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Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

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Mon 8 April 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition - Ferengi! Ferengi!

James Albon travelled to Ethiopia to undertake the position of artist-in-residence for Frankfurt zoological Society in the Bale Mountains National Park.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Lore Burgess at Clare Hall

A commemorative retrospective exhibition of oil, watercolours and monoprints by Lore Burgess

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Susan Tuckett: belongings

‘Belongings’ is an exhibition of recent work by Sue Tuckett which began as a response to conversations with her father as he began to suffer from dementia.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Third public debate in Global Food Security: The Right to Food

Is there a right to food? How do states and public distribution systems contribute to food security? What is the role of private supply chains and food networks?

Tue 9 April 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition - Ferengi! Ferengi!

James Albon travelled to Ethiopia to undertake the position of artist-in-residence for Frankfurt zoological Society in the Bale Mountains National Park.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Lore Burgess at Clare Hall

A commemorative retrospective exhibition of oil, watercolours and monoprints by Lore Burgess

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Quentin Blake: Drawn by Hand

Quentin Blake is one of the best-known illustrators of his generation. Drawn by Hand looks at individual works he has produced in the past decade: book illustrations, etchings, lithographs, drawings and works done for hospitals in various and contrasting media.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Susan Tuckett: belongings

‘Belongings’ is an exhibition of recent work by Sue Tuckett which began as a response to conversations with her father as he began to suffer from dementia.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Creativity in the bronze age - a response

An intervention into MAA’s experimental World Archaeology Gallery by a group of seven contemporary craft artists, ranging from artist jewellers to potters.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The cultured rainforest

Exploring how the Penan and Kelabit people of Borneo have shaped and been shaped by the rainforest for 50,000 years

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Aid & abet: temporary residence

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Aid & Abet from Cambridge will bring together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

House guests

From April to July visitors to Kettle's Yard will have the opportunity to see 'guests' from eight other University of Cambridge museums and collections carefully places amongst the artworks and objects in the house.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Outpost: congratulations, you are the most recent visitor

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Outpost from Norwich will be bringing together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals

Wed 10 April 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition - Ferengi! Ferengi!

James Albon travelled to Ethiopia to undertake the position of artist-in-residence for Frankfurt zoological Society in the Bale Mountains National Park.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Lore Burgess at Clare Hall

A commemorative retrospective exhibition of oil, watercolours and monoprints by Lore Burgess

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Images of empire: the British Empire on nineteenth century medals

A special display: A thought provoking selection of medallic artowrk, which explores British expansion across the globe during the nineteenth century, showing a wide range of medals relating to plagues and rebellions, sieges and skirmishes, victories and defeats.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Quentin Blake: Drawn by Hand

Quentin Blake is one of the best-known illustrators of his generation. Drawn by Hand looks at individual works he has produced in the past decade: book illustrations, etchings, lithographs, drawings and works done for hospitals in various and contrasting media.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Susan Tuckett: belongings

‘Belongings’ is an exhibition of recent work by Sue Tuckett which began as a response to conversations with her father as he began to suffer from dementia.

10:30AM - 12:30PM

Art Inspired by the Past

Join the fitzwilliam Museum for an exploration of planet Earth.

10:30AM - 12:30PM

Cambridge Assessment Network training event: Test and item evaluation

Mr Nat Johnson, Senior Manager in Operational Research Standards at OCR, introduces test and item evaluation covering the item level statistics used across a range of Cambridge Assessment’s qualifications. The session will introduce the concepts of omit rates, facility values, discrimination indices, bias or Differential Item Functioning, and analysis of multiple choice items.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Creativity in the bronze age - a response

An intervention into MAA’s experimental World Archaeology Gallery by a group of seven contemporary craft artists, ranging from artist jewellers to potters.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The cultured rainforest

Exploring how the Penan and Kelabit people of Borneo have shaped and been shaped by the rainforest for 50,000 years

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Aid & abet: temporary residence

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Aid & Abet from Cambridge will bring together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

House guests

From April to July visitors to Kettle's Yard will have the opportunity to see 'guests' from eight other University of Cambridge museums and collections carefully places amongst the artworks and objects in the house.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Outpost: congratulations, you are the most recent visitor

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Outpost from Norwich will be bringing together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

1:15PM - 2:00PM

The Lansdowne Relief in England: from 1771 to 2013

Enjoy a lunchtime talk in Seminar Room 35 at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

1:30PM - 5:30PM

The geographical unconscious: mapping the supernatural in current research

Interdisciplinary workshop looking at the overlap between place and its supernatural inhabitants.

6:30PM

Highlight Natural history month: An evening with 4 reaktion authors

4 authors from the Reaktion series of wildlife books talk about their book. Helen Macdonald - Falcon Deirdre Jackson - Lion Claire Preston - Bee Kevin Jackson - Moose

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

Highlight Sir Edgar Speyer: banker, traitor, scapegoat, spy?

Join DG Cambridge and Prof Antony Lentin, formerly Professor of History at The Open University and senior member of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

Thu 11 April 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition - Ferengi! Ferengi!

James Albon travelled to Ethiopia to undertake the position of artist-in-residence for Frankfurt zoological Society in the Bale Mountains National Park.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Images of empire: the British Empire on nineteenth century medals

A special display: A thought provoking selection of medallic artowrk, which explores British expansion across the globe during the nineteenth century, showing a wide range of medals relating to plagues and rebellions, sieges and skirmishes, victories and defeats.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Quentin Blake: Drawn by Hand

Quentin Blake is one of the best-known illustrators of his generation. Drawn by Hand looks at individual works he has produced in the past decade: book illustrations, etchings, lithographs, drawings and works done for hospitals in various and contrasting media.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Susan Tuckett: belongings

‘Belongings’ is an exhibition of recent work by Sue Tuckett which began as a response to conversations with her father as he began to suffer from dementia.

10:30AM - 11:30AM

Talking Pictures

Come and take a closer look at Quentin Blake's exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Creativity in the bronze age - a response

An intervention into MAA’s experimental World Archaeology Gallery by a group of seven contemporary craft artists, ranging from artist jewellers to potters.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The cultured rainforest

Exploring how the Penan and Kelabit people of Borneo have shaped and been shaped by the rainforest for 50,000 years

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Aid & abet: temporary residence

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Aid & Abet from Cambridge will bring together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

House guests

From April to July visitors to Kettle's Yard will have the opportunity to see 'guests' from eight other University of Cambridge museums and collections carefully places amongst the artworks and objects in the house.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Outpost: congratulations, you are the most recent visitor

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Outpost from Norwich will be bringing together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Talking Pictures

Come and take a closer look at Quentin Blake's exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Wild orchids in Cambridgeshire and southern Britain

Wild orchids in Cambridgeshire and southern Britain Charles Turner, the CNHS botanical recorder, will talk about the variety of wild orchids found in Cambridgeshire and southern Britain.

Fri 12 April 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition - Ferengi! Ferengi!

James Albon travelled to Ethiopia to undertake the position of artist-in-residence for Frankfurt zoological Society in the Bale Mountains National Park.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Images of empire: the British Empire on nineteenth century medals

A special display: A thought provoking selection of medallic artowrk, which explores British expansion across the globe during the nineteenth century, showing a wide range of medals relating to plagues and rebellions, sieges and skirmishes, victories and defeats.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Quentin Blake: Drawn by Hand

Quentin Blake is one of the best-known illustrators of his generation. Drawn by Hand looks at individual works he has produced in the past decade: book illustrations, etchings, lithographs, drawings and works done for hospitals in various and contrasting media.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Susan Tuckett: belongings

‘Belongings’ is an exhibition of recent work by Sue Tuckett which began as a response to conversations with her father as he began to suffer from dementia.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Creativity in the bronze age - a response

An intervention into MAA’s experimental World Archaeology Gallery by a group of seven contemporary craft artists, ranging from artist jewellers to potters.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The cultured rainforest

Exploring how the Penan and Kelabit people of Borneo have shaped and been shaped by the rainforest for 50,000 years

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Aid & abet: temporary residence

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Aid & Abet from Cambridge will bring together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

House guests

From April to July visitors to Kettle's Yard will have the opportunity to see 'guests' from eight other University of Cambridge museums and collections carefully places amongst the artworks and objects in the house.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Outpost: congratulations, you are the most recent visitor

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Outpost from Norwich will be bringing together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

2:30PM - 3:30PM

Michaelhouse chorale

New year new term every Friday in the Chancel at Michaelhouse.

7:30PM - 10:20PM

Bright Club: quantum

The thinking person's variety night, with our special guests Kent Valentine on stage alongside fellows and researchers giving stand-up comedy a go for the first time. Join academics from Cambridge and beyond for a lighthearted look at their research.

Sat 13 April 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition - Ferengi! Ferengi!

James Albon travelled to Ethiopia to undertake the position of artist-in-residence for Frankfurt zoological Society in the Bale Mountains National Park.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Images of empire: the British Empire on nineteenth century medals

A special display: A thought provoking selection of medallic artowrk, which explores British expansion across the globe during the nineteenth century, showing a wide range of medals relating to plagues and rebellions, sieges and skirmishes, victories and defeats.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Quentin Blake: Drawn by Hand

Quentin Blake is one of the best-known illustrators of his generation. Drawn by Hand looks at individual works he has produced in the past decade: book illustrations, etchings, lithographs, drawings and works done for hospitals in various and contrasting media.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Susan Tuckett: belongings

‘Belongings’ is an exhibition of recent work by Sue Tuckett which began as a response to conversations with her father as he began to suffer from dementia.

10:30AM - 3:30PM

Frozen worlds: family activity drop in day

Experience the extreme environments of the Polar Regions and vastness of Space at our activity day! There will be range of drop in activities including dressing up like an astronaut, doing our meteorite trail and art and drawing activities. You can also meet a British Antarctic Survey Scientist to find out what it is like to survive in extreme conditions!

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Creativity in the bronze age - a response

An intervention into MAA’s experimental World Archaeology Gallery by a group of seven contemporary craft artists, ranging from artist jewellers to potters.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The cultured rainforest

Exploring how the Penan and Kelabit people of Borneo have shaped and been shaped by the rainforest for 50,000 years

11:00AM - 1:30PM

Drawing from the collection

Saturday morning drawing sessions taking inspiration from the objects at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Aid & abet: temporary residence

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Aid & Abet from Cambridge will bring together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

House guests

From April to July visitors to Kettle's Yard will have the opportunity to see 'guests' from eight other University of Cambridge museums and collections carefully places amongst the artworks and objects in the house.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Outpost: congratulations, you are the most recent visitor

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Outpost from Norwich will be bringing together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

12:00PM - 1:00PM

Wood-would

Belgian female quartet Encantar sing renaissance music by Bernardo Pisano, juxtaposed with new versions of 20th-century popular songs by Paul Simon, Billy Joel and others.

8:00PM - 9:00PM

Conductus

John Potter and Christopher O'Gorman since music from the 13th century, with a special film by Michael Lynch

Sun 14 April 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition - Ferengi! Ferengi!

James Albon travelled to Ethiopia to undertake the position of artist-in-residence for Frankfurt zoological Society in the Bale Mountains National Park.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Aid & abet: temporary residence

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Aid & Abet from Cambridge will bring together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

House guests

From April to July visitors to Kettle's Yard will have the opportunity to see 'guests' from eight other University of Cambridge museums and collections carefully places amongst the artworks and objects in the house.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Outpost: congratulations, you are the most recent visitor

Artists will be taking over the gallery at Kettle's Yard - come and see what emerges and take one of the many opportunities to meet the artists and get more involved. Outpost from Norwich will be bringing together artists from their networks to exhibit work, perform and take part in a programme of events.

12:00PM - 1:00PM

Dear Mary, I give thee roses

Belgian vocal quartet Encantar sing renaissance music setting Marian texts

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Images of empire: the British Empire on nineteenth century medals

A special display: A thought provoking selection of medallic artowrk, which explores British expansion across the globe during the nineteenth century, showing a wide range of medals relating to plagues and rebellions, sieges and skirmishes, victories and defeats.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Quentin Blake: Drawn by Hand

Quentin Blake is one of the best-known illustrators of his generation. Drawn by Hand looks at individual works he has produced in the past decade: book illustrations, etchings, lithographs, drawings and works done for hospitals in various and contrasting media.

3:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Fire - passion in the art of the lute song

Lute song recital by Joel Frederiksen