The Downing Arts Podcast

Our new Junior Organ Scholar fills us in on her first term at Cambridge, and we meet Joe and Henry, a decidedly 'Odd Couple'.
Cover image credit Downing Dramatic Society.
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Thursday 5 November, 6.30-7.30pm, Chapel: Griffin Singers
Friday 6 November, 9pm, Downing Bar: Week 5 Blues
Sunday 8 November, 10.55am, I-staircase War Memorial: Act of Remembrance
Thursday 12 - Saturday 14 November, 7.30pm, Howard Theatre: Odd Couple: An Evening with Noel Coward and Harold Pinter. Tickets available here.
Friday 13 November, 7pm, Chapel: DCMS Organ Recital

We meet Nathan Adlam, a student of Lubomyr Melnyk, ahead of the latter's greatly anticipated concert on Tuesday.
Cover image credit Nathan Adlam.
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Sunday 1 November, 6pm, Chapel: Choral Eucharist with instrumentalists
Monday 2 & Tuesday 3 November, 7.30pm, Chapel: Moonlight Monologues. Tickets available here.
Tuesday 3 November, 7.30pm, E-staircase Music Room: Lubomyr Melnyk in concert. Tickets available here.
Wednesday 4 November 12-5pm, Heong Gallery: New exhibition 'No Provenance' opening.
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If you'd like to come on the show to chat about something creative, please email artspodcast@dow.cam.ac.uk

Vicki Ambery-Smith tells us about her work as a silversmith.
Cover image credit Vicki Ambery-Smith
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Thursday 22 October, 6.30-7.30pm, Chapel: Griffin Singers
Thursday 22 October, 9.30pm, Chapel: Choral Compline by Candlelight
Saturday 24 October, 7pm, Howard Theatre: DCMS presents Big Band Roulette. Tickets available here. Code 'SOULMAN' gives a discount for Downing students.
Sunday 25 October, 6pm, Chapel: Choral Evensong
Tuesday 27 October, 6.30pm, E-staircase Music Room: DCMS Freshers' Recital. Sign up here if you'd like to perform.
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If you'd like to come on the show to chat about something creative, please email artspodcast@dow.cam.ac.uk

We catch up with Library Assistant Harley Jones and talk tiddlywinks, Gilbert & Sullivan, and more!
Tiddlywinks @ Downing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQqVcdTH5bQ
Cover image credit Hannes Grobe, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.
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Friday 16 October, 9-11pm, JCR: DCMS Open Mic night
Sunday 18 October, 11.30am, Great St Mary's Church: The University Sermon, featuring Downing Chapel Choir. All welcome, gowns required.
Sunday 18 October, 6pm, Chapel: Choral Evensong
Monday 19 October, 1.30-2.30pm, East Lodge Garden: Autumn Flower-arranging. Just turn up!
Tuesday 20 October, 6pm, Howard Theatre: Howard Foundation Lecture. Tickets available here.
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Downing Jazz Band auditions take place this weekend. Email college.music@dow.cam.ac.uk for more information.
Tickets are now on sale for Big Band Roulette on Saturday 24 October: https://fixr.co/event/big-band-roulette-mission-from-god-tickets-744252047
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PhD student Jo Tonge introduces us to the weird and wonderful world of Hawaiian surfboards.
Cover image credit Tom Pohaku Ston.
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Thursday 8 October, 6pm, Chapel: Postgraduate Matriculation Evensong
until Sunday 11 October, Heong Gallery: 'Ten Good Years' Exhibition https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/creative-arts/heong-gallery/ten-good-years
Tickets are now on sale for Big Band Roulette on Saturday 24 October: https://fixr.co/event/big-band-roulette-mission-from-god-tickets-744252047
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