Archive for March 20th, 2008

Free Nationwide Bus Passes – The Wait is Almost Over

March 20, 2008

In the days immediately following Easter, new bus passes will be landing on doormats around Oxford.
The nationwide scheme begins on 1st April and, ahead of that, those in the Oxford city area who already hold a pass or have applied for one can expect their new pass to arrive in the post.
If you are [...]

Cutteslowe Park steams ahead

March 20, 2008

The Miniature Railway in Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park will run for the first time this year on Sunday 23rd March (Easter Day) for the start of the 2008 season.
The first train departs at 1.30pm on Sunday, and continues to run until 4.30pm. The railway will also be open on Easter Monday.
Throughout the Summer, trains will [...]

All-Weather Pitch Given the Green Light

March 20, 2008

Football and netball in Oxford have been given a boost by the decision to support proposals to develop an all-weather sports pitch in Marston.
Oxford City Council has granted a lease to enable the development of an all-weather sports pitch on land at Court Place Farm, Marston. The scheme can now move forward to the next [...]

MODERN ART OXFORD Exhibitions Programme 2008

March 20, 2008

23 February – 22 March 2008

Encounters LINA SANEH: I Had a Dream, Mom
The first UK presentation of theatre and performance artist Lina Saneh’s video I Had ADream, Mom. A mother listens to her daughter recount a strange dream of a deserted city
haunted by ghosts and interrogates her on its meaning. Born in 1966, Saneh lives [...]

ANSEL ADAMS: PHOTOGRAPHS

March 20, 2008

 2 APRIL – 1 JUNE 2008  “Ansel Adams discovered that the natural world is infinitely varied in aspect, constantly potential, evanescent; that its grand vistas and its microcosms are never twice the same; that the landscape is not only a place but an event” John Szarkowski Modern Art Oxford presents an exhibition of more than seventy photographs, [...]