Saturday 21st January – Trip to Kettle’s Yard to see ‘Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Vorticist! an exhibition of avant-garde sculpture by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Meet outside Kettle’s Yard at 2pm.
Monday 16th January – The Bookends. Arts Picture House Cafe at 7.30pm. Reading Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton.
Friday 16th December – Visit to the Scott Polar Museum to see the These rough notes exhibitions. Meet outside at 12 noon.
Wednesday 14th December – The Bookends. The Doubletree at 8pm. Reading Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock.
Saturday 3rd December – Visit to the Scott Polar Museum. Meet outside at 2pm.
Wednesday 14th November – 2nd meeting of the bookclub the Bookends. The book to read is Aldous Huxley’s Island. Meet at the Free Press at 8pm.
Saturday 5th November – Exhibition at Fitzwilliam Museum – ‘Vermeer’s Women: Secrets and Silence’. Meet outside 2pm and on to somewhere else after. The highlight of the exhibition is ‘The Lacemaker’ which is in the UK for the first time on loan from the Louvre.
Wednesday 19th October – first meeting of the Bookends – a new shiny book club. CB2 at 8pm. The book to read is Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell.
Saturday 15 October – Exhibition at Kettle’s Yard – ‘Bridget Riley – Colour, Stripes, Planes and Curves’. Meet outside 2pm and adjourn to some local hostelry after.
Saturday 16th July – Exhibition at Kettle’s Yard – Von Ribbentrop in St Ives: Art and War in the Last Resort. Meet outside the gallery at 3pm.
Coffee at the Rooftop Garden of the Varsity Hotel at 4pm or in the restaurant if the weather is bad.
Tuesday 24th May 2011
Cambridge Beer Festival – Jesus Green at 5pm
19th May 2011
Thursday night drinks
The Cambridge Blue at 7pm
14th May 2011
Kettle’s Yard
2pm
First day of the Andy Holden Exhibition
Meet outside the gallery under the fig tree at 2pm
2nd April 2011
Visit to Polar Museum. Meet outside the museum on Lensfield Road at 2pm.
Coffee or a nice glass of wine after at the Hotel du Vin on Trumpington Road at 3.30pm
1st April 2011
It’s no joke – The April 1st Cambridge Pond Hat Party
We’ve put our heads together to come up with an idea head and shoulders above the rest! This is your heady chance to don your finest head apparel and come down the pub for glass of something! Come as you are are but with a hat! What could be easier than that?
The Anchor at 7pm
19th March 2011
Visit to Kettle’s Yard. Meet outside the gallery entrance at 2pm. Drinks at the Punter afterwards at 3.30pm.
4th March 2011
A watery pub crawl. The Old Spring 7-8. The Fort St George 8.15-9.15. The Varsity Hotel Bar 9.30-10.30. The Punter 10.45-close.
26th February 2011
Walk to Grantchester and very probably tea and cake when we get there! Meet opposite The Mill on the bridge at 12 noon. If raining wear waterproof clothes! If tipping it down we’ll probably just meet up and head to the Doubletree for a nice cup of tea.
19th February 2011
Visit to FitzWilliam. Meet outside the main entrance at 2pm for a wander round. Coffee at the Doubletree at 4pm.
17th February 2011
Drinks in the Old Spring from 7pm. Find us in the conservatory area. Look for the balloon!
12th February 2011
Swamp Truck gig at The Grapes on Histon Road. See us there at 8pm.
Fantastic launch party at the Old Spring. Thanks for organising the balloons Yuko! Really enjoyed all the events so far even the walk to Grantchester in the rain. The Victoria sponge at The Orchard made it even more worthwhile!
I especially enjoyed the walk to Grantchester. The drizzle died away a half hour or so into our venture and the breath of fresh air and chance to linger over some tea and cake hit the spot. Back into town saw a random group of students playing some medieval game of soldiers and robbers or some such thing beside the river. Looking forward to the Watery pub crawl! See ya’ll there!