What's On: What's On

Mon 12 May

8:30AM - 9:30AM

Early morning guided walks exploring British wild plants and their folklore

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World

Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Admitting the Possibilities of Error: Conceptual drawings by Kirsten Lavers

Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series - Ugo Gentilini - “What Are We Learning from 2,500 Years of Cash Transfers?”

Date: 12 May 2025 Time: 18:00 -19:30 Speaker: Ugo Gentilini Talk Title: '“What Are We Learning from 2,500 Years of Cash Transfers?” Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine's College

Tue 13 May

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World

Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Admitting the Possibilities of Error: Conceptual drawings by Kirsten Lavers

Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival

This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.

7:30PM - 8:45PM

The Einstein Vendetta

Join the Jesus College Intellectual Forum to hear from Thomas Harding as he recounts the until-now untold story of a historic true crime.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

OLEM: Yolande Lyne-Stephens and the creation of a Cambridge church & AGM

Mill Road History Society presents a talk by Nigel Kerry, Director of Music at OLEM, on how a former ballerina from the slums of Paris financed the creation of what is commonly known as the Catholic Church

Wed 14 May

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World

Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Admitting the Possibilities of Error: Conceptual drawings by Kirsten Lavers

Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival

This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.

1:00PM - 1:40PM

Lili Brik and the New Soviet Woman: A Lunchtime Talk with Anastasia Skoybedo

Join us at Kettle’s Yard for a lunchtime talk alongside our current display Mari Mahr: Lili Brik.

6:30PM

Developing the Garden for House and Garden Visitors Alike: Climate Resilience and Biodiversity with Anna's Flower Farm

Anna Taylor will lead an inspiring evening on the development of the David Parr House Visitor Centre garden planting and habitat creation to increase biodiversity in the garden for both house visitors and the city wildlife to feed and find shelter with. Anna will be speaking about creating climate-resilient planting that enhances a public multi-use space.

Thu 15 May

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World

Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Admitting the Possibilities of Error: Conceptual drawings by Kirsten Lavers

Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival

This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Brewing the past: A journey into history through beer and film

What can beer tell us about history and science? Find out at this Jesus College Intellectual Forum event.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Cambridge University Wind Orchestra & Big Band Roulette: Lights, Camera, Music

For their Easter concert, Cambridge University Wind Orchestra team up with Big Band Roulette, a new jazz project based out of the University of Cambridge.

8:00PM - 10:00PM

Adrian Bradbury, cello and Andrew West, piano

Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house as we welcome Adrian Bradbury and Andrew West.

Fri 16 May

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World

Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Admitting the Possibilities of Error: Conceptual drawings by Kirsten Lavers

Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival

This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour

A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides.

6:00PM - 9:00PM

Drink and Draw

Grab a glass of wine and a sketchpad, it's time for Drink and Draw

Sat 17 May

9:00AM - 4:30PM

Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World

Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

10:30AM - 11:45AM

Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre!

Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival

This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.

12:30PM - 1:45PM

Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre!

Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Peihan Francesca He and Patrick Hemmerlé

In this concert, Clare Hall is happy to present one of the brightest young talents emerging on the international scene.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Concert by City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra

Music by Jean Sibelius, Dorothy Howell and William Walton

8:30PM - 9:30PM

Haunted Cambridge Ghost Tours

Cambridge guides' scariest storytellers take you to the darker byways of our city, where the spirits of the dead still hover ...

Sun 18 May

10:30AM - 11:45AM

Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre!

Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival

This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.

11:30AM - 1:00PM

Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour

A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

12:30PM - 1:45PM

Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre!

Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide

2:30PM - 4:00PM

Sex and the City: Cambridge Women, Town and Gown

A guided tour through the lovely centre of Cambridge which explores the inspiring, shocking and delightful stories of its women. From poets to bedders, from scientists to social reformers - get to know some of these amazing hidden figures.

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025

Mon 12 May	8:30AM - 9:30AM	Wild Garden Walks Early morning guided walks exploring British wild plants and their folklore
	9:00AM - 6:30PM	Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.
	9:00AM - 7:00PM	Admitting the Possibilities of Error: Conceptual drawings by Kirsten Lavers Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.
	6:00PM - 7:30PM	St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series - Ugo Gentilini - “What Are We Learning from 2,500 Years of Cash Transfers?” Date: 12 May 2025 Time: 18:00 -19:30 Speaker: Ugo Gentilini Talk Title: '“What Are We Learning from 2,500 Years of Cash Transfers?” Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine's College
Tue 13 May	9:00AM - 6:30PM	Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.
	9:00AM - 7:00PM	Admitting the Possibilities of Error: Conceptual drawings by Kirsten Lavers Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Highlight Hidden Histories Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.
	11:00AM - 5:00PM	Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.
	7:30PM - 8:45PM	The Einstein Vendetta Join the Jesus College Intellectual Forum to hear from Thomas Harding as he recounts the until-now untold story of a historic true crime.
	7:30PM - 9:00PM	OLEM: Yolande Lyne-Stephens and the creation of a Cambridge church & AGM Mill Road History Society presents a talk by Nigel Kerry, Director of Music at OLEM, on how a former ballerina from the slums of Paris financed the creation of what is commonly known as the Catholic Church
Wed 14 May	9:00AM - 6:30PM	Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.
	9:00AM - 7:00PM	Admitting the Possibilities of Error: Conceptual drawings by Kirsten Lavers Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Highlight Hidden Histories Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.
	11:00AM - 5:00PM	Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.
	1:00PM - 1:40PM	Lili Brik and the New Soviet Woman: A Lunchtime Talk with Anastasia Skoybedo Join us at Kettle’s Yard for a lunchtime talk alongside our current display Mari Mahr: Lili Brik.
	6:30PM	Developing the Garden for House and Garden Visitors Alike: Climate Resilience and Biodiversity with Anna's Flower Farm Anna Taylor will lead an inspiring evening on the development of the David Parr House Visitor Centre garden planting and habitat creation to increase biodiversity in the garden for both house visitors and the city wildlife to feed and find shelter with. Anna will be speaking about creating climate-resilient planting that enhances a public multi-use space.
Thu 15 May	9:00AM - 6:30PM	Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.
	9:00AM - 7:00PM	Admitting the Possibilities of Error: Conceptual drawings by Kirsten Lavers Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Highlight Hidden Histories Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.
	11:00AM - 5:00PM	Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.
	7:30PM - 9:00PM	Brewing the past: A journey into history through beer and film What can beer tell us about history and science? Find out at this Jesus College Intellectual Forum event.
	7:30PM - 9:30PM	Cambridge University Wind Orchestra & Big Band Roulette: Lights, Camera, Music For their Easter concert, Cambridge University Wind Orchestra team up with Big Band Roulette, a new jazz project based out of the University of Cambridge.
	8:00PM - 10:00PM	Adrian Bradbury, cello and Andrew West, piano Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house as we welcome Adrian Bradbury and Andrew West.
Fri 16 May	9:00AM - 6:30PM	Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.
	9:00AM - 7:00PM	Admitting the Possibilities of Error: Conceptual drawings by Kirsten Lavers Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Highlight Hidden Histories Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.
	11:00AM - 5:00PM	Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.
	5:30PM - 7:00PM	Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides.
	6:00PM - 9:00PM	Drink and Draw Grab a glass of wine and a sketchpad, it's time for Drink and Draw
Sat 17 May	9:00AM - 4:30PM	Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Highlight Hidden Histories Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.
	10:30AM - 11:45AM	Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre! Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide
	11:00AM - 5:00PM	Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.
	12:30PM - 1:45PM	Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre! Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide
	7:30PM - 9:00PM	Peihan Francesca He and Patrick Hemmerlé In this concert, Clare Hall is happy to present one of the brightest young talents emerging on the international scene.
	7:30PM - 9:30PM	Concert by City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra Music by Jean Sibelius, Dorothy Howell and William Walton
	8:30PM - 9:30PM	Haunted Cambridge Ghost Tours Cambridge guides' scariest storytellers take you to the darker byways of our city, where the spirits of the dead still hover ...
Sun 18 May	10:30AM - 11:45AM	Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre! Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide
	11:00AM - 5:00PM	Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.
	11:30AM - 1:00PM	Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides.
	12:00PM - 5:00PM	Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.
	12:30PM - 1:45PM	Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre! Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide
	2:30PM - 4:00PM	Sex and the City: Cambridge Women, Town and Gown A guided tour through the lovely centre of Cambridge which explores the inspiring, shocking and delightful stories of its women. From poets to bedders, from scientists to social reformers - get to know some of these amazing hidden figures.