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Circuit: Unlock Cambridge invites young people to discover an alternative side to the city

jeh98 — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 11:38:37 +0000

Circuit: Unlock Cambridge, developed and delivered by young people from Circuit Cambridge in collaboration with Danish arts collective Superflex, will combine bespoke games, films and pop-up performances throughout the city centre, with one secret location to be revealed on the day.

Circuit Cambridge is part of the national Circuit programme connecting 15-25 year olds to the arts in galleries and museums.

Led by Tate and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Circuit invites young people to the arts through festivals, partnerships and peer-led programming.

Circuit: Unlock Cambridge will include alternative walking tours of the city, a model-making workshop in which guests can build their ideal Cambridge, and the opportunity to earn a ‘walking license’ for navigating around the many cyclists and tourists moving through the city centre.

Visitors will be invited to Jesus Green for Ducked Off, a demolition game to help locals vent their frustrations about rising house prices. Attendees can also submit comments and suggestions to be converted into song lyrics and performed by a local choir in Market Square. ̽��ֱ��event will culminate in a closing party showcasing photography, film and artwork by local creatives.

Tahira Fitzwilliam-Hall, Circuit Programme Manager said: “ ̽��ֱ��young people of Circuit Cambridge have masterminded a range of activities that really puts our city under a new lens; we’re thrilled to have such innovative input from Superflex to make this festival both a fun day out and a meeting of minds to unlock the potential of our city. Come along and witness Cambridge like you’ve never seen it before!”

To find the secret location meet your guide at Market Square from 6-7pm and/or discover the location as it is announced on the website on the day.

For clues to what’s in store or to contribute your complaint for the choir get in touch @circuitcambs on Instagram and Twitter.

Full schedule and locations will be announced soon, please visit the website for the latest information.

Youth arts group Circuit Cambridge, run jointly at Kettle’s Yard and Wysing Arts Centre, has announced a free one-day festival on Saturday 10 October dedicated to artistic exploration of the city.

̽��ֱ��young people of Circuit Cambridge have masterminded a range of activities that really puts our city under a new lens

Tahira Fitzwilliam-Hall, Circuit Programme Manager

Circuit: Unlock Cambridge

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Confronting global challenges at Hay

ns480 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:16:52 +0000

̽��ֱ��fourth Cambridge series at the Hay Festival this June will address all of these questions and more. Celebrating the prestigious literary festival's 25^th anniversary this year, the Cambridge series will for the first time include a series of debates by some of the world's leading thinkers alongside talks by individual academics.

Professor Alison Sinclair, Dr Jennifer Wallace and Professor Adrian Poole will debate whether the media and public respond to tragic events now in ways that echo age-old traditions which go back to Greek tragedy or whether classic ideas about tragedy's purpose need revising.

Professor Richard Sennett and Dr Brendan Burchell will explore the future of work and ask whether new technology will liberate us or lead to longer hours and increasing social isolation.

Professor Saskia Sassen, Dr Wendy Pullan, Dr Sara Silvestri and Max Sternberg will discuss the changing nature of urban violence, from the streets of Jerusalem to the avenues of Toulouse.

Professor Brendan Simms, Professor Robert Tombs and Professor Christopher Hill will debate whether the UK will ever get on with Europe and Andrew Gamble, David Runciman and Glen Rangwala will discuss whether democracy is right for our current global problems.

Other speakers in the Cambridge series include Professor Lawrence Sherman on intelligent policing. His talk will be chaired by Sir Denis O’Connor, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary.

̽��ֱ��Cambridge series started in 2009 with speakers drawing audiences of up to 800 people. It has run annually ever since and has become a regular feature of the Festival whose director, Peter Florence, is a Cambridge alumnus.

̽��ֱ��full line-up for the series which runs throughout the Festival is:

1st June – 6.30pm

Professor Saskia Sassen, Dr Wendy Pullan, Dr Sara Silvestri, Max Sternberg - Urban conflicts

Cities are becoming sites for a whole range of new types of violence and being extensively targeted in armed conflicts. How can we reduce the risk of violence?

2nd June - 5.30pm

Professor Susan Golombok - We are family

Gay fathers, single mothers by choice and donor siblings. Professor Golombok will talk about what really counts for children who grow up in new family forms.

3rd June – 4pm

Dr Brendan Burchell and Professor Richard Sennett in conversation - ̽��ֱ��future of work

What will our working lives be like in the future?

4th June – 11.30am

Professor David Spiegelhalter - Are you taking a risk or a chance? Trying to put numbers on uncertainty

We get continually warned about the risks around us, but the upside of uncertainty is chance and opportunity. Professor Spiegelhalter will show how to weigh luck, both bad and good.

5.30pm

Professor Alison Sinclair, Dr Jennifer Wallace and Professor Adrian Poole - Is tragedy the perfect form for the modern world?

What are the ingredients of good tragedy today?

6th June – 11.30am

Professor Martin Jones - What did you have for dinner?

What can what we used to eat tell us about the ourselves and our past?

7th June – 11.30am

Dame Patricia Hodgson, Deputy Chair of Ofcom and Principal of Newnham College - Media Freedom & the Public Interest

Phone hacking has put media regulation centre stage. But will regulation stifle a free press? Where does the public interest really lie?

14.30pm

Professor Stefan Collini – What are universities for?

At a time when the future of higher education lies in the balance, here Stefan Collini discusses just why universities matter – to everyone.

8th June – 11.30am

Professor Lawrence Sherman – ̽��ֱ��New Police Knowledge

Crime prevention is often driven by emotion rather than objective consideration of the facts, especially effectiveness tests. Professor Sherman will show how evidence-based policing is reducing crime.

9th June –11.30am

Dr Carolin Crawford. Turbulence: the birth and death of stars

Astronomer Carolin Crawford explores the science behind the glorious and complex nebulae that inhabit interstellar space.

17.30pm

Professor Brendan Simms, Professor Robert Tombs and Professor Christopher Hill - Will the UK ever get on with Europe?

How much does Britain's history impacts on how it sees its relationship with Europe and can we get over that? What are the wider implications for international relations of a Britain adrift of Europe?

10th June, 1pm

Professor Andrew Gamble, Dr David Runciman and Dr Glen Rangwala - Is democracy the right system for the current world problems?

Is democracy too short-termist to deal with the kind of issues facing the world, including the current crisis of capitalism and climate change?

Also taking part in the Festival from the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge are Robert Macfarlane, professor of English, and John Thompson, professor of sociology who both speak on 2^nd June.

Nicola Buckley, head of public engagement at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, said: “ ̽��ֱ��Cambridge series is a wonderful way to get the fascinating research being done at the ̽��ֱ�� out to the public. ̽��ֱ��Hay Festival draws an international cross-section of people, from policy makers to prospective university students. It is a fantastic platform for our research and this year's debates aim to highlight the broad range of what we do at the ̽��ֱ�� and its relevance to the key issues we face today.”

Peter Florence, director of the Hay Festival, said: “What's thrilling about this year's series is how exacting it is about society. ̽��ֱ��Cambridge experts cut through the political and media spin on big issues and look at them with real attention and intellectual rigour - from Policing to European integration and C21st Family structure and Risk. It's a timely reminder about the value of authority; an aspiration that 'policy' might be formed by the best ideas and analysis rather than doctrinaire inclination or what's easiest to sell. What else would you want from the world's greatest ̽��ֱ�� but the best thinking on subjects that matter?”

To order tickets, go to www.hayfestival.com

Is democracy up to our 21st-century problems? Will the UK ever sort out its relationship with Europe? Is tragedy the perfect form for the modern plight?

̽��ֱ��Cambridge series is a wonderful way to get the fascinating research being done at the ̽��ֱ�� out to the public.

Nicola Buckley

Cambridge ̽��ֱ��

Hay Festival

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Pushing science to its limits

ns480 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:53:14 +0000

Cambridge Science Festival is hoping to break new boundaries in celebration of London 2012 as it asks ‘How fast can Usain Bolt run?’ and takes ‘A mathematical look at the Olympics’.

Bookings for the Festival, which takes place from March 12-25, open this morning with more than 180 mostly free events for the public to choose from. Organisers are hoping for a record turnout after last year’s total of 35,000 visitors.

With the theme of ‘breaking boundaries’, the Festival will focus on the unceasing progress of science, technology, engineering and mathematics with a programme of events to suit children and adults of all tastes and ages.

There will also be a special sub-section of events with a special Olympics and Paralympics theme.

And for the first time, the Festival will have a guest director; comedian, actor and author Robin Ince - co-host of the BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox.

Ince will join Alan Moore and other guests on March 16 in the ‘Bad Science Book Club’ where the panel will discuss the odd, arcane and downright terrible science literature, as well as ‘Happiness Through Science’ on the Festival’s flagship family day (Saturday, March 18), where he asks whether it’s possible to be happy and rational at the same time.

Other star names from the world of science include: Richard Wiseman (Science of the paranormal), Jim Al-Khalili (On the shoulders of Eastern giants), Simon Singh (Alan Turing and the Enigma cipher), Alastair Fothergill (Frozen Planet: the making of a landmark wildlife documentary), Carolin Crawford (Sounds of the Universe) and Stefan Gates (Gastronaut live)

Other highlights include evening lectures on topics as diverse as ‘ ̽��ֱ��musical brain’, ‘Plants for the future’ and ‘Great discoveries in medicine’.

Robin Ince said: “ ̽��ֱ��last few years have seen a reinvigoration of public engagement with science that has been both hopeful and thrilling. I have looked at audiences as the Cambridge Science Festival and elsewhere and seen a broad mix of age, gender and hairstyles!

“It’s a joy to have the opportunity to curate a few events at the Cambridge Science Festival which seems to have an even more hectic schedule than recent years. Asking the question ‘why’ and then using what we have at our disposal to try and fashion an answer is one of the adventures of being human.”

For more information including the latest event updates and to request a copy of the programme please visit: www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival or call: 01223 766766

Other highlights of the 2012 Cambridge Science Festival include:

̽��ֱ��musical brain

Gert-Jan de Haas, neuropsychologist and musician, takes us on a journey through the musical brain via dancing parrots, snails, a cup of tea and important principle of ‘not not’. He explains how what is known about general brain functions can be applied to learning and performing music and why it is that the musical brain really knows nothing!

Understanding excess

Compulsive acts or habits which are hard to stop occur in people with OCD and other disorders such as autism or substance abuse disorder. What is the neurobiological basis for them and how can they best be treated? Speakers include Professor Barbara Sahakian, Trevor Robbins and Naomi Fineberg.

In conversation with Alan Moore

One of the UK’s finest and most imaginative writers, Alan Moore, discusses the meeting of science and fiction, his own inspirations from the world of scientific discovery and whether there is room for the mystical in a rational world. With Robin Ince.

On the shoulders of Eastern giants: forgotten contribution of medieval physicists

We learn at school that Isaac Newton is the father of modern optics and that Copernicus heralded the birth of astronomy. But what is the debt these men owe to the physicists and astronomers of the medieval Islamic Empire? Men such as Ibn al-Haytham, Avicenna and Ibn al-Shatir. In this lecture Jim Al-Khalili will tell the story of these fascinating characters.

Eruptions that shook the world

Clive Oppenheimer explores geological, historical and archaeological records to ask how volcanic eruptions have shaped the trajectory of human society and considers how we can prepare ourselves for future catastrophes.

̽��ֱ��sounds of the Universe

In space no-one can hear you scream... but it is still a noisy Universe . This lecture takes a new approach to appreciating the Universe, through the vehicle of sound. Join Dr Carolin Crawford as she explores how the sounds of space can be a useful way to illustrate processes in astronomy and how sound is ultimately responsible for the growth of all structure we see today in the cosmos.

Alan Turing and the Enigma cipher

In the centenary year of Alan Turing’s birth, Simon Singh discusses the German Enigma cipher machine and how it was cracked by Alan Turing and the other codebreakers at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. ̽��ֱ��lecture will include a demonstration of a genuine working Enigma machine.

Crisp packet fireworks with the Naked Scientists

̽��ֱ��Naked Scientists take you on whistle-stop tour of the world of waves, gases and chemistry. They detonate bombs, electrocute vegetables, turn air into liquid, reveal the secret of sun-cream, use chemicals to produce bright lights, and launch hydrogen-powered rockets. Definitely not for the faint of heart!

How fast can Usain Bolt run?

How could Usain Bolt improve his world 100 meters sprint record significantly without improving his speed? How fast should he be able to run? Professor John Barrow FRS answers these and other questions in this talk, which also looks at the mechanics of sprinting and the effects of wind assistance, timing, accuracy and altitude on sprint time.

̽��ֱ��final push: preparing an athlete for an Olympic or Paralympic Games

Paralympic athlete Dan Gordon explores the preparation strategies employed by athletes in the final months leading up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in order to optimise performance. We will consider physiological and psychological athlete preparation and the role of 'Secret Squirrels'.

Bookings for the UK’s largest free science festival open this morning at: www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival

Cambridge ̽��ֱ��

Chemistry in action

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Rock ‘n Roll royalty comes to Kettle’s Yard

bjb42 — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:00:42 +0000

Anchoring the series on 20 May is Led Zeppelin’s bass guitarist and keyboardist John Paul Jones. ̽��ֱ��rock legend joins Stephen Montague in an exclusive interview and concert. ̽��ֱ��evening will end with the Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� New Music Ensemble performing his original works.

John Paul Jones is widely considered as one of the most influential Rock bassists of all time. Along with being a member of Led Zeppelin, Jones also has a solo career and has worked with many other Rock ‘n Roll acts such as Sonic Youth and Heart.

This year’s series begins on 29 January with four tubas, YouTuba, who meet in the woods for a ‘Tuba Bears’ Picnic’. This musically diverse show is accompanied by text from BBC Radio 3 presenter and poet, Ian McMillan.

On 12 February Kettle’s Yard presents the Irish duo, violinist Darragh Morgan accompanied by pianist Mary Dullea performing Finnissy and Nancarrow.

On 27 February, Flam by Orlando Gough comes to Kettle’s Yard. This truly irresistible work is presented over a simple cup of coffee and performed by virtuoso singers/actors Melanie Pappenheim and Rebecca Askew.

Other attractions include world premieres from the Efthymiou Twins and Gabriel Prokoviev. ̽��ֱ��young Chinese American pianist Jessica Zhu will perform a programme of ‘Powerful Women’ exploring music written by the most talented female composers of today. Percussion duo ̽��ֱ��G Project play an evening concert that breaks the boundaries of classical stereotypes and perform works by Turnage, Cage, Ford and Poppy.

̽��ֱ��series is programmed by composer Stephen Montague, an Anglo/American composer, pianist and conductor. Born and educated in the USA, Stephen has lived in Europe since 1972 where he was first a Fulbright Scholar in Warsaw until moving to London in 1974 where he worked as a freelance composer. His works cover a wide spectrum of interests from music for the concert hall to large outdoor, multi-media events using hundreds of performers. His music is published by United Music Publishers.

Tickets are available online or by phone on 01223 748100. Sunday Coffee Concerts are only £7/£4 concessions and the two evening concerts £10/£6 concessions.

For further information, please contact Susie Biller at Kettle’s Yard, ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, Castle Street, CB3 0AQ U.K. tel 01223 748100, fax 01223 324377, Susie@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk, www.kettlesyard.co.uk.

Kettle’s Yard has unveiled its 2012 New Music Series featuring 12 cutting edge concerts performed by world class musicians.

John Paul Jones is widely considered as one of the most influential Rock bassists of all time.

Kettle's Yard

John Paul Jones

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