Haydn: Quartet Op.64 No.6 Mendelssohn: Quartet Op.44 No.2 Beethoven: Quartet in F minor Op.95 “Serioso”

Winners of the 2011 Royal Overseas League Elias Fawcett Award for an outstanding chamber music ensemble, the Castalian String Quartet have rapidly gained a reputation in festivals and concert halls in the UK and abroad.

The Quartet has toured in Italy, France, Germany and Sweden as well as performing in the Wigmore Hall and recently broadcasting live on BBC Radio 3.

Tickets are £16, £14 conc available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392...

Ghostwriter by Blast Theory is a contemporary artwork which takes the form of a phone call.

It has echoes of a ghostly museum guide and its rich atmosphere acts as a mysterious lure into RAMM.

Blast Theory is renowned internationally as one of the most adventurous artists’ groups using interactive media.

Access Ghostwriter on your mobile phone during your visit to RAMM. Calls are charged at standard rates. A free phone is also available from reception.

www.rammuseum.org.uk

www.blasttheory.co.uk

In the latest of our special displays for local collectors, we present one man’s extraordinary collection of bottled water.

The water samples come from all over the world, fetched by travellers, from taps and puddles.

Each one contains memories of a particular time and place.

14th November - 6th January

www.rammuseum.org.uk/exhibitions

Home Gods: an introduction to ancient Finnish animism

Carver Tatu Nikkanen surveys the origins of his work with the cult of guardian spirits.

Tickets cost £4.50 (£3) and are available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours.

This exhibition showcases the work of one local art society chosen by readers of the Express and Echo newspaper.

Together with the Express and Echo RAMM invited art groups and societies whose members are largely drawn from the Exeter area to win the chance to exhibit a selection of their work in the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year.

Gallery walk and talk: Ritual and Honour - Warfare among Plains Indians

Max Carocci is Project Curator in the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the British Museum and has curated the exhibition Warriors of the Plains. His talk will cover continuities and changes in traditional approaches to war from warriors to soldiers.

2.45pm-3.45pm, tickets cost £4.50 (£3) and are available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours.

Dr Stephanie Pratt, Associate Professor of Art History at Plymouth University, will discuss visual representation of Plains peoples in American and European art. Followed by a gallery walk and talk by Project Curator Max Carocci.

1pm-2pm.

Tickets £4.50 (£3) and are available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours.

Alan Cotton will talk about his two trips to Tibet last year with the explorer David Hempleman- Adams. He will discuss how his paintings are produced.

In partnership with the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts.

Tickets are £5 from the museum in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during RAMM opening hours.

Meet celebrity chocolatier Willie Harcourt Cooze as well as our favourite foodie experts and world class food and drink producers for an evening of indulgence, pampering and festive cheer!

There will be food and drink master classes, luxury gift demonstrations, a chance to win £1,000 worth of Fired Earth products with every ticket, 10% discount off Orange Tree Christmas decorations and free goodie bag with every purchase over £10, mini therapies from The Treatment Loft, free hair consultations from Cowshed & Dr Hauschka and Strech facial therapies from SMP Pilates.

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A late night shopping evening, organised with the support of nearly all the town’s shops and other businesses, the Chamber of Commerce and the Crediton Courier will take place until 8pm on Friday 7th December.

Many shops will be providing drinks and nibbles. The Crediton Town Band and Mellow D will be performing at various locations around the High Street.

Santa will make an appearance in Evans newsagents and pubs and restaurants will also be open.

Visitors can also visit Crediton Parish Church where, until 6pm, the Christmas Tree Festival will be taking place...