Ashmolean Exhibition

ON NOW through 4 October
My Ashmolean My Museum is a collection of over thirty portraits taken by fine art photographer, Theo Chalmers. The series has been produced in collaboration with high profile individuals and members of the local community.

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Photo: Kevin Whately (Actor) with the Bocardo Prison Key, c. 1550, photograph by Theo Chalmer

Universe comes to Oxford Park
29/08/2009 - 26/09/2009
Oxford University Parks, 7.45am - Dusk Daily

This September, as part of the International Year of Astronomy, Oxford University Parks is honoured to host From Earth to the Universe - a stunning collection of astronomical images that showcase the most dramatic views in our universe. From our moon and sun to the the birth and death of distant stars and galaxies, what will you discover?

The exhibition comprises twenty-eight 3 metre panels, each featuring images selected by the world's leading astronomers.

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Oxford Open Doors
12–13 September

Oxford opens its doors once again, encouraging local people to be a tourist for a day and to discover some of the city’s most interesting buildings and spaces, from the very well known to its hidden gems. With many new venues across the city taking part in this fun weekend there is something to interest everyone. There will be towers to climb, gardens to visit, vintage bus rides, cars and boats, guided walks and talks and hands-on activities as well as a celebration of Oxford’s canal. Free of charge for all the family.

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The Independent Woodstock Literary Festival
Wednesday 16th to Sunday 20th September

Now in its fifth year, the 2009 festival includes over 50 talks and events held in venues throughout the town of Woodstock.  As a festival partner, Blenheim Palace is the site of many of the talks, including the magnificent annual festival dinner.

A few of this year’s speakers include Ronni Ancona, David Cameron, Leslie Caron, Simon Carr, Zac Goldsmith, Joanne Harris, Alex James, Martin Kemp, Tony Parsons, Tom Philips, Andrew Roberts, Fergal Sharkey, William Shawcross, DJ Taylor, Sarah Waters, and many more.

The Oxford Times is the festival’s regional media sponsor

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The Oxford Lieder Festival
Friday 16 - Saturday 31 October

The Oxford Lieder Festival (16 – 31 October) is the UK’s most prestigious annual celebration of classical song. It was started by the internationally renowned Oxfordshire pianist Sholto Kynoch whose aim ‘is to bring outstanding music talent to the city of Oxford to perform the finest song repertoire’.  This, the eighth festival, featuring rising stars of the music profession and singers feted on the international circuit, demonstrates that he is succeeding.

The concerts, performed in and around Oxford, will include both traditional classical repertoire and a European premiere, demonstrating that this genre of music is very much alive.

The highlights of The Oxford Lieder Festival 2009 include Britten Canticles in a three-concert programme devised by Julius Drake, and the three Schubert cycles sung by three of the world’s finest recitalists:  Wolfgang Holzmair, the legendary Austrian baritone, singing  Winterreise (20 October), Christopher Maltman singing  Die Schöne Müllerin (30 October)  and James Gilchrist singing Schwanengesang (31 October). 

For more information, visit the website