The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Live! Arts have released a video of a recent interview with the prominent Black Lives Matter UK activist, Joshua Virasami. In the video, Virasami explains the BLM movement’s US origins and his views on many issues, including police brutality in The US vs The UK (“the trend is the same, the violence is the same”)…
Three-time world champion spoken word artist Buddy Wakefield will make a rare appearance in Birmingham this month, on 20th August, when he performs at the city’s upcoming ‘Hubb Debates’ event in Sparkbrook. The Hubb Debates is a novel event format that combines open public debate on contentious issues with spontaneous performances from musicians and performance artists…
City arts organisation Soul City Arts has apparently come up with a novel solution to the problem of societal polarisation in the ‘Trump-Brexit’ era, in the form of a public storytelling event, dubbed TruStories. Taking place on Thursday 27th July at the Hubb Art Space in Sparkhill, TruStories offers members of the public the chance to take to the…