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FREE FOR EVERYONE! What would you do if you woke up alone in space? Join us at the Union Cinema for a screening of Project Hail Mary, the thrilling sci-fi adventure based on Andy Weir’s bestselling novel. Don’t miss your chance to … |
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Come cheer on the Men's Club Soccer teams at Engelmann Field! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more.
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Stop by Spaights Plaza to Tie Dye your FREE T-Shirt with your friends at the Studio Arts and Crafts Centre. |
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Join the Union Art Gallery for A Tending, featuring UWM alumna Jennifer Bastian. Through fiber, sculpture, installation, and photography, Jennifer creates environments that invite reflection, vulnerability, and care. Drawing from personal experiences, her work transforms everyday materials into vessels that … 
Start the school year right with free parking, donuts, and coffee! Stop by the UPARK lot anytime between 8am-11am on September 2nd and 3rd to meet the Off-Campus Resource Center team and fuel your day with a treat. Whether you … 
Welcome! Stop by the Military and Veterans Resource Center for coffee, a snack, or a place to study. Learn about upcoming events. Get organized, and grab a free 2026–2027 Pocket Calendar Planner and stickers while supplies last!
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Join the Women’s Resource Center, Student Health and Wellness, and UWM Police for Awareness, Knowledge, Action, an empowering and anti-victim-blaming self-defense training by Officer Parsons from the UWM Police. Join us after the workshop for pizza and a discussion on … |
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Start the school year right with free parking, donuts, and coffee! Stop by the UPARK lot anytime between 8am-11am on September 2nd and 3rd to meet the Off-Campus Resource Center team and fuel your day with a treat. Whether you …
Welcome! Stop by the Military and Veterans Resource Center for coffee, a snack, or a place to study. Learn about upcoming events. Get organized, and grab a free 2026–2027 Pocket Calendar Planner and stickers while supplies last!
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We'll kick off this trip by learning the rules of the road and how to bike safely on Milwaukee city streets. Then, put your skills to the test with a ride around the city using bike lanes and local trail … |
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Welcome! Stop by the Military and Veterans Resource Center for coffee, a snack, or a place to study. Learn about upcoming events. Get organized, and grab a free 2026–2027 Pocket Calendar Planner and stickers while supplies last!
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Join us at the Union Cinema and step into 1980s London to see a powerful story of love, identity, and resilience. My Beautiful Laundrette follows Omar, a young Pakistani man, as he transforms a struggling laundromat with the unexpected help …
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Follow your dreams, break the rules, and bend it like Beckham. Joins us at the Union Cinema for a screening of Bend It Like Beckham, the beloved coming of age comedy about family, friendship, and finding courage to chase your goals. This … |
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Join the Studio Arts and Craft Centre for an evening or painting and mocktails in the new Spaights Plaza courtyard!
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You CAN sit with us. Join us outside in Pangea Mall Sunday, September 6th for our third Fall Welcome Film, Mean Girls, the beloved comedy that introduced audiences to Regina George and the Plastics. Experience the film behind iconic quotes like “That’s … |
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We're celebrating the end of the summer on the water! Take a cruise with CAB - guaranteed great tunes, epic skyline views, and nonstop vibes as we turn the lake into a party at sunset. Registration begins at 5PM. This … |
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Inspired by the idea of Pangaea - a time when everything was connected - this event invites the UWM community to celebrate the many identities, cultures, and stories that make our campus stronger. Join us and enjoy food, music, bubbles, …
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35mm Print! What is real? Experience The Matrix the way audiences did in 1999, with a rare 35mm screening at the Union Cinema. Rediscover the groundbreaking sci-fi classic that changed action movies forever, featuring unforgettable visuals, iconic action sequences, and one of … |
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Calling all UWM student parents! Kick off the semester with coffee, conversation, and community at our Student Parent Coffee Hour during Fall Welcome! Whether you're a new student parent or returning to campus, this is a great opportunity to connect …
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Meet up with other commuter students in the Off-Campus Resource Center for snacks and games before the Involvement Fair! At 11:00am, we will all head up to the Involvement Fair in Spaights Plaza to explore different student organizations and UWM …
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City Girls 101 is a fun, empowering event designed to help new students navigate campus and the city with confidence. Join us for conversations about simple, effective ways to stay safe and take care of yourself in an urban environment. … |
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How well do you know Milwaukee? Test your knowledge of the city’s history, sports, food, landmarks, culture, and quirky local facts with a fun night of Milwaukee-themed trivia. Food and bar service is available in the Gasthaus until 8pm. For …
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Set on one block of Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy "Do or Die" neighborhood at the height of summer, this 1989 masterpiece confirmed Spike Lee as a writer and filmmaker of peerless vision and social engagement. Over the course of a single day, … |
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One of our favorite campus tradition is back! The Block Party is guaranteed to be a big-time blast filled with tons of food, fun and great energy all around.
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4K Restoration! A sleeper hit at the time of its release, Jeong Jae-eun’s perceptive debut chronicles the lives of five graduating friends whose bonds begin to fracture as they contend with a postgrad reality of squashed dreams and unequal opportunities. … |
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Come cheer on the Women's Club Soccer teams at Engelmann Field! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more.
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Kick off the semester with other UWM student parents and families at our Student Parent Welcome! Join us at the Lake Park Playground for a relaxed afternoon of connection, community, and fun. Enjoy popsicles, let your kiddos play, and meet …
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Beautiful, haunting, and unforgettable. Join us at the Union Cinema for a screening of The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola’s acclaimed debut feature. In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five … |
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Looking for something fun to do or a new game to try? Stop by the Gasthaus for a casual night of board games, with plenty of options to choose from. Come with friends or come solo and sign up to …
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Meet friends and become champions in our one-day intramural tournaments at UREC! Make a team, join a team, or become a free-agent on our website! Registration opens on August 27th and closes on September 14. A mandatory captain’s meeting will be …
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Free For Everyone! Location, location, location. A neighborhood of experimental shorts, drawn from our Cinema Arts Archive and the world at large, focusing on place. We are where we are, often here, sometimes there, always where. And the cinema too … |
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Join fellow feminists and advocates on campus for a Women’s and Gender Studies and Women’s Resource Center Welcome back! Sip coffee, enjoy a breakfast treat, and share in community.
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How can creating with our hands help us to move through challenging life experiences? Join Jennifer Basitan in the Union Art Gallery for a workshop to explore grief through a community workshop. Whether you’re dealing with life transitions, unresolved grief, … |
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Family Friendly! Free for Everyone! To infinity... and beyond the fall semester! Join us at the Union Cinema for our first Fall Welcome screening!! We will be showing the animated classic, Toy Story! Released in 1995, Toy Story follows a …
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Think outside the box and tackle a series of silly, creative, and unexpected challenges at Taskmaster! Complete each task however you choose, using your creativity, strategy, and problem-solving skills to impress the judges and earn points. Kitchen and bar service … |
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Outdoor Pursuits is offering a women's backpacking trip led by women trip leaders in an effort to grow the backpacking community. The Porcupine Mountain Wilderness is a Midwest gem featuring Lake Superior's shoreline, inland lakes, waterfalls, and remote campsites. PHYSICAL …
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Meet friends and become champions in our one-day intramural tournaments at UREC! Make a team, join a team, or become a free-agent on our webiste! Registration is open from August 27 – September 17. A mandatory captains meeting will be on … |
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Come cheer on the Women's Club Soccer teams at Engelmann Field! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more.
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Queer International. 4K Restoration! Heavily censored upon release in director Lino Brocka's native Philippines but hugely successful overseas, Macho Dancer blends a flair for socially conscious melodrama with niche erotic pulp provocation. Upon losing a reliable American client, 18-year-old gigolo … |
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Come cheer on the Women's Club Soccer teams at Engelmann Field! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more. |
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Did you know that the Milwaukee area is one of the surfing capitals of the Midwest? Lake Michigan is great to learn how to surf and provides a practice ground for bigger water. This surfing class is geared toward first …
Did you know that the Milwaukee area is one of the surfing capitals of the Midwest? Lake Michigan is great to learn how to surf and provides a practice ground for bigger water. This surfing class is geared toward first …
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Free for everyone! Filmmaker in Attendance! Join archivist Shiraz Bhathena in conversation with Dick Blau to celebrate a major archiving and remastering project. Blau—a co-founder of the UWM Film Department, longtime professor and fixture of the Milwaukee art community—works across … |
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Did you know that 82% of students experience imposter syndrome? Join us for a round table discussion about imposter syndrome, and how to overcome it! |
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Now is your chance to try our inflatable stand up paddleboards! Join Outdoor Pursuits as we launch from the inlets of Lake Michigan and learn how to paddleboard into the sunset. Whether you kneel, stand, or sit off the boards, …
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Stop by for short demos, individualized advice from our Ceramics Technicians, or to chat with other Craft Centre ceramicists! RSVP in advance through our website or just drop in!
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Stop by for short demos, individualized advice from our Ceramics Technicians, or to chat with other Craft Centre ceramicists! RSVP in advance through our website or just drop in! |
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Attention Panthers! Outdoor Pursuits, Off Campus Resource Center, and The Center For Student Experience & Talent are joining forces to support the UWM Neighborhood! Join us on Friday, September 25th from 10am-12pm at the Off-Campus Resource Center to step outside, …
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35mm print! Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Academy Award-winner Hayao Miyazaki, is an epic masterpiece of sweeping scope and grandeur that remains one of the most breathtaking animated films of all time. A thousand …
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Choose your crew! This film is part of our Pirates vs. Pilots weekend at the Union Cinema. Celebrate legendary adventures on the sea and in the sky! At night in Barranca, a South American port jammed up against the Andes, … |
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Come cheer on the Women’s Club Rugby team this fall! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more. 9/26 and 10/3 games held at Brown Deer Park, 10/10 game held at Lake Park …
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Doors Open Milwaukee is an annual celebration of Milwaukee's architecture, history and neighborhoods. The event opens 160+ locations throughout the metro area to tour for free. Outdoor Pursuits and you will design a biking route through the city stopping to …
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Choose your crew! This film is part of our Pirates vs. Pilots weekend at the Union Cinema. Celebrate legendary adventures on the sea and in the sky! 35mm print! In this spectacular romantic adventure, a new era of Hollywood swashbuckling was born, as … |
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Come cheer on the Women's Club Soccer teams at Engelmann Field! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more.
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Milwaukee Premiere! In the wake of a scandal involving several of her students, Jeonim, an artist and lecturer at a women's university, asks her actor-director uncle, recently blacklisted after a scandal of his own, to step in to direct a …
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Milwaukee Premiere! A famous actress, having stepped back from her career after marriage and a subsequent divorce, returns to the profession with a role in an independent film. As the film’s release approaches, she takes part in a series of … |
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Free For Everyone! Director in Attendance! TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing is a biography of the influential writer, filmmaker, and cultural worker, who with humor and deep insight, inspired a generation of artists to dedicate themselves to … |
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Outdoor Pursuits has brand new sea kayaks equipped to paddle on Lake Michigan! Join us as we launch from UWM's School of Freshwater Science public boat landing on the Kinnickinnic River and paddle out on to Lake Michigan. We'll have …
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Meet friends and become champions in our new E-Sport tournaments! Make a team, join a team, or become a free-agent on our website! Registration opens on August 27th and closes on September 29. The event will be located in the … |
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Are you stuck in the middle of a knitting or crochet project and need some help with technique or pattern reading? Bring your questions to the help desk and consult our knitting and crochet teacher, Jeannie Baker (an actual old lady who has knitted and crocheted … |
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Experience Wisconsin’s famous peninsula, Door County! We will be camping and exploring at Peninsula State Park known for its overlooks, beaches, and trails. Expect to hike, relax on the beach, and spend down time cooking and relaxing at camp. All … |
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Come cheer on the Women’s Club Rugby team this fall! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more. 9/26 and 10/3 games held at Brown Deer Park, 10/10 game held at Lake Park …
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Crisp air, cozy sweaters, and fresh apples. Step into the orchard and experience the magic of fall! Join us for a relaxing day of apple picking, fresh air, and seasonal treats. Fill your basket, enjoy the scenery and make sweet … |
