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Sat 19 October 2013 Times TBC

Associate artists' weekend

A weekend of performances, talks and workshops exploring how these artists have responded to Kettle’s Yard.

9:00AM - 4:30PM

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.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work by Tony Rothon and Sarah Nutley

10:00AM - 12:30PM

The open gate by Maurice Cockrill, RA

An exhibition of paintings at Trinity Hall by Royal Academy artist, Maurice Cockrill

10:00AM - 12:30PM

Trinity Hall observed: doors and windows of an ancient college

Drawings by Colin Hayes (Trinity Hall 1962)

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 4:30PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Origins of the Afro Comb

Discover the extraordinary 6,000-year history of African hair combs in this joint exhibition between the Fitzwilliam Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Hilary Beauchamp & John Dawson

An exhibition of works inspired by the artist's experiences teaching at Holloway Prison

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

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Pedro Barateiro: we belong to the people when we're outside

Portuguese artist Pedro Barateiro has developed a new film taking as its starting point two particular objects, a letter from the artist Constantin Brancusi and the painting Composition, 1936 by Portuguese abstract artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Sophy Rickett: objects in the field

In 2011 and 2012 Sophy Rickett made regular visits to the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University as an Associate Artist. Her new photographs are a response to meeting a retired fellow of the Institute, the scientist Dr Roderick Willstrop.

2:30PM - 5:15PM

The History Boys

The tactless and ambitious headmaster of Cutler's Grammar School has high hopes for his latest Oxbridge applicants

7:00PM

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Freshly returned from Tokyo, girls play the boys, boys play the girls, and a dog (sort of) plays the dog.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Hide Takemoto - "crossroads"

Guitar recital - "Crossroads"

7:30PM - 9:45PM

City of Cambridge symphony orchestra concert

Music by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Richard Strauss played by the CCSO conducted by Robert Hodge

7:45PM - 10:30PM

The History Boys

The tactless and ambitious headmaster of Cutler's Grammar School has high hopes for his latest Oxbridge applicants

8:30PM - 10:00PM

Harpsichord recital: music by Louis Couperin, J S Bach and François Couperin

A harpsichord recital by Dr David Ponsford at Madingley Hall, featuring French and German music from the time of Louis XIV.

9:30PM

The King and Queen of the Universe

Kurt Vonnegut’s tale of love and loss from the heart of the Great Depression is powerfully brought to the stage.

11:00PM - 11:59PM

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Looking for a show? So are they. Come and see Pirandello's six characters hurtle into the present day, seeking a way to express their tragedy.