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  • Culture of Open Spaces debate

    Culture of Open Spaces debate

    Thursday 24 June 6.30-8.30pm @ Midland Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park B12 9QH Chamberlain Forum discussion led by Dr Alison Millward looking into what parks and open spaces mean for life in the city.  How do we use open spaces?   Do they change the way we behave?  Who should manage and look after them?  Are [...]

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  • Coming up at Capsule – June update

    Coming up at Capsule – June update

    Some new gig announcements, SILVER APPLES, electronica’s great granddaddy will be performing at Hare and Hounds, Thursday 5th August. Contrasting the flowery psychedelic rock music of the late-1960s, Silver Apples created an avant-garde sound based on little more than a homemade synthesizer (named the Simeon after their lead singer – Simeon) and an extensive drumkit. [...]

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  • Highlights from the mac re-opening weekend

    Highlights from the mac re-opening weekend

    A few videos from the mac re-opening weekend: Sampad dance demonstration The City Sings finale (via Jon Bounds) A sneak preview of the new Mac building in Cannon Hill park, Birmingham (via Nick Booth) Martin Mullaney’s welcoming speech

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  • The new Midland Arts Centre – opening weekend

    The new Midland Arts Centre – opening weekend

    The wait is over and mac is delighted to be opening their doors this May Bank Holiday Weekend. On Sat 1 May, mac will throw open the doors to the public providing access to a building which will change Birmingham’s cultural landscape. The £15 million mac and sampad Building Project, which began in April 2008, has resulted in a newly refurbished, and much improved, [...]

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