Arts and Culture
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Story Cart With Adam Carr – Skyward Ho!
FeaturedMilwaukee Winter Farmers Market 5305 W. Capitol Drive Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesSkyward Ho! At Milwaukee Winter Farmer's Market, we'll meditate on the sky with our mind, body and soul with Story Fellow Adam Carr and yogi Matthew Lewis (@stillhoneyblk), gathering thoughts on sanctuary and refuge, especially for attention. Then, we'll talk …
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Cactus Book Club with C21: Attensity!
Cactus Club 2496 S Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesC21's Story Cart program invites you to join Katie Waddell, C21 Managing Director, for the April 2026 edition of the Cactus Book Club. Cactus Book Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:30 in the back room …
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Story Cart with Symphony Swan – Stills in Milwaukee
Fruition MKE 819 N 27th St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesEvent Details C21's Story Cart project and C21 Story Fellow Symphony Swan present Stills in Milwaukee, a radical attention workshop and portrait session with photographer Terrance Sims. Stills in Milwaukee is a documentary-style photography project aimed at capturing the diverse …
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Book Talk: A Conversation About Black Feminist Resistance in Trying Times
Kuumba Juice & Coffee 274 East Keefe Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesOverview We welcome Dr. Stacie McCormick and Dr. Nessette Falu to a conversation around Black Feminist Resistance and the power of storytelling. In conjunction with Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17), UWM's C21 Reproductive Justice Collaboratory and La Revo Books …
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mycollective: Slow Growing in the Time of Trees – Artist Reception
Lynden Sculpture Garden, 2145 West Brown Deer Road Milwaukee, WI 53217Artist reception for mycollective: Slow Growing in the Time of Trees exhibition at Lynden Sculpture Garden with an unveiling of Matthew Vivirito’s Framework, the second work in Lynden’s MATERIALIZE series of outdoor projects. About the Exhibition Slow Growing in the Time of Trees presents …
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C21 Open House & Launch Party
FeaturedCurtin Hall, 9th Floor, 3243 N. Downer St., Milwaukee, WI 53211Join the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) on Thursday, September 17 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM for our annual open house, plus a bonus digital archive launch party. Get to know C21 fellows, staff, & collaborators. Contribute to an …
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Wild Knowing: The Role of the Arts in Ecological Culture
American Geographical Society Library 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesA performance presentation by J. Philip Grygny, PhD Aldo Leopold, one of the founders of modern ecology, wrote that we should not see the land as a thing that belongs to us, but as a community to which we belong. …
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Graduate Public Humanities Application Information Session
Master’s and Doctoral students in any discipline at UW-Milwaukee are invited to propose an event or program to the Center for 21st Century Studies for the Spring 2027 semester. Selected submissions will be developed in collaboration with C21 staff and will …
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C21 @ Beet Street Fall Festival
Cactus Club 2496 S Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesSwing by C21's booth at the Cactus Club's annual autumn block party uplifting the intersections of music, community causes & seasonal treats. We'll be there to tell you all about our 2026-27 programs and events, and to get you thinking …
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Día de los Muertos Festival at Forest Home Cemetery and Arboretum
Forest Home Cemetery and Arboretum 2405 W Forest Home Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesJoin Human Club for a trip to Forest Home Cemetery and Arboretum to celebrate Día de los Muertos on Saturday, October 24th. This festival is free to attend and features traditional music with mariachis and a DJ, local dance groups, vendors at …