Women have been interested in science throughout history, but they are often forgotten in histories of science. To mark our new display celebrating Rosalind Franklin and her work on DNA, come and find out more about other scientific women in our collections. Among others, we'll be telling the stories of the astronomer who impressed the King, the computer programmer who learned maths because her mum didn't want her to become a poet and the chemistry lecturer who made cupcakes to explain elements. This is a drop in talk, no booking required.
Grab your pencils and head to the Botanic Garden to have a go at our self-led Autumn Art Adventure. This little booklet is free to pick up from the Ticket Offices and is full of prompts and ideas to help you observe, imagine, scribble and draw as you make your way around the beautiful Garden at autumn time.
Share your artwork with us online! (@CUBotanicGarden) All ages welcome to join in!
Join us for Fungi Field Day at the Botanic Garden to celebrate fungi and their relationships with plants in the run up to UK Fungus Day. Highlights include:
🍄 A range of talks from expert speakers about fungi and their interactions with plants.
🔬Science outreach stall with microscopes to view fungi that live deep inside plant roots.
The lights will highlight some of the Garden’s most beloved features, such as the Fountain, Lake and Glasshouse Range, and create special experiences around the rest of the Garden. There will be new, original installations that are unique to the Garden, as well as the return of some of last year’s most popular pieces such as the light tunnel and lilies on the Lake.
The Café will be part of the trail with warm offerings, and food stalls halfway around the route will be serving hot drinks and light bites to revive spirits and warm up any chilly fingers!
About Peter de Bolla
Peter de Bolla has been Professor of Cultural History and Aesthetics since 2009 at the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge. He has been a visiting Professor in Siegen, at Vanderbilt and will be at New York University in the Fall of 2014 and in Uppsala in the fall of 2015. He is Director of the Cambridge Concept Lab in the Cambridge Centre for Digital Knowledge at CRASSH.
Full Programme
10 October 2024: The Jim and Helen Eden Concert – Doric Quartet
24 October 2024: Castalian Quartet and Tim Posner, cello
31 October 2024: Sterling Elliot, cello and Gabriele Strata, piano
7 November: Trio Chagall
Programme
JS Bach, Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C BWV 846
Lili Boulanger, Thème et Variations
Gabriel Fauré, Barcarolle No.4 in A Flat Op.44
Maurice Ravel, Jeux d’eau
Edvard Grieg, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen No.65 Op.6
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Kyoko Yamamoto), Milonga
Dmitri Shostakovich, Prelude and Fugue 24 in D minor Op.87
Graham Fitkin, Scent
Rodgers and Hammerstein/Hough, My Favourite Things
Programme
Michael Head, Over the Rim of the Moon; The Ships of Arcady; Beloved; A Blackbird Singing; Nocturne
Gabriel Fauré, Le papillon et la fleur Op.1, No.1; Green Op.58, No. 3; La rose Op.51, No.4; Fleur jetée Op.39 No.2
Francis Poulenc, Tel jour, telle nuit
Franz Schubert, Der Wanderer an den Mond D.870; Wandrers Nachtlied D.224
Robert Schumann, Wanderung, Op.35, No.7
Clara Schumann, Der Wanderer; Der Wanderer in der Sägemühle
Programme
Domenico Turi, Sguardi
Felix Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49
Robert Schumann, PhantasiestĂĽcke Op.88
Robert Schumann, Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.63
About Trio Chagall
LORENZO NGUYEN, PIANO
EDOARDO GRIECO, VIOLIN
FRANCESCO MASSIMINO, CELLO
Programme
Amy Beach, Four Sketches, Op.15 III. Dreaming (1892)
Kevin Day, Gymnopédie I (2018)
Kevin Day, Cello Sonata (2016)
Amy Beach, Romance Op.23 (1893)
Jean R. Perrault, Brother Malcolm (2009)
George Walker, Cello Sonata (1957)
William Grant Still, Mother and Child (1943)
