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United We Read – Creative Writing Faculty-Student Reading Series

Woodland Pattern Book Center 720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

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 …

Free

Planetarium Show: Asian Universe

UWM Manfred Olson Planetarium 1900 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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 …

Free

Virtual Book Launch for Ruth Schwertfeger’s A Nazi Camp Near Danzig

Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

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 …

Free

Film Screening of Maksym Osa

Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

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 …

Free

Celtic Studies: Kick-Off Céilí

UWM Greene Hall 3347 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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!

Free

Event Series The French Table

The French Table

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 766 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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.

Free
Event Series The French Table

The French Table

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 766 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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.

Free

Creative Writing Program – Visiting Writers Series – Phong Nguyen

UWM Lubar Hall, Room S231 3202 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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 …

Free

Home Movie Day

UWM Mitchell Hall, Room B91 3203 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

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, …

Free
Event Series The French Table

The French Table

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 766 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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.

Free

Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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.

Free
Event Series The French Table

The French Table

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 766 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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.

Free

Celtic Studies’ Samhain

UWM Greene Hall 3347 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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.

Free

Event Series The French Table

The French Table

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 766 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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.

Free

Clube Lusófono: AQUARELA DO BRASIL with Brazilian singer and composer Octavio Arcanjo

Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

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 …

Free
Event Series The French Table

The French Table

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 766 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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.

Free

Clube Lusófono: Macau – A Bridge Between East and West

Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

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".

Free

From an Inkwell around the World: Global Varieties of “The Little Prince”

Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

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 …

Free
Event Series The French Table

The French Table

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 766 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

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.

Free

Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series: United We Read

Boswell Book Company 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

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

Free

Son-Mother: Screening and Discussion of Iranian director Mahnaz Mohamaddi’s 2019 film

UWM Mitchell Hall, Room B91 3203 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

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 …

Free