Unit 1, The Edge, 79-81 Cheapside, Digbeth, B12 9LJ
When: Thursday 25th April – Sunday 7th July

The Margaret Street Free Arts Council (MSFAC) are proud to announce the dates for our forthcoming programme of events entitled Iz-B12 at The Edge.

IZ-B12 is an investigation into political radicalism; through critical theory and practice as protest within the sphere of contemporary arts.

MSFAC is a platform for ethical collaboration. Please feel free to get involved with what we do and be a part of our history.

MSFAC can be contacted via Twitter (@msfreeac) and Facebook (msfac.radicalarts). Click here to visit their website. Further details of their programme of events at The Edge can be found on the poster below.

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When: Saturday 27th April 2013, from 12:00
Where: Project Pigeon, 9-12 Floodgate Street, Digbeth, B5 5ST

Project Pigeon presents The Fancy, possibly the first ever play set at a pigeon loft, written by Mandy Ross and directed by Kim Charnock from RoguePlay Theatre. The Fancy is based on material in the Birmingham Pigeon Archive and explores the lives, relationships and experiences of pigeon fanciers.

Project Pigeon’s site will be open from noon for a full day’s worth of activities; all sessions are free, with the exception of the performance of the play:

• 12:00 – 17:00
  The Birmingham Pigeon Archive, comprising of videos, photographs and documents, will be viewable in one of Project Pigeon’s sheds.
• 14:00 – 16:00
  Mandy Ross will run a drop-in writing workshop, open to both writers and non-writers.
• 17:00 – 18:00
  Launch of Pigeon Talk: Tales from The Fancy – a book which brings together some of the research, documents and photographs from The Birmingham Pigeon Archive project.
• 18:30 – 19:30
  Performance of The Fancy
  Tickets £5 on the door, or available in advance from the Project Pigeon website or below

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* 10/05/13 UPDATE: This meeting has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances*

When: Tuesday 16th April, 09:30
Where: Stanhope Hall Community Centre, Ketley Croft, Highgate, B12 OXG

The next meeting of Highgate United Group (HUG) will be on Tuesday 16th April at 09:30 hours at Stanhope Hall.

The project was launched nearly a year ago, and as good neighbours, DRA encourages all our members to support community work in Highgate. Please see an invitation from Anita below:

I hope you can all attend this meeting, and please pass this onto other residents in the area, as we need as much support as possible. The project has reached an important stage as we are now organising the playing pitch. Could you please confirm your attendance so I have an idea of numbers. Also, please find below the minutes from the last meeting.

Many thanks,

Anita Hodson
Nechells Neighbourhood Policing Team
Digbeth Police Station, High Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6DT
Tel: 0345 113 5000 ext 78686721
Email: a.hodson@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk

Highgate United Meeting Minutes

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When: Thursday 25th April, 19:00-22:00
Where: The Greenhouse Café, Gibb Street, Custard Factory, Digbeth
Tickets: £3 – includes a copy of the Naked Lungs publication

Naked Lungs is a newly established Birmingham collective focused on promoting and providing a platform for a myriad of art forms. This will be their first monthly event, which will also launch the first edition of their self-published magazine to document art in Birmingham as a whole.

Naked Lungs hope to work with the best spoken word artists in Birmingham, some of which feature in the line-up for their first event:

• Keiran Goddard
  “Keiran Goddard writes with an intensity and commitment matched only by his imagistic facility. His is an original new voice that demands our attention.” Luke Kennard
• Benjamin Jones
  “Free form philosophy, live on stage”
• Garrie Fletcher
  Writes edgy adult fiction and poetry about the dark knuckles of the earth, the pauses between stations and the hiss of the city.
• Hannah Graham (Annie J)
  Her work is personal, reflective and poignant; a fusion between witty word play and creative storytelling.
• Jaden Larker (Seasick Fist)
  “Spoken word poet, wandering wordsmith, retired magician”

For more information about the event, visit the Facebook event page. If you are interested in collaborating with Naked Lungs, or contributing to the event/publication, please get in touch with Joe or Chris by email.

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