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Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

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Mon 5 September 2022 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Louise Stebbing: A retrospective - 40 years of printmaking

An exhibition of printmaking at the Alison Richard Building.

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Highlight Touch Tours for Blind and Partially Sighted Adults

Join the Polar Museum team for a touch tour and explore a range of objects from polar history. The tour will also include some of the objects and sculptures outside on the museum lawn.

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Highlight Tours for Blind & Partially Sighted Adults

Join the Polar Museum team for a Touch Tour and explore a range of objects from polar history.

1:30PM - 2:30PM

Highlight Touch Tours for Blind and Partially Sighted Adults

Join the Polar Museum team for a touch tour and explore a range of objects from polar history. The tour will also include some of the objects and sculptures outside on the museum lawn.

6:15PM - 7:45PM

Iyengar Yoga Class

Small class with experienced teacher Robert Ashman.

Tue 6 September 2022 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Louise Stebbing: A retrospective - 40 years of printmaking

An exhibition of printmaking at the Alison Richard Building.

Wed 7 September 2022 9:00AM

Wellness Wanders

Short (approx. 10 min) films taking viewers on a virtual wander around the Garden.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Louise Stebbing: A retrospective - 40 years of printmaking

An exhibition of printmaking at the Alison Richard Building.

10:00AM - 11:00AM

Highlight A Summer Like No Other: What 2022 means for our climate and our future

A hosted LinkedIn Live video event, where academic experts discuss the extreme weather we’ve seen across Europe this summer, what this signals about our changing climate, the impact on food, trade and wildlife and the urgency of reaching a resilient, zero-carbon future.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

CLASSROOM COURSE Botanical illustration using graphite: a lesson on tonal values

A two-day course for those wishing to explore the beauty of black and white illustration and learn about tonal values

6:00PM - 7:00PM

BITCH: ON THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES WITH LUCY COOKE

Join us for a talk & Q+A, by best selling author and award winning filmmaker, Lucy Cooke on her recent best-selling book ‘Bitch’, which re-evaluates sex roles, sexual identity and sexuality in animals by comparing recent discoveries with assertions made by Darwin.

7:00PM - 10:00PM

Diving Deep Into Science And Religion

Diving Deep Into Science And Religion – A Live Podcast Recording By BioLogos and The Faraday Institute

Thu 8 September 2022 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Louise Stebbing: A retrospective - 40 years of printmaking

An exhibition of printmaking at the Alison Richard Building.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

CLASSROOM COURSE Botanical illustration using graphite: a lesson on tonal values

A two-day course for those wishing to explore the beauty of black and white illustration and learn about tonal values

6:00PM - 7:30PM

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.

Fri 9 September 2022 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Louise Stebbing: A retrospective - 40 years of printmaking

An exhibition of printmaking at the Alison Richard Building.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Exhibition tour with printmaker Louise Stebbing

Printmaker Louise Stebbing will give a tour of her current retrospective of 40 years of printmaking.

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 James Blunt, via James Bond. The tour will be led by Green Badge Guides.

7:30PM - 8:30PM

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 ...

Sat 10 September 2022 10:00AM - 11:30AM

Highlight Behind-the-scenes of the Historical Printing Room

Go behind-the-scenes in the Morison Historical Printing Room at Cambridge University Library, to learn about letterpress printing and links to the Darwin family.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Art exhibition: 'Kill or Cure'

Lethal or life-giving? Wolfson's exciting contemporary art exhibition explores the potential of animals, plants, and substances from the natural world to ‘Kill’ and/or ‘Cure’.

2:30PM - 4:30PM

Uncomfortable Cambridge Tours

Discover Cambridge in a different way on this guided walking tour, focusing on the uncomfortable stories of power and privilege which have shaped both the university and the city.

7:30PM - 8:30PM

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 11 September 2022 10:00AM - 5:00PM

Art exhibition: 'Kill or Cure'

Lethal or life-giving? Wolfson's exciting contemporary art exhibition explores the potential of animals, plants, and substances from the natural world to ‘Kill’ and/or ‘Cure’.

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 James Blunt, via James Bond. The tour will be led by Green Badge Guides.

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.

2:30PM - 4:30PM

Uncomfortable Cambridge Tours

Discover Cambridge in a different way on this guided walking tour, focusing on the uncomfortable stories of power and privilege which have shaped both the university and the city.