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Santiago Bertolino, DCP, 82 min Québec, 2019 (French, English, Innu) This documentary tracks the journey of Innu poet, actress and activist Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, at a pivotal time in her career as a committed artist. To heal the wound of …
Andrés Livov, DVD, 89 min Québec, 2019 (French) Language lessons for adult migrants from across the world at a school in Montreal. The most important rule is respect; the most important ingredients are commitment and empathy – and a teacher …
Sophie Deraspe, DVD, 109 min. Québec, 2019 (French, Kabyle) Best Canadian Feature Film, 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. In this modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy, Antigone is a brilliant teenager with a promising future. When tragedy strikes her …
Celebrate Black History Month under the stars! Join us for a night of live music, dancing, storytelling, and stargazing in different African cities. This free event is cosponsored by the Black Student Cultural Center and Sociocultural Programming at UWM. The …
Aïssa Maïga, DCP, 89 min France/Niger, 2021 (Peuhl, French) US premiere Official Selection, 2021 Cannes Festival. Co-written by French actress Aïssa Maïga and Ariane Kirtley, this film documents the dire consequences of climate change in the Sahel. Focusing on a …
Claire Denis, 100 min, 2009 (French, German) The relationship between a father and daughter is complicated by the arrival of a handsome young man. All firms shown in their original language with English subtitles. Masks are required at all times …
Alice Diop, 115 Min, 2021 (French) Documentary. Encounters on a rail line crossing north to south thru Paris and its outskirts: A cleaning lady, a scrap merchant, a writer, a nurse, a follower of hunts and the filmmaker herself. All …
Laure Malecot, 52 minutes Senegal, 2017 (French, English) Documentary. A portrait of legendary dancer Germaine Acogny, Iya Tunde, The Mother Came Back explores the legacy of Acogny’s dance practice, fusing West African and contemporary dance, and the dance school she …
Grand Prix, 2019 Cannes Festival Mati Diop, DCP, 105 min France/Senegal/Belgium, 2019 (Wolof, French) Milwaukee premiere. Along the Atlantic coast, in a suburb of Dakar, Ada and Souleiman are young and in love. But they face many obstacles. Souleiman is …
Vinicius Silva is a Brazilian film director, graduated in cinema from the Federal University of Pelotas-RS and master's in screenwriting at Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV de Cuba - EICTV. He is the award-winning founder of the film studio, …
Jennifer Croft is the award-winning writer and translator (Polish, Spanish and Ukrainian to English) of works such as "Flight" and Homesick." She has won the Man Booker International Prize and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Croft will read …
The Honors College Equity Team welcomes all UWM students to join in this role-playing game event. We’ll gather in the Honors House to play the Deep Forest — a collaborative, world-building game focused on monstrosity and decolonization. Even if you’ve …
Juliana Vicente is a film director and founder of Pret a Portê Filmes, a production company created 11 years ago. It carries out socially and artistically relevant content, aiming to train and improve audiovisual professionals and to create new narratives …
UWM Creative Writing Program literary event (in-person and livestreamed) with graduate students and faculty reading their creative work, featuring: Elizabeth Hoover Juan Rodriguez Beth Vigoren Claire Davis. Limited in-person attendance. Advance registration required. Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/united-we-readapril-7-2022-tickets-291434196527 This event will …
Explore our universe and Asian cultural perspectives. We will have two planetarium shows featuring live indoor stargazing and a storyteller. In between the shows, students from South Division High School will perform traditional Indian, Karen, and Lao cultural dances. Light …
The German program is proud to host a virtual book launch and discussion of emerita professor Ruth Schwertfeger’s latest monograph, "A Nazi Camp Near Danzig: Perspectives on Shame and on the Holocaust from Stutthof," published in 2022 by Bloomsbury press …
Luis Mauro Filho is a journalist and advertiser who explores the relation between politics, sports and culture with a particular focus on Brazilian cultural and Brazil's social framework. He will be presenting about the historical context of multimedia in Brazil, …
A Ukrainian film production that was interrupted by the Russian invasions in 2014 and again in 2022, Maksym Osa is a fantasy thriller set in the 1600s, yet deeply resonant with the present. Here, the contemporary tenacity of Ukrainians in …
The Honors Drama Club is presenting their first musical, Ordinary Days, music and lyrics by Adam Gwon. Three shows: April 29 at 7:30 PM April 30 at 7:30 PM May 1 at 2:00 PM Tickets are free and no reservation …
Off the Press: Exploring Reproducible War Art is a graduate thesis exhibition curated by Emily Hankins and showing in the Emile H. Mathis Gallery on the UWM campus (Mitchell Hall). It will run through May 12, 2022 and is free. …
The Center for Celtic Studies Fall Céilí will feature live music from Ceol Cairde and a demonstration by Milwaukee Scottish Country Dancers. This event is free and open to the public!
Author Phong Nguyen will be giving a craft talk at 3 pm and a reading from his recent work, "Bronze Drum," followed by a talk at 7 pm. Both events are free and will be livestreamed. (See link below to …
Attendees are invited to bring home movies in the form of 8mm, Super 8mm, 16mm, VHS, Mini-DV, or digital files, have the materials inspected/repaired by UWM volunteers, and then screened with an audience while the owner narrates. Throughout the day, …
Readings of creative work by three graduate students and one faculty member: Beck Behnke, Sophie Nunberg, Katherine Witt, and Professor Liam Callanan. In-Person and live streamed. See URL below.
Join the Center for Celtic Studies for a celebration of the Celtic Otherworld through spooky stories, Celtic treats, live music, and a costume contest. Free and open to the public of all ages.
The Brazilian singer and composer Octavio Arcanjo will present a retrospective about Brazilian music connecting with Portuguese 360 class "A Journey through the Music of the Lusofphone World". As a musicien Arcanjo will perform Brazilian musics connecting with the idea …
The Portuguese writer Dora Gago will share her experiences living in Macau through her writing. This event connects with Portuguese 310 class "Advanced Composition and Conversation".
Translation and Interpreting Studies is hosting a virtual Zoom talk with Walter Sauer (Verlag Edition Tintenfaß). He will give an online presentation from Neckarsteinach near Heidelberg, Germany. Walter Sauer’s publishing house is devoted mainly to bi- and multilingual children’s books …
Readings of creative work by three graduate students and one faculty member: Cassandra Bruner, Sass Denny, Camilla Lee, and Professor Rebecca Dunham. In person or live stream on YouTube at https://youtu.be/SnlrBMGcuzI
The Honors College Drama Club presents "Marjorie Prime," a dystopian drama that explores the boundaries between humans and technology. The play is written by Jordan Harrison and directed by Faith Wrycha.
Iranian director and women's rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi's 2019 film Son-Mother depicts Leila, a single working mom of two who loses her factory job. Kazem, the factory bus driver, proposes marriage to Leila, but she hesitates to accept his conditions …
Olinda Beja, a writer from São Tomé & Príncipe will share her experience born on a small island through her writing. This event connects with Portuguese 310 class "Advanced Composition and Conversation".
Informal conversations in French. Great opportunity to practice your skills with other members of the UWM community. All levels welcome! Meets regularly on various Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the Fall 2022 semester.
This exhibition explores the social action of artworks, artifacts, and material and visual culture from the UWM Art Collection and is co-curated by students and faculty from the "Intro to Art Museum Studies II" class. The exhibition demonstrates that inanimate …
Reading of creative work by students Sean Enfield, Kathryne David Gargano, Brandon Henry, and faculty member Brenda Cardenas.
Featuring students Rebecca Baumann, Daphne Daugherty, and Danielle Harms; and faculty member Valerie Laken.
Boswell Books hosts an evening with UWM Professor of Italian Robin Pickering-Iazzi for a conversation about her latest work, the first English translation of Maria Rosa Cutrufelli’s classic of Italian feminist mafia literature about a dangerous, enigmatic young gangster pushing …
Jean-Philippe Rameau’s 1735 opera-ballet as performed in 2019 on the stage of the Bastille Paris Opera in Cogitore’s and Dambélé’s Urban Dance Production and Leonardo García Alarcón, conducting. 3 hrs 50 minutes with 1 Intermission. Free and open to the …
This exhibition explores the social action of artworks, artifacts, and material and visual culture from the UWM Art Collection and is co-curated by students and faculty from the "Intro to Art Museum Studies II" class. The exhibition demonstrates that inanimate …
Art History graduate student Rachel Allison's thesis exhibition opens February 23rd from 5-7pm with curator remarks at 5:30pm and runs through April 1, 2023. The Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery is located in Mitchell Hall, is free, and is open …
The Creative Writing Program welcomes Craig Santos Perez to campus for two events: Craft Talk: 3 PM, Curtin Hall, Room 175 Reading/Q&A: 7 PM, Curtin Hall, Room 175 Craig Santos Perez is a native Chamoru from Guam. He is the …
UWM Creative Writing Program Graduate students and faculty read from their creative works. The readers will be: Seth Copeland, Korey Hurni, Camilla J. Lee, Shuara Vohra, and Claire Davis.
A public talk on craft and globalism by Dr. Deborah Dorotinsky Alperstein, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM). This lecture will center on folk art (handcraft / arte-popular) as a cultural agent during the Global …
Learn about quilting by contributing a stitch to finish the backing of a quilt. Featuring artists Heidi Parkes and Molly Hassler. Visit and contribute a stitch, no experience is necessary, and supplies are provided. From 10:00 AM until 12:30 PM, …
via Zoom https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/92665911603
In 1951 in Africo, a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time. No road connects Africo with other villages. In the wake of this tragedy, all …
Come speak French! Practice conversational skills! Meet other students! All levels welcome! The French Table occurs most Wednesdays and Thursdays during the Spring 2023 semester. Click the Event Series at the top of the page to see all of the …
Negotiating Authenticity: Reproducing the Past for the Present explores how reproductions connect us to the past. From Rembrandt restrikes to plastic souvenirs, reproductions occupy an important chapter in an object’s biography. This exhibition explores the complex relationships between ‘original’ artifacts …
This exhibition explores the diversity and heterogeneity of late nineteenth and early twentieth Chinese calligraphy and painting from Zhou Cezong’s donation. It suggests that the long-established terms such as “traditionality” and ‘modernity” can no longer be seen as mutually exclusive …