Calendar of Events
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Friday 01 April - Sunday 01 April
Chapungu Sculpture Exhibition
Venue: Waterperry Gardens
Tickets: Garden entrance fee applies
Celebrate the work of some of the master stone sculptors of Zimbabwe in this unique, year-long exhibition in our beautiful ornamental Gardens. This series of sculptures reflects the deep-held family values and culture of the people of Zimbabwe, providing visitors with a greater insight into the depth and wisdom of this country’s culture.
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Saturday 24 September - Thursday 21 June
Writing Your Life
Venue: River and Rowing Museum
Tickets: £200
David Grubb, M Ed, Cert Ed., has had three novels, an autobiography, and several collections of poetry published; and also edited two anthologies.
A creative writing course exploring new ways of writing autobiography through prose and poetry, photographs, diaries and letters, emails and phone calls; mixing the actual and the imagined, remembering the said and unsaid, including memories of the impact of film and theatre, poetry and music, radio and art.
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Category: Workshops
Sunday 16 October - Friday 31 August
Children in War Exhibition
Venue: The Oxfordshire Museum
Tickets: Free Admission
Tuesday – Saturday: 10.00am – 5.00pm. Sunday: 2.00pm - 5.00pm
A major new exhibition by The Soldiers of Oxfordshire illustrating the impact of war on children.
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Tuesday 15 November - Sunday 15 April
Time Machines
Venue: Museum of the History of Science
Tickets: Free Admission
In this special exhibition, the mischievous scholar Nicholas of Oxford (as featured in Chaucer's The Miller's Tale) takes us back to the future for a whistlestop tour of the history of time-telling. For him a Roman sundial is yesterday's news, but what will the medieval scholar make of a marine chronometer, a Renaissance sundial, a revolutionary decimal clock, a stopwatch or the most recent physics of time?
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Saturday 26 November - Sunday 26 February
The Turrill Christmas Exhibition
Venue: The Turrill Sculpture Garden
Tickets: Free Admission
This winter, the Turrill Sculpture Garden will play host to a special seasonal exhibition of artwork. Showcasing a wide range of styles and subjects, this show offers something for all; whether you’re after that extra special gift (offerings range from the quirky and unusual to the stylish and romantic), or simply looking for a moment of tranquillity from the bustling city streets, make sure you visit the Turrill this Christmas.
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Saturday 03 December - Saturday 18 February
Revealed: The Underwear Revolution
Venue: Banbury Museum
Tickets: Free Admission
An Oxfordshire County Council touring exhibition celebrating the changing role of underwear in our lives. Trace underwear’s evolution from hair shirts to ‘How to Look Good Naked’ and discover how our most intimate garments have been affected by changes in technology, society and taste.
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Wednesday 07 December - Friday 02 March
Christopher Tower Poetry Competition 2012
Venue: Christ Church, Oxford
Tickets: Free admission
The Christopher Tower Poetry competition 2012 (open to 16-18 year olds throughout the UK) was launched this year at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. The theme is 'Voyages' and first prize is £3,000; second is £1,000; third prize is £500 with commended entries attracting £250. The closing date is 2 March 2012 and the judges are Christopher Reid, Don Paterson and Peter McDonald. The prizegiving will be held in Christ Church (home of Tower Poetry) on 19 April 2012. Previous winners' poetry (including the 2011 longlisted poets) are on the website.
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Category: Family Friendly
Monday 09 January - Sunday 26 February
Valeriy and Katya Gridnev at Iona House Gallery
Venue: Iona House Gallery
Tickets: Free admission
World renowned, award winning Russian artists Valeriy and Katya Gridnev return to Iona House Gallery with their annual solo show. Classically trained in figurative drawing and painting from life, they capture form with accurate precision and exquisitely portray the thoughts and emotions of their models. This year’s show will be particularly exciting, as they will be joined by their son Fedor Gridnev, who won significant awards for oil, watercolour, and pastel whilst in education, and he has recently launched his career as a full time professional artist.
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Category: Arts & Crafts
Wednesday 11 January - Saturday 25 February
One of Nightshift's tips for 2012
Venue: The Wheatsheaf
Tickets: £4.50
25th February 2012 20.00-23.30
Gappy Tooth Industries present K-Lacura (fresh metal) + Dead Red Sun (London post-rock trio) + Echo boomer (electro-indie).
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Category: Music
Wednesday 11 January -
Illustrators’ Workshop with Vic Tyler
Venue Barefoot Books Studio
Tickets: £5 concessions £8 adults
6:00-7:00pm
Spend an hour with Vic Tyler, Barefoot Books’ Commissioning Editor, and learn about how to present your portfolio to potential publishers.
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Friday 27 January -
Natural Worlds
Venue: West Ox Art Gallery
Tickets: Free Admission
Opening Hours: Tue-Sat 10.30 am to 4.30 pm Sun 2.4 pm
Margaret Fitzpatrick has always been fascinated by the natural world. In her work she aims to introduce an element of design and to balance this with capturing the intricate details of the plants with the botanical accuracy that is a familiar part of more traditional botanical illustration. Margaret’s work has been exhibited at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Gill Salway has long been using found materials as a basis for printmaking. In her recent work she has experimented with finding ways to ink and print the leaves from her own garden to produce images that invest dead foliage with new life.
Stik Designs is a small family run business with a background in Art and Design based in Bampton. They use only natural and reclaimed materials from sustainable sources to create practical, unique and aesthetically pleasing items for the home and garden.
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Sunday 29 January -
MARY HOFMAN and RICHARD ORMROD Violin & Piano
Venue: The Abbey Sutton Courtenay
Tickets: £12 under 16s £6
Programme to include:
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major
Schubert – Impromptu Op. 142 No. 1
Franck – Violin Sonata in A major
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Category: Music
Thursday 09 February - Saturday 11 February
The Power of a Dream
Venue: Pegasus Theatre
Tickets: £7 £5 concession £4
6.30pm Saturday matinee 1.30pm
Pegasus Youth Theatre Groups are taking the essence of the Olympic Spirit “to build a peaceful and better world and to reach for a dream”. All the groups will show in their performances how ‘the Power of a dream’ can influence lives.The film animation group explore a real world versus a dream world; the 6-7s drama and music group are in a dream makers laboratory creating dreams and nightmares in jars; the 14 to 19 year olds take a look at what people are willing to sacrifice to achieve their dreams. This platform performance will give an insight into young people’s perspectives on the future – in a funny, touching and above all creative way.
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Category: Theatre
Saturday 11 February - Monday 09 April
John Piper at Blenheim Palace
Venue: Blenheim Palace
Tickets: Free admission
To celebrate the opening of the new season in 2012, Blenheim Palace will host its very first art exhibition, a display of work by the renowned 20th century British artist, John Piper (1903-1992). Piper is known for his deep-rooted love of English architecture and the countryside and the exhibition will mainly focus on Piper’s depictions of Blenheim Palace but also explore the interlinking strains of his Oxfordshire connections, his writing, his architectural drawings and paintings of other country houses, as well as some of his collaborative work - prints, stained glass, books, ceramics and tapestry.
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Category: Arts & Crafts
Wednesday 15 February - Sunday 27 May
You are what you wear
Venue: Christ Church Picture Gallery
Tickets: £3/£2
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Wednesday 15 February - Sunday 27 May
You are what you wear
Venue: Christ Church Picture Gallery
Tickets: £3/£2
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Saturday 18 February -
Raise and Give in Charity Climb
Venue: Brookes Climbing Club
Tickets: £2.50
12pm
Take part in our first Alumni RAG event - ever fancied climbing the highest mountain in the UK?
Brookes Alumni are teaming up with the RAG Society and Brookes Climbing Club to help raise money for charity while climbing the equivalent of Ben Nevis – 1,344m on our Rock Solid Climbing Wall.
We need as many people as possible to help us reach the summit and climb the 112 times up the wall. Each climb up the wall will cost £2.50 and you can climb as much as you like. (All monies payable on the day)
All welcome (minimum age 5) All money raised will be split between the Oxford Brookes RAG charities* and Brookes' Student Support Scholarships.
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Saturday 18 February -
Raise and Give in Charity Climb
Venue: Brookes Climbing Club
Tickets: £2.50
12pm
Take part in our first Alumni RAG event - ever fancied climbing the highest mountain in the UK?
Brookes Alumni are teaming up with the RAG Society and Brookes Climbing Club to help raise money for charity while climbing the equivalent of Ben Nevis – 1,344m on our Rock Solid Climbing Wall.
We need as many people as possible to help us reach the summit and climb the 112 times up the wall. Each climb up the wall will cost £2.50 and you can climb as much as you like. (All monies payable on the day)
All welcome (minimum age 5) All money raised will be split between the Oxford Brookes RAG charities* and Brookes' Student Support Scholarships.
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Wednesday 22 February - Saturday 25 February
Banbury Cross Players present Agatha Christie's The Unexpected Guest
Venue: The Mill Arts Centre
Tickets: £8.50 concessions £7.50
Banbury Cross Players will present Agatha Christie's The Unexpected Guest, at the popular Mill Arts Centre, Banbury. The play is based on the book of the same title written by the best and most famous crime thrillers, Agatha Christie.
When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog near the Welsh coastline and makes his way to a nearby house for help, what he finds is a woman, with a gun in her hand, standing over the dead body of her husband. She confesses her guilt but is she lying to protect someone else? If so, who and why?
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Category: Theatre
Thursday 23 February -
Return of Resource Scarcity with local group Flocking Environmentalists
Venue: Pegasus Theatre
Tickets: £5
Whether or not you’re concerned about accelerating biodiversity loss, water security, climate change, or the impact of major economies in Asia and Latin America joining the West in destructive mass consumerism, the evidence is clear: we are stretching the planet’s resources.
Though 1970s anxieties proved largely unfounded, emerging research is resuscitating these concerns in a new way. A panel of local thinkers will lead an interactive discussion asking whether the world really is now entering an age where resource scarcity will come to define the limits of human well-being. Afterwards, Oxford Comedy Deathmatch will provide an irreverent summary of the discussions.
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Thursday 23 February -
Ahab
Venue: The Jericho Tavern
Tickets: £8
8pm
Described by some as a cross between "alt-country Americana and British folk-rock", you can't really put ahab in a neat little box - their live sets have been exciting crowds of all music tastes. After a busy 2011, ahab are now on tour in February and Oxford is the latest town to announce their arrival. ahab appeared at over 20 UK and European Festivals, performing solo gigs and culminated their year by releasing their debut album "KMVT" on Navigator Records and touring with the mighty juggernaut Bellowhead on their sell out Hedonism Tour.
“ahab is the real deal – top-notch UK Americana featuring tight four-piece harmonies.” - Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2
“I loved ahab’s terrific performance at Cropredy festival. They are blistering live – alt-country edge and sheer class.” Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2
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Category: Music
Friday 24 February - Saturday 25 February
Sensual Africa
Venue: Pegasus Theatre
Tickets: £12 £8 concessions £6 U18 £1 off for Dance Pass holders
Sensual Africa is a choreographic work of art, dexterously crafted following Bawren Tavaziva’s inspirational trip to one of Africa’s most beautiful and compact countries, Malawi.
Malawi…untouched, pure, raw, natural, unearthed, mysterious, rich in culture and life. In a nutshell…SENSUAL.
Voyage with Bawren Tavaziva and his company of outstanding dancers as they salute and pay homage to the fascinating Tumbuka and Chewa Tribes.
Be seduced as Tavaziva Dance injects their own interpretation of the complexities of these intriguing tribes’ movements and music and the inimitability of the rituals that boys and girls go through to become men and women.
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Category: Dance
Thursday 01 March -
Kathakbox performed by Sonia Sabri Company
Venue: Pegasus Theatre
Tickets: £12, £8 concession, £6 U18, £1 off for Dance Pass holders
The Sonia Sabri Company celebrate the unique, diverse energy of modern Britain by bringing together Indian Kathak dance’s grace and vigour with the rhythms & rhymes of Hip Hop culture.
Complex classical rhythms converse with beatbox while the verbal dexterity of Kathak rap (Kavitt) sets layers on urban poetry.
Kathakbox does not ‘box in’ these genres to a particular time or place, but uncovers the raw spirit and heartbeat of each art form as it shivers between cultures. This bold, heart-pounding production features Sonia Sabri and three dancers including dynamic b-boy Nathan Geering, tabla maestro Sarvar Sabri, acclaimed spoken word artist & vocalist Marcina Arnold and beatboxer Shan Bansil.
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Category: Dance
Thursday 01 March -
Kathakbox performed by Sonia Sabri Company
Venue: Pegasus Theatre
Tickets: £12, £8 concession, £6 U18, £1 off for Dance Pass holders
The Sonia Sabri Company celebrate the unique, diverse energy of modern Britain by bringing together Indian Kathak dance’s grace and vigour with the rhythms & rhymes of Hip Hop culture.
Complex classical rhythms converse with beatbox while the verbal dexterity of Kathak rap (Kavitt) sets layers on urban poetry.
Kathakbox does not ‘box in’ these genres to a particular time or place, but uncovers the raw spirit and heartbeat of each art form as it shivers between cultures. This bold, heart-pounding production features Sonia Sabri and three dancers including dynamic b-boy Nathan Geering, tabla maestro Sarvar Sabri, acclaimed spoken word artist & vocalist Marcina Arnold and beatboxer Shan Bansil.
Category: Dance
Saturday 24 March -
Weave a willow animal for the home/garden
Venue: Cogges farm, Witney
Tickets: £69
Come and spend a day weaving willow animals including a pig or a pheasant, ideal for the garden or the home. It'll be a fun day where you can learn new weaving skills, or develop existing ones, in the beautiful surroundings of Cogges farm in Witney. The tutor will guide you through the making process explaining about willow as she goes along. The price is all inclusive and will include: all materials, use of equipment, lunch, refreshments, and homemade cake! 10% off price if booked by end of January!
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Saturday 31 March
Oxford Harmonic Society: Loewe 'Passion Oratorio'
Venue: Oxford Town Hall
Tickets: £13 to £15 (concessions £6.50 - £13)
7.30pm
The UK premiere performance of Loewe's Passion Oratorio, originally written in 1847. Better known for his songs and ballads, Loewe was known in his time as 'the Schubert of North Germany'. Featuring the Orchestra of Stowe Opera and conductor Robert Secret.
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Friday 20 April - Sunday 22 April
Folk Weekend Oxford
Venue: Various
Tickets: Free Admission
Folk Weekend Oxford – 20th – 22nd April 2012 - is the replacement for Oxford folk Festival, which was sadly cancelled in 2011. The Festival will be mainly based in The Old Fire Station, with events also happening at Wesley Memorial Church & Hall, Oxford Castle & the Ashmolean Museum.
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Category: Arts & Crafts
Saturday 21 April -
Weave a Willow Plant Support
Venue: Bridewell Organic Gardens
Tickets: £76
Come and have a fun day in beautiful surroundings weaving a willow plant support. Ideal for early Spring, the support looks great in the garden and can be used for growing climbers such as Sweet Peas. The tutor, Tom Hare, is a well known willow artist and has years of teaching experience. He will not only talk to you about the willow itself but will guide you through the whole weaving process. The price includes all materials, use of equipment, refreshments, lunch and homemade cake!
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Saturday 05 May - Sunday 13 May
A Journey Through France
Venue: The Garden Gallery
Tickets: Free Admission
Cotswold–based artist, Jan Harvey is hosting an exhibition in May this year entitled A Journey Through France.
The paintings on display at The Garden Gallery, Shipton-under-Wychwood as part of Oxfordshire ARTweeks are an eclectic mix of styles inspired by a single day’s journey through France in the summer of 2011. Jan explains:
‘Our holiday in the Dordogne last July was a wash out! It rained or threatened rain every day and it was very cold! Having said this we had a great time taking day trips around the this fascinating region which is full of prehistoric sites but sitting by the pool and switching off with a good book was a no go!
‘However, on the way home, driving from Bergerac to Guérande in Brittany we had the most amazing day! The light was extraordinary and I kept asking my husband to pull over so I could make quick sketches and take pictures for reference. The result is a body of work that reflects the changing scenery from the rolling vineyards of the Bergerac region to the beautiful salt flats of the Guerande Peninsula.
The paintings on display will be in journey order and include notebooks and sketches, which create a fascinating dossier of the sites, colours and memories of the day. It is truly France at its best.
Jan, who is widely recognized for her figure drawing, will also have a small selection of life studies on display.
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Saturday 19 May -
Making a Moasic workshop
Venue: Cogges Church Hall
Tickets: £71
10am to 4pm
Come and have a fun a creative day making your own mosaic. This workshop will allow you to produce a 20x20cm mosaic of your design. You'll use exterior grade wood on which to place a combination of glass and ceramic tiles. During the course of the day you'll also cover a basic history of the art of mosaic, design skills, tile cutting techniques and the grouting process. So give it a try and take something home that is unique and hand made. The price includes all materials, use of equipement, refreshments and homemade cake!
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Saturday 19 May
Dyslexia Research Trust Family Fun Day
Venue: Oxford University Parks
Tickets: Free Admission
Fun run, barbecue, activities and entertainment. Come along to learn about dyslexia and help the cause.
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Saturday 26 May - Saturday 09 June
Sunningwell Festival
Venue: Sunningwell Village - various venues
Tickets: Prices vary between events
The Sunningwell Festival of Music and Arts is a bi-annual event which takes place over a ten day period. The village of Sunningwell is located six miles south of Oxford. Much of the festival takes place around the village pond and in 2012 the festival is over the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend. Held over 10 ten days this is an eclectic festival of Proms on the Pond, opera, choral, jazz, folk and popular music is for everybody. Includes an art festival and activities for families.
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Category: Festivals
Sunday 27 May -
Friends of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum Plant Sale
Venue: Harcourt Arboretum
Tickets: Free Admission
11.00am to 4.00pm
The Friends of the Oxford Botanic Gardens and Harcourt Arboretum Plant Sale.
Perennials, shrubs, trees, vegetables seedlings, herbs and grasses donated by the Garden, Arboretum, Oxford Colleges, University Parks, private collections, nurseries and Friends. Home made lunches and teas, secondhand books and gardening tools, raffle and advice tables. Explore and picnic in the Arboretum.
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Sunday 17 June - Sunday 15 July
On form 2012
Venue: Asthall Manor
Ticket: £7.50 concessions £6 under 12s free
12 noon - 6 pm Wed - Sunday (closed Monday / Tuesday)
The UKs largest exhibition of sculpture in stone in the beautiful private gardens of Asthall Manor.
Ekkehard Altenburger ■ Peter Brooke-Ball ■ Katusha Bull ■ Aly Brown Frederic Chevarin ■ Luke Dickinson ■ Jessica Harrison ■ Simon Hitchens Jonathan Loxley ■ Bridget McCrum ■ Nicolas Moreton ■ William Peers Jordi Raga ■ Peter Randall-Page ■ Julian Rena ■ Rachel Schwalm Matt Simmonds ■ Sarah Smith ■ Jo Smith ■ Matthew Spender ■ Guy Stevens Anthony Turner ■ Nick Turvey ■ Lucy Unwin ■ Paul Vanstone ■ Nigel Watson Dominic Welch ■ David Worthington ■ Emily Young
Full programme of Events includes workshops; performances and artist demonstrations.
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Saturday 30 June
Oxford Harmonic Society: Haydn 'The Creation'
Venue: Oxford Town Hall
Tickets: £10 to £17 (concessions £5 - £15)
7.30pm
A performance of Haydn's ever popular 'Creation' sung in English. Featuring the Orchestra of Stowe Opera and conductor Robert Secret.
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Category: Music
Saturday 07 July -
Have fun with Felt" workshop
Venue: Cogges Church Hall
Tickets: £60
10am to 4pm
Come and have a fun and creative day making your own felt. During this class you will learn the basics of feltmaking and you can create background fabrics which are suitable for embroidery or as small artworks for framing or turning into cushions or bags. We will cover creating the very finest of nuno felt, a fine silk or scrim sandwiched between fine wool or pieces as thick as you require. We will look at how colours can be combined randomly and by inlaying patterns using pre-felt.
This course is suitable for complete beginners or those who have some experience with handmade felt and want to learn new techniques. So why not give it a go and take something home unique and handmade. The price includes refreshments, lunch and homemade cake! You will need to bring some materials with you which will cost around £8, see website for details.
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