Summer Holiday Programme June to September 2010
Please enrol for any of these Summer Holiday courses at the office
Coloured pencil drawing - Course Full
Tutor: Muriel Bradley
Date and Time: Wednesday 18 August 10-4pm
Venue: Room 3, 27-28 Bridge Street
When we were children most of us scribbled and scrawled in our colouring books only to find that coloured pencils didn’t give the vibrant and juicy colours we so wanted. Coloured pencils do have their limitations but they are clean to use, very convenient and with a little know-how, a delightful medium. This day is for anyone who enjoys drawing at any level. Come and see what you can do armed with a box of coloured pencils, a block of A4 drawing paper, a putty rubber and an ordinary soft lead pencil.
Dvorak - Course Full
Organiser: John Hunter
Date and Time: Tue 6, 13, 20, 27 July, 11-12.30
Venue: Room 1, 27-28 Bridge Street
My wife and I went to Prague in the spring of 1991 and stayed there until the end of 1995. It didn’t take us too long to realise that Dvorak had composed more than just his symphony “From the New World”. Most of his work is not included in the repertoire of ‘western’ musicians but it is in the repertoire of Czechs. As CD’s were cheap at that time we bought quite a lot of them. I will play a selection of extracts from these discs, including orchestral works, chamber music, opera and songs interspersed with snippets of information about the composer’s life and times. This is not for musicologists but might appeal to those who
would enjoy listening to some of the music of one of the Czech Republic’s best loved composers.
Summer Spanish Cinema
Venue: Room 2 27-28 Bridge Street
Dates and times: Wednesdays 2.00 – 4.00pm
7 July – 8 September.
A series of 10 Spanish films will be shown over the summer at Bridge Street.
Italian Self Help Group
Organiser: Tania Leeds
Date and time: Tuesday 15 June and continuing through Summer holidays, 2.30 - 3.30pm
Venue: Room 3, 27-28 Bridge Street
Meeting weekly to discuss their Italian lessons and help each other. Beginners welcome, bring with you a copy of Buongiorno Italia! New edition BBC, ISBN 0563 519 452
German, French, Italian – Holiday Translation
Convenors Italian: Paul Tillet, Ricky Selwyn
Dates: Thursday 24 June to 7 October
Times: 12-1pm
Convenor German and French: Jill Tatham
Dates: Thursday 17 June to 7 October
Times: 10-11 German,
11-12 French
Venue: Room 4, 27-28 Bridge Street
NB Any alterations, cancellations or information will be published in the Wednesday Bulletin so please read it every week. If there is no bulletin, classes will go ahead as usual. So no news is good news!
You don’t have to turn up every week, just come if you feel like it.
You do not have to SPEAK the language – it is just translation (with some reading aloud if people want to).
We will read and translate various texts – all levels are welcome – the strong will help the weak.
Paul will select some Italian short stories for the first few weeks, but will then look for contributions from the group. Jill is happy to provide a wide variety of texts (roughly a different one each week), but will also welcome any quirky, unusual, entertaining input from the group. Generally it is a painless and enjoyable way to learn or keep your language going through the summer holidays.
William Blake’s Illuminated Art and Poetry - Course Full
Organiser: Dr David Whitmarsh
Day and Time: Tuesdays, 11- 12.15
Starts: 15 June, for 8 wks
Venue: Room 2, 27-28 Bridge Street
Alternate visits and tutorials to the Fitzwilliam to view Blake’s original works. In the 8 weeks there should be 4 tutorials and 4 visits to the Fitzwilliam (yet to be arranged).
Summer Bird Watching Course
Leader: Jeremy Clare
Times: 10.15 – 1pm
Venue: Lectures will be held in Room 1, 27-28 Bridge Street
Number of places: 20
Wednesday 7 July – Lecture - Divers to Wildfowl
Wednesday 14 July – Trip to Fen Drayton (Morning)
Wednesday 21 July Lecture Raptors to Woodpeckers including waders
Wednesday 28 July – Trip to Hockwold Washes (Lakenheath) (Morning)
Wednesday 4 August – Lecture – Larks to Warblers
Wednesday 11 August – Trip to Paxton Pits (Morning)
Wednesday 18 August – Lecture – Tits to Buntings
A programme for those who wish to learn about identifying birds, suitable for beginners and those who want to move beyond the garden. It will consist of a series of lecture sessions and field trips. Members sign up for individual sessions. Details of field trips will be sent to those taking part. Sign up for each event, contact the office or Jeremy directly.
A Good Read
Organiser: Rosemary Polack
Date and Time: Tuesday 2.15 – 3.45
22 June, 20 July, 24 August, 21 September
Venue: Room 4, 27-28 Bridge Street
No of Places: 11
This will be a group that will discuss books in a format similar to the BBC radio programme of the same name. Before the first session I will ask members to volunteer and ask 2 or 3 to come prepared with a book they have enjoyed and wish to discuss; we will then let you know their chosen titles. There will be time for more general discussion after the introduction by those who chose the books. It will not be necessary for everyone to have read all 3 books each time. We will spend time at the first meeting to decide who will choose the books for each subsequent meeting, so that those who know they cannot manage all four meetings can still join the course. It is hoped that we will be able to hear of books we may not have thought of reading or reminded of others we may have forgotten. Books may be on any subject, modern or classic, fiction or non fiction, written in English or translated. I hope for an interesting and lively discussion, informal and fun.
Introduction to Beekeeping
Organiser: Bill Block
Date and Time: Wednesday 7 July 10am – 4pm
Venue: Room 1, 27-28 Bridge Street
Number of places: 40
Beekeeping is an ancient and fascinating art. This one-day taster provides an introduction to honey bees and the art of beekeeping. It will cover the biology of the honey bee, its husbandry and beekeeping equipment, swarming, the products of the hive, pests and diseases and the importance of honey bees for pollination and conservation. It will be an overview of a vast subject, but it is not a training course in beekeeping. Bill Block is an experienced local beekeeper, maintaining c.10 colonies as a hobby. He is active in the Cambridgeshire Beekeepers Association (CBKA) contributing to its annual Beginners Course, training sessions in apiaries and managing one of the Association’s apiaries in Impington. Bill’s honey was awarded four first class certificates in the 2009 CBKA Honey Show. He is also a member of the British Beekeepers Association, holding the Certificate of Proficiency in Apiculture.
Bring a packed lunch for a 30-minute break around 1pm
Colour In Sculpture
When thinking about sculpture it is form and space, rarely colour, that come to mind, yet it is polychromy (many colours) that lets sculpture come alive. Coating a carving with pigments transforms and informs; it imparts meaning not there before while only wood or stone-visible. But beware of applied colour, for while ready and true in explaining nature, it can also be deceitful. Polychromy is a device, it expresses what can best be stated only through colour (symbolism as well as disguise), and so appears to serve both truth and deception.
Tutor: Hannelore Hägele
Venue: Room 5, 27-28 Bridge Street
Date and time: 12 July 10.30 -12.00
Spanish Civil War - Course Full
Tutor: Nick Coni
Date and Time: Monday 2 August 10am – 4pm with 1 hour lunch 1 – 2pm.
Venue: Room 1, 27-28 Bridge Street
Number of Places: 20
This will be a condensed form of the Spring Term course. For a full description of the course, please refer to the U3AC 2009-2010 Programme of Studies.
A Recital of Lancashire Rhymes - Course Full
Narrator: Miles Dodd
Date and time: Monday 16 August 2.00pm – 3.00pm
Venue: Room 5, 27-28 Bridge Street
Have you ever wondered why the Lion ate Albert; why the Chancellor was upset about the English Channel; how the price of Bird’s Eye Maple remained stable despite Noah’s flood; how Jonah found the accommodation inside the Grampus; or how the Magna Carta came to be signed? These and other mysteries will be revealed in the rhymes to be narrated in this informal summer session.
East Asia – Four Lectures in a Day
Tutor: Miles Dodd
Day and Time: Wednesday 18 August
09.30-10.50 11.00-12.20
13.20-14.40 14.50-16.10
Venue: Room 1, 27-28 Bridge Street
A brief look at history, culture, and recent developments in Japan; China; Korea and North-East Asia; and Vietnam and South-East Asia. This is a one day lecture comprising two morning and two afternoon sessions, with a break for lunch from 12.20 to 13.20.
"The works of Samiro Yunoki" – Japanese katazome artist
Tutor: Miles Dodd
Time and Date: 1.30 - 3.30pm, Friday 20 August
Venue: Room 1, 27-28 Bridge Street
This talk traces the development of the Japanese “Mingei” folk craft movement and artist Samiro Yunoki, who is now 89 years old. We will follow the development of Yunoki from his pupilage under the renowned “katazome” exponent Keisuke Serizawa to his 2008 and 2009 Paris exhibitions, and acquisition of his works by the Musee Guimet. He uses traditional “katazome” stencil dyeing techniques to produce works with bold colours and textures and modern designs, often displaying his impish sense of humour. He produces pictures, wall hangings, paintings, book illustrations etcetera. Several of his works have been donated to Addenbrooke’s (now displaying in Clinic 10 and the Rosie). This will be an illustrated talk with a number of actual works on display.
Summer Seminars: 22 June to 7 September 2010
Day & Times: Tuesday mornings 10.30 – 12.00
Venue: Room 5, 27-28 Bridge Street
3 weeks 22 June – 6 July: Andrew Marr’s series on “Darwin’s Dangerous Idea,” on the social, political and intellectual consequences of the Theory of Evolution.
5 weeks 13 July – 10 August: Dr Alice Robert’s series “The Incredible Human Journey,” on the human genetics of Prehistory.
4 weeks 17 August – 7 September: Dr Aleks Krotoski’s series “The Virtual Revolution” on the history of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
U3AC hopes to be able to provide additional courses during Summer 2010. Further details of these will be published in the Weekly Bulletin.
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