What's On: What's On

Wed 26 June 2013

Times TBC

three dates for your diary when Cambridge storytellers will be doing various events at Michaelhouse

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: an Architectural journey

Exhibition of photographs, plans and models showing the ways in which Denys Lasdun’s original vision for Fitzwilliam College has been interpreted and transformed by successive architects and imaginative landscaping.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fashioning Switzerland: portraits and landscapes by Markus Dinkel and his contemporaries

An exhibition of Swiss watercolours and prints featuring a rare selection of finely drawn and coloured portraits of Swiss women in regional costume and by the Bernese artist Markus Dinkel (1762-1832).

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Gathering light

The provocative exhibition takes a rare view of the discipline through the eyes of patients and researchers. The photographs capture the unique relationship between patient and doctor and the hope and human spirit wrapped up in research projects.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Images of empire: the British Empire on nineteenth century medals

A special display: A thought provoking selection of medallic artowrk, which explores British expansion across the globe during the nineteenth century, showing a wide range of medals relating to plagues and rebellions, sieges and skirmishes, victories and defeats.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Monumental ceramic vessels of colour and Navajo style weaving

A much anticipated joint exhibition by internationally collected and award winning sculptor Nicholas Rena whose work has just been singled out for praise by celebrated ceramicist Edmund de Waal along with the highly specialist weaving in abstract designs by St Ives artist Stella Benjamin.

10:30AM - 11:30AM

Alan Turing and the enigma machine

This talk by Dr James Grime presents a history of both Alan Turing and the Enigma cipher - including a full demonstration of an original WWII Enigma Machine!

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Creativity in the bronze age - a response

An intervention into MAA’s experimental World Archaeology Gallery by a group of seven contemporary craft artists, ranging from artist jewellers to potters.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

House guests

From April to July visitors to Kettle's Yard will have the opportunity to see 'guests' from eight other University of Cambridge museums and collections carefully places amongst the artworks and objects in the house.

1:15PM - 1:45PM

A call to arms: re-displaying the Armoury

Join Victoria Avery, Keeper of Applied Arts, at the Fitzwilliam Museum for a lunchtime talk.

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Highlight Sustainable Retrofit Challenge

GreenBRIDGE and the Living Laboratory for Sustainability invite you to the Sustainable Retrofit Challenge 2 day event: Wednesday 26 June: Dr Brenda Boardman keynote speaker "Delivering Future-friendly Buildings: the next 800 years?" Thursday 27 June: Presentations by the competition participating teams and announcement of the winner

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.

8:00PM - 9:30PM

Fairies in the gutter: Cambridge storytellers

The Cambridge Storytellers present stories and songs by Ursula Holden Gill. an insightful comediennne with a voice "like molasses"

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Wed 26 June 2013	Times TBC	Cambridge storytellers three dates for your diary when Cambridge storytellers will be doing various events at Michaelhouse
	9:00AM - 5:00PM	Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: an Architectural journey Exhibition of photographs, plans and models showing the ways in which Denys Lasdun’s original vision for Fitzwilliam College has been interpreted and transformed by successive architects and imaginative landscaping.
	9:00AM - 6:00PM	Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Fashioning Switzerland: portraits and landscapes by Markus Dinkel and his contemporaries An exhibition of Swiss watercolours and prints featuring a rare selection of finely drawn and coloured portraits of Swiss women in regional costume and by the Bernese artist Markus Dinkel (1762-1832).
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Gathering light The provocative exhibition takes a rare view of the discipline through the eyes of patients and researchers. The photographs capture the unique relationship between patient and doctor and the hope and human spirit wrapped up in research projects.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Images of empire: the British Empire on nineteenth century medals A special display: A thought provoking selection of medallic artowrk, which explores British expansion across the globe during the nineteenth century, showing a wide range of medals relating to plagues and rebellions, sieges and skirmishes, victories and defeats.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Monumental ceramic vessels of colour and Navajo style weaving A much anticipated joint exhibition by internationally collected and award winning sculptor Nicholas Rena whose work has just been singled out for praise by celebrated ceramicist Edmund de Waal along with the highly specialist weaving in abstract designs by St Ives artist Stella Benjamin.
	10:30AM - 11:30AM	Alan Turing and the enigma machine This talk by Dr James Grime presents a history of both Alan Turing and the Enigma cipher - including a full demonstration of an original WWII Enigma Machine!
	10:30AM - 4:30PM	Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections
	10:30AM - 4:30PM	Creativity in the bronze age - a response An intervention into MAA’s experimental World Archaeology Gallery by a group of seven contemporary craft artists, ranging from artist jewellers to potters.
	11:30AM - 5:00PM	House guests From April to July visitors to Kettle's Yard will have the opportunity to see 'guests' from eight other University of Cambridge museums and collections carefully places amongst the artworks and objects in the house.
	1:15PM - 1:45PM	A call to arms: re-displaying the Armoury Join Victoria Avery, Keeper of Applied Arts, at the Fitzwilliam Museum for a lunchtime talk.
	6:00PM - 8:00PM	Highlight Sustainable Retrofit Challenge GreenBRIDGE and the Living Laboratory for Sustainability invite you to the Sustainable Retrofit Challenge 2 day event: Wednesday 26 June: Dr Brenda Boardman keynote speaker "Delivering Future-friendly Buildings: the next 800 years?" Thursday 27 June: Presentations by the competition participating teams and announcement of the winner
	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.
	8:00PM - 9:30PM	Fairies in the gutter: Cambridge storytellers The Cambridge Storytellers present stories and songs by Ursula Holden Gill. an insightful comediennne with a voice "like molasses"