December listings

Hello,

This month’s listings come in fingerless gloves. Firstly a
reminder about our Christmas special next week, and another
dvd giveaway…

7 Inch Cinema present:
CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES
Weds 12 December, 7.30pm at Highbury Hall, Moseley
The Cambridge scholar MR James dreamed up his tales of
gloomy cloisters and desolate beaches as a way of giving
friends the heebie-jeebies at Christmas, and has influenced
countless writers of suspense since. During the 70s the BBC
branded many a young, impressionable mind with a series of
spine-chilling James adaptations, and for this very special
festive one-off we’ll be dusting off two of the best: A
Warning to the Curious and Whistle and I’ll Come to You.
There will also be a selection of shorts, sundry DJs, audio
reworkings of a couple of Michael Hordern readings by
Nicholas Bullen (Black Galaxy) and another chance to
experience The Divine Edgar, the filmficciones installation
unveiled at our Ikon Halloween event. And if all that gets
too much for you we’ll keep the fire going in the bar.

Tickets: £7 advance / £8 on the night
Available from Swordfish, Jibbering and Polar Bear records
from 5 December.
Or via paypal to flatpack[at]7inch.org for £7 + 50p postage.
> http://www.7inch.org.uk/About_7inch/Events/63.aspx

Venue: Highbury Hall, Yew Tree Road, Moseley, Bham B13 8QG
Commissioned by Birmingham MP Joseph Chamberlain as his
‘country retreat’, Highbury can be found tucked behind the
Britannic Assurance building near where Russell Road meets
Queensbridge Road.
Google map
Council info

Win! A dvd of A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS (Dir: L.G.Clark,
1972), generously donated by the BFI. And! A free ticket to
the Ghost Stories event.
Just answer this question correctly:
Q] Who wrote a song inspired by MR James entitled Spectre
vs Rector?
Answers to info[at]7inch.org.uk by Friday 7 December. The
winner will be informed on Monday 10 Dec.

SO WHAT ELSE IS ON?

Monday 3 December, 7.30 at Vivid in Digbeth
PUB(LIC) CONVERSATIONS
Following the demise of Birmingham Artists (the
organisation, not all artists in Birmingham thankfully),
an open discussion about the provision for studios and
artists workspaces in the city.
> http://www.pubconversations.co.uk

3 December, 8pm at the Spotted Dog in Digbeth
FILUM NIGHT
Latest instalment of regular Irish film get-together, this
time featuring Stephen Frears’ The Van.
> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5966874994

3 December at the Robin in Bilston
HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT
Scouse funsters, ’satisfying the bloodlust of the masses in
peacetime’.
> http://www.hmhb.co.uk/

Tuesday 4 December in Bham City Centre
BRUMOB
Latest flash mob gathering.
> http://www.myspace.com/brummob

5-9 December at the Belgrade in Coventry
OUTRE
Music hall/freakshow dance performance using music by Jamie
Lidell and Tyondai Braxton. A large slice of Lynch and
Japanese horror in there too.
> http://www.belgrade.co.uk/

Thurs 6 December, 6pm at Vivid in Digbeth
FRESH MOVES
Tank.tv introduce a selection of new film and video pieces
covering fiction, digital imagery, animation and
installation work. £3/£2, dress warm.
> http://www.vivid.org.uk/

Thurs 6 December at the Town Hall in Birmingham
I AM A MISTAKE
‘A passionate plea against political correctness and a
rhapsodic love-song to smoking’ by composer Wolfgang Rihms,
with films by Chantal Akerman.
> http://www.thsh.co.uk/view/wolfgang-rihms-i-am-a-mistake

Friday 7 December at the Academy in Birmingham
CSS + JUSTICE
> http://www.birmingham-academy.co.uk

Sat 8 December at WHSmiths in Union St, Bham
EDDIE FEWTRELL BOOK SIGNING
Following the mysterious cancellation of last month’s
Waterstones signing, Birmingham’s ‘King of Clubs’ will now
be reminiscing about the good old days when he ruled the
city with a rod of iron in Smiths instead.
> http://www.brewinbooks.com

Sunday 9 December at the Yardbird in Bham
TRIP-HOP SPECIAL
Featuring Iacon, Waler and Benjamin Blower.
> www.myspace.com/thisistomorrowuk

9 December at the Glee Club
TASSELS IN TINSELTOWN
Tenth Candy Box event, featuring Mimi Lemaux, Sugar Kane
and Kitten on the Keys as well as the Palookaville
Burlesque Orchestra.
> http://www.glee.co.uk/php/news_item.php?id_news=262

Weds 12 December, 7.30pm at Highbury Hall in Moseley
CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES
See above.
> http://www.7inch.org.uk/About_7inch/Events/63.aspx

Thursday 13 December at the Medicine Bar in Digbeth
CAPSULE XMAS PARTY
Featuring Qui, Moss and BeeStung Lips.
> http://www.capsule.org.uk/Coming_Up/196.aspx

Friday 14 December at the Cross in Moseley
MOSELEY LUNAR SOCIETY
Christmas ceilidh special with the Toy Hearts and the Old
Dance School.
> http://moseleyfolk.co.uk/

Sunday 16 December at the Rainbow in Digbeth
CUSTOM MADE
All-day party featuring DJ Derek.
> http://www.myspace.com/rainbowevents

16 December at Bar Academy in Bham
CHROME HOOF
Their silver capes made quite an impression at Supersonic
this year.
> http://www.myspace.com/chromehoof

16 December at Wolverhampton Civic
KEN DODD
> http://www.wolvescivic.co.uk

18/19/20/27 December at St Paul’s Church
CHRISTMAS MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT
Ex Cathedra’s annual residency.
> http://www.ex-cathedra.org

Thursday 20 December at the Hare and Hounds
CURATES EGG presents: JOHN COOPER CLARKE
The bard of Salford, with support from Courtesy Group and
Big Bren’s cabaret.
> http://www.myspace.com/thecourtesygroup

til 6 Jan at the Shire Hall Gallery in Stafford
MAGICAL MECHANICAL MACHINES
Exhibition of contemporary automata.
> http://tinyurl.com/2fu3q9
( Thanks to D’log – http://www.d-log.info )

til 20 Jan at the Ikon Gallery in Bham
THE MOON REFLECTED
Woodblock prints by 19th century artist Utagawa Hiroshige.
> http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk

And if you’re anywhere near London, these look good:

THE SMOKING CABINET
Festival of Early Burlesque and Cabaret Cinema
7-9 December at Curzon Soho
> http://thesmokingcabinet.com/

TARKOVSKY FESTIVAL
Full retrospective with introductions by actors or
key participants, and an exhibition of Andrei’s
polaroids.
5-13 December at Curzon Mayfair
> http://www.tarkovsky-festival.co.uk/

ANTHONY McCALL
Includes the brilliant Line Describing a Cone.
Til 3 Feb at the Serpentine.
> http://www.serpentinegallery.org/

THE CITY OF THE FUTURE
Patrick Keiller exhibition: ‘A virtual landscape composed
of 68 early actuality films from the years 1896-1909,
arranged on a network of maps from the period’.
> http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank

BITS AND BOBS

BRUMMIE OF THE YEAR
….has been named as John Tighe, landlord of the Spotted
Dog. An endorsement for the Keep Digbeth Vibrant campaign.
> http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk
> http://www.keepdigbethvibrant.co.uk/

BIG LOTTERY FUND
Black Country Urban Park is amongst the contenders for £50
million.
> http://www.thepeoples50million.org.uk/vote

SUBMISSIONS WANTED
The Local Shorts Film Club are welcoming entries for their
Arts and Politics special on 9 January.
> http://www.creativepathway.org.uk/6501.html

PASSING BY
Nice little open-submissions video project, seeking your
road-movie footage.
> http://passingby.net/

BIG SCREEN IN LIMBO
A High Court injunction has prevented the BBC Big Screen
from being switched on at its new location in Victoria
Square.
> http://tinyurl.com/36h9ku

That’s it for this year. Thanks to everyone we’ve worked
with and all who’ve come along to our events in 2007; a
pretty good year all round. See you on the other side…
x

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