What's On: What's On

Sat 8 November 2014

8:00AM - 5:00PM

Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work.

9:00AM - 4:30PM

Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550

An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer

An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes.

9:30AM - 12:30PM

Norman Ackroyd - The Furthest Lands: A Journey Round the British Isles

An exhibition of etchings at Trinity Hall

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals

This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight The Polar Muse

The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight The Thing Is...

This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

1914: war and money

World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England

Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war

The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish

Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Exhibition: poppies (women and war)

An exhibition of contemporary photography by Lee Stow, focusing on images of women whose lives have been touched by war, and of poppies, to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond

The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition.

11:00AM - 12:30PM

More than just dates: signs and symbols in history: Will Riddington

History is about more than just dates and long-dead kings and queens. Please note, there is a maximum of four places per booking and that children and young people attend these sessions without a parent or carer present during the session. However, we ask that the young people are met promptly at the end of the session. Key stage 2 (ages 7-11)

11:00AM - 12:30PM

Public parks and their politics: Kristen Klebba

Today, every town has a public park or two where residents can enjoy a leisurely stroll or picnic on a sunny day.

11:30AM

Highlight Books on the bookshelves: a short history of the book in early modern Japan

A talk by Alessandro Bianchi for the Friends of Cambridge University Library

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Gwen Raverat wood engravings

In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Past, present, somewhere

A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since they won the Northern Art Prize in 2008.

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Lunchtime Concert in King's College Chapel as part of Birtwistle birthday celebrations

Secret Theatres: the Music of Harrison Birtwistle brings some of the world's finest performers to Cambridge for a celebration of one of our leading composers in his 80th year.

5:30PM

Evensong in King College Chapel

Part of the Secret Theatres: the Music of Harrison Birtwistle programme

7:30PM

Highlight Concerto!

With Classic FM artist Ji Liu

7:30PM - 10:00PM

Birmingham contemporary music group perform as part of Birtwistle birthday celebrations

Secret Theatres: the Music of Harrison Birtwistle brings some of the world's finest performers to Cambridge for a celebration of one of our leading composers in his 80th year.

7:45PM

Albert Herring

Benjamin Britten's chamber opera Albert Herring, Libretto by Eric Crozier, performed by The University Opera society.

8:00PM - 10:00PM

Lark Ascending & Protecting Veil, EAChO/Graham Walker/Martin Hughes

SUK Serenade for Strings VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending TAVENER The Protecting Veil

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Throes of the Modernist Dream: Prints by Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris from the Paragon Press

Sat 8 November 2014	8:00AM - 5:00PM	Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work.
	9:00AM - 4:30PM	Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing.
	9:00AM - 6:00PM	Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes.
	9:30AM - 12:30PM	Norman Ackroyd - The Furthest Lands: A Journey Round the British Isles An exhibition of etchings at Trinity Hall
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'.
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets.
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	1914: war and money World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right.
	10:00AM - 6:00PM	Highlight Exhibition: poppies (women and war) An exhibition of contemporary photography by Lee Stow, focusing on images of women whose lives have been touched by war, and of poppies, to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
	10:30AM - 4:30PM	Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition.
	11:00AM - 12:30PM	More than just dates: signs and symbols in history: Will Riddington History is about more than just dates and long-dead kings and queens. Please note, there is a maximum of four places per booking and that children and young people attend these sessions without a parent or carer present during the session. However, we ask that the young people are met promptly at the end of the session. Key stage 2 (ages 7-11)
	11:00AM - 12:30PM	Public parks and their politics: Kristen Klebba Today, every town has a public park or two where residents can enjoy a leisurely stroll or picnic on a sunny day.
	11:30AM	Highlight Books on the bookshelves: a short history of the book in early modern Japan A talk by Alessandro Bianchi for the Friends of Cambridge University Library
	11:30AM - 5:00PM	Gwen Raverat wood engravings In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display.
	11:30AM - 5:00PM	Past, present, somewhere A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since they won the Northern Art Prize in 2008.
	12:30PM - 1:30PM	Lunchtime Concert in King's College Chapel as part of Birtwistle birthday celebrations Secret Theatres: the Music of Harrison Birtwistle brings some of the world's finest performers to Cambridge for a celebration of one of our leading composers in his 80th year.
	5:30PM	Evensong in King College Chapel Part of the Secret Theatres: the Music of Harrison Birtwistle programme
	7:30PM	Highlight Concerto! With Classic FM artist Ji Liu
	7:30PM - 10:00PM	Birmingham contemporary music group perform as part of Birtwistle birthday celebrations Secret Theatres: the Music of Harrison Birtwistle brings some of the world's finest performers to Cambridge for a celebration of one of our leading composers in his 80th year.
	7:45PM	Albert Herring Benjamin Britten's chamber opera Albert Herring, Libretto by Eric Crozier, performed by The University Opera society.
	8:00PM - 10:00PM	Lark Ascending & Protecting Veil, EAChO/Graham Walker/Martin Hughes SUK Serenade for Strings VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending TAVENER The Protecting Veil