Events for young people

Free events for young people

24 October – 4 November 2012 Discover arts, humanities and social sciences at the University of Cambridge this autumn. This leaflet highlights some events for young people from over 180 talks, workshops and performances during the Festival of Ideas.

The main day of the Festival, Saturday 27 October, at the University’s Sidgwick Site, will reveal our theme of ‘Dreams and Nightmares’ through creative writing, graffiti and circus workshops amongst other events. Our activities continue during the half-term holiday and include events for young people from Year 1 to Sixth-Form and beyond.

For more information call: 01223 766766 or visit: www.cam.ac.uk/festivalofideas

24 October – 4 November

Big Draw on tour 2012 Roll Up! Roll Up! Come and visit our travelling 'circus' of ideas and inspiration! These artist-led sessions will explore the theme of Dreams and Nightmares through the diverse perspectives and imaginative worlds of the University of Cambridge Museum (UCM) collections at different sites across Cambridge. Please check the website for more details including pre booking information: www.cam.ac.uk/museums/bigdrawontour Saturday 20 October, 2pm – 4pm Romsey Mill, Hemingford Road Saturday 27 October, 2pm – 4pm Cambridge Central Library, Grand Arcade Tuesday 30 October, 10am – 12noon Museum of Classical Archaeology, Sidgwick Site Tuesday 30 October, 2pm – 4pm Kettle's Yard House and Gallery, Castle Street

Thursday 1 November, 2pm – 4pm Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street Friday 2 November, 2pm – 4pm Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Free School Lane Subject areas: Art / Drama / History / Music Hands on, All ages, Pre book and information: www.cam.ac.uk/museums/bigdrawontour Supported by the Arts Council England

Wednesday 31 October, 10am – 12noon Museum of Zoology, Downing Street Saturday 20 October 2pm – 5pm Wednesday 31 October, 2pm – 4pm The Polar Museum, Lensfield Road Wednesday 31 October, 2pm – 4pm Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street Thursday 1 November, 10am – 12noon Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Downing Street

Ideas at Romsey Romsey Mill, Hemingford Road Join the Festival on the road with White House Arts, the Faculty of Music and the University of Cambridge Museums. Make a junk musical instrument, play the steel pans or paint your dreams. This event will also be the launch of the UCM ‘Big Draw on tour’ .

Subject areas: Art / Drama / History / Music Hands on, Drop in, All ages

Front cover image: Face of the Festival competition winner George Shapter. For more information on the competition and to view all entries, please see the festival website.

www.cam.ac.uk/festivalofideas

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24 October – 4 November Wednesday 24 October, 9.15am – 12.15pm, 1pm – 4pm

Saturday 27 October, 10am – 11am, 2pm – 3pm

The mind behind the music

Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Site Have you ever wondered how and why one language differs from another? Professor Ian Roberts will describe some of the building blocks of language.

Subject areas: History / Languages Talk, Ages 12+, No need to book

West Road Concert Hall, Sidgwick Site Studio recording, musical illusions, iPad games and talks to unlock the science and psychology of sound.

An opportunity for your school to experience the Centre for Music and Science’s work.

Subject areas: Music / Psychology Hands on, Ages 12+, Pre book tel: 01223 768927 or email: events@mus.cam.ac.uk

How languages are built

Saturday 27 October, 1pm – 2pm

Benjamin Zephaniah Wednesday 24 October, 1.30pm – 5pm

Running the British economy The Meade Room, Faculty of Economics, Sidgwick Site Can you master setting interest rates, reducing a budget deficit and growing the economy? School teams of three to four players can have a go using an interactive computer game.

Subject areas: Business / Economics Hands on, Years 12&13, Pre book tel: 01223 335242 or email: ja504@cam.ac.uk

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site “Dis poetry is wid me when I gu to me bed. It gets into me dreadlocks. It lingers around me head” (Dis Poetry). Benjamin Zephaniah’s passion for the spoken word cannot help but enrapture and enthral. This star poet will perform work inspired by his Caribbean heritage and share stories from his life.

Subject areas: Drama / English/ Geography / Music Talks, Ages: 5 – 11, Pre book: 01223 766766

Wednesday 24 – Saturday 27, Tuesday 30 October – Saturday 3 November, 10am – 4pm

A trail of polar dreams and nightmares The Polar Museum, Lensfield Road Seek out a collection of polar dreams and nightmares from the ends of the earth. Find secrets hidden in drawers and strange objects that crept into cases.

Subject areas: Geography / History Tour, Drop in, All ages, No need to book Friday 26 October, 3pm – 6pm

Find your voice West Road Concert Hall, Sidgwick Site Explore your voice and learn some techniques for 'a cappella' (unaccompanied) singing and join in the concert that same evening.

Subject area: Music Workshop, Ages 14 – 18, Pre book visit: www.mus.cam.ac.uk/events/festival-of-ideas

www.cam.ac.uk/festivalofideas

Benjamin Zephaniah

Saturday 27 October, 4pm – 5pm

Lauren Child Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site Lauren Child will talk about her writing and illustration including Clarice Bean, Charlie and Lola, Hubert Horatio and her latest Ruby Redfort novel. In conversation with Morag Styles, Professor of Children’s Poetry.

Subject areas: Art / English Talks, Ages 9+, Pre book: 01223 766766

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24 October – 4 November ERINKPHOTO

Of slime and monsters: meet the beasts

Saturday 27 October, 1pm – 4pm

Graffiti face-off Underneath the Raised Faculty Building, Sidgwick Site It’s dreams vs. nightmares in this outdoor graffiti faceoff. Get schooled by skilled graffiti artists in how to wield a spray can and work together to create a street art masterpiece.

Subject areas: Art / Drama Workshop, Drop in, Ages: 10+, No need to book Monday 29 October, 6.30pm – 7.45pm

Do I Wake or Sleep?

Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site Dr Fred Parker, Faculty of English, will look at how John Keats both mistrusts and embraces dream-states, and will relate this to the 'dreaminess' of his poetry.

Subject areas: English / Drama Talk, Ages: 14+, No need to book Tuesday 30 October – Saturday 3 November, 10.30am – 4.30pm

Object stories Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street Who made the totem pole? Who wore the Roman gold ring? Write, draw and discover stories based on objects in the Museum’s collection.

Subject areas: History / Geography / Biology Hands on, Drop in, All ages, No need to book

New Cambridge writers

Tuesday 30 October and Thursday 1 November, 11am – 12noon, 2pm – 3pm

Of slime and monsters: meet the beasts Museum of Zoology, Downing Street From the slimy hagfish to blood-sucking minibeasts, creepy creatures of the deep to terrifying talons from the sky, this is the far from cuddly side of zoology! Find out about the grizzly side of the Museum with these talks and handling sessions.

Subject areas: Biology / Geography Talks & Hands on, All ages, No need to book Saturday 3 November, 2pm – 5pm

Dreams and nightmares in early Britain and Ireland Judith Wilson Studio, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site A series of drop in talks exploring dreams and nightmares in Old English, Old Norse, and Medieval Irish and Welsh. Be enchanted by the past and hear recitations in the original languages. For details of individual talks please see the Festival website.

Subject areas: History / Languages Talk, Drop in, Ages 14+, No need to book Saturday 3 November, 7pm – 9pm

New Cambridge writers Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site Readings from new works of poetry, prose and drama by new Cambridge writers, organised by Geoff Shipp, Faculty of English.

Subject areas: English / Drama Performance, Ages 14+, No need to book

You can request copies of the full Festival of Ideas programme and other publicity materials by telephoning 01223 766766. You can also view all of the events online at: www.cam.ac.uk/festivalofideas