What's On: What's On

Wed 19 February 2014

8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition: humour in colour

Yunoki Textiles, Curated by Miles Dodd

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers

Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.

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 - 9:00PM

e-luminate Festival

A festival of light, illuminating the city's historic architecture and latest technology.

10:00AM - 4:30PM

February orchid festival

The exotic allure of the tropical orchid will take centre stage in a special display in the Botanic Garden's Glasshouse Range.

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

From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain

This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.

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

Romeinaround

This exhibition of contemporary photography by visual artist Robert Richardson turns the lens not on the monuments of Rome but on the tourists and locals who people the city's winding streets.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Marilyn Johns

The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.

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

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Drawing together - antiquities: creatures from the ancient world

Drop-in and draw at the Museum with activities available from the Fitz Family Welcome Family Point.

2:15PM - 5:00PM

Israeli film club

All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles.

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums

Perception - Explore your Senses: Come along and use illusions to uncover how your senses and brain work together to understand the world around us. Test how well your senses work in the twilight through our special demonstrations.

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. Botanic Garden

Darkness and Deception

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. Cambridge Museum of Technology

Contrasts – A Photography Workshop:

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. Cambridge Science Centre

Perception - Explore your Senses

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey

Light and Shade at Denny

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. Kettle's Yard

Light Source

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Explorer Bingo!

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. Museum of Classical Archaeology

Treasures by Torchlight

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. Polar Museum

Icily Done

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Discover the museum by torch light...

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. The Museum of Cambridge (formerly the Folk Museum)

Be our Guest! Art workshop

4:30PM - 8:30PM

Twilight at the Museums. The Whipple Museum

Natural World Torch-lit Trail

5:00PM - 6:00PM

The Marshall lectures 2013-2014 - Professor Alvin Roth

Professor Alvin Roth (Stanford and Harvard University) will deliver two lectures for the Faculty of Economics annual Marshall Lectures.

5:00PM - 6:15PM

Adam Phillips: becoming freud: the psychoanalyst and the biographer. lecture 1

Trinity College Clark Lectures 2014

5:30PM

Cambridge poets and their papers

A talk organised by the Friends of Cambridge University Library.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

The Arcadian quartet & Ekaterina Chernyakova concert

The Arcadian Quartet and Ekaterina Chernyakova will be performing Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet Op. 44.

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 - 9:00PM

Public open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy

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

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Wed 19 February 2014	8:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Exhibition: humour in colour Yunoki Textiles, Curated by Miles Dodd
	9:00AM - 5:00PM	Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.
	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 - 9:00PM	e-luminate Festival A festival of light, illuminating the city's historic architecture and latest technology.
	10:00AM - 4:30PM	February orchid festival The exotic allure of the tropical orchid will take centre stage in a special display in the Botanic Garden's Glasshouse Range.
	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	From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.
	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	Romeinaround This exhibition of contemporary photography by visual artist Robert Richardson turns the lens not on the monuments of Rome but on the tourists and locals who people the city's winding streets.
	10:00AM - 6:00PM	Marilyn Johns The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.
	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
	12:00PM - 4:00PM	Drawing together - antiquities: creatures from the ancient world Drop-in and draw at the Museum with activities available from the Fitz Family Welcome Family Point.
	2:15PM - 5:00PM	Israeli film club All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles.
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums Perception - Explore your Senses: Come along and use illusions to uncover how your senses and brain work together to understand the world around us. Test how well your senses work in the twilight through our special demonstrations.
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. Botanic Garden Darkness and Deception
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. Cambridge Museum of Technology Contrasts – A Photography Workshop:
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. Cambridge Science Centre Perception - Explore your Senses
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey Light and Shade at Denny
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. Kettle's Yard Light Source
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Explorer Bingo!
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. Museum of Classical Archaeology Treasures by Torchlight
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. Polar Museum Icily Done
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences Discover the museum by torch light...
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. The Museum of Cambridge (formerly the Folk Museum) Be our Guest! Art workshop
	4:30PM - 8:30PM	Twilight at the Museums. The Whipple Museum Natural World Torch-lit Trail
	5:00PM - 6:00PM	The Marshall lectures 2013-2014 - Professor Alvin Roth Professor Alvin Roth (Stanford and Harvard University) will deliver two lectures for the Faculty of Economics annual Marshall Lectures.
	5:00PM - 6:15PM	Adam Phillips: becoming freud: the psychoanalyst and the biographer. lecture 1 Trinity College Clark Lectures 2014
	5:30PM	Cambridge poets and their papers A talk organised by the Friends of Cambridge University Library.
	6:00PM - 7:00PM	The Arcadian quartet & Ekaterina Chernyakova concert The Arcadian Quartet and Ekaterina Chernyakova will be performing Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet Op. 44.
	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 - 9:00PM	Public open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy Astronomy talks and public observing (if clear!) every Wednesday evening during the winter season.