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The Drum - Colony screening - Birmingham

See a unique screening of 1960s documentary The Colony in Birmingham

On Tuesday 24th March 2015, The Drum and Birmingham Jazz will present a screening of The Colony, with a live score performed by jazz band From Scratch…

A Passion For Birmingham - The Old Joint Stock Theatre Company

A Passion for Birmingham returns to the city this Easter

A Passion for Birmingham, the immersive promenade theatre production, returns to the city this Easter, from 24th March to 3rd April 2015…

Christmas by Candlelight - Old Joint Stock - Birmingham

Enjoy a Christmas by Candlelight in Birmingham

Christmas by Candlelight returns to the Old Joint Stock in Birmingham on Sunday 14th and 21st December for two very special festive evenings of entertainment…

Aston Hall - Birmingham - Halloween

Explore creepy cellars, float a pumpkin or take a ghost walk in Birmingham

If you are in Birmingham and looking for something to do this Halloween, why not try spooky cellars, pumpkin flotillas and ghost walks?

Love Food Hate Waste - 'Liquid Greens Machine' Breakfast Truck

Love food hate waste? Then visit the ‘Liquid Greens Machine’ Breakfast Truck

The ‘Liquid Greens Machine’ Breakfast Truck will be delivering breakfast ideas with a difference across the UK from 24th July to 5th September 2014…

Wonderful World of Rowland Emett - Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Explore the Wonderful World of Rowland Emett

Curious minds are invited to step inside the whimsical and wonderful world of machines by eccentric inventor Rowland Emett at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery…

Blists Hill Victorian Town - Egg dancing - Easter events

Easter Eleven: the UK’s top quirky events for 2014

Spring is here and Easter is fast approaching, so Contrary Life has put together a round-up of the best quirky Easter events taking place this year…

A Passion For Birmingham - The Old Joint Stock Theatre Company

Venture into hidden places with A Passion For Birmingham

A Passion For Birmingham is a promenade production which will lead its audience around both familiar spaces and hidden spaces via passageways and alleyways…

Bill Drummond - World Tour - 25 Paintings - Birmingham

Bill Drummond sails into Birmingham on his bed to begin world tour

On 13th March at noon, Bill Drummond will arrive in Birmingham via the Grand Union Canal on a raft made from his bed to begin his World Tour…

Betrayal - Printer - Old Joint Stock Theatre - Birmingham

Pinter’s Betrayal at The Old Joint Stock Theatre

The Old Joint Stock Theatre in Birmingham presents Pinter’s most tender and personal play, Betrayal, from 23rd – 25th January 2014…

Trade Show exhibition - Eastside Projects - Birmingham

Trade Show at Eastside Projects

Trade Show is a group exhibition that exercises the function of art to exchange, present and enact different economic practices and cultures of trade…

Whisky Women - Birmingham

Join the Whisky Women in Birmingham

Birmingham’s Whisky Women is a beginner’s guide to drinking whisky. The next event takes place on 15th November at The Church, JQ, in Birmingham…

Mary Shelley - xHumed - Birmingham

Dead good thinking with xHumed

‘How the Industrial Age Forged Our Digital Future’ will be no ordinary conference event; there will be 12 speakers, 6 live and 6 dead…

Aar Maanta - The Drum Birmingham

Aar Maanta mixes modern music and traditional Somali sounds at The Drum

Mixing traditional Somali music with modern influences to create Afro Hop, Aar Maanta is bringing his unique sound to The Drum, Birmingham on 18th October…

Cao Fei - Haze and Fog - Eastside Projects

Haze and Fog at Eastside Projects

Cao Fei’s Haze and Fog is a new type of zombie movie set in modern China made by one of the most important Chinese artists working today…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Fakes, forgeries and misinformation at Royal Society Late
Dragon Fish - The Royal Society Lates in March

Next month, the Royal Society’s Late event mixes tomfoolery with science as it tackles fake news and hoaxes…

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