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Wed 6 November 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

"Potentials" - exhibition of art work by local students

An exciting exhibition by 10 promising students.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

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 - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

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

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

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The lost world (part 2)

The Lost World (Part 2) is a solo exhibition by Julie Gough simultaneously installed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and at Contemporary Art Tasmania (CAT), Hobart.

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Open classes in modern Hebrew

Open classes in Modern Hebrew Michaelmas Term 2013 Foundation course

1:15PM

Looking at Japanese erotica

Join Dr. Ellis Tinios, Honorary Lecturer in History, University of Leeds, as he considers features of Japanese printed erotica of the Edo period (1603-1868) that distinguish it from its European counterparts.

2:15PM

Israeli film club - Michaelmas Term 2013

All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles.

3:30PM - 5:00PM

Investigating the mismatch between the policy and practice of assessment judgement in higher education

Seminar: Higher education assessment - is there any conflict between policy and practice? Professor Sue Bloxham leads the enquiry.

5:30PM

History is fiction: the bibliography of a marriage

A talk organised by the Friends of Cambridge University Library

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Poetry reading and talk by Charles Hood

Poet, essayist and naturalist Charles Hood will talk on his experiences in Antarctica.

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.

7:00PM

Play It Again, Sam

Play it again, Sam is a show about failed relationships and new hope with a dash of comedy, Casablanca and the seventies.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Public open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy

Astronomy talks and public observing (if clear!) every Wednesday evening during the winter season.

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Frost/Nixon

1977. Twelve interviews, no scripts, and no prior knowledge of the questions. Frost prepares for the greatest challenge of his career: how to make a politician crumble.

9:30PM

Beast

Egon and Valie. An artist and a muse. An alcoholic and a prostitute. Lovers. Is there a beast inside of you?

11:00PM - 11:59PM

Bacchae

Set in the context of the 2011 London riots, brought to life with by physical ensemble, and with a dubstep soundtrack, this is Euripides as you’ve never seen it before.