That was the wedge that was
Richard Lutz reviews the past seven days in his city.
Foodie festival comes to Birmingham
Cannon Hill Park to be transformed into food heaven.
City food festival launched
Cannon Hill Park to be transformed into foodie heaven.
DE. CON. STRUCT.
DE.CON.STRUCT is a group exhibition, which aims to challenge gender norms and ideals.
God’s own country?
Black US teenager Trayvon Martin’s shooting, and subsequent acquittal of his killer, elicits this from Laurence Inman.
Birmingham Gay Symphony Orchestra to host a weekend of making music, fun & friends
BGSO inviting orchestral musicians of all backgrounds from across the Midlands and beyond to come and join in for a weekend of making new friends and music in great setting of mac birmingham.
One Beat Saturday Festival – full line-up announced
The full line-up for mac birmingham’s ‘new music’ festival for young people ‘One Beat Saturday’ is now available.
Outdoor season at mac birmingham announced
The summer season at mac birmingham kicks off with an exciting outdoor programme of theatre, music, comedy and movies – suitable for families, young people and adults.
South Africa War Memorial rededication ceremony
The somewhat controversial South Africa War Memorial in Cannon Hill Park is to be rededicated at a ceremony on Saturday, 8th December.
Vanley Burke: By the Rivers of Birminam
mac birmingham presents By the Rivers of Birminam – the first retrospective exhibition of one of the country’s most prolific black photographers, Vanley Burke.
mac Birmingham hits half century
The Midlands’ most popular arts centre, mac birmingham, officially launched its 50th anniversary celebrations on Saturday with the opening of The Playmakers, a brand new exhibition which reflects the centre’s history.
Free Cannon Hill Open House & Garden Day
This weekend is the Edwardian Open House and Garden Day at Cannon Hill House – the Grade 2 Listed Home of Louisa Ryland who gifted Cannon Hill and Small Heath Parks to the people of Birmingham.
Love Architecture, Love Birmingham
Birmingham celebrates the buildings & people that make the city
Last chance for a century to witness the Transit of Venus
For the last time until the year 2117 people around the world will have a chance to witness the transit of Venus as the planet passes directly between Earth and the Sun
Leading international composer premieres work at mac birmingham
Following the success of Birmingham Conservatoire’s Frontiers+ during March 2012, Heiner Goebbels returns for the UK premiere of Walden at mac birmingham, as part of the London 2012 Festival.
mac birmingham attracts 1.7 million visitors in first two years
mac birmingham re-opened its doors following a multi-million pound makeover and since then has attracted more than 1.7 million visits
Croquet comes to Cannon Hill Park on Sunday 15th April and Saturday April 21st
It’s all free – free equipment hire, free sessions. Try your hand at Croquet
18-hole golf course for Cannon Hill Park
This Saturday sees the opening of a new 18-hole mini-golf course in Birmingham’s Cannon Hill Park
Allotment to be happening at mac Birmingham
Join mac birmingham down on its ALLOTMENT with a difference…
New hope for historic Birmingham building
The Golden Lion, a former Deritend public house, has been languishing in Cannon Hill Park since it was moved to make way for a dual carriageway.
mac birmingham one year on…
mac birmingham re-opened just over a year ago
First ever Birmingham Cannon Hill Park Community Games
The first ever Birmingham Cannon Hill Park Community Games takes place on Sunday 24th July
The Heat, Brummies and The Long Long Evenings
I’m not one to go on and on about Birmingham. Just like I was never one to go on and on about other cities I lived in
Victorian open house weekend
Free Garden Fete and Entertainment Tribute to Louisa Ryland who donated the Peoples Cannon Hill Park in 1873
mac birmingham announces its Arena Season line up
Whatever the weather this Summer, mac birmingham’s outdoor Arena stage will be scorching with the hottest talent in music.
Explore foreign lands at mac in May
Over a decade ago, writer and performer Jonathan Young fell in love with an Icelandic woman and went to live with her in Reykjavik.
May Day Re-imagined
This May mac Birmingham and Moseley Folk are joining forces to present a contemporary re-imagining of May Day with a host of fantastic free events.
Not a Taste of Birmingham
Birmingham’s reputation as one of the country’s most prestigious gastronomic centres has, ironically, helped force the scrapping of its most-high profile food event.
If you go down to The Woods…..
After the national success of Treasured: A Secret Journey, Jane Packman returns to The MAC with The Woods until Sun 27 Feb.
What’s on at The MAC in March
Recently refurbished, The MAC in Cannon Hill Park has loads on in March – music, comedy, theatre and performance arts.