
both be running on a continuous loop at the School of Art, Maple Road,
Bournville (the college on the green) as part of a degree show
featuring a plethora of other artists.

The private view of the show (with free wine and cake) takes place on
Wednesday 16th June from 6pm to 8pm, with a special “friends & family”
screening of my films beginning at 5pm that day, to give my loved ones
a chance to see the film before the hoards start arriving at 6 (feel
free to join us).

Entry is free at all times. See my blog or the degree show blog for
further information:
www.lizzypiffany.wordpress.com
www.vans2010degreeshow.blogspot.com

Dawn (2010)

“The great Lizzy Piffany is being evicted – due to subsidence.”

When my best friend and ex-boyfriend Tim started seeing a new girl and
he stopped coming round to mine to watch Big Brother every night, the
ground literally gave way beneath me. But something was waiting there
to catch me, and it changed my life forever.

Dawn is my Dorothy journey: the story of my adventure through danger
and disappointment to realise my own magic, and find my way forwards
to a new understanding of “home”.

Synchronicity: In Search of the Unus Mundus (2009)

When synchronicity happens to you, you know there is real magic in the world.
Technically it’s happening all the time - the whole universe is one
great big unfolding pattern of synchronised actions and atoms where
all the pieces fit magically and mathematically together. But it takes
a meaningful coincidence – or, as was the case in my awakening, a
whole week of them – to prove it to your rational mind.

Synchronicity: In Search of the Unus Mundus is the record of my
attempts to catch synchronicity on camera, with surprisingly
meaningful results.

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]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-films-of-lizzy-piffany-premiering-at-art-show.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/the-films-of-lizzy-piffany-premiering-at-art-show.html Hi8us Urban Legends Exhibition http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/XFleXyfZRQg/hi8us-urban-legends-exhibition.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/hi8us-urban-legends-exhibition.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:22 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/hi8us-urban-legends-exhibition.html A Press Release we can&#8217;t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you: Download now or preview on posterous invite A6.pdf (1408 KB) Permalink &#124; Leave a comment&#160;&#160;&#187; A Press Release we can’t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you:

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]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/hi8us-urban-legends-exhibition.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/hi8us-urban-legends-exhibition.html BE Festival programme http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/W19D972tl6A/be-festival-programme.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/be-festival-programme.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:22 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/be-festival-programme.html A Press Release we can&#8217;t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you: Download now or preview on posterous BE Press Release.pdf (712 KB) BE Festival will take place from 30 June – 3 July 2010 at the atmospheric AE Harris building, in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. The festival features 15 dance and theatre pieces by some of the most exciting new companies from across Europe. Performances begin at 7pm, with each one lasting around 30 minutes. Tickets for the whole evening cost £10, and can be booked at www.theticketsellers.co.uk. Wednesday 30th June Unicorn (Austria) &#8211; Look At Them Now Jessie Brett (UK) &#8211; Fire Shadow Silence Compañía Injam (Spain) &#8211; Hamlet In Maschera Abovo (Greece) &#8211; The Planet Thursday 1st June Pas de Dieux (France) &#8211; Business is Business A Tempo Dansa (Spain) &#8211; Kiss Me&#8230; Still Your Death Tore Us Away Chiscón Teatro (Spain) &#8211; Set Menu Theatre Ad Infinitum (UK) &#8211; Translunar Paradise Friday 2nd July Pre-show discussion (5:30pm): Crossing borders in performance Compañía Nenacaracol (Spain) &#8211; Contratiempos Limping Father Francisco (UK) &#8211; Herencia Espanola Angélico Musgo (Spain) &#8211; Melogamo Minimo Mala Hierba (Belgium) &#8211; Un gouffre sous l’epaule Saturday 3rd July Hannah Statki (Germany/Italy) &#8211; Pasada [...] A Press Release we can’t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you:

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BE Festival will take place from 30 June – 3 July 2010 at the
atmospheric AE Harris building, in Birmingham’s
Jewellery Quarter. The festival features 15 dance and theatre pieces
by some of the most exciting new companies
from across Europe.
Performances begin at 7pm, with each one lasting around 30 minutes.
Tickets for the whole evening cost £10, and can be booked at
www.theticketsellers.co.uk.

Wednesday 30th June
Unicorn (Austria) – Look At Them Now
Jessie Brett (UK) – Fire Shadow Silence
Compañía Injam (Spain) – Hamlet In Maschera
Abovo (Greece) – The Planet

Thursday 1st June
Pas de Dieux (France) – Business is Business
A Tempo Dansa (Spain) – Kiss Me… Still Your Death Tore Us Away
Chiscón Teatro (Spain) – Set Menu
Theatre Ad Infinitum (UK) – Translunar Paradise

Friday 2nd July
Pre-show discussion (5:30pm): Crossing borders in performance
Compañía Nenacaracol (Spain) – Contratiempos
Limping Father Francisco (UK) – Herencia Espanola
Angélico Musgo (Spain) – Melogamo Minimo
Mala Hierba (Belgium) – Un gouffre sous l’epaule

Saturday 3rd July
Hannah Statki (Germany/Italy) – Pasada Par Agua
Out of Balanz (Denmark) – Posthumous Works
Openbatch Theatre (UK) – Floor Plan
Extra dinnertime performance: Kindle Theatre (UK) – Eat Your Heart Out

In addition to the main programme, there will be live music
performances, including from Swedish cabaret duo
Scandimaniacs, and local flamenco/folk band the TG Collective.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons, the previous night’s
performances will be discussed at the BE Festival
Feedback Café, open to artists and audience members.

On Friday 2 July at 5:30pm, there will be a chaired discussion
Crossing Borders in Performance – with an invited panel of arts
professionals and academics.

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]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/be-festival-programme.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/be-festival-programme.html BOOK SHOW and BOOK | Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 3 July – 4 September, 2010 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/38Kv8NAU68Q/book-show-and-book-eastside-projects-birmingham-3-july-%e2%80%93-4-september-2010.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/book-show-and-book-eastside-projects-birmingham-3-july-%e2%80%93-4-september-2010.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:22 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/book-show-and-book-eastside-projects-birmingham-3-july-%e2%80%93-4-september-2010.html A Press Release we can&#8217;t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you: Download now or preview on posterous BOOKSHOWPR.pdf (36 KB) BOOK SHOW Eastside Projects 3 July – 4 September, 2010 BOOK SHOW LAUNCH FRIDAY 2 JULY, 6–9PM, EXHIBITION CONTINUES 3 JULY – 4 SEPTEMBER Nina Beier + Marie Lund, Ulises Carrión, Daniel Eatock, Martino Gamper, Nina Katchadourian, Moritz Kung + Richard Venlet, Kelly Large, John Latham, Fraser Muggeridge Studio, Rollo Press, Katerina Šedá + Radim Peško, Yann Sérandour, Simon Starling, Werkplaats Typografie, Keith Wilson BOOK LAUNCH: THURSDAY 29 JULY, 6–9pm Åbäke, Vito Acconci, Tauba Auerbach, Bedford Press, Ulises Carrión, Melissa Dubbin + Aaron S. Davidson, Daniel Eatock, Will Holder, Jeremy Jansen, Kelly Large, Fraser Muggeridge Studio, OK/RM, Simon Starling, Werkplaats Typografie Permalink &#124; Leave a comment&#160;&#160;&#187; A Press Release we can’t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you:

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BOOK SHOW
Eastside Projects
3 July – 4 September, 2010

BOOK SHOW
LAUNCH FRIDAY 2 JULY, 6–9PM, EXHIBITION CONTINUES 3 JULY – 4 SEPTEMBER
Nina Beier + Marie Lund, Ulises Carrión, Daniel Eatock, Martino
Gamper, Nina Katchadourian, Moritz Kung + Richard Venlet, Kelly Large,
John Latham, Fraser Muggeridge Studio, Rollo Press, Katerina Šedá +
Radim Peško, Yann Sérandour, Simon Starling, Werkplaats Typografie,
Keith Wilson

BOOK
LAUNCH: THURSDAY 29 JULY, 6–9pm
Åbäke, Vito Acconci, Tauba Auerbach, Bedford Press, Ulises Carrión,
Melissa Dubbin + Aaron S. Davidson, Daniel Eatock, Will Holder, Jeremy
Jansen, Kelly Large, Fraser Muggeridge Studio, OK/RM, Simon Starling,
Werkplaats Typografie

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]]> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/book-show-and-book-eastside-projects-birmingham-3-july-%e2%80%93-4-september-2010.html/feed 0 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/book-show-and-book-eastside-projects-birmingham-3-july-%e2%80%93-4-september-2010.html Birmingham Repertory Theatre – BASS Festival Special Offer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/birminghamiNS/~3/LSWvHxLT8k8/birmingham-repertory-theatre-%e2%80%93-bass-festival-special-offer.html http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/birmingham-repertory-theatre-%e2%80%93-bass-festival-special-offer.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:22 +0000 Jon Bounds http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2010/07/birmingham-repertory-theatre-%e2%80%93-bass-festival-special-offer.html A Press Release we can&#8217;t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you: Double Bill: Genesis 9:25 and Sex, Lies and History Saturday 19 June, 7.45pm Birmingham’s BASS Festival (British Arts and Street Sounds) comes to The REP this year with an exciting new show inspired by this year’s BASS Festival theme of DNA. For one night only in The Door, dub poet/singer/artist Kokumo and performer/songwriter Khadijatou Doyneh present a double bill of spoken word and musical performance exploring the themes of identity, history and culture. We would like to offer you the chance to get your hands on 2 tickets for the price of 1 to see Double Bill: Genesis 9:25 and Sex, Lies and History in The Door this Saturday night! Birmingham artists Kokumo reflects on his experiences on a recent trip to Brazil with his work Genesis 9:25. Using music, dance, poetry and photography this new piece combines the influence of biblical myths and the experience of Africans and their descendants. His conclusions provide a common thread uniting the experience of black people throughout the world Drawing inspiration from her African roots, Khadijatou and her six piece ensemble Slo’burn perform Sex, Lies and History. This musical [...] A Press Release we can’t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you:

Double Bill: Genesis 9:25 and Sex, Lies and History

Saturday 19 June, 7.45pm

Birmingham’s BASS Festival (British Arts and Street Sounds) comes to
The REP this year with an exciting new show inspired by this year’s
BASS Festival theme of DNA.

For one night only in The Door, dub poet/singer/artist Kokumo and
performer/songwriter Khadijatou Doyneh present a double bill of spoken
word and musical performance exploring the themes of identity, history
and culture.

We would like to offer you the chance to get your hands on 2 tickets
for the price of 1 to see Double Bill: Genesis 9:25 and Sex, Lies and
History in The Door this Saturday night!

Birmingham artists Kokumo reflects on his experiences on a recent trip
to Brazil with his work Genesis 9:25.

Using music, dance, poetry and photography this new piece combines the
influence of biblical myths and the experience of Africans and their
descendants. His conclusions provide a common thread uniting the
experience of black people throughout the world

Drawing inspiration from her African roots, Khadijatou and her six
piece ensemble Slo’burn perform Sex, Lies and History. This musical
tale reflects her diverse cultural DNA – a blend of influences from
Africa to South America, the Caribbean to London. Fusing powerful
words, colourful landscapes and visuals with catchy rhythms and
African-Caribbean infused patios this show tells a perceptive,
humorous and savvy story.

Tickets for Double Bill: Genesis 9:25 and Sex Lies and History are
normally £10 each, but with this exclusive offer you can get 2 tickets
for the price of one! To take advantage of this offer visit our
website at birmingham-rep.co.uk and enter the promotional code “DNA”
when prompted on the screen or call Box Office on 0121 236 4455 and
quote “DNA Offer”.

We look forward to seeing you!

Best wishes,

The Punch team and The REP

Please note: This offer is not available in conjunction with any other
discount and is subject to availability, terms & conditions apply.

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