Throes of the Modernist Dream: Prints by Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris from the Paragon Press
An exhibition of contemporary prints by Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris from the Paragon Press contending with the urban world and “the death throes of the modernist dream.”
| Tue 13 March 2012 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
The forgiveness project- A world to believe in The forgiveness project; An organisation working in the field of conflict resolution, reconcilliation and victim support |
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books Ten great book collectors whose volumes have enriched the University Library's holdings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. |
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| 9:00AM - 8:00PM |
Highlight Swimmers by Quentin Blake Works created for the new Maternity Wing of the University Hospital at Angers, France |
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| 9:00AM - 10:00PM |
Join us for the UK's largest free science festival, exploring science through explosive demonstrations, hands on experiments and expert talks from leading scientists at the 2012 Cambridge Science Festival. |
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| 10:00AM - 11:30AM |
A creative workshop for ages 2 -5 |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
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| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Miranda Boulton: Lost in the Middle ‘Lost in the middle’ is a brave statement and defines the artistic practise and visual language of Miranda Boulton. |
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| 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Highlight Britten Sinfonia at Lunch Britten Sinfonia bring some of the finest chamber repertoire and specially commissioned contemporary music to this popular, award-winning lunchtime series. All At Lunch concerts at Cambridge are recorded by BBC Radio 3 for broadcast in Spring 2012. |
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| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
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| 1:15PM - 1:45PM |
Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art at the Fitzwilliam Museum. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Wealth, or the lack of it, is a concern for us all, as is our health, levels of sickness, the risk of death, and the effectiveness of medicine. This new short course at Madingley Hall provides a history of these essential aspects of life in Britain from 1601 to the present day and aims to challenge some of our 21st-century assumptions. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Uncovering the Hidden Legacy of Ancient Egypt: An Early African Civilisation A six week course on ancient Egypt |
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| 5:30PM |
Highlight Neither a borrower nor a lender be; Incunables and their Owners A talk by Laura Nuvoloni for the Friends of Cambridge University Library. |
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| 6:30PM |
Gaudier-Brzeska: Apostle of Vorticism |
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| 7:30PM - 10:30PM |
Highlight The Belcea quartet The Belcea Quartet, one of the world's leading string quartets, continue their all Beethoven cycle in the Peterhouse Theatre. |