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UREC Indoor Triathlon
Klotsche Center (KC) 3409 North Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesUREC’s Indoor Triathlon returns for another year February 9 – 20! Students will track their progress throughout the two weeks working to complete a Sprint distance triathlon! An exclusive 2026 UREC Indoor Triathlon t-shirt and other rewards will be awarded based …
Intro to Ceramic Hand Building Techniques Session 1
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIn this 6-week course, you’ll explore the essentials of three different hand-building techniques to create functional and decorative pieces: a textured coaster set, an imaginative trinket box, and a unique abstract flower vase. This course is perfect for all experience …
Intro to Wheel Throwing Session 1
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesAre you curious to try out the pottery wheel? Discover the craft of wheel throwing in this beginner-level course. We will learn and explore the foundational throwing techniques centering and opening the clay, pulling walls to make functional forms, decoration …
The 29th Annual Festival of Films in French
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFilm Festival // Free For Everyone! The Festival of Films in French returns this February with an array of contemporary and classic fiction, animation and documentary films that attend to their very form and explore notions of care, restoration and …
La venue de l’avenir (Colors of Time)
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesBrought together by the unexpected inheritance of a house in Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle had left her hometown for Paris and discovered a city in the midst of an …
Aux bords de la guerre, Ariane Mnouchkine et le Théâtre du Soleil à Kyiv (Kyiv Theater, an Island of Hope)
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesRussia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 brought back dark memories of 1930s Europe for Ariane Mnouchkine, the 84-year-old theater director and founder of the prestigious Théâtre du Soleil in Paris. Against this backdrop and in solidarity with Ukrainian resistance, …
La princesse Mandane (Princess Mandane)
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesÉtienne is engaged to Annette, a secretary in the factory where he works. Fantasizing about daring adventures, he decides to leave everything behind to go to a foreign land, Mingrelia. The country is governed by Princess Mandane who has been …
Learn to Cross Country Ski
Klotsche Center (KC) 3409 North Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesLooking to learn for the first time or improve your cross country skiing? Lapham Peak State Park offers some of the best groomed trails in Southeast Wisconsin. Enjoy a classic winter experience and get out in the snow with others! …
Les fantômes (Ghost Trail)
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJustice knows no borders for Hamid, who has taken refuge in France after being detained and tortured by the Assad regime in Syria. Exiled and undercover, the mild-mannered literature professor now works as part of a secret group pursuing Assad’s …
Des “terroristes” à la retraite (“Terrorists” in Retirement)
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesToo controversial to be shown on French TV when first released, the film follows seven surviving comrades of the executed members, found guilty of “terrorism”, from the immigrant section of the French Resistance during World War II. The documentary provoked …
Valentine’s Day Artist Fair
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesPlease join us in the Student Union Concourse for our Valentine’s Day Artist Fair. Individual students, Student Orgs, and local artists will be showing their wares like pottery, jewelry, prints, greeting cards, and so much more Please contact us at …
Drypoint Intaglio
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIn this class, we will be exploring intaglio printmaking by making and printing drypoint PVC plates. Learn to bevel a plate, set a press, and experiment with ways to customize a print. This workshop is great for anyone who loves to draw and is curious about printmaking. No experience is necessary!