| Wed 20 November 2013 | 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 |
Gail de Cordova |
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| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
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. |
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| 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. |
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| 9:30AM - 7:00PM |
Highlight Frontiers in Astronomy: from the beginning of the Universe to the outer reaches of the Solar System Professors George Efstathiou and Anthony Lasenby are co organisers of the symposium Frontiers in Astronomy: from the beginning of the Universe to the outer edges of the Solar System, and hosted by the Royal Society on 20 November 2013. |
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| 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. |
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| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Martha Haversham: blue on white III Martha Haversham gained a dance degree at Roehampton Institute and worked in the theatre before transferring to fine art. Charcoal and material of tangibility is intrinsic to her work as this represents the dance of carbon atoms and the continuance of life. |
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| 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 |
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| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
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. |
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| 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Open classes in Modern Hebrew Michaelmas Term 2013 Foundation course |
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| 1:15PM |
How to spend it: luxury and display in Veronese’s Hermes, Herse and Aglauros With Libbie Howie, independent art dealer and advisor. |
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| 2:15PM |
Israeli film club - Michaelmas Term 2013 All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles. |
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| 3:30PM - 5:00PM |
The CEFR: over-utilised or under-utilised? Seminar: Stuart Shaw and Helen Imam, experts from Cambridge International Examinations, discuss the use of the CEFR for the recognition of language proficiency - enough or too much? |
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| 6:00PM - 8:00PM |
Cavafy in Cambridge: A celebration of the poetry of C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) An evening of poetry and music to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Cavafy's birth. Organised by the Modern Greek Section of the Cambridge Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and the Society for Modern Greek Studies. |
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| 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. |
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| 7:00PM |
Ten men. Two sides of the river. One night in the early 20th Century; in a world torn apart. |
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| 7:00PM - 9:00PM |
Martin Wolf CBE is a British journalist, widely considered to be one of the world's most influential writers on economics. He is the associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. He was awarded the CBE in 2000 "for services to financial journalism". |
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| 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. |
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| 7:45PM - 10:30PM |
From a mother unable to escape from baby talk to a farcical village fete: five interlinked short plays presented by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent. |
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| 9:30PM |
Lying comatose in a hospital bed, Alice has a very busy day ahead of her. A new and relentlessly inventive pitch black comedy. |
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| 11:00PM - 11:59PM |
Margaret Atwood’s retelling of the story of Odysseus from the point of view of his wife, Penelope. What’s a mother to do? |
