Culture News & Updates
- 8th November 2022
Bert Flitcroft (Staffords Poet Laureate 2015-17) has three collections of poetry published: ‘Singing Puccini at the kitchen sink’, ‘Thought-apples’, and ‘JUST ASKING’.
Drawing deep inspiration from the past, present and future, this exhibition celebrates the resilience of the Wolverhampton community, built on embracing change.
- 1st November 2022
Wolverhampton Art Gallery once again welcomes the Wolverhampton Society of Artists’ latest exhibition, which runs from Saturday 29 October to Sunday 18 December.
The free Festival of Lights returns for two days at Caldmore Community Garden on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th November 2022.
- 16th October 2022
Voices from The Fountain is an open mic event for poets, writers, songwriters and those who have a story they wish to share.
CO-PRODUCED BY SONIA SABRI COMPANY AND DUNDU – THE GIANTS OF LIGHT (FRIDAY 21 – SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER)
- 12th October 2022
A spectacular free Diwali celebration with singing, dancing, food and fun for all the community will make an eagerly anticipated return to Birmingham city centre this weekend.
- 7th October 2022
Poetry Scum is a monthly working class poetry event held in Nottingham, run by local poet Jesse Eden Freeman. Each month there is two paid headliners that feature and this months features Cece and Wolverhampton’s own Shak.
- 4th October 2022
PoArtry is an ongoing annual collaboration project that invites poets and artists to work with each other to create new work. It is the brainchild of Rick Sanders, an artist and poet from the Black Country.
- 22nd September 2022
“Deprogramming” with Dolo and spoken truth. A night of spoken word with a focus on unlearning and relearning the things we thought we knew about life.