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Weekend fun in Birmingham
There’s loads to do in Birmingham this weekend - whatever the weather.
Travel back in time with the History Bus
Looking for something to do on Sunday August 2? Travel back in time with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery’s free History Bus.
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Enjoy the Birmingham Carnival
Birmingham Carnival will be filling the city with soca rhythms, steelpan beats and [...]
It’s carnival time
Birmingham Carnival will be filling the city with soca rhythms, steelpan beats and all things Caribbean, as the free biennial festival comes to Perry Park on Sunday 2nd August.
The highlight will be the vibrant carnival procession, which will leave Handsworth Park at 1pm, winding its way through the streets of Birmingham to arrive at approximately [...]
Gallery 37 launch
Aspiring young artists from across Birmingham will transform two vacant city centre shops into vibrant creative studios next month for the 2009 Gallery 37 project.
The award winning Birmingham City Council backed arts training programme will see 40 young people, aged 16-24, working alongside professional artists in collaboration with four of the city’s leading cultural organisations: [...]
Travel back in time this weekend
Looking for something to do on Sunday August 2? Travel back in time with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery’s free History Bus.
Aston Manor Road Transport Museum has supplied a vintage bus for this free service, which takes in three of Birmingham’s community museums - Soho House, Sarehole Mill, and Blakesley Hall.
The History Bus also stops [...]
Balsall Heath goes back in time
Balsall Heath Library returns to the Victorian era when it officially reopens later this week.
The library returned to service earlier this month following a nine-month closure for extensive roof repairs.
And, to celebrate the return of a much-loved community resource, Balsall Heath Local History Society will be dressing up as Victorians for a special ribbon cutting [...]
City of Culture bid confirmed
Birmingham City Council today confirmed plans to bid for the title of the UK’s first City of Culture in 2013.
Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw launched a UK-wide competition on Monday, looking to build on the success of the European Capital of Culture event in Liverpool last year.
And Councillor Martin Mullaney, Cabinet Member for Leisure, Sports and [...]
Website a hit
A new website showcasing Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery’s world famous Pre-Raphaelite collection is proving to be a hit with art lovers and critics.
Launched last month, Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource offers an unrivalled resource for studying the art of the Pre-Raphaelites, using Microsoft’s cutting-edge Silverlight technology to bring pixel perfect definition to the screen, as if [...]
Punjabi women’s festival in Handsworth
Handsworth Library will host Birmingham’s first official celebration of Punjabi women’s festival Teeyan later this month.
Traditionally celebrated just before the monsoon season in India, Teeyan is a celebration from the Punjab encompassing dance, singing and music. This is the first time Birmingham Library Services has celebrated the festival.
Scheduled for Wednesday July 22 (2-5pm) the event [...]
Pre-Raphaelite art online
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery has launched a website showcasing its world famous Pre-Raphaelite collection.
Birmingham has the largest public collection of Pre-Raphaelite art. It can now also boast the largest online collection of Pre-Raphaelite art in the world.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery will be the first museum to offer an unrivalled resource for studying the art [...]