What's on this week at the University of Leicester
Monday 24 October 2011
A Young Girl's Flight from the Holocaust
Public lecture by Ruth David for Holocaust Awareness Week. Organised by the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
- Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 3, 5.30pm, free, More information
From ‘the most everything girl in Hollywood’ to ‘the forty year old virgin’: Doris Day and Hollywood stardom
Public lecture by Dr Tamar Jeffers MacDonald (University of Kent) for the Department of History of Art and Film.
Tuesday 25 October 2011
Lunchtime Soundbite
Nick Hislam and Peter Houtman.
- Embrace Arts, 12.45pm, free, More information
Accident of Fate: A Personal Account
Public lecture and book launch for Holocaust Awareness Week. Organised by the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
- Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 3, 5.30pm, free, More information
Sun et Lumière: solar control of the Northern Lights
Public inaugural lecture by Professor Steve Milan (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
- Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1, 5.30pm, free, More information
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Ann Widdecombe: Faith and Politics
Annual Provost Derek Hole Lecture.
- Peter Williams Lecture Theatre, 5.30pm, free (ticket required), More information
Jean Binta Breeze in performance and conversation
Inaugural reading by Honorary Creative Writing Fellow.
- Attenborough Film Theatre, 6.30pm, free, More information
Kasabian - sold out
- O2 Academy, More information
Thursday 27 October 2011
Challenging the 'myth of silence'
Public lecture by Professor David Cesarani (Royal Holloway) for Holocaust Awareness Week. 19th Annual Elchanan and Miriam Elkes Memorial Lecture, organised by the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
- Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 3, 5.30pm, free, More information
Lifestyle and Prostate Cancer
Workshop for members of the Prostate Cancer Support Association and affiliated organisations.
- John Foster Hall, More information
Mixmag Ministry of Sound Tour
Plus Tempa T, Logan Sama.
- O2 Academy, More information
Friday 28 October 2011
Cerys Jones - mezzo-soprano
Songs by Barber, Schubert, HUgo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Alban Berg, Debussy and Vaughan Williams. With Richard Leach (piano). In association with Embrace Arts.
- Embrace Arts, 7.30pm, £8/£6, More information
Saturday 29 October 2011
Short Fuse: Parlour Games: Spirit, Voice, Story
Interactive workshop: read and discuss a classic ghost tale then develop ideas for your own story.
- Embrace Arts, 10.00am, £15/£12, More information
Family Fun: Halloween walk
Walk in the dark through the woods, stop and listen to storytellers, finish with hot chocolate and cakes inside in the warm.
- Attenborough Arboretum, time TBC, £5.00, More information
Wall-paintings to Altar Cloths: furnishing the Anglo-Saxon Church
29th annual Brixworth Lecture by Dr Leslie Webster (Senior Curator of Anglo-Saxon Antiquities at the British Museum). Organised by The Friends of All Saints' Brixworth in conjunction with the University of Leicester.
- All Saints' Church, Brixworth, 5.00pm, More information
Short Fuse: Seance
Explore the spirit of Hallowe'en through readings, music, film, drama etc. Suitable for 14+.
- Embrace Arts, 8.00pm, £6.50/£5, More information
Sunday 30 October 2011
Quick Shifts
Improvised performance events by UK and European dancers. Suitable for 5+. Disabled people actively welcome.
- Embrace Arts, 6.00pm, £6/£4, More information
Ongoing exhibitions
Print Out
Textured and 3D works using printmaking techniques. 10 October - 9 December 2011.
- Embrace Arts, free, More information
A Decade of Sculpture in the Garden
78 works by 64 artists, curated by Dr John Sydney Carter. 26 June - 30 October 2011.
- Botanic Garden, free (except on event days), More information
