Eventsheet

Exhibitions

The Fitzwilliam Museum

Until 20 June
Rembrandt and the Passion
Charrington Print Room

20 April - 27 June
Surimono
Shiba Room

27 April - 25 July
Coinage in Spain and its Colonies
Octagon

Kettle's Yard

1 May - 20 June
Kenneth Martin and David Griffiths

University Library

27 April - 9 October
'A brave bad man': Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658
Opening times: Mon-Fri 9am-6pm; Sat 9am-12.30pm. Admission free

4 May - 5.45pm (Tea at 5.15pm)
Oliver Cromwell: Puritan, Saint and Godly Bigot
Speaker: Professor John Morrill
Friends of the University Library £2.50, others £2.50
To reserve a place, contact Mark Nicholls, tel: (3)33147

Theatre

ADC Theatre, Park St

4-8 May - 8pm
dream 2000 - 8pm

5-8 May - 11pm
Monkey Nuts

11-15 May - 8pm
Double Mamet: Two plays by David Mamet

11 May - 11pm
Footlights Smoker

19-21 May - 7.30pm
Brazen Hussies

27-29 May - 8pm
Alan Bennett's Habeus Corpus

Lectures

African Studies Research Seminars

April 26, May 3, 10, 17 - 5pm
African Affairs
Committee Room, Social and Political Sciences, Free School Lane

Cambridge Theological Federation Annual Lecture

4 May - 5pm
The Ethic of Biblical Interpretation
Rank Room, Wesley House, Jesus Lane
Speaker: Rt Revd Rowan Williams, Bishop of Monmouth

Rouse Ball Lecture

5 May - 12pm
Scientific Computing: The Finite, the Infinite, and the Future
Room A, the Arts School
Speaker: Professor N Trefethen

Eddington Memorial Lecture

7 May - 5.30pm
Law and the Scarcity of Medical Resources
Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue
Speaker:The Rt. Hon. The Lord Hoffmann

Cambridge Review of International Affairs Annual Conference

7 May
Lee Hall, Wolfson College
Details, contact Richard Mansell, tel: 505-698

Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology

8 May - 10am - 4pm
Study Day: Dark Contemplation: Crisis of Faith
Rank Room, Wesley House, Jesus Lane
Speakers: Pamela Ayres and Rev Dr Dermot Power
Details, contact Polly Christopherson, tel: 741039

Mordell Lecture

11 May - 4.30pm
Lecture Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
Details, contact Sally Lowe, tel: (3)37996

Judith E Wilson Annual Poetry Lecture

12 May - 5pm
Little Hall, Sidgwick Avenue
Speaker: Denise Riley

European Trust 99 Lecture Series

13 May - 5.15pm
Law Faculty, West Road
Speaker: Professor Anthony Giddens, Director of LSE
Details, contact tel: (3)39662

Delta Lecture

1 June - 4.30pm
Is a Crocodile a Work of Art? Seeing Objects in the Early Modern Cabinet of Curiosities?
Department of the History and Philosophy of Science
Speaker: Paula Findlen

The Martin Centre Research Society

29th Annual Series of Lunchtime Lectures
All lectures are free and take place at 12.15pm at the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, 6 Chaucer Road. Lunch is available following the lectures at 1.15pm for £1.50. Contact Christine, tel: (3)31700 to book lunch.

5 May
Nature of Architecture
Speaker: Professor Sir Colin St. John Wilson, Colin St. John Wilson & Associates

12 May
Passive Downdraught Evaporative Cooling in Non-Domestic Buildings
Speaker: Dr Darren Robinson, The Martin Centre

19 May
The Political Uses of History in the Urban Landscape
Speaker: Dr Gerry Kearns, Dept of Geography

26 May
Preserving the Vernacular: 1920 or 2020
Speaker: Dr Nick Hall, South Bank University

2 June
Adaptive Behaviour and Thermal Comfort: A Field Study in Office Buildings in Lisbon
Speaker: Manuel Correia Guedes, The Martin Centre

The Eighth John Bennett Memorial Lecture

18 May - 5pm
Why No Arms Conflict Over Water in the Middle East? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
The Benson Hall, Magdalene College
Speaker: Professor Tony Allan

Lecture in Aid of Assisi Earthquake Fund

16 June - 7.30pm
An Account of the Recent Devestation and Restoration Work Underway
Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue
Speaker: Elizabeth Gordon
Lecture and Buffet £20, Lecture only £6
Contact, Peter Shaw, tel: 833254

Other Events

Every Saturday 24 April-26 June (except 19 June) - 2.30pm
Music in the Fitzwilliam: Saturday Afternoon Promenade Concert Series
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Gallery III
Admission free; donations welcomed
Details, contact Elin Thomas, tel: (3)32900 or website: http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/

12 May - 7.30pm
Endellion String Quartet Concert
Music by Haydn and Janacek
West Road Concert Hall
Tickets/prices Box Office, tel: 503333

Communications Forum

21 May - 11.30am
'Publish and be damned'
Design Studio, 1 St Mary's Passage
Please book, tel: (3)39397

Garrod Day

6 May
A celebration of Dorothy Garrod, Cambridge's first woman professor.
Includes talk and an exhibition. For details: http://cumaa.archanth.cam.ac.uk/museum.html

Inspirations and Aspirations

7 May - 5.30pm
Goodness Gracious Me - Producer Anita Gupta talks about the TV series in the company of the show's cast and writers. Followed by a short performance and dinner.
Details, contact Dr Dhooleka Raj, tel: (3)38088, email: ds10020@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Botanic Garden

8 May - 10am-4pm
Natural History and Gardening Book Fair
Gilmour Building, Botanic Garden (entrance behind 47 Bateman St)
Admission to garden £2, Book Fair free
Details, Judy Cheney, tel: (3)36271

8-9 May - 10am-4.30pm
Basketry and Botany Course: Talks and Techniques using Leaves: Twining and Weaving
Tutor: Mary Butcher

10 May-11 May - 10am-4.30pm
Basketry and Botany Course: Talks and Techniques using Leaves: Coiling
Tutor: Mary Butcher

10 May-14 May
Cambridge Environment Week 99
Booking advised

13 May - 10.30am-12.30pm
Feeling Plants
Booking essential

15 May - 10am-5pm
Plant Propogation: Putting Theory into Practice
Tutors: Tim Upson and Ernie Spong
Details, tel: 01954 280399

17 May - 10am-4pm
Pruning Shrubs in June
Tutors: Norman Villis and Peter Kerley

19-20 May - 10am-4pm
Exotic and Tropical Plants in Watercolour
Tutor: Petula Stone

21-23 May - 10am-4pm
Illustrating Plants using Pen and Ink: Springtime
Tutor: Michael Hickey

27-28 May - 10am-4pm
Drawing Pastels in the Garden
Tutor: Heidi Jack

Details/registrations, contact The Education Office, tel: (3)31875/6