What's On?

26 April - Family Fun Day
Botanic Garden
Cost - Normal entry charges apply; Time - 10.00am to 4.00pm
Join us for our annual fun and games, we have all the old favourites - pot a plant, face painting and storytelling. DBS Productions (a new local theatre group who performed at Halloween and last year's Family Fun Day) will be performing a variety of classic nursery rhymes. The Art Shack will be doing a craft workshop. Come along and see the Beekeepers and the Countryside Rangers.

2 May - Dave Gorman: America Unchained
7pm Mono, The Union, Airlie Place
Dave Gorman, one of Britain's most successful comedians, will be talking about his efforts to travel across the USA without patronising any corporate or chain-style businesses. All money raised from the show will be donated to the Diabetes Research Campaign.
Tickets are £5 and are available from the University of Dundee Student Union shop, from Borders Dundee, Gallagher Retail Park and from 01382 384768.

8 May - Agnew / McAllister Duo
7.30pm, Chaplaincy Centre, Cross Row
Ticket prices are as follows: Season Ticket: £20; Season Ticket (Concession/ Student): £10; Individual concert: £8; £4 (Concession/ Student / Unwaged); £1 (School children)
Tickets on sale at Dundee City Box Office, City Square or at door or for further details from Graeme Stevenson on 01382-388148

9 May - Churchill Commemoration Lecture
Andrew Roberts, Churchill and his Detractors
6pm, Main Lecture Theatre, New Teaching Block
To commemorate the centenary of Winston Churchill as a Dundee MP the University and the city of Dundee will join forces to host a joint lecture to explore the life and achievements of one of the greatest Britons. Historian and Churchill expert, Andrew Roberts will present a fascinating picture of the sometimes controversial politician and the impact that he made, not just in Dundee, but across the world and why despite remarkable life and achievements he still garners significant criticism.
Contact the Events Office on tel: 01382 388046

10 May - Monikie 10km race for the Diabetes Research Campaign
Monikie Country Park 11am
The University of Dundee's Diabetes Research Campaign has been selected as the charity of choice for the inaugural Monikie 10km Race being held on Saturday 10th May 2008. For more information www.dundee.ac.uk/drc.

10-18 May - Exhibition - Art BMG
Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden
Cost - Entry to exhibition is free; Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm
Come along and view this group's first exhibition at this venue.

17-24 May - Dundee Degree Show 2008
Students from all disciplines at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and the School of Architecture will present their work at this annual display of talent. The show takes place throughout the two buildings and fourteen floors that form Duncan of Jordanstone.
For more information contact: Exhibitions e: exhibitions@dundee.ac.uk.

20-27 May - Exhibition - Graham Cross
Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden
Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm
An exhibition of Graham's fantastic photography work.

28 May - RHS Guided Walk
'In for the long haul - 1.2 billion years of plant evolution'
In the Botanic Garden/Education Centre
Cost - RHS Members £6.50, Non-Members £7.50 (tea and cakes included)
Time - Starts 2.00pm
Join Education Officer Dr Neil Paterson at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden for a guided tour through the history of plants on earth, from green algae to grasses.

31 May - 18 June - Exhibition - Spectra
Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden
Cost - Entry to exhibition is free; Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm
After a hugely successful first exhibition at this venue the Spectra group are back to exhibit their most recent embroidery work.

Until 4 October - Medical Impressions Exhibition
Tayside Medical History Museum, Medical School Foyer, Ninewells Hospital
Mon-Sat 9am-5pm
A special collaborative exhibition by the University of Dundee Museum Services and the Department of Special Collections, University of St Andrews, as part of the celebrations to mark 500 Years of Printing in Scotland. It focuses on the role of printing in the history of medical education - from textbooks to teaching charts, from exam papers to degree certificates. For more information contact: museum@dundee.ac.uk.