Search results

Dorich House Open Days

Saturday 21 February - Sunday 26 July 2015

Enjoy a visit to this rare, art-deco-inspired, artist's studio home and take a guided tour at one of the open days. Guided tours last about an hour and begin with a 10-minute film of Dora Gordine's life, before exploring the studios, gallery and private apartments, and the roof terrace. Family workshops are held at the Dorich House Museum in the half-term and Easter holidays. Bookings for family workshops are essential.

Keeping the memory alive through art

Thursday 26 March - Thursday 23 April 2015

Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames

We invited young people living or studying in the Kingston area to submit a piece of art to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and help keep the memory of those killed in Holocaust alive. Come and see selected artwork displayed around various locations in the Borough.

Cafe Scientifique: Perception and plasticity – how the world remakes your head

Tuesday 31 March 2015, 6.00pm - 9.00pm

Woody's, Ram Passage, Kingston

Pop along to Cafe Scientifique and enjoy the discussion over a drink. You don't need to be involved in science or technology to join us – just have an interest and open mind.

Jazz First Tuesday – Dave Jones' Affinity

Tuesday 7 April 2015, 12.15pm - 1.00pm

Rose Theatre

Kingston University presents a free lunchtime jazz session with talented acoustic and electric bass player Dave Jones.

The Absence of War by David Hare

Monday 13 April - Saturday 25 April 2015

Plagued by a hostile media, beset by divisions in his party and haunted by his own demons, George has three weeks to convince the Great British Public that he's their man. But how much compromise is he prepared to make? How can you truly appeal to the man in the street from the House of Commons? And which tie should he wear for Prime Minister's Questions?

Variety Café – Ewa Plywacz

Wednesday 15 April 2015, 12.15pm - 1.00pm

Rose Theatre

Kingston University presents a free lunchtime music performance featuring Ewa Plywacz.

School of Surveying and Planning pub night

Thursday 16 April 2015, 5.00pm

The Porterhouse

Join fellow School of Surveying and Planning alumni for the next surveying alumni event on Thursday 16 April at the The Porterhouse pub located in Covent Garden.

Treasures from our collection: Mr Marsh's Martinware

Thursday 16 April - Saturday 11 July 2015

When the Museum opened in In 1904, Ernest Marsh, an affluent art collector and connoisseur from a wealthy Kingston family, organised the very first exhibition in the art gallery. A collector of fine and decorative arts, Marsh was particularly passionate about ceramics produced by the Martin Brothers – known as Martinware.