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Should Birmingham have a directly elected mayor?
In May 2012 citizens of Birmingham get to decide whether or not the city should be led by a directly elected mayor instead of its current system of government. One case for the elected mayor is that a dynamic figuredhead will provide clear leadership for the city, whilst a case against is the worry of [...] -
Danny Smith ‘hates the community’
Over on Created in Birmingham, Danny Smith has, in best Danny tradition, written a provocative piece in which he questions the value and merit of community arts projects. Like all things, there is good community arts, & there is crap community arts – but if ‘community arts’ has become synonymous with crap, then the community [...] -
Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam?
In response to me sharing with my friends on Facebook my latest progress update on the various instruments I’d recently started learning to play, one friend made an off-the-cuff comment asking when I was going to organise a folk-jam night. It hadn’t actually occurred to me at that point to do such a thing, but [...] -
Cubetris
It appears The Cube, by the canal, has started moving! -
Bullring Open Market, 1154-2010, R.I.P.
Today I officially pronounce the Bullring fruit and vegetable market to be dead. It had a good innings – nobody can complain about a run of 856 years and it being curtailed; I remember when plans to demolish the 1960′s market and shopping centre area were being consulted on how most of the traders predicted [...] -
A new Created in Birmingham shop – how it might work
Earlier in the year we were pleased to support the shop run by Created in Birmingham set up to showcase the work of local artists, musicians, writers, jewellery designers, badge makers, photographers, zine editors, etc – and a roaring success it was, turning over £45,000 in the three months it was operating for. The ever-inspirational [...] -
The Invisible City
Birmingham’s Creative Republic is running a summer project called the Invisible City, to raise awareness of the many creative ideas which happen in Birmingham. Birmingham Alive! is one of the organisations taking part – and we’d appreciate your vote! Just go to the page and click on one of the stars – preferably one of [...] -
Play your part in Birmingham’s UK City of Culture pitch
The Birmingham UK City of Culture team makes its final pitch to the judging panel in Liverpool today. And we want you to help us convince the judges that Birmingham deserves this prestigious accolade in 2013. Representatives of arts organisations, the business community and Birmingham City Council will explain to the panel – chaired by [...]
