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Sat 9 November 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

"Potentials" - exhibition of art work by local students

An exciting exhibition by 10 promising students.

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

Art exhibition

Gail de Cordova

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Enduring visions

Paintings by Gail de Cordava Gail achieved a 1st class Hons degree in Fine Art from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1981. She currently lives in Cambridge and has exhibited widely in the UK, Spain and Sweden.

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 - 5:00PM

Perception

The Cambridge Science Centre presents an extraordinary sensory experience. The new exhibition, Perception, will use illusions to uncover how our senses and brain work and the tricks your brain uses to make sense of the world.

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.

11:00AM - 4:30PM

Cambridge Science Centre: chain reaction

The Chain Reaction is back and bigger than ever as the 'Build It!' season comes to a close. Come and join us at this spectacular event at the Corn Exchange on Saturday November 9th, which sees families and schools building a huge chain of crazy contraptions that trigger off one another.

6:00PM

Cambridge Philharmonic concert

Music by Bach and Fauré for choir, violin and organ

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.

7:45PM - 10:00PM

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.