Today on Remembrance Day, 11 November – Staff, members and visitors in the U3AC premises will join the nation in observing a Two-Minute Silence at 11 am to mark Armistice Day and remember all military personnel, civilians, and animals who have served and sacrificed in conflict.
Tuesday 17 November – 1.00 pm – Film Group screening Nosferatu the Vampyre at Arts Picturehouse
Tuesday 17 November – 4.30 pm – Norah Boyce Science Lecture – Is forestry an art or a science? will be given by Hilary Anderson
Wednesday 18 November – 2.15 pm – Wednesday Lecture – Gwen John: Intimism, the Inner Life, and Public Presence by Philip Stott
Booking is now open to attend in person in the Pink room – please email the Office
Wednesday 18 November – 5.30 pm – Wine Tasting – now FULL
We are looking for new volunteers to take over coordination of U3AC’s much valued Wednesday Lecture Programme, as the current team will be standing down at the end of the academic year.
This is a steady, manageable role – usually a few hours a month – and new coordinators will be fully supported, with the opportunity to shadow the current team during the Autumn and Spring terms.
What the role involves:
The Wednesday Lectures attract 100–200 members each week and are a central part of U3AC’s intellectual life. Coordinators play a key role in keeping the programme varied, engaging and welcoming.
If this is something you could take on, please contact the Office to arrange an initial discussion with the Chair and the current Coordinators.
An exhibition of artwork by the Barnwell Art Group is in the Social Area on the 2nd floor. The main exhibit, completed last year, is a group project to illustrate Edward Lear’s ‘The Quangle Wangle’s Hat’. Class members drew the animal characters and the ‘Crumpetty Tree’ as well as illuminated letters and calligraphy for the verses. (Andrew Erby deserves special mention for all the verse lettering).
A varied selection of artwork by members of the class is also exhibited.
Festive Fun & Fanfare – 3 December at 11am, all welcome!
Join us to open the festive season at our new venue: Queen Edith Chapel, Wulfstan Way, CB1 8QN. Light refreshments follow the presentation. Donations towards costs are welcomed. Do come and join us!
We are now in the winter flu and cold season, and cases will start to rise. U3AC members are a high-risk demographic group we politely request you to consider your fellow U3AC members and if you feel unwell, particularly if you have a temperature and display symptoms of a respiratory infection, please do not attend your courses or enter the Bridge Street premises or any of our external venues used for courses and activities.
Date: Tuesday 17 November 15:35 – 16:35
Venue: Red Room
Places: 20
Further information HERE
Places still remain on several courses. Please click HERE for the latest vacancy list.
A visit to Holkham Hall in Norfolk has been arranged on Friday 11 December. Cost £52. Perhaps one of Norfolk’s most popular Christmas events, Christmas at Holkham Hall is an unforgettable festive experience.
This visit is now full, please contact the Office to be added to the waiting list.
This year’s Christmas Lunch will be held in The Park Seasons restaurant at Cambridge Regional College on Wednesday 16 December. Cost is £25.50 per person. Application forms are available on email request, to download from the website or from the Office.
There is an exhibition of multimedia artwork by Simon Draper. Titled The White Stones, the exhibition takes themes from archaeology, prehistory, the Norfolk landscape and coastline, and the white cliffs of Kent. Chalk carvings were made from rock collected at Botany Bay in Broadstairs. The carvings were then photographed and the images edited and combined on an iPad. Links were formed between themes by reference to the White Stones collected poems of the Cambridge poet JH Prynne. A series of drawings of stone circles in Cornwall and Avebury, forms a central part of the exhibition. Textual elements from Jeremy Prynne’s poetry have been incorporated into some of the drawings. Short musical compositions, making references to mythology encapsulated in the poetry of Ted Hughes, have been written to fit alongside and illustrate the possible significance of the stone circles in the Neolithic period. Images and music are included in the website below. The digital drawings are complemented by three Japanese woodblock prints cut on larch and lifted on Ho Sho paper.
https://sites.google.com/view/simondraperart/home
We are always looking for enthusiastic members who would like to become a tutor or course leader and help deliver our courses and activities.
Whether you have a professional background, a hobby you’re passionate about, or a skill that others would enjoy learning, we’d love to hear from you. Tutoring is a rewarding way to share your knowledge, meet new people, and contribute to our learning community.
If you have an idea for a course or would like to find out more about becoming a tutor, please get in touch. We would be delighted to discuss your interests and the support available to help you get started.
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Note: Official course news and cancellations will always remain in the Weekly Bulletin.