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Mon 14 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.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Highlight The Inaugural Centre of South Asian Studies Lecture on South Asian Public Affairs

Harsh Mander, writer, human rights and peace worker, scholar, teach and columnist, will speak on 'Looking away: inequality, prejudice and indifference in New India'. Monday, 14 November 2016, The Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College with a reception afterwards.

Tue 15 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: Ensemble Pro Victoria

A versatile mixed early music consort based in Cambridge perform an all-Bach programme in this week’s lunchtime concert. Free admission, with retiring collection.

1:15PM - 1:45PM

Artist in Focus: Lucie Rie

Join Eloise Donnelly for a closer look at the ceramics on display in Being Modern, exploring the influences and innovations of studio potter Lucy Rie.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Conspiracy in the Kremlin: Who (or what) killed Felix Dzerzhinsky?

A public lecture by Dr Iain Lauchlan (University of Edinburgh)

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Lees Knowles Lectures 2016

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

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Churchill and Nuclear Weapons: From the A-Bomb to the H-Bomb

What was Churchill’s role in developing nuclear weapons, and in authorising the use of the atomic bomb, and how did his views change over time in response to the Cold War and the terrible destructive power of the H-Bomb?

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 16 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

1:00PM - 1:45PM

Artist in Focus: Elisabeth Vellacott

Join Miranda Gabbott to learn more about Elisabeth Vellacott’s drawings.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Technology: Transparency vs Privacy - Neal Katyal Lecture

Hosted by the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, a public lecture by Neal Katyal, top US Supreme Court advocate and the Paul Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown University

6:00PM - 7:30PM

St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series - Graham Gudgin & Ken Coutts

Talk Title: ‘Why fiscal targets for the UK economy are a bad idea’ All are welcome. This seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics and Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.

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: The science and practice of mindfulness and its place in the classroom

An evening lecture at Madingley Hall by Dr Lee de-Wit, Academic Director for Psychology at the Institute of Continuing Education.

Thu 17 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

3:30PM - 4:30PM

After Independence: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

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.

6:00PM - 6:45PM

Open Archives

Exploring the history of the Museum of Cambridge and Kettle's Yard by Lili Scott Lintott

6:30PM - 8:00PM

A bird's-eye view of the natural world

David Coomes, will talk about developing airborne remote sensing technologies for monitoring nature and whether this has provided him with fresh insights into ecology and conservation science.

8:00PM - 10:00PM

Kettle's Yard chamber series: Jubilee Quartet

The award-winning Jubilee Quartet were formed in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Music and are named after the tube line they all lived near as students.

Fri 18 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

3:00PM - 7:00PM

Highlight The Fortunes of the Orlando Furioso, 1516-2016

Celebrate the 500th anniversary of Ludovico Ariosto’s 'Orlando Furioso'. After a year of events and conferences taking place around the world, this event is Cambridge’s contribution to celebrate this masterpiece of Italian Renaissance literature. The event will take place on Friday 18 November 2016 at Clare College, Cambridge, and includes Public Lectures (3-5pm) and a Concert (6-7pm).

Sat 19 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.

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

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 - 9:45PM

Highlight City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra

CCSO plays music by Elgar, Richard Strauss and Brahms

Sun 20 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.