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Mon 7 November 2016 9:00AM - 5:00PM

In Search of New Forms

This exhibition draws on Kettle’s Yard’s extensive collection holdings of abstract painting, collages and prints that date from the 1960s to the 1980s.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Curious objects

The curious objects in this exhibition all have a part to play in telling the story of the Library, and form a cabinet of curiosities that opens a window onto the nature of collecting.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Flowers of Earth and Blood

An exhibition by photographer Lala Meredith-Vula

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Elisabeth Vellacott: Figures in the Landscape

This display draws together rarely seen drawings and paintings by Vellacott from Kettle’s Yard’s Collection and loans from the Arts Council Collection.

12:30PM - 1:15PM

Artist in Focus: Christopher Wood

Join Lily Spicer for an introduction to the works of Christopher Wood, exploring key works from the Reimagining the City display at Wolfson College.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Highlight Molecular medicines for the lysosome

A lecture by Professor Timothy Cox MD FRCP FMedSci, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Department of Medicine

Tue 8 November 2016 9:00AM - 5:00PM

In Search of New Forms

This exhibition draws on Kettle’s Yard’s extensive collection holdings of abstract painting, collages and prints that date from the 1960s to the 1980s.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Curious objects

The curious objects in this exhibition all have a part to play in telling the story of the Library, and form a cabinet of curiosities that opens a window onto the nature of collecting.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Flowers of Earth and Blood

An exhibition by photographer Lala Meredith-Vula

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An amateur’s passion: Lord Fitzwilliam’s print collection

This exhibition looks at what interested Lord Fitzwilliam most in acquiring and ordering his print collection, and features examples of his albums, rarely seen in public but offering a fascinating insight into the mind of a late 18th century collector.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Being Modern: Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Works by artists who sought to make a new art responding to the modern world are brought together.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 - 2016

Running throughout 2016, this exhibition will explore the Fitzwilliam’s past, present and future.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight COLOUR: the art and science of illuminated manuscripts

The final major exhibition for 2016 celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s bicentenary with a stunning display of 150 illuminated manuscripts from its rich collections.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Elisabeth Vellacott: Figures in the Landscape

This display draws together rarely seen drawings and paintings by Vellacott from Kettle’s Yard’s Collection and loans from the Arts Council Collection.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Inside the Macclesfield Psalter

Step inside the world – and the mind – of the Macclesfield Psalter’s artists in a unique, dreamlike experience.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Realisation: Recent prints by Susan Aldworth and Jane Dixon

This exhibition of beautiful contemporary prints by two British artists challenges our assumptions of reality and identity.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy Portrait of Himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy portrait of himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

1:10PM - 1:55PM

Lunchtime Concert: Members of Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra

Selected members of CUCO perform two major chamber works of the twentieth century. Free admission, with retiring collection.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Lees Knowles Lectures 2016

James Howard-Johnston (Corpus Christi College Oxford) will lecture on 'The Byzantine Art of War'

6:30PM - 9:00PM

Synthetic biology for regenerative medicine

Professor Ron Weiss (MIT) introduces the design and implementation of synthetic gene circuits in mammalian systems, exploring the potential of this approach in regenerative medicine and stem cell engineering. The talk and dialogue will be followed by a wine reception and delicious finger buffet.

7:00PM - 8:30PM

Innovative treatments and prevention of Diabetes

BSA Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospital Partnership come together for this special Scibar to mark World Diabetes Day.

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals

Wed 9 November 2016 9:00AM - 5:00PM

In Search of New Forms

This exhibition draws on Kettle’s Yard’s extensive collection holdings of abstract painting, collages and prints that date from the 1960s to the 1980s.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Curious objects

The curious objects in this exhibition all have a part to play in telling the story of the Library, and form a cabinet of curiosities that opens a window onto the nature of collecting.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Flowers of Earth and Blood

An exhibition by photographer Lala Meredith-Vula

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An amateur’s passion: Lord Fitzwilliam’s print collection

This exhibition looks at what interested Lord Fitzwilliam most in acquiring and ordering his print collection, and features examples of his albums, rarely seen in public but offering a fascinating insight into the mind of a late 18th century collector.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Being Modern: Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Works by artists who sought to make a new art responding to the modern world are brought together.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 - 2016

Running throughout 2016, this exhibition will explore the Fitzwilliam’s past, present and future.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight COLOUR: the art and science of illuminated manuscripts

The final major exhibition for 2016 celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s bicentenary with a stunning display of 150 illuminated manuscripts from its rich collections.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Elisabeth Vellacott: Figures in the Landscape

This display draws together rarely seen drawings and paintings by Vellacott from Kettle’s Yard’s Collection and loans from the Arts Council Collection.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Inside the Macclesfield Psalter

Step inside the world – and the mind – of the Macclesfield Psalter’s artists in a unique, dreamlike experience.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Realisation: Recent prints by Susan Aldworth and Jane Dixon

This exhibition of beautiful contemporary prints by two British artists challenges our assumptions of reality and identity.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Portraits of Place: Works from Kettle’s Yard and Richard Long

This exhibition brings together paintings, sculptures, collages and works on paper by leading twentieth and twenty-first century artists who have been inspired to make artworks that respond to the places in which they have lived and worked.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy Portrait of Himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy portrait of himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

12:30PM - 1:15PM

Artist in Focus: Alfred Wallis

Join Georgie Joseph for an introduction to the works of Alfred Wallis, exploring key works in the Portraits of Place display at the Heong Gallery.

6:30PM - 8:00PM

Life clubs - Self improvement workshops Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Life clubs was created in 2004 by Nina Grunfeld, best-selling author of The Life Book. Sessions are every Wednesday.

6:30PM - 8:00PM

Psychology for Educators: How to support long term memory in the classroom

An evening lecture at Madingley Hall by Dr Andrea Greve, whose research focuses on understanding the cognitive and neural basis of human episodic memory.

Thu 10 November 2016 9:00AM - 5:00PM

In Search of New Forms

This exhibition draws on Kettle’s Yard’s extensive collection holdings of abstract painting, collages and prints that date from the 1960s to the 1980s.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Curious objects

The curious objects in this exhibition all have a part to play in telling the story of the Library, and form a cabinet of curiosities that opens a window onto the nature of collecting.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Flowers of Earth and Blood

An exhibition by photographer Lala Meredith-Vula

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An amateur’s passion: Lord Fitzwilliam’s print collection

This exhibition looks at what interested Lord Fitzwilliam most in acquiring and ordering his print collection, and features examples of his albums, rarely seen in public but offering a fascinating insight into the mind of a late 18th century collector.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Being Modern: Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Works by artists who sought to make a new art responding to the modern world are brought together.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 - 2016

Running throughout 2016, this exhibition will explore the Fitzwilliam’s past, present and future.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight COLOUR: the art and science of illuminated manuscripts

The final major exhibition for 2016 celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s bicentenary with a stunning display of 150 illuminated manuscripts from its rich collections.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Elisabeth Vellacott: Figures in the Landscape

This display draws together rarely seen drawings and paintings by Vellacott from Kettle’s Yard’s Collection and loans from the Arts Council Collection.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Inside the Macclesfield Psalter

Step inside the world – and the mind – of the Macclesfield Psalter’s artists in a unique, dreamlike experience.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Realisation: Recent prints by Susan Aldworth and Jane Dixon

This exhibition of beautiful contemporary prints by two British artists challenges our assumptions of reality and identity.

12:00PM - 1:00PM

Partition: politics, memory and identity

Part of the "Visual Rhetoric and modern South Asian history" course. This course offers practical and theoretical approaches to old and new media literacies required when exploring the visual dimension of modern South Asian history.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy Portrait of Himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy portrait of himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

5:00PM - 7:00PM

G.L.S. Shackle Biennial Memorial Lecture

The seventh in a series of lectures in memory of the late Professor G.L.S. Shackle. The invited speaker is Andy Haldane, Chief Economist and Executive Director, Monetary Analysis & Statistics at the Bank of England

6:30PM - 8:00PM

Surveying marine biodiversity in the Staffa Archipelago

Nick Owen will talk about marine conservation in the British Isles and surveying the Staffa Archipelago.

Fri 11 November 2016 9:00AM - 5:00PM

In Search of New Forms

This exhibition draws on Kettle’s Yard’s extensive collection holdings of abstract painting, collages and prints that date from the 1960s to the 1980s.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Curious objects

The curious objects in this exhibition all have a part to play in telling the story of the Library, and form a cabinet of curiosities that opens a window onto the nature of collecting.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Flowers of Earth and Blood

An exhibition by photographer Lala Meredith-Vula

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An amateur’s passion: Lord Fitzwilliam’s print collection

This exhibition looks at what interested Lord Fitzwilliam most in acquiring and ordering his print collection, and features examples of his albums, rarely seen in public but offering a fascinating insight into the mind of a late 18th century collector.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Being Modern: Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Works by artists who sought to make a new art responding to the modern world are brought together.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 - 2016

Running throughout 2016, this exhibition will explore the Fitzwilliam’s past, present and future.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight COLOUR: the art and science of illuminated manuscripts

The final major exhibition for 2016 celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s bicentenary with a stunning display of 150 illuminated manuscripts from its rich collections.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Elisabeth Vellacott: Figures in the Landscape

This display draws together rarely seen drawings and paintings by Vellacott from Kettle’s Yard’s Collection and loans from the Arts Council Collection.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Inside the Macclesfield Psalter

Step inside the world – and the mind – of the Macclesfield Psalter’s artists in a unique, dreamlike experience.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Realisation: Recent prints by Susan Aldworth and Jane Dixon

This exhibition of beautiful contemporary prints by two British artists challenges our assumptions of reality and identity.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy Portrait of Himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy portrait of himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

5:00PM - 7:00PM

South Korean director Lee Chang-ho's "The Man with Three Coffins"

Showing of the South Korean film "The Man with Three Coffins" (1987) directed by Lee Chang-ho

Sat 12 November 2016 9:00AM - 4:30PM

Curious objects

The curious objects in this exhibition all have a part to play in telling the story of the Library, and form a cabinet of curiosities that opens a window onto the nature of collecting.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

In Search of New Forms

This exhibition draws on Kettle’s Yard’s extensive collection holdings of abstract painting, collages and prints that date from the 1960s to the 1980s.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An amateur’s passion: Lord Fitzwilliam’s print collection

This exhibition looks at what interested Lord Fitzwilliam most in acquiring and ordering his print collection, and features examples of his albums, rarely seen in public but offering a fascinating insight into the mind of a late 18th century collector.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Being Modern: Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Works by artists who sought to make a new art responding to the modern world are brought together.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 - 2016

Running throughout 2016, this exhibition will explore the Fitzwilliam’s past, present and future.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight COLOUR: the art and science of illuminated manuscripts

The final major exhibition for 2016 celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s bicentenary with a stunning display of 150 illuminated manuscripts from its rich collections.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Elisabeth Vellacott: Figures in the Landscape

This display draws together rarely seen drawings and paintings by Vellacott from Kettle’s Yard’s Collection and loans from the Arts Council Collection.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Inside the Macclesfield Psalter

Step inside the world – and the mind – of the Macclesfield Psalter’s artists in a unique, dreamlike experience.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Realisation: Recent prints by Susan Aldworth and Jane Dixon

This exhibition of beautiful contemporary prints by two British artists challenges our assumptions of reality and identity.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Portraits of Place: Works from Kettle’s Yard and Richard Long

This exhibition brings together paintings, sculptures, collages and works on paper by leading twentieth and twenty-first century artists who have been inspired to make artworks that respond to the places in which they have lived and worked.

11:00AM - 12:30PM

Highlight Cambridge History for Schools, Key Stage 2 (Ages 7-11)

Fashion on the Battlefield: Armour in the Early Modern Period

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy Portrait of Himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy portrait of himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

1:30PM - 2:30PM

Lunchtime Concert - Piano and cello

12 November: Lunchtime concert. 1.30 p.m. at Wolfson College, Cambridge

1:30PM - 3:00PM

Highlight Cambridge History for Schools, Key Stage 3 (Ages 11-14)

Fashion on the Battlefield: Armour in the Early Modern Period

2:30PM - 5:00PM

Reimagining the City

Reimagining the City brings together works from the Kettle’s Yard Collection that capture artists’ interpretations of city life.

Sun 13 November 2016 10:00AM - 5:00PM

Being Modern: Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Works by artists who sought to make a new art responding to the modern world are brought together.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Elisabeth Vellacott: Figures in the Landscape

This display draws together rarely seen drawings and paintings by Vellacott from Kettle’s Yard’s Collection and loans from the Arts Council Collection.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Portraits of Place: Works from Kettle’s Yard and Richard Long

This exhibition brings together paintings, sculptures, collages and works on paper by leading twentieth and twenty-first century artists who have been inspired to make artworks that respond to the places in which they have lived and worked.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy Portrait of Himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Sludgy portrait of himself

Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge

12:00PM - 5:00PM

An amateur’s passion: Lord Fitzwilliam’s print collection

This exhibition looks at what interested Lord Fitzwilliam most in acquiring and ordering his print collection, and features examples of his albums, rarely seen in public but offering a fascinating insight into the mind of a late 18th century collector.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 - 2016

Running throughout 2016, this exhibition will explore the Fitzwilliam’s past, present and future.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight COLOUR: the art and science of illuminated manuscripts

The final major exhibition for 2016 celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s bicentenary with a stunning display of 150 illuminated manuscripts from its rich collections.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Inside the Macclesfield Psalter

Step inside the world – and the mind – of the Macclesfield Psalter’s artists in a unique, dreamlike experience.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Realisation: Recent prints by Susan Aldworth and Jane Dixon

This exhibition of beautiful contemporary prints by two British artists challenges our assumptions of reality and identity.

2:30PM - 5:00PM

Reimagining the City

Reimagining the City brings together works from the Kettle’s Yard Collection that capture artists’ interpretations of city life.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Viennese Greats: Mozart and Beethoven

Outstanding pianist Toby Hession performs Beethoven’s monumental Fifth Piano Concerto, the ‘Emperor’, followed by Mozart’s final musical setting of the Mass, the ‘Great’ in C Minor.