Throes of the Modernist Dream: Prints by Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris from the Paragon Press
An exhibition of contemporary prints by Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris from the Paragon Press contending with the urban world and “the death throes of the modernist dream.”
| Mon 12 May 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 - 5:00PM |
Dirt, fire & sky - an exhibition by Sue Shepherd An exhibition by Sue Shepherd at the Alison Richard Building |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
The hours of healing - an exhibition by printmaker Ruth Oinn Ruth Oinn is showing a series of twenty-six prints, which have been a year in the making. Celebrating the centenary of Britten’s birth, the works have been created around Britten's operas, by revisiting several much loved works, poring over librettos and seeing productions at Aldeburgh and Glyndebourne. |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 9:30AM - 4:30PM |
Tomorrow, today - learn & practise self-build cob Learn the ancient & sustainable technique of cob building and be part of an amazing public art project by Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, creating a 'model village of the future' - a walk-through scale model of the paths, houses & shops planned for the future North West Cambridge Development. |
|
| 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 - 6:00PM |
Charlotte Hodes: the grammar of ornament With an international reputation as an artist working through collage across different media, this new work by Charlotte Hodes has been informed by the influential 1856 book The Grammar of Ornament by architect Owen Jones, one of the most important design theorists of the 19th century. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Selected works by Rhonda Whitehead Selected paintings and works on paper, in mixed media and oil capture and record the surface loss, imperfections and characteristics of erosion and time on man made surfaces. |
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| Tue 13 May 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 - 5:00PM |
Dirt, fire & sky - an exhibition by Sue Shepherd An exhibition by Sue Shepherd at the Alison Richard Building |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
The hours of healing - an exhibition by printmaker Ruth Oinn Ruth Oinn is showing a series of twenty-six prints, which have been a year in the making. Celebrating the centenary of Britten’s birth, the works have been created around Britten's operas, by revisiting several much loved works, poring over librettos and seeing productions at Aldeburgh and Glyndebourne. |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 9:30AM - 4:30PM |
Tomorrow, today - learn & practise self-build cob Learn the ancient & sustainable technique of cob building and be part of an amazing public art project by Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, creating a 'model village of the future' - a walk-through scale model of the paths, houses & shops planned for the future North West Cambridge Development. |
|
| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 29th April. |
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| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 29th April. |
|
| 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 |
Sea monsters to sonar: mapping the polar oceans This exhibition traces the development and use of maps of the Polar oceans and coastlines. The gallery space will be transformed into a trail of discovery revealing imagined and established trade routes, and journeys made for scientific discovery. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The Rampant Lions Press: A letterpress odyssey This exhibition displays a beautiful selection of books produced by The Rampant Lions Press since their last retrospective exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1982. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Charlotte Hodes: the grammar of ornament With an international reputation as an artist working through collage across different media, this new work by Charlotte Hodes has been informed by the influential 1856 book The Grammar of Ornament by architect Owen Jones, one of the most important design theorists of the 19th century. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Selected works by Rhonda Whitehead Selected paintings and works on paper, in mixed media and oil capture and record the surface loss, imperfections and characteristics of erosion and time on man made surfaces. |
|
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The architecture of pilgrimage A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 29th April. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
From Mara Poet to Nobel Laureate: on modern Chinese literary culture This is the first of four major public Humanitas events in Chinese Studies by renowned scholar of Chinese Literature David Der-wei Wang. |
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| 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
A public talk by Dr Pascal Girard (University of Reims) |
|
| 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 |
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| 7:15PM - 9:15PM |
Visions of the future: predictions past and present A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 29th April. |
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| Wed 14 May 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 - 5:00PM |
Dirt, fire & sky - an exhibition by Sue Shepherd An exhibition by Sue Shepherd at the Alison Richard Building |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
The hours of healing - an exhibition by printmaker Ruth Oinn Ruth Oinn is showing a series of twenty-six prints, which have been a year in the making. Celebrating the centenary of Britten’s birth, the works have been created around Britten's operas, by revisiting several much loved works, poring over librettos and seeing productions at Aldeburgh and Glyndebourne. |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 9:30AM - 4:30PM |
Tomorrow, today - learn & practise self-build cob Learn the ancient & sustainable technique of cob building and be part of an amazing public art project by Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, creating a 'model village of the future' - a walk-through scale model of the paths, houses & shops planned for the future North West Cambridge Development. |
|
| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Cambridge explorations: following in the footsteps of Cambridge's scientific explorers A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 30th April. |
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| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Humps and bumps, houses and hedges A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 30th April. |
|
| 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 |
Sea monsters to sonar: mapping the polar oceans This exhibition traces the development and use of maps of the Polar oceans and coastlines. The gallery space will be transformed into a trail of discovery revealing imagined and established trade routes, and journeys made for scientific discovery. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The Rampant Lions Press: A letterpress odyssey This exhibition displays a beautiful selection of books produced by The Rampant Lions Press since their last retrospective exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1982. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Charlotte Hodes: the grammar of ornament With an international reputation as an artist working through collage across different media, this new work by Charlotte Hodes has been informed by the influential 1856 book The Grammar of Ornament by architect Owen Jones, one of the most important design theorists of the 19th century. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Selected works by Rhonda Whitehead Selected paintings and works on paper, in mixed media and oil capture and record the surface loss, imperfections and characteristics of erosion and time on man made surfaces. |
|
| 10:05AM - 12:05PM |
A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 30th April. |
|
| 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
History of Chinese art sales and collecting in the UK With Hajini Elias, MPhil student, Cambridge University. |
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| 2:15PM |
All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles. |
|
| 6:00PM - 6:30PM |
The first of two half-hour lectures by the Society's Henslow Fellows by Dr Alexander Liu, Department of Earth Sciences and Fellow of Girton College |
|
| 6:30PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight The Henslow Fellow lectures - use of random matrices The second of two half-hour lectures by the Society's Henslow Fellows given by Dr Stephanie Jacquot, formerly of the Statistical Laboratory, Centre for Mathematical Sciences an former fellow of Lucy Cavendish College |
|
| 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. |
|
| 7:15PM - 9:15PM |
A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 30th April. |
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| Thu 15 May 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 - 5:00PM |
Dirt, fire & sky - an exhibition by Sue Shepherd An exhibition by Sue Shepherd at the Alison Richard Building |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
The hours of healing - an exhibition by printmaker Ruth Oinn Ruth Oinn is showing a series of twenty-six prints, which have been a year in the making. Celebrating the centenary of Britten’s birth, the works have been created around Britten's operas, by revisiting several much loved works, poring over librettos and seeing productions at Aldeburgh and Glyndebourne. |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 9:30AM - 4:30PM |
Tomorrow, today - learn & practise self-build cob Learn the ancient & sustainable technique of cob building and be part of an amazing public art project by Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, creating a 'model village of the future' - a walk-through scale model of the paths, houses & shops planned for the future North West Cambridge Development. |
|
| 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 |
Sea monsters to sonar: mapping the polar oceans This exhibition traces the development and use of maps of the Polar oceans and coastlines. The gallery space will be transformed into a trail of discovery revealing imagined and established trade routes, and journeys made for scientific discovery. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The Rampant Lions Press: A letterpress odyssey This exhibition displays a beautiful selection of books produced by The Rampant Lions Press since their last retrospective exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1982. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Charlotte Hodes: the grammar of ornament With an international reputation as an artist working through collage across different media, this new work by Charlotte Hodes has been informed by the influential 1856 book The Grammar of Ornament by architect Owen Jones, one of the most important design theorists of the 19th century. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Selected works by Rhonda Whitehead Selected paintings and works on paper, in mixed media and oil capture and record the surface loss, imperfections and characteristics of erosion and time on man made surfaces. |
|
| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
The lyrical in epic time: on modern Chinese literary thought This is the second of four major public Humanitas events in Chinese Studies by renowned scholar of Chinese Literature David Der-wei Wang. |
|
| 8:00PM - 10:00PM |
CUMS concert orchestra and wind orchestra perform Gershwin and Rimsky-Korsakov Gershwin Strike Up the Band Bedford Sun Paints Rainbows On The Vast Waves Adam Gorb Midnight in Buenos Aires Marquez Danzon No.2 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Alastair Chilvers, Benedict Collins-Rice conductors |
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| 8:00PM - 10:00PM |
performing works by Haydn, Schoenberg, Henze and Beethoven. |
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| Fri 16 May 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 - 5:00PM |
Dirt, fire & sky - an exhibition by Sue Shepherd An exhibition by Sue Shepherd at the Alison Richard Building |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
The hours of healing - an exhibition by printmaker Ruth Oinn Ruth Oinn is showing a series of twenty-six prints, which have been a year in the making. Celebrating the centenary of Britten’s birth, the works have been created around Britten's operas, by revisiting several much loved works, poring over librettos and seeing productions at Aldeburgh and Glyndebourne. |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 9:30AM - 4:30PM |
Tomorrow, today - learn & practise self-build cob Learn the ancient & sustainable technique of cob building and be part of an amazing public art project by Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, creating a 'model village of the future' - a walk-through scale model of the paths, houses & shops planned for the future North West Cambridge Development. |
|
| 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 |
Sea monsters to sonar: mapping the polar oceans This exhibition traces the development and use of maps of the Polar oceans and coastlines. The gallery space will be transformed into a trail of discovery revealing imagined and established trade routes, and journeys made for scientific discovery. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The Rampant Lions Press: A letterpress odyssey This exhibition displays a beautiful selection of books produced by The Rampant Lions Press since their last retrospective exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1982. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Charlotte Hodes: the grammar of ornament With an international reputation as an artist working through collage across different media, this new work by Charlotte Hodes has been informed by the influential 1856 book The Grammar of Ornament by architect Owen Jones, one of the most important design theorists of the 19th century. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Selected works by Rhonda Whitehead Selected paintings and works on paper, in mixed media and oil capture and record the surface loss, imperfections and characteristics of erosion and time on man made surfaces. |
|
| 4:00PM - 6:00PM |
Festival of Plants Panel Discussion: Biotechnology and Genetic Modification – a mature conversation Genetic modification (GM) may deliver major improvements in crop productivity. However the technology is extremely controversial and European attitudes are having knock-on effects on GM adoption in developing countries. This event, chaired by Susan Watts, welcomes Professors Ottoline Lesyer and Andy Sterling and Dr Emmanuel Okogbenin to discuss GM, it’s role, potential and limitations. |
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| 5:00PM - 9:00PM |
Come and explore the Fitzwilliam Museum and its world class collections after hours. |
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| 6:00PM - 9:00PM |
Museums at night: after hours at the Museum of Classical Archaeology Drop into the Museum for a special late night opening with wine and spotlight talks. |
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| Sat 17 May 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 Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 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 |
A day dedicated to bringing plants into focus! Join our team of horticulturalists, plant experts and scientists from across the region for bite-size science talks, collection tours, pop-up plant science and our Plant Lab of hands on activities for children. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about plants all in one day, all in one Garden! |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Sea monsters to sonar: mapping the polar oceans This exhibition traces the development and use of maps of the Polar oceans and coastlines. The gallery space will be transformed into a trail of discovery revealing imagined and established trade routes, and journeys made for scientific discovery. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The Rampant Lions Press: A letterpress odyssey This exhibition displays a beautiful selection of books produced by The Rampant Lions Press since their last retrospective exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1982. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Charlotte Hodes: the grammar of ornament With an international reputation as an artist working through collage across different media, this new work by Charlotte Hodes has been informed by the influential 1856 book The Grammar of Ornament by architect Owen Jones, one of the most important design theorists of the 19th century. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Selected works by Rhonda Whitehead Selected paintings and works on paper, in mixed media and oil capture and record the surface loss, imperfections and characteristics of erosion and time on man made surfaces. |
|
| 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Lunctime concert - Lindsay Stemp Lindsay Stemp presents the Norwich Street band |
|
| 2:00PM - 3:30PM |
The Transformational Role of Plants in meeting the Zero Hunger Challenge: Professor M.S. Swaminathan Professor Swaminathan is widely celebrated for his leadership of India’s Green Revolution. As one of TIME magazine’s 20 most influential Asians of the 20th Century, his advocacy of sustainable agriculture makes him a world leader in the field of sustainable food security. Professor Swaminathan will talk today on the critical role of plant science in tackling the challenge of world hunger. |
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| 6:30PM - 7:45PM |
Cantata Evensong with St John's Sinfonia |
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| 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
Highlight CCSO concert Orchestral concert including Dvorak Symphony no 6, with Matthew Trusler as soloist in Prokofiev's violin concerto no 1 |
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| Sun 18 May 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. |
| 10:00AM |
Join us for a 7 (or 4) mile walk through a fantastic private farm estate just outside of Cambridge. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Charlotte Hodes: the grammar of ornament With an international reputation as an artist working through collage across different media, this new work by Charlotte Hodes has been informed by the influential 1856 book The Grammar of Ornament by architect Owen Jones, one of the most important design theorists of the 19th century. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Selected works by Rhonda Whitehead Selected paintings and works on paper, in mixed media and oil capture and record the surface loss, imperfections and characteristics of erosion and time on man made surfaces. |
|
| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
The Rampant Lions Press: A letterpress odyssey This exhibition displays a beautiful selection of books produced by The Rampant Lions Press since their last retrospective exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1982. |
|
| 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
Héloïse Werner (soprano), Oliver Pashley (clarinet), Anne Denholm (harp) and Marianne Schofield (double bass) perform pieces by Coleman, Gershwin and Piazzolla. |
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| 6:00PM - 6:25PM |
To be performed by Freddie James (St John's College) |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Lucy Cavendish Singers: Sunlight and Waters An early evening concert and reception in the beautiful surroundings of 16th Century Madingley Hall. |