What's On: What's On

Thu 20 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

2:15PM - 5:00PM

Israeli film club

All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

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 - 7:00PM

Talk by Professor Peter Kivy

Professor Peter Kivy, of Rutgers University, will talk on 'Joking Morality'.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

An illustrated tour through the History of the Mediterranean

A free talk by the Cavendish History Society's Professor David Abulafia, Professor of Mediterranean History, Gonville and Caius College.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Now hear this!

Can your ears can be fooled? What happens when your hearing gets damaged? Get within ear shot of some amazing hearing illusions and researchers.

8:00PM

CUOS mainshow 2014: Don Giovanni

Cambridge University Opera Society presents their 2014 Mainshow, Mozart's Don Giovanni.

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Thu 20 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
	2:15PM - 5:00PM	Israeli film club All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles.
	5:00PM - 6:30PM	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 - 7:00PM	Talk by Professor Peter Kivy Professor Peter Kivy, of Rutgers University, will talk on 'Joking Morality'.
	6:00PM - 7:00PM	An illustrated tour through the History of the Mediterranean A free talk by the Cavendish History Society's Professor David Abulafia, Professor of Mediterranean History, Gonville and Caius College.
	7:00PM - 9:00PM	Now hear this! Can your ears can be fooled? What happens when your hearing gets damaged? Get within ear shot of some amazing hearing illusions and researchers.
	8:00PM	CUOS mainshow 2014: Don Giovanni Cambridge University Opera Society presents their 2014 Mainshow, Mozart's Don Giovanni.