TOURS EXHIBITIONS WHAT’S MARKETS CONCERTS WORKSHOPS ON SEPT / OCT 2014 YOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC EVENTS IN AND AROUND BRISTOL MUSIC AT A GLANCE - SEPTEMBER DATE TIME EVENT VENUE SEPTEMBER Wed 3 12.15pm & 12.30pm TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL BUILDING Wed 3 12.45pm PUBLIC TALK Inequalities in cardiovascular CANYNGE HALL health, healthcare and disease - reversible or irreversible? Sat 6 & 10am FESTIVAL Bee and Pollination Festival BOTANIC GARDEN Sun 7 Sat 6 10.30am, 11am, TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL 11.30am, 12pm & BUILDING 12.30pm Tue 9 6.30pm TOUR Enjoy the Botanic Garden BOTANIC GARDEN on a summer’s evening Wed 10 12.45pm PUBLIC TALK Outcomes for abused CANYNGE HALL women's safety Sat 13 9.30am OPEN DAY Undergraduate open day VARIOUS LOCATIONS Sat 13 10am PUBLIC EVENT Bristol Doors Open Day VARIOUS LOCATIONS Mon 15 - Various EXHIBITION Corresponding with conflict THEATRE COLLECTION Fri 31 Oct Thu 18 7.30pm PUBLIC TALK Wildside SCHOOL OF PHYSICS Sun 20 10.30am & 2pm TOUR Goldney historic garden tour GOLDNEY HALL Fri 19 6pm PUBLIC TALK …Letting the evidence speak VICTORIA ROOMS on climate change Tue 23 6pm PUBLIC TALK The hockey stick and the VICTORIA ROOMS climate wars Tue 23 7.30pm PUBLIC TALK …From the Industrial WILLS MEMORIAL Revolution to the BUILDING globalisation of democracy Fri 26 12pm PUBLIC EVENT Bristol Bright Night 2014 VARIOUS VENUES Sat 27 10am EXHIBITION Tangible Memories installation M SHED Sat 27 10am COURSE NEW Get your garden buzzing BOTANIC GARDEN Mon 29 6pm PUBLIC TALK …What extreme physiology M SHED tells us about patients Tue 30 4.30pm RESEARCH Classics for the masses VICTORIA ROOMS SEMINAR AT A GLANCE - OCTOBER DATE TIME EVENT VENUE OCTOBER Wed 1 12.15pm & 12.30pm TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL BUILDING Fri 3 10am & 1pm SHORT COURSE Fiction writing workshop PERCY COMMUNITY CENTRE, BATH Fri 3 1.15pm MUSIC Cullin Sound VICTORIA ROOMS Sat 4 10.30am, 11am, TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL 11.30am, 12pm BUILDING & 12.30pm Sat 4 10.30am WORKSHOP Digimakers AT-BRISTOL Sat 4 5.30pm TOUR NEW Ballast barge tour ARNOLFINI Sun 5 2pm PUBLIC TALK …John Addington Symonds GOLDNEY HALL Mon 6 Various PERFORMANCE The Conquering Hero WILLS MEMORIAL BUILDING Mon 6 1pm SHORT COURSE NEW Traditional botanical BOTANIC GARDEN drawing... Tue 7 4.30pm SEMINAR Diasporic memory and the VICTORIA ROOMS topologies of listening Tues 7 6.15pm PUBLIC NEW Two nights with Borges 3/5 WOODLAND ROAD LECTURE Wed 8 6pm TALK NEW A Precariat Charter... SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES Wed 8 7.30pm PERFORMANCE NEW Number 1, The Plaza WICKHAM THEATRE Thu 9 5pm PUBLIC TALK An evening with Thomas Glave ROYAL FORT HOUSE Fri 10 1.15pm MUSIC Trevor Wishart... VICTORIA ROOMS Fri 10 3pm LECTURE NEW Drug and alcohol WILLS MEMORIAL research BUILDING Fri 10 6pm PUBLIC TALK …Mervyn Morris WILLS MEMORIAL BUILDING Fri 10 6.15pm PUBLIC EVENT NEW A brush with immortality TRINITY CENTRE Sat 11 10am COURSE NEW Introduction to BOTANIC GARDEN garden writing DATE TIME EVENT VENUE OCTOBER Sat 11 1.30pm SCREENING NEW The Abominable Crime ARNOLFINI Sat 11 4pm EXHIBITION NEW Bristol’s African TRINITY CENTRE Caribbean music heritage Sat 11 10.30am DAY COURSE Tools for fiction writing 3/5 WOODLAND ROAD Tue 14 10.30am SHORT COURSE Literature for life BATH ROYAL LITERARY SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION Tue 14 4.30pm RESEARCH The German Democratic VICTORIA ROOMS SEMINAR Republic on tour… Tue 14 6pm SHORT COURSE NEW European literature 3/5 WOODLAND ROAD in translation Wed 15 1.30pm SHORT COURSE The monthly read 3/5 WOODLAND ROAD Wed 15 6pm INAUGURAL Vibration of flexible structures QUEEN’S BUILDING LECTURE Wed 15 7.30pm PERFORMANCE Trust in ideas WICKHAM THEATRE Thu 16 7.30pm PUBLIC TALK Hidden gems & ghastly SCHOOL OF PHYSICS gremlins… Fri 17 1.15pm MUSIC Vice Chancellor's Scholars VICTORIA ROOMS Sat 18 10am WORKSHOP NEW It’s a wrap… BOTANIC GARDEN Tue 21 4.30pm RESEARCH Postgraduate musicologists… VICTORIA ROOMS SEMINAR Tue 21 6.15pm PUBLIC NEW Two nights with the 3/5 WOODLAND ROAD LECTURE Borges part 2 Thu 23 6pm PUBLIC TALK …Catastrophe 1914: how WILLS MEMORIAL Europe went to war BUILDING Fri 24 1.15pm MUSIC VOCES8 VICTORIA ROOMS Mon 27 6pm INAUGURAL …A bioinspired future for PUGSLEY LECTURE LECTURE advanced materials THEATRE Tue 28 4.30pm RESEARCH Fiddling with the string VICTORIA ROOMS SEMINAR quartet Tue 28 6pm AUTUMN ART Rose Macaulay - non- WILLS MEMORIAL LECTURE combatants and others BUILDING Wed 29 1.15pm MUSIC The University of Bristol VICTORIA ROOMS Baroque Ensemble Cover image (clockwise from left) Nick Wray, ‘Dog Tired’ by Christopher Nevinson copywright Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Nick Wray PUBLIC EVENTS Wed 3 & Sat 6 September TOURS Wills Memorial tower tours Times Wed: 12.15pm & 12.30pm; Sat: 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm & 12.30pm Venue Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission £4 (concessions £3); free to children aged 8-11 (no under 8’s). Advance booking recommended. To book, ask inside the Wills Memorial Building for the Head Porter or contact E [email protected] T +44 (0)777 026 5108 Supporting Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal - The Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity Wed 3 September 12.45pm - 1.45pm PUBLIC TALK Inequalities in cardiovascular health, healthcare and disease - reversible or irreversible? Dr Zaman will be presenting some of his work from the last decade in the field of cardiovascular disease, from ethnic to social to global to age inequality. Speaker Dr Justin Zaman, University Hospital, Norfolk Venue Room LG.08, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/seminars/2014/outputurl-62016-en.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 0124 Wed 10 September 12.45pm - 1.45pm PUBLIC TALK Outcomes for abused women’s safety, health and functioning following a treatment intervention of shelter or justice services Abuse of women is a global epidemic with severe physical and mental health consequences for women and the children who witness the abuse of their mothers. Worldwide, two intervention models dominate for abused women: social services of counselling and safe shelter, and legal actions of arrest and protection orders. Speaker Dr Judith McFarlane, Texas Woman’s University Venue Room LG.08, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/seminars/2014/129.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 0124 Sat 13 September 9.30am - 4pm OPEN DAY Undergraduate open day Are you looking to study in higher education? There’s so much to think about when you’re choosing a university. With so many options on offer, it’s important you get a real feel for the universities you are applying to. We think Bristol is a great place to live and study, but don’t just take our word for it. Find out for yourself by visiting us on an open day where you will have the opportunity to: visit academic schools and facilities; meet the academic and support staff; talk to current students about their experiences; visit student accommodation; get a feel for the city and area and get advice on funding and making your application. Venues Various Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/opendays/ E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8623 Sat 13 September 10am - 4pm PUBLIC EVENT Bristol Doors Open Day The University of Bristol will be opening its doors to four university buildings: Clifton Hill House; Theatre Collection; Royal Fort House; and the Wills Memorial Building as part of Doors Open Day. Venues Clifton Hill House, Lower Clifton Hill, Clifton, BS8 1BX; Theatre Collection, 21 Park Row, BS1 5LY; Royal Fort House, BS8 1UJ; Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, no booking required with the exception of tower tours which are booked on the day on a first-come, first-served basis. For further information please contact Diane Thorne W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8318 Mon 15 September - Fri 31 October EXHIBITION Corresponding with conflict Times Mon: 12pm - 4pm; Tue - Fri: 10am - 4pm Curated by the Theatre Collection’s Artist in Residence to commemorate the WW1 anniversary, the exhibition ‘Corresponding with conflict’ will showcase objects and materials from the Collection together with new works inspired by the original artefacts. Venue University of Bristol Theatre Collection, 21 Park Row, BS1 5LY Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/theatrecollection E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 5086 Fri 19 September 6pm - 7.30pm PUBLIC TALK Dogma versus consensus: letting the evidence speak on climate change John Cook led the Consensus Project which found that 97% of relevant climate papers endorsed the consensus that humans were causing global warming. John will discuss his research both on the 97% consensus and on the cognitive psychology of consensus. He will also look at the broader issue of scientific consensus and why it generates such intense focus from climate deniers. Speaker John Cook, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland and Skeptical Science Venue Victoria Rooms, Queen’s Road, BS8 1SA Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/events/2014/488.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 954 6339 Tue 23 September 6pm - 7.15pm PUBLIC TALK The hockey stick and the climate wars - the battle continues In this special Cabot Institute lecture, in association with Bristol Festival of Ideas, Michael E Mann will discuss the science, politics, and ethical dimensions of global warming in the context of his own ongoing experiences as a figure in the centre of the debate over human-caused climate change.