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Thu 7 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.

1:10PM - 2:00PM

The Kettle's Yard Interior in context

A lunchtime talk by Lucy Wheeler, Assistant Education Officer.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

'Double standards: perspectives on life in public companies and public office'. Fitzwilliam College Foundation Lecture 2013 by Ken Olisa OBE

Ken Olisa has spent the last five years in what he calls "parallel universes" at the heart of two of our nation’s cherished institutions – the City and the House of Commons. This year’s Foundation Lecture draws on these rich seams of contemporary experience to distinguish between self-delusion and hypocrisy in the governance of public life.

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.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Pollution and wildlife - practical problems for nature conservation in England

Alastair Burn will draw on some contemporary examples to illustrate the risks and effects on wildlife from atmospheric, aquatic and other sources of pollution.

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.

8:00PM - 10:00PM

Francesco Piemontesi: piano

Beethoven, Debussy and Schubert

9:00PM

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.