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Event Date On: 17 July, 2012
Tuesday 17 July 2012 (131 events)
ART & EXHIBITIONS See all 28 events for Tue 17 Jul
5-7 Portugal Place
(Cambridge)
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ArtCell
(Cambridge)
Renaissance Women & NewArt@ArtCell
10:00 - 17:00,
Free entry
A photographic project by Stefanie Rechelt and a showcase to promote the work of new membe...
Babylon Gallery
(Ely)
Craft & Design Showcase
12:00 - 16:00,
Free
Summer selling show, offering the best in contemporary craft and design from the East Angl...
Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
Exhibitions at Edmund Gallery
10:00 - 16:30,
Free entry
11 May - 23 May: Constance Stubbs
25 May - 30 May: Michael Hillier, Colin
Burrows, Da...
Byard Art
(Cambridge)
Garry Raymond-Pereira: Day Release
09:30 - 17:30,
Free entry
60 powerful new paintings of Scotland, Wales, East Anglia and the Lake District. The title...
Cambridge Contemporary Art
(Cambridge)
Best of British
09:00 - 17:30,
Free entry
Summer´s exhibition dedicated to British Art and Craft.
The summer months will be d...
Cambridge University Library
(Cambridge)
A Soviet design for life
09:00 - 18:00,
Free
The Catherine Cooke collection of 20th-century Russian architecture and design. The academ...
Critic's choice
Cambridge and County Folk Museum
(Cambridge)
Great Cambridge Women
£varies
Cambridge Folk Museum is delighted to be hosting Cambridge Women and Work, a series of cen...
Clare Hall
(Cambridge)
Glass Sculpture Exhibition
09:00 - 18:00,
Free
Sculptures by Peter Newsome arbs, rba, one of Britain´s leading glass sculptors, exhibited...
Cromwell Museum
(Huntingdon)
Perfumes for the Protector
10:30 - 12:30,
13:30 - 16:00,
Free
One of the museum´s treasures is a 17th century Florentine cabinet that has been pas...
Ely Museum
(Ely)
Exhibitions Olympics: Cambridgeshire Competes
10:30 - 17:00,
£3.50
A Touring exhibition on the hidden history of the county´s connections to the past and fut...
Fitzwilliam Museum
(Cambridge)
Exhibitions at The Fitzwilliam
10:00 - 17:00,
Free
Quentin Blake: Drawn by Hand. Book illustrations, etchings, lithographs, drawings a...
Sculpture Promenade
Free
Showcase for contemporary and modern sculpture on the lawns of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Th...
The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China
10:00 - 17:00,
Free entry
The most remarkable exhibition of ancient royal treasures ever to travel outside China: Ov...
Frameworks-Cottenham
(Cambridge)
Hot Streets A Shimmer
10:00 - 17:30,
Free entry
A solo exhibition of mixed-media collages and screenprints by Christine Calow...
&acut...
Fry Art Gallery
(Saffron Walden)
Edward Bawden: Seven Decades of Watercolours
14:00 - 17:00,
Free entry
A rare opportunity to see a unique range of paintings from this renowned and increasingly ...
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Haddenham Galleries Craft Centre
(Ely)
Summer Exhibition & Open Studios
10:00 - 17:00,
Free entry
A mix of prints - paintings - ceramics - jewellery
glass - wood - sculpture.
Weekends of...
Kettle's Yard
(Cambridge)
Kettle´s Yard Associate Artists
13:30 - 16:30,
Free entry
Work by Matei Bejenaru, Matthew Darbyshire, Lorna Macintyre and Jeremy Millar alongside ob...
Michaelhouse Centre
(Cambridge)
Arts On Prescription
Free entry
See the outcomes of Arts on Prescription 2012.
Tony Mills: Pentangle
08:00 - 17:00,
Free entry
New images and ´old favourites´. Tony produces archival limited edition prints based...
Murray Edwards College
(Cambridge)
Jane Ackroyd
10:00 - 18:00,
Free
Jane Ackroyd writes, ´I got a first class honours degree at St Martin´s School...
Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology
(Cambridge)
Unlimited Global Alchemy
10:30 - 16:30,
Free
A collaborative exhibition project with artist Rachel Gadsden (UK) and the Bambanani artis...
Old Fire Engine House
(Ely)
Autumn Exhibitions
Free entry
7 - 30 September: Ruth Scott & Jenny Saunders, mixed media.
5 - 28 Oct: Sarah Bryan...
Pitt Building
(Cambridge)
Exposure! Summer Music Festival Exhibition
13:00 - 16:00,
´Exposure!´ is a retrospective exhibition by Clive Barda, the renowned
photographer of mu...
Saffron Walden Museum
Eastern Region Textile Forum
10:00 - 17:00,
An exhibition of art textile works inspired by Owen Jones, author of `The Grammar of Ornam...
Smiths Row
(Bury St Edmunds)
Transformations
10:30 - 17:00,
Free entry
Artists in the exhibition include Susan Collis, Freddie Robins and Caroline Wright, Haroon...
i2 Art Gallery
(Saffron Walden)
Summer Exhibition
10:00 - 17:00,
Free entry
An exciting selection of beautiful artworks from both new and familiar faces with somethin...
BUSINESS See all 1 events for Tue 17 Jul
Gonville Hotel
(Cambridge)
Cambridge Speakers Club
19:30,
£varies
We are a local public speaking club who meet regularly to improve our communication and le...
CINEMA See all 70 events for Tue 17 Jul
Abbeygate Picturehouse
(Bury St Edmunds)
Chariots of Fire (Re 2012)
14:00,
Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, this all-time sporting classic gets ...
Killer Joe
18:00,
It´s 35 years since Friedkin directed THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but KILLER JOE sees the...
Sing Your Song
18:00,
By any measure, Harry Belafonte´s life has been an extraordinary one, and this celeb...
The Hunter (2012)
14:00,
20:15,
A haunting and thought-provoking allegory of man´s destructive relationship with nat...
The Women on the 6th Floor
20:15,
Charming 1960s-set French comedy of manners with an all-star cast and a wicked sense of hu...
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Cambridge Arts Picturehouse
(Cambridge)
7 Days in Havana
15:30,
21:10,
This episodic film brings together intersecting stories and intertwining lives set in the ...
Chariots of Fire (Re 2012)
12:00,
17:45,
Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, this all-time sporting classic gets ...
Electrick Children
12:00,
15:00,
20:45,
WITNESS meets ALMOST FAMOUS by way of early Gus Van Sant in this gleefully odd, dazzling c...
Exposure! Clive Barda
18:30,
The show will be followed by a personal appearance by Clive Barda, who will talk about the...
Jo Nesbo´s Jackpot
12:00,
14:20,
18:40,
21:00,
Based on a story by Scandinavian literary sensation Jo Nesbø, this tense Norwegian crime c...
The Amazing Spider-Man 2D (12a) (2h10)
12:20,
18:15,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
The Amazing Spider-Man 3D
14:30,
20:30,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
Cineworld
(Huntingdon)
Anna Karenina
15:10,
Keira Knightley and Jude Law star in a spectacular new adaptation of Tolstoy´s epic love s...
Batman Begins / The Dark Knight Double Bill
18:00,
Cineworld is offering you the chance to catch Christopher Nolan´s first two masterpi...
Chariots of Fire
14:20,
The inspirational Oscar-winning Olympic drama gets a timely, digitally remastered reissue....
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 3D
13:30,
14:25,
15:40,
18:00,
20:20,
Scrat sets an entire continent adrift, leading to the biggest Ice Age adventure yet - in e...
Ice Age: Continental Drift 2D (U) (2h10)
15:00,
17:20,
19:25,
Ice Age: Continental Drift is the latest episode for our prehistoric friends. When they di...
Katy Perry: Part Of Me 2D
19:20,
Pop sensation Katy Perry tells her own incredible true story in a vibrant musical document...
Killer Joe
21:35,
It´s 35 years since Friedkin directed THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but KILLER JOE sees the...
Magic Mike (15) (2h10) (NFT)
15:30,
18:10,
20:50,
Magic Mike is the male-strip movie everyone´s been talking about from the director of Ocea...
Men In Black 3 2D
17:00,
Men in Black III sees the welcome return of our agents in a time-travelling caper to stop ...
Prometheus
21:30,
Alien director Ridley Scott returns to similar territory with this long-anticipated scienc...
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (15) (2h) (NFT)
15:30,
18:00,
20:40,
A 70-mile-wide asteroid is en route to Earth, and the last best attempt to counter it has ...
The Amazing Spider-Man 2D (12a) (2h10)
13:30,
16:30,
18:00,
19:45,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
The Amazing Spider-Man 3D
14:10,
14:50,
16:00,
17:20,
19:10,
20:30,
21:15,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
Cineworld
(Cambridge)
Batman Begins / The Dark Knight Double Bill
18:00,
Cineworld is offering you the chance to catch Christopher Nolan´s first two masterpi...
Chariots of Fire
13:30,
The inspirational Oscar-winning Olympic drama gets a timely, digitally remastered reissue....
Gambit [12A]
11:30,
13:40,
16:10,
18:20,
20:50,
Colin Firth leads an all-star cast in this hilarious Coen brothers-scripted remake of a cl...
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 3D
13:15,
15:00,
17:20,
19:40,
21:45,
Scrat sets an entire continent adrift, leading to the biggest Ice Age adventure yet - in e...
Ice Age: Continental Drift 2D (U) (2h10)
15:35,
16:40,
19:40,
Ice Age: Continental Drift is the latest episode for our prehistoric friends. When they di...
Killer Joe
21:25,
It´s 35 years since Friedkin directed THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but KILLER JOE sees the...
Magic Mike (15) (2h10) (NFT)
13:10,
15:45,
18:25,
21:00,
Magic Mike is the male-strip movie everyone´s been talking about from the director of Ocea...
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (15) (2h) (NFT)
15:15,
17:45,
20:20,
A 70-mile-wide asteroid is en route to Earth, and the last best attempt to counter it has ...
The Amazing Spider-Man
£8:70
A terrific reboot of the spiderman story. This latest superhero action remake stars Andrew...
The Amazing Spider-Man 2D (12a) (2h10)
13:40,
16:00,
16:45,
19:50,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
The Amazing Spider-Man 3D
13:00,
14:30,
15:15,
17:30,
18:15,
19:00,
20:30,
21:15,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
Cineworld
(Bury St Edmunds)
Batman Begins / The Dark Knight Double Bill
18:00,
Cineworld is offering you the chance to catch Christopher Nolan´s first two masterpi...
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 3D
13:20,
15:30,
16:10,
18:00,
20:20,
Scrat sets an entire continent adrift, leading to the biggest Ice Age adventure yet - in e...
Ice Age: Continental Drift 2D (U) (2h10)
13:40,
14:30,
16:50,
19:10,
Ice Age: Continental Drift is the latest episode for our prehistoric friends. When they di...
Magic Mike (15) (2h10) (NFT)
12:50,
15:30,
18:10,
20:50,
Magic Mike is the male-strip movie everyone´s been talking about from the director of Ocea...
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (15) (2h) (NFT)
12:55,
15:10,
17:50,
20:25,
A 70-mile-wide asteroid is en route to Earth, and the last best attempt to counter it has ...
The Amazing Spider-Man 2D (12a) (2h10)
14:00,
17:00,
20:00,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
The Amazing Spider-Man 3D
13:05,
14:10,
16:20,
17:20,
19:30,
20:30,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
Cineworld
(Haverhill)
Batman Begins / The Dark Knight Double Bill
18:00,
Cineworld is offering you the chance to catch Christopher Nolan´s first two masterpi...
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 3D
13:50,
16:10,
18:30,
20:50,
Scrat sets an entire continent adrift, leading to the biggest Ice Age adventure yet - in e...
Ice Age: Continental Drift 2D (U) (2h10)
15:10,
Ice Age: Continental Drift is the latest episode for our prehistoric friends. When they di...
Magic Mike (15) (2h10) (NFT)
15:35,
18:10,
20:45,
Magic Mike is the male-strip movie everyone´s been talking about from the director of Ocea...
The Amazing Spider-Man 2D (12a) (2h10)
13:25,
16:35,
19:50,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
The Amazing Spider-Man 3D
14:10,
17:20,
20:30,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
The Croods 3D (U)
10:20,
10:30,
12:50,
15:10,
17:50,
The Croods 3D is a spectacular 3D animated adventure that is as inspirational as it is enj...
VUE Cinema
(Cambridge)
3D - Beauty And The Beast
10:20,
Disney´s Oscar-winning animated love story gets a stunning 3D makeover.Following the...
Audio Described Performances: Prometheus 2D (15) (2h20)
21:30,
Prometheus sees Alien director Ridley Scott return to similar territory with a science-fic...
Audio Described Performances:Ice Age: Continental Drift 2D (U) (2h10) (NFT)
09:40,
11:00,
13:30,
14:30,
15:50,
16:50,
18:10,
19:10,
Ice Age: Continental Drift is the latest episode for our prehistoric friends. When they di...
Audio Described Performances:Ice Age: Continental Drift 2D (U) (2h10) (NFT)
18:10,
Ice Age: Continental Drift is the latest episode for our prehistoric friends. When they di...
Audio Described Performances:Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D (U) (2h10) (NFT)
10:10,
12:50,
15:10,
Ice Age: Continental Drift is the latest episode for our prehistoric friends. When they di...
Audio Described Performances:The Amazing Spider-Man 2D (12a) (2h10)
10:20,
13:20,
16:30,
19:30,
21:10,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
Audio Described Performances:The Amazing Spider-Man 3D
12:30,
15:40,
17:30,
18:50,
20:30,
21:50,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
Ice Age: Continental Drift 2D (U) (2h10)
09:40,
11:00,
13:30,
14:30,
15:50,
16:50,
18:10,
19:10,
Ice Age: Continental Drift is the latest episode for our prehistoric friends. When they di...
Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D(U) (2h10) (NFT)
10:10,
12:50,
15:10,
Ice Age: Continental Drift is the latest episode for our prehistoric friends. When they di...
Magic Mike (15) (2h10) (NFT)
12:40,
15:20,
18:00,
20:40,
Magic Mike is the male-strip movie everyone´s been talking about from the director of Ocea...
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
18:40,
almon Fishing in the Yemen is a touching story of love and beating the odds from the write...
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (15) (2h) (NFT)
10:50,
13:20,
16:00,
18:30,
21:00,
A 70-mile-wide asteroid is en route to Earth, and the last best attempt to counter it has ...
Senior Screening: Joyful Noise
12:20,
Joyful Noise is a funny and uplifting look at the power struggle in a small-town choir. Wh...
Subtitled Performances: Ice Age: Continental Drift 2D
18:10,
Ice Age: Continental Drift is the latest episode for our prehistoric friends. When they di...
The Amazing Spider-Man 2D (12a) (2h10)
10:20,
13:20,
16:30,
19:30,
21:10,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
The Amazing Spider-Man 3D
12:30,
15:40,
17:30,
18:50,
20:30,
21:50,
The Amazing Spider-Man is a state-of-the-art special effects super-hero movie with brains ...
The Dark Knight Rises (12a TBC) (3h05) (NFT) (OVER 18 SHOWING) - £1.05 extra. ID Will be required.
18:00,
The Dark Knight Rises is the latest installment in the Batman saga from director Christoph...
The Dark Knight Rises
11:40,
12:40,
15:20,
16:20,
19:00,
20:00,
22:40,
The Dark Knight Rises is the latest instalment in the Batman saga. With Batman in Gotham´s...
The Five Year Engagement (15) (2h25)
09:30,
15:30,
21:20,
The Five-Year Engagement is a romantic comedy from the makers of such classics as Bridesma...
The Muppets
10:00,
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world´s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (...
CLASSICAL MUSIC See all 1 events for Tue 17 Jul
Trinity College Chapel
(Cambridge)
Anne Page: Organ Lunchtime 1
13:10,
Donations
Anne Page continues her year-long Bach programme in which she is playing the complete orga...
COMEDIANS & POETS See all 2 events for Tue 17 Jul
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Cambridge Junction
(Cambridge)
The Cambridge Comedy Festival 2012
varies
An eclectic line-up of acts which fuses stand-up comedy, cabaret and variety to produce a ...
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Theatre Royal
Hardeep Singh Kohli: Indian Takeaway
19:30,
£20/£12
Everyone loves a curry- after all, it is Britian´s national dish! Broadcaster, write...
COMMUNITY See all 3 events for Tue 17 Jul
Addenbrooke's Clinic
(Cambridge)
Blood Doning
08:00 - 16:30,
Free
Please make an appointment! Times can vary, please see website for details.
Ely Beet Social Club
(Ely)
Blood Doning
13:00 - 15:15,
16:30 - 19:00,
Free
Please make an appointment! Times can vary, please see website for details.
DANCE See all 2 events for Tue 17 Jul
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ADC Theatre
(Cambridge)
Images of Dance
19:30,
£12/£10
´Once again, Images of Dance tours the country with a sparkling programme of excitin...
Moreton Hall Community Centre
(Bury St Edmunds)
Salsa Classes and Social Dancing
19:30,
Our class at Bury is the largest of our classes and it´s great for anyone wanting to...
FAMILY & CHILDREN See all 2 events for Tue 17 Jul
Heffers
(Cambridge)
Children´s Activities
Grandparent Week 2-8 July: coinciding with the release of Marta Altes´ new picture b...
Skylark Country Store & Garden Centre
(March)
Skylark Maize Maze 2012
10:00 - 17:00,
Adult £5.75 / Child £4.75 / Family £20
Skylark Maize Maze and Fun Yard, are off the starting blocks early this season, we new act...
FOLK See all 1 events for Tue 17 Jul
Priory Centre
(St Neots)
St Neots Folk Club Summer gigs
£varies
5 June: Paul Downes & Mick Ryan
12 Jun: Keith Pearson´s Coop de Grass
19 Jun: Mi...
JAZZ See all 1 events for Tue 17 Jul
Critic's choice
Tram Depot
(Cambridge)
Jazz Jam Session
20:45 - 23:00,
Free
Guest singers and musicians take the stage and play themes of their choice with the reside...
OUTDOOR See all 2 events for Tue 17 Jul
Cambridge University Botanic Gardens
(Cambridge)
Botanic Gardens
10:00 - 18:00,
£4 (£3.50conc)/Free
The Garden has a collection of over 10,000 plant species in beautifully landscaped setting...
Wimpole Estate
(Wimpole)
Long Straw Wheat Harvest at Cobbs Wood
08:00 - 18:00,
Normal admission
Throughout the day if the sun is shining we will be harvesting the old fashioned way with ...
SHOPPING & MARKETS See all 3 events for Tue 17 Jul
Memorial Hall
(Newmarket)
Indoor Market
09:00 - 15:00,
Free entry
Lots to look at and lunches at very reasonable prices. Bric a brac, antiques and crafts.
Primavera
(Cambridge)
Personal Shopper tours at Primavera
10:00 - 17:30,
View over 5000 items of the finest contemporary jewellery, artwork and craft displayed ove...
Saffron Walden Town Hall
(Saffron Waldon)
Saffron Walden Emporium
09:00 - 16:00,
A variety of stalls selling small-scale antiques, collectables and crafts, including home-...
SPORT See all 1 events for Tue 17 Jul
River Cam
(Cambridge)
CRA Bumps
Free to watch
An exciting rowing event held over four consecutive evenings featuring over 800 local town...
TALKS, WORKSHOPS & COURSES See all 3 events for Tue 17 Jul
Cambridge Buddhist Centre
(Cambridge)
Meditation Drop In
12:50 - 14:00,
£5-£3
Learn to meditate, refresh what you already know, or work on your regular practice. No nee...
Yoga Drop In
10:00 - 11:30,
£10 (£8.50conc)
Weekly yoga drop-in. Open to all, including beginners. Booking not necessary
Le Gros Franck
(Cambridge)
Café Français
10:00,
Friendly, casual conversation in French over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. Any leve...
THEATRE See all 8 events for Tue 17 Jul
Cambridge Arts Theatre
(Cambridge)
Blood Brothers
19:45,
£35-£15
Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers comes to Cambridge having recently ...
Cambridge Corn Exchange
(Cambridge)
Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show
19:30,
£27-£22
Douglas Adams´s immortal creation explodes back into life, re-born in this ground-br...
Downing College
(Cambridge)
Shakespeare Festival: The Taming of the Shrew
19:30,
£15
Shakespeare´s quintessential battle-of-the-sexes comedy in Downing College gardens! ...
Girton College Gardens
(Cambridge)
Shakespeare Festival: The Tempest
19:30,
£15
Magic, romance and a deserted island (in Girton College Gardens) form the setting for Shak...
Haverhill Arts Centre
(Haverhill)
Oliver!
19:30,
£7
Following their sell out production of Our House Castle Manor Business and
Enterprise Col...
Mumford Theatre
(Cambridge)
Romeo and Juliet
19:30,
£8.50
This is a Romeo and Juliet unlike any you have seen before. Shakespeare´s original t...
Robinson College
(Cambridge)
Shakespeare Festival: Julius Caesar
19:30,
£15
This Roman-costume production, in the formal setting of Robinson College amphitheatre, tra...
St John's College
(Cambridge)
Shakespeare Festival: The Merry Wives of Windsor
19:30,
£15
Shakespeare´s brilliantly witty farce tells of a would-be seducer, a jealous husband...
TOURS, TRAVEL & EXPLORING See all 3 events for Tue 17 Jul
Cambridge
(Cambridge)
Guided Walking Tours of Cambridge
£16-£7.50
Our Historic University and College Tours leave the Visitor Information Centre every day (...
Critic's choice
Cambridge and County Folk Museum
(Cambridge)
Walking with Women: unlocking female stories from Cambridge´s past
Free
This new self-guided walking tour aims to show the city through an entirely female perspec...
Scudamore's Punting
(Cambridge)
Daily Punt Tours with Scudamore´s
£various
We offer bespoke services alongside a range of options created for based around common req...
