| Sun 8 March 2015 | 10:00AM - 3:30PM |
Orchid Festival 2015: the pollinators are coming... Enjoy the Glasshouse Range transformed for this year's Orchid Festival from Saturday 7 February – Sunday 22 March 2015 and discover some unique plant and pollinator relationships. |
| 10:00AM - 4:45PM |
Biological Sciences: the story of four billion years of evolution in seven hours In this day school we will explore the evolution of life on planet Earth: from the first replicating molecules to the evolution of ‘superorganisms’. We will discuss what we mean by ‘life’ and the key processes that have led to such a bewildering diversity of species that live on our planet. |
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| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Rowena Comrie Rowena Comrie’s art is concerned with confronting the contemporary sublime using specific metaphors to express this concept. Previously she has taken flight as her subject, creating a major body of work. |
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| 10:00AM - 9:00PM |
Highlight WOW Cambridge 2015 WOW Women of the World Cambridge |
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| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Circuit curates: Gaudier-Brzeska The Circuit group are curating a display in Helen’s bedroom in Kettle’s Yard that explores the artist’s fascination with birds. The display includes sculptures, ink drawings and sketchbooks. |
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| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Modern heroism: printmaking and the legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte An exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. Highlights of the exhibition include prints by Charlet and Raffet, who contributed to Napoleon’s heroic legacy through glorifying war and military personnel; works by Delacroix and Gericault that respond to the drama and tragedy of the period; and satirical prints by Daumier. |
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| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Moonstrips: Eduardo Paolozzi and the printed collage 1965-72 Eduardo Paolozzi’s use of found images and words cut from popular magazines and scientific journals played a formative role in the development of British art in the 1950s and 60s. He adapted the technique of collage to printed media in spectacular sets – often seen as highlights of Pop Art. |
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| 2:30PM - 3:30PM |
Highlight Music for oboe, horn and piano Tom Blomfield (oboe) and Alexei Watkins (horn), both students at the Royal Academy of Music, join Cambridge scholar, Alex Woolf (piano) for this free concert at Madingley Hall. |
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| 5:30PM |
Highlight Raaga Kalaa 2015 And evening of Indian classical music and dance organized by CUICAS (Cambridge University Indian Classical Arts Society). |
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| 6:00PM - 6:25PM |
To be performed by Edward Picton-Turbervill (Organ Scholar, St John's College) |
