Archaeology in the graveyard – talk

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

An illustrated talk into the archaeology of Park Street burial ground, being excavated as part of the preparatory work for HS2 rail line. This investigation of a 19th century graveyard is giving archaeologists the opportunity to learn about life and death in Birmingham as it changed from a market town to industrial city. Archaeologists from […]

Free

Unforgettable: The Shape of a Life Workshop

Thimblemill Library Thimblemill Rd,, Smethwick

This workshop is facilitated by Ruth Graham one of the performers in Unforgettable This workshop can be done as a pair with Gold Rolls Royce Workshop or as a stand alone event.  Ruth writes: “On my family visits, one of the things I hear most is ‘I wish I’d asked more.’  I find it so […]

Free

Day of the Dead Celebration @Moseley Park and Pool

Moseley Park and Pool 93b Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham,, United Kingdom

Join them to celebrate the many people (and animals!) who have made Moseley Park their home over the last 300 years! You can build a shrine, make paper bunting and worry dolls, decorate a skeleton gingerbread man (then eat them!) and listen to the stories of our ancestors. Dress code – warm and spooky! Entry […]

Free

Tell it to the Bees with Pyn Stockman

Online

Tell It To The Bees: is a playful earthy performance and event about loss and remembering, inspired by the old habit of telling the bee hive of death or an important life event. The event lasts just over an hour and will be a mix of live and pre recorded work and is aimed at […]

Tell it to the bees at London Road Cemetery

London Road Cemetery London Road, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Join Pyn Stockman and Kate Luxmoore for this performance storytelling and live music show in the atmospheric setting of the Anglican Chapel, London Rd Cemetery.