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Wed 13 May 9:00AM - 6:30PM

Highlight Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Shape Shifters

In this exhibition, abstraction is expressed in a female form – not from a biological or essentialist perspective, but as a plurality of voices that take the abstract to new depths.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

‘Infinite Variations’ – A 60th Anniversary Exhibition of Art in the Life of Clare Hall

Clare Hall is delighted to present its 60th Anniversary exhibition of artworks collected over the years.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Cambridge Symposium on Protest and Peaceful Assembly

An international convening of leading scholars and rights activists examining the vital yet threatened place of assembly in society and politics.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition: Making Angelina: The World of Helen Craig

Step inside the world of Angelina Ballerina as the Museum of Cambridge opens a new exhibition ‘Making Angelina: The World of Helen Craig’!

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime

Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

War Craft

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

10:30AM - 12:30PM

Spring into King's - An Exclusive Guided Experience at King’s College Cambridge

Celebrate the arrival of spring with a rare opportunity to discover the beauty, history, and horticultural heritage of King’s College Cambridge.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Kenji Umeda: a journey

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Highlight Book Launch of Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man

James Costa and Elizabeth Yale will be giving a series of book launch lectures around the UK during May and will be speaking on Wednesday 13 May at 17.30-18.30 at the Department of Zoology.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Book Launch of the Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man

James Costa and Elizabeth Yale will be talking book their new book: The Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Kate Pretty Lecture on 'Women in Sport' with Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

We are delighted to invite you to the 9th Annual Kate Pretty Lecture, honouring former Homerton Principal Dr Kate Pretty. This year’s speaker is Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, a distinguished Paralympian and peer in the House of Lords. Her lecture will explore the theme of ‘Women in Sport’.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Assemble! Protest Politics and Rights (with Roger Hallam, Gina Romero, Martha Spurrier)

A Panel on Protest Politics and Rights, to mark the launch of the Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly.

7:45PM - 9:30PM

Highlight Scenes from the Climate Era

How do you plan a life when the future looks nothing like the past? Scenes from the Climate Era, the ADC Theatre's Easter Week 2 Mainshow, is a provocative, mesmerising kaleidoscope which reflects humanity’s most complex crisis, both as we know it and as we will.