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What's on in March

Article as appeared in Portsmouth View published 16 March 2018



March opens with a celebration of International Women’s Day. In this centenary year of women getting the vote, Dr Helen Pankhurst gave a free talk at the University of Portsmouth on the legacy of the Suffragettes.

The New Theatre Royal was transformed into the streets of New York when West Side Story by students from the University’s Dramatic and Musical Society opened on Thursday 8 March. On until 10 March, so there is still time to catch the show.

British Science Week presents an array of interesting science activities. The Mary Rose Museum is offering hands-on activities during the regular opening hours and a special evening lecture on the preservation of the ship on Wednesday 14 March.

Join a treasure hunt and discover various scientists who lived and worked in Portsmouth, including Hertha Ayrton who was born in Queen Street. Collect the map from Aspex Gallery and join the fun from 11 am to 4 pm. Then finish off with some pastries from Bread Addiction in the gallery cafe. What a good way to spend Mother’s Day.

There will be a free film screening and talk on bugs at Southsea Village, as well as an extra Cafe Scientifique session on the ongoing quest to understand what the Universe is made of and how it evolves by Dr Violeta Gonzalez-Perez on 15 March.

The following week on 22 March Roger Harris leads a discussion on the stereotypes of scientists at the Park View Continental Cafe Bar. Both sessions start at 7 pm.

Follow organiser British Science Association Portsmouth and Isle of Wight branch on Twitter @bsahants as well as on Instagram and Facebook.

Professor Annette Gotz, from the University of Portsmouth, researches ancient pollens which leads to a better understanding of climate. On Wednesday 14 March she presents her professorial inaugural lecture at 6 pm. The series continues on 11 March looking into Professor John William’s research into water treatment and on 28 March Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan presents a lecture and a book launch on “Ideal Homes: Domestic Design and Suburban Modernism”. To reserve your place at these lectures call 023 9284 3757.

The celebration of Bernstein’s Centenary continues with a choir concert of his Chichester Psalms at St Mary’s Church on Saturday 17 March, 7.30 pm.

Portsmouth Chamber Music series welcomes the Gould Trio and clarinetist Robert Plane at the concert on Monday 19 March in Portsmouth Guildhall.


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