The Top Picks

Kettle's Yard in New Places and Spaces: Circuit pop-up art / Brown's Field Community Centre

Organised by Circuit, part of the national programme led by Tate and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, this interactive event allows visitors to explore photography and dance, and produce graffiti, creative writing, and food sculptures.

October 8th, 2-6pm

Realisation: recent prints by Susan Aldworth and Jane Dixon / Fitzwilliam Museum

This exhibition hosted by two British artists uses contemporary prints to challenge how we view reality and identity, including two series of prints that "actually derive from the physical touch of human brain tissue".

Until February 5th

Inside the Macclesfield Psalter / Fitzwilliam Museum

This installation by artist Emil Siemeister invites visitors to step inside a dreamlike world, inspired by the 14th century East Anglian prayer book the Macclesfield Psalter, which inspired the artist with its unadulterated fantasy and humour.

Until November 27th

The Calendar

Saturday 8th

Fire in the North Sky: Epic Tales from Finland

Cambridge Junction, 7:30pm

Songs and stories about fearless heroes and creation myths from the Kalevala, the Finnish equivalent of Beowulf. Tickets are priced at £13.50, or £10 for concessions.

Visit: junction.co.uk

Sunday 9th

Songs of Spanish Exile

Stapleford Granary, 5pm & 7:30pm

Arranged by famous British composer Harvey Brough, and sung in Catalan, Spanish, and English, Clara Sanabras explores her roots with traditional songs from the past centuries. Tickets are priced at £10.

Visit: staplefordgranary.org.uk

Monday 10th

Adam Hills

Corn Exchange, 8pm

Tickets are at limited availability to see the host of Channel 4's 'The Last Leg'. Prices are at £23.50 for a night of comedy from one of Britain's most established comedians.

Visit: cambridgelivetrust.co.uk

Tuesday 11th

The Painter Without Hands: Phantom Limbs and the History of Art

Mill Lane Lecture Room 3, 5pm

Part of the 2016-17 Slade Lectures in Fine Art, Professor David Freedberg gives this talk as part of his grander concept of Art, History and Neuroscience: The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproducibility.

Visit: hoart.cam.ac.uk

Drink and Draw

Hot Numbers Coffee, 7pm

Hot Numbers play host to another one of these events. The only requirement is that you bring your own creative materials.

Visit: hotnumberscoffee.co.uk

Wednesday 12th

The Cambridge Greek Play 2016

Cambridge Arts Theatre, 2:30pm & 7:45pm

The annual Greek Play is a double bill of Antigone and Lysistrata performed in its original Greek: tickets are still available for performances from Wednesday to Saturday.

Visit: cambridgeartstheatre.com

Thursday 13th

Orbis Trio

Old Divinity School, 8pm

Part of Kettle's Yard's concert series, the Orbis Trio are formed of three Czech musicians who were the former ensemble-in-residence at Kettle's Yard. Pieces include Beethoven and Dvořák, and tickets are priced at £6 for students.

Visit: kettlesyard.co.uk

Friday 14th

From the Jam

Cambridge Junction, 7pm.

Featuring original member Bruce Foxton, any self-respecting punk rock/mod revival fan will be sure not to miss this.

Visit: junction.co.uk