What's On: What's On

Wed 4 December 2013

8:00AM - 5:00PM

Dillistone and A.E. Students from Hills Road 6th form College

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen

A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology

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

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.

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 - 5:00PM

Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009)

A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam

Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.

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

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.

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

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Open classes in modern Hebrew

Open classes in Modern Hebrew Michaelmas Term 2013 Foundation course

1:15PM

University Challenge : conservators versus collections

With Richard Farleigh, Newton paper conservator, paintings, drawings and prints.

2:15PM

Israeli film club - Michaelmas Term 2013

All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles.

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

Frame 312

Lynette delves deep into her past unravelling the secrets she was entrusted about the real story behind JFK's assignation.

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

ADC/Footlights Pantomime 2013: The Princess and the Pea

This year’s ADC/Footlights Pantomime brings together comedy, music and drama for a night of cockle-warming, rib-tickling, souffle-rising Christmas fun."

8:00PM - 10:00PM

CUMS concert orchestra performs Mendelssohn and Brahms

Cambridge University Musical Society’s second symphony orchestra Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Brahms Alto Rhapsody Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 Alastair Chilvers conductor Anna Harvey mezzo-soprano

9:30PM

Improv From the Crypt

The Impronauts take you to a haunted world of dark dungeons, ghost-infested graveyards and poorly-executed experiments where the audience is the master.

11:00PM - 11:59PM

CU Show Choir: Gleefully Ever After

CU Show Choir returns to the stage bringing together three well known stories with a musical twist.

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Wed 4 December 2013	8:00AM - 5:00PM	Autumn in Cambridge Dillistone and A.E. Students from Hills Road 6th form College
	9:00AM - 5:00PM	Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology
	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	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.
	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 - 5:00PM	Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009) A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.
	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	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.
	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
	1:00PM - 2:00PM	Open classes in modern Hebrew Open classes in Modern Hebrew Michaelmas Term 2013 Foundation course
	1:15PM	University Challenge : conservators versus collections With Richard Farleigh, Newton paper conservator, paintings, drawings and prints.
	2:15PM	Israeli film club - Michaelmas Term 2013 All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles.
	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	Frame 312 Lynette delves deep into her past unravelling the secrets she was entrusted about the real story behind JFK's assignation.
	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	ADC/Footlights Pantomime 2013: The Princess and the Pea This year’s ADC/Footlights Pantomime brings together comedy, music and drama for a night of cockle-warming, rib-tickling, souffle-rising Christmas fun."
	8:00PM - 10:00PM	CUMS concert orchestra performs Mendelssohn and Brahms Cambridge University Musical Society’s second symphony orchestra Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Brahms Alto Rhapsody Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 Alastair Chilvers conductor Anna Harvey mezzo-soprano
	9:30PM	Improv From the Crypt The Impronauts take you to a haunted world of dark dungeons, ghost-infested graveyards and poorly-executed experiments where the audience is the master.
	11:00PM - 11:59PM	CU Show Choir: Gleefully Ever After CU Show Choir returns to the stage bringing together three well known stories with a musical twist.