| Mon 11 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 |
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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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’! |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
A Celebration of Art, Colour & Flowers with Horticulturalist Author, Sean A Pritchard Join the Friends of Kettle’s Yard in the house for a springtime talk and floral demonstration with the talented author, and founder of the award-winning garden design studio, Sean A Pritchard. |
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| 7:30PM - 8:45PM |
Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group: Film Night How some of cinema’s most influential filmmakers adapted industrial architecture as cinematic stage! The event will provide commentary on filmography of interest to architects, archaeologists, engineers and film researchers. |
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| 8:30PM - 9:00PM |
Highlight Cambridge University Schola Cantorum: A Marian Devotion Cambridge Schola performs Simon Beattie's setting of Rilke's poems on the life of Mary as a Marian Devotion |
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| Tue 12 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 |
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 |
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. |
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| 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 |
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’! |
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| 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. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
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? |
|
| 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 |
This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede. |
|
| 2:00PM - 6:00PM |
Rethinking Exile: On fractured lives and the capacity of beginning anew This event brings together scholars, artists, and practitioners to explore exile as both a lived condition and a metaphor for the fractures shaping modern intellectual and political life. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Art Amidst Turmoil: Chinese Women Artists and the Second Sino-Japanese War Join us for the fifth event of the Women's History Seminar series. |
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| 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
The College is proud to welcome Professor Niamh Nic Daeid for the biennial Ruth Lynden-Bell Lecture. |
|
| 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Bring an Object, Tell a Story - Toys and Childhood & AGM Mill Road History Society celebrates toys and childhood with an open floor event where we invite our attendees to share their favourite memories from their youth |
|
| 7:30PM - 9:30PM |
Srimpi Dhempel: Royal Ceremonial Dance Step inside the Royal Courts of Java, as Cambridge Gamelan perform a ceremonial dance (Srimpi), alongside Richard Causton’s Concerto for Solo Percussionist and Gamelan, performed by “boundless musical explorer” George Barton. |
|
| 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. |
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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 |
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 |
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. |
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| 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 |
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 |
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. |
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| 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’. |
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| 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. |
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| Today | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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? |
|
| 11:00AM - 12:30PM |
Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre! Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining walking tour, yet! Led by a qualified Cambridge Green Badge Guide |
|
| 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 |
This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede. |
|
| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Highlight Poems on the Underground: Celebrating 40 Years Cambridge University Library is celebrating the anniversary of this beloved literary project. |
|
| 6:00PM - 8:00PM |
Salsa Sessions: Dance for Wellbeing Join us at Homerton College on Thursdays, 18:00-20:00 pm for 'New York' style salsa! |
|
| 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. |
|
| 8:00PM - 10:00PM |
Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house for a Chamber Music concert with Petr Limonov, piano. |
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| Fri 15 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 |
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. |
|
| 9:30AM - 12:30PM |
Global History Lab’s Narrative Observatories: Rapid response history in action The event will showcase ongoing research from CRASSH's Global History Lab, while also inviting participants to take part in a live, interactive Observatory session. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
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 |
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 |
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? |
|
| 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 |
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 - 7:00PM |
Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides. |
|
| 7:00PM - 10:30PM |
Welsh musician and producer Gwenno comes to Cambridge. |
|
| 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. |
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| Sat 16 May | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
Nourish and Nurture Conference Across a full uplifting day, Nourish and Nurture will bring together a blend of hands-on experiences, thoughtful conversations and opportunities to learn from leading voices in food, health and sustainable living. Expect a warm community feel, a beautiful setting and space to pause, reflect, reconnect and discover something new. |
| 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library. |
|
| 9:30AM - 2:30PM |
A Treasure Hunt: The Quirky Side of Cambridge Hidden Cambridge’s unique (and not app-based) treasure hunt will have you discovering quirky Cambridge – including hidden away work by Quentin Blake and something from the sculptor of “The Angel of the North”, but not quite on that scale! |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
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 - 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 |
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? |
|
| 11:00AM - 12:00PM |
Guided House Tour: Flower Focus Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house, exploring flower paintings. |
|
| 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 |
This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede. |
|
| 12:30PM - 2:00PM |
Hidden Cambridge: The Walking Tour – The Unusual, The Quirky and The Downright Bizzare! Hidden Cambridge’s latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide |
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| 1:30PM - 5:30PM |
Afterlives of Fragments: (Un)Making across anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture As part of CRASSH’s 25th anniversary programme, the event combines an interdisciplinary panel with an artistic workshop. |
|
| 3:00PM - 4:30PM |
Bodies in the Bookshop Presents: Dark Deeds in Lonely Places Join authors Elspeth Latimer, Emma Styles and Bridget Walsh as they discuss their new thrillers. |
|
| 4:00PM - 6:00PM |
GLOBAL CULTURES: THE SAMURAI BOND – YOSHITSUNE & BENKEI CONCERT 16 MAY 2026 Join us at Jesus College, Cambridge, for ‘The Boy on Goj? Bridge’ – a performance by Yui Shikakura and Laura Sampson. |
|
| 7:00PM - 9:00PM |
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears at the Red House: Shared Lives, Shared Legacy"? Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears at the Red House: Shared Lives, Shared Legacy"? by Christopher Hilton Head of Archive and Library, Britten Pears Arts |
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| 7:30PM - 9:30PM |
Music by Stravinsky, Carwithen and Rachmaninov |
|
| 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. |
|
| 8:00PM - 9:30PM |
Programme to include ‘Elements’ by Katerina Gimon, and works by Herbert Howells, Frank Ticheli, Morten Lauridsen, and Eric Whitacre. |
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| Sun 17 May | 9:30AM - 2:30PM |
A Treasure Hunt: The Quirky Side of Cambridge Hidden Cambridge’s unique (and not app-based) treasure hunt will have you discovering quirky Cambridge – including hidden away work by Quentin Blake and something from the sculptor of “The Angel of the North”, but not quite on that scale! |
| 10:00AM |
Highlight The Reinstein Prize for Jazz 2026 The annual Reinstein Prize for Jazz is accepting applications until May 4th. |
|
| 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’! |
|
| 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 |
This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede. |
|
| 11:30AM - 1:00PM |
Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides. |
|
| 12:00PM - 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. |
|
| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
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? |
|
| 12:30PM - 2:00PM |
Hidden Cambridge: The Walking Tour – The Unusual, The Quirky and The Downright Bizzare! Hidden Cambridge’s latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide |
|
| 2:30PM - 4:00PM |
Sex and the City: Cambridge Women, Town and Gown A guided tour through the lovely centre of Cambridge which explores the inspiring, shocking and delightful stories of its women. From poets to bedders, from scientists to social reformers - get to know some of these amazing hidden figures. |
