December 1st, 2011
While it “‘tis the season to be jolly”, Bitters ’n Twisted Venues are encouraging parties to look after their designated driver this year by providing them with a complimentary soft drink or low-alcohol beer when 4 drinks are purchased together at their venues during December.
The five Birmingham based venues that make up the Bitters ’n Twisted family, Bodega Bar and Cantina, Island Bar, The Jekyll & Hyde, The Victoria and The Rose Villa Tavern are promoting the message of responsible drinking this Christmas. All five venues offer customers a wide range of cocktails, global beers and hand-picked wines, whilst cask ale is also on offer at The Victoria, The Jekyll & Hyde and The Rose Villa Tavern. Meanwhile for the soft drinkers and designated drivers all of the bars offer a range of fresh fruit juices, carbonated drinks, “mock-tails”, blended fruit drinks and bottled Becks Blue low-alcohol beer.
Matt Scriven Director of Bitters ’n Twisted said “with a host of festive events taking place this time of the year we wanted to make sure all of the designated drivers are well looked after and to do our bit to combat drink driving. With a large range of soft drinks on offer drivers will be spoilt for choice for what to have and best of all it’s on us, call it an early Christmas present.”
This offer runs throughout December including New Year’s Eve at all five venues.
November 28th, 2011
Friday 2 December (5.00-9.00pm)
Jump aboard the free ArtBus to visit the Barber, Mac, Ikon, Eastside Projects and RBSA galleries for a special late night opening. Free guided tours, mulled wine, mince pies and other refreshments available at all galleries. It’s also a perfect opportunity to pick up some unique designer-maker Christmas gifts at the RBSA and the Barber’s annual craft fair.
Please see the Barber’s website for more details and the bus timetable:
http://www.barber.org.uk/gallnight2011.html
November 22nd, 2011
Our Shop
We would like to introduce ourselves. We are Darren and Jenni – a husband and wife team. We have recently opened Pure Essence Greetings, which is located at 59a Caroline Street, in the heart of the thriving Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, renowned for its high quality jewellery shops. We specialises in high quality personalised and inspirational gifts for every occasion. We have spent our lives using our creativity to invest in our community. Now we have put together a dynamic team that specialise in creating memorable and inspired gifts and products for all occasions. You will find a range of personalised keepsake canvasses, traditional and handmade cards, gifts, inspirational gifts, costume jewellery, handcrafted vases and sculptures plus lots more. Located in our shop is L’egance by De’son who specialise in personalised wedding stationary and cakes including novelty cakes.
Our Community Interests
We are also the Directors of Mentoring for Educational Achievement (MEA) and we specialise supporting young people aged 11 –16yrs who are experiencing difficulties within the education, at home or within their local community
Many of the young people we work with struggle to cope within school for a variety of reasons. Without projects like MEA, these young people may find themselves surrounded by influences which ultimately affect their ability to reach their full potential. Through MEA we work towards addressing these issues through intensive one-to-one and group mentoring support, life and social skills development, access to education, training and development, family support and advocacy. We strongly believe that with the right support young people are given the opportunity to turn their lives around.
Through Pure Essence Greetings, we want to continue supporting this project and will donate 5% of all profits to MEA!
November 14th, 2011
The RBSA will be holding a Christmas Shopping Event in the Craft Gallery to showcase ‘Electric’, the Christmas Exhibition of designer maker jewellery, silverware and ceramics on Saturday 19th November between 11am and 4pm. Free refreshments will be available with a complimentary gift wrapping service too! With 16 designer makers exhibiting, there are many beautiful pieces to choose from, with prices starting at just £12, for jewellery and £3.50 for ceramics
November 11th, 2011
The Vaults has been doing some refurbishment to the venue, we have sound proofed the Restaurant area, which will enhance the dinning experience for all our loyal customers. You will no longer find the music so intrusive to your dining experience on Fridays and Saturdays. The New November Menu has been launched and has already proved a huge success. Please visit www.vaultsbirmingham.com or follow us on twitter ‘thevaultsbrum’ on our latest offers.
VAULTS 4th BIRTHDAY
Greg Wilson is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers in the dance music scene, whether its at the infamous Wigan Pier or the Acid coated walls of The Hacienda. The Vaults will be celebrating its 4th birthday on Friday 25 November and what better way to do this than have Greg on board, bringing his ‘old school’ vibe along the way. Keeping with our Iconic theme we will also have local stalwarts Phuturemusic & Jit (Smile) as good measure to take you in to the early hours.
PRIVATE VIP BOOTHS
The Vaults have some of the finest Private Booths in Birmingham; Fact! To reserve a Booth (very limited for this event) please email the Vaults
At the Vaults, we are forever trying to enhance our clientele’s experience and after much feedback we will be making sure the venue has the perfect setting for an intimate late night lounge with better mood lighting, improved sound and a Vip room for our regular guests.
November 7th, 2011
Electric (7 November 2011 – 13 January 2012)
The RBSA Gallery’s festive craft exhibition is guaranteed to be electric! On show are a selection of the nation’s most celebrated designer makers who are exhibiting their latest collections of contemporary silver and gold jewellery, alongside ceramics and silverware. Why not also take the opportunity to find your special someone a unique, hand-made gift this Christmas from the RBSA Gallery…?
November 7th, 2011
The Jekyll & Hyde will be marking Remembrance Day by making an annual donation to The British Legion. They provide welfare, comradeship, representation and Remembrance for the Armed Forces community. A donation of 25p for each of The Jekyll’s Armistice cocktails sold throughout the year will be donated at this time of the year.
The Jekyll & Hyde is a popular public house specialising in gin and gin based cocktails. Taking pride of place on the cocktail menu is the Armistice cocktail a blend of saffron gin, pamplemoose and poppy liqueurs, blood orange syrup and grapefruit bitters created especially for Remembrance Day.
General Manager of The Jekyll & Hyde Carl Hawkins said “The British Legion do such good work for our troops & their families we wanted a way to support them and what better way for us to help than with a charity cocktail! That way people can enjoy an amazing cocktail and support a very worthy cause at the same time”
Available all year round, but especially poignant this time of year.
The Jekyll & Hyde is open Monday – Saturday 12-12pm.
November 2nd, 2011
City Car Club is the UK’s leading car club with over 500 pay-as-you-go cars and vans across Birmingham and 13 other UK cities. The cars are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be booked by the hour, day, or as long as you like from just £1.75 per hour.
Until now, Birmingham City Car Club has been a relatively small scale operation, but thanks to a new partnership with the City Council, who have agreed to provide an initial supply of on-street parking bays, the club is hoping to grow significantly over the coming months and years
Unlike owning your own car, with City Car Club you only pay for the time you actually need the car, so you’re not wasting money paying for one while it sits doing nothing. There are currently 4 City Cars conveniently located across Birmingham in designated parking bays near to where you live and work including one on Warstone Lane in the Jewellery Quarter. All vehicles can be booked online or by phone in advance, or at a moment’s notice so you can simply book, jump in and drive away.
Special Offer:
To help promote the new bay in the Jewellery Quarter, City Car Club is offering 20 first year memberships half price, plus £25 free drive time. All that is required is to quote JEW341 when joining. This offer is available on a first-come-first-served basis.
Businesses in the Jewellery Quarter can contact Matthew Barker on 07809 194 862 for a tailored special offer and significant discounts
For more information and to join visit the City Car Club website.
November 2nd, 2011
Some exciting things are happening at the Vaults and here are just some of the highlights.
New sound proofing to the restaurant for an enhanced dining experience for our diners.
The Vaults has been doing some refurbishment to the venue, we have sound proofed the Restaurant area, which will enhance the dining experience for all our loyal customers. You will no longer find the music so intrusive to your dining experience on Fridays and Saturdays. The New Menu will be launching on November 1st, so please visit www.vaultsbirmingham.com or follow us on twitter thevaultsbrum to see it first.
‘Beaujolais Nouveau’ Day comes to the Vaults on Nov 17th.
At The Vaults we love our Beaujolais Chateau Pizay, and on the 17th November we will be celebrating ‘The Beaujolais Nouveau’, we will of course be drinking the new vintage and the kitchen will be serving Steak Tartare, Steak Au Poivre. We would like to organise Fruit De Mer for your table and if you pre order everything, we can garner from the sea for £45 per person. For Afters we have Dessert Tarte Tatin and Crepe Suzette. In addition to all this exquisite food we will have Sam Rogers Quarter on the evening. Please talk to your waiter and reserve a table.
‘Live’ at the Vaults every Thursday featuring some of Birmingham’s finest quartets.
Live at The Vaults every Thursday with Sarah Kershaw on Thursday 27 October. Sarah’s soulful and soaring vocals have added a touch of class to some of the most stylish venues around the UK. A regular on the London circuit, her unique and eclectic set is always sure to satisfy everyone from the jazz cats through to the indie kids and the pop divas! Forthcoming artists include Patsy Fuller (November 3rd) and Andy Sax Quartet.
Art & Icon comes to the Vaults; collect a set of 4 unique prints.
Icon is a brand new night that starts at the Vaults every Friday. We will be designing a special set of collectable prints of art from Clusta, so make sure you look out for them. Featured Guests include Greg Wilson on Friday 15 November, part of the Vaults 4th Birthday and Neil Pierce from Soul Heaven and many more along the way.
Mini Refurbishment continues at the Vaults including Mood Lighting and Private VIP Room.
At the Vaults, we are forever trying to enhance our clientele’s experience and after much feedback we will be making sure the venue has the perfect setting for an intimate late night lounge with better mood lighting, sound and rooms for VIPs.
The Vaults have some of the finest Private Booths, so why not book them with us for that personal and unique experience.
October 24th, 2011
This year’s exhibition from the RBSA’s Permanent Collection focuses on the Birmingham artist William John Wainwright (1855-1931) and his contemporaries.
On display are Wainwright’s original sketchbooks, numerous portraits, and studies of colourful costumes. Please see our website for further details and for associated FREE events.
http://www.rbsa.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/rbsa-permanent-collection/
