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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - The Advent Of Christianity In Art (Category: Art exhibitions, Commercial art)

Christ Church Picture Gallery Christ Church College, Oriel Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4EW

Tel: 01865 276172

Dates: 01/11/2008 to 22/02/2009

Show times: Mon-Sat 10.30am-1pm, 2pm-4.30pm, Sun 2pm-4.30pm, closed Dec 20-Jan 4, ends Feb 22

Price: free

A selection of drawings from the 16th and 17th centuries, by artists including Titian and Correggio.

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Joanna Migdal: The Double Horizontal Dial: Then & Now (Category: Art exhibitions, Public galleries)

The Museum Of The History Of Science Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3AZ

Tel: 01865 277280

Dates: 13/01/2009 to 10/03/2009

Show times: From Jan 13, Tue-Fri 12noon-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2pm-5pm, ends Mar 10

Price: free

A contemporary version of a complex 17th-century mathematical sundial shown alongside items from the same period.

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The English Telescope: Talk (Category: Things to do, Literary events)

The Museum Of The History Of Science Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3AZ

Tel: 01865 277280

Dates: 10/01/2009 to 10/01/2009

Show times: Jan 10, 2pm

Price: free

Jim Bennett provides a comprehensive guide to the exhibition.

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The Mariner's Trail: Workshop (Ages 7-13) (Category: Things to do, Children's events)

The Museum Of The History Of Science Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3AZ

Tel: 01865 277280

Dates: 10/01/2009 to 10/01/2009

Show times: Jan 10, 2pm-4pm

Price: free

A themed trail.

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Janet Cardiff And George Bures Miller: The House Of Books Has No Windows (Category: Art exhibitions, Public galleries)

Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BP

Tel: 01865 722733

Dates: 15/10/2008 to 18/01/2009

Show times: From Oct 15, Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12noon-5pm, Dec 24 10am-3pm, closed Dec 25-Jan 2, ends Jan 18

Price: free

Transport: BR: Oxford

Installations involving sound, images and objects designed to stimulate the viewers' senses.

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Quantum Of Solace (12A) (Category: Cinemas, Action)

Odeon Magdalen Street Magdalen Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3AE

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Fri-Tue 8.15

Price: £7.50, child/OAP £5.50, NUS £6, family £22, Premier Seats £8.50

Director: Marc Forster

Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Stana Katic, Giancarlo Giannini, Jesper Christensen

Year: 2008

Country: UK/US

Running time: 106mins

Consumed with rage, Bond joins M to interrogate Mr White, who sheds light on a secret organization responsible for blackmailing Vesper Lynd. The trail of evidence leads to Haiti, where Bond meets the alluring Camille, a woman pursing a secret vendetta. She, in turn, introduces Bond to ruthless businessman Dominic Greene, a member of the organization, who is planning to help exiled General Medrano regain power in exchange for a piece of land. As Bond edges closer to discovering those responsible for Vesper's death, he takes justice into his own bloody hands.

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Role Models (15) (Category: Cinemas, Comedy)

Odeon Magdalen Street Magdalen Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3AE

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Wed/Thu 2.30 5.45 8.15

Price: £7.50, child/OAP £5.50, NUS £6, family £22, Premier Seats £8.50

Director: David Wain

Cast: Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Elizabeth Banks, Bobb'e J Thompson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 98mins

Danny Donahue and his best buddy Wheeler work for the same energy drink company, touting a noxious, fizzy brew called Minotaur to bored, impressionable schoolchildren. After an unfortunate altercation at one school, the two men are sentenced to 150 hours community service and reluctantly take part in a mentoring program run by reformed addict Sweeny. She assigns Danny and Wheeler a troubled kid apiece - teen Augie and foul-mouthed 10-year-old Ronnie - and instructs the men to use their community service time to get to know the boys and bring them out of their shells.

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The Day The Earth Stood Still (12A) (Category: Cinemas, Sci-fi)

Odeon Magdalen Street Magdalen Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3AE

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Fri-Tue 12.00 2.30 5.30

Price: £7.50, child/OAP £5.50, NUS £6, family £22, Premier Seats £8.50

Director: Scott Derrickson

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, John Hamm, John Cleese, Kathy Bates

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 103mins

A spacecraft arrives on Earth, bringing with it Klaatu, a messenger from another world, who has been sent to observe the strange race known as mankind. At first, scientists are curious about the invader and question him thoroughly. He warns of impending doom. While under surveillance, Klaatu meets Helen Benson and her son Jacob who allow the alien into their lives, planting a tiny seed of hope for humanity's survival. However, suspicion and paranoia run rampant and eventually the US military uses force against Klaatu, initiating a countdown to the complete destruction of Earth at the hands of the visitor's robot protector.

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The Spirit (12A) (Category: Cinemas, Action)

Odeon Magdalen Street Magdalen Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3AE

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Fri/Sat 11.15 1.45 4.30 7.00 9.30; Sun-Thu 12.30 3.15 6.00 8.45

Price: £7.50, child/OAP £5.50, NUS £6, family £22, Premier Seats £8.50

Director: Frank Miller

Cast: Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L Jackson, Eva Mendes, Paz Vega, Jaime King, Eric Balfour

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 102mins

A rookie cop in the crime-riddled metropolis of Central City returns from the dead as the masked avenger The Spirit. In his new guise, The Spirit wages war against arch-nemesis and cold-hearted killer Octopus, who seems determined to destroy the city and its denizens in his pursuit of immortality, with the help of punk secretary Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson) and his henchmen. Aided and hindered by a bevy of beauties - including girl next door Ellen, jewel thief Sand, young cop Morgenstern, phantom sister Lorelei and nightclub dancer Plaster Of Paris - The Spirit fights the good fight.

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Animal House at Po Na Na (Category: Clubs, Indie)

Po Na Na, 13-15 Magdalen Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3AE

Tel: 01865 249171

Dates: 08/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Jan 8, 10pm-3am

Price: £3

DJs play indie, rock and electro.

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