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  • "Commuter Kickstart! @ UPARK" event graphic on a polka-dot blue background with a small yellow cartoon car.

    Commuter Kickstart @ UPARK

    Commuter Kickstart @ UPARK
    UPARK N Humboldt Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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 …

  • "Commuter Kickstart! @ UPARK" event graphic on a polka-dot blue background with a small yellow cartoon car.

    Commuter Kickstart @ UPARK

    Commuter Kickstart @ UPARK
    UPARK N Humboldt Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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 …

  • An event logo featuring the words "OCRC FREE Store" in a bold, playful yellow font with black outlines. Above the text is a simple black shopping cart icon with motion lines. Below the main text, a teal banner reads "Reuse and Redecorate Pop-up." The background is a light cream color with subtle abstract shapes and polka dot patterns.

    Free Store Pop-Up: Reuse and Redecorate Edition!

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Furnishing your apartment  or dorm doesn't have to be expensive or wasteful! Swing by the Student Union Concourse for the Free Store Pop-Up: Reuse and Redecorate Edition, hosted by the Off-Campus Resource Center. We're giving a second life to tons …

  • A wide, cinematic shot of a young woman standing alone on what appears to be a concrete train station platform or an outdoor pathway. She has short, dark hair and is wearing a long, light gray double-breasted trench coat belted at the waist, paired with a bright red scarf wrapped around her neck. A brown suitcase rests on the ground behind her. The background consists of a dark, long building with a row of arched windows or openings, creating a structured, geometric backdrop under a muted, overcast light.

    My Beautiful Laundrette

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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 …

  • A wide, cinematic shot from the film Bend It Like Beckham, showing two young women standing on a green soccer field. The woman on the left has blonde hair held back with a headband and is wearing a white soccer jersey with red trim and black sleeves, her arms crossed over her chest. The woman on the right has dark hair tied back and is wearing a red soccer jersey with the Vodafone logo on the front, looking intently toward the other woman with a serious or questioning expression. In the blurred background, other players in soccer kits are visible walking on the field under a bright, clear sky.

    Bend It Like Beckham

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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 …

  • A close-up shot of two open palms extended against a dark, shadowed background. In the palm of the left hand rests a single, small red capsule pill. In the palm of the right hand rests a single, small blue capsule pill.

    The Matrix | 35mm!

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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 …

  • A medium shot from Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing captures a group of people standing on a city street in front of a brick building. In the center foreground, Mookie stands looking forward, wearing a white short-sleeved button-up shirt with red and green collars, a large round medallion necklace, and green and yellow shorts. To his left, Sal stands in white pants and a black-and-white patterned shirt, gesturing with his hands while looking upward. To Mookie's right, a crowd of neighborhood residents, including Buggin Out and Radio Raheem, stand close together watching the interaction.

    Do the Right Thing

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    35mm Print! 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 …

  • A medium shot from Jeong Jae-eun's film Take Care of My Cat shows five young women walking together outdoors on a wide, concrete pedestrian walkway or pier. The woman in the center wears a light gray zippered hoodie, blue jeans, and a dark bucket hat with a black strap across her torso. To her left, another woman wears a brown coat, a black scarf, and holds an orange stuffed toy. To the center woman's right, a woman in a dark denim jacket holds a yellow stuffed toy. Two other women walk slightly behind them under an overcast sky, with a blurred railing and water visible in the background.

    Take Care of My Cat

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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. …

  • A close-up shot from Sofia Coppola's film The Virgin Suicides captures four young women with long blonde hair clustered tightly together. They are dressed in matching white, short-sleeved collared shirts, looking in different directions with subtle, somber expressions. One woman in the lower-left corner holds open a book or binder, which is partially visible at the bottom of the frame.

    The Virgin Suicides

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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 …

  • A medium close-up from Peter Weir's film Picnic at Hanging Rock shows a young woman with long blonde hair outdoors under a bright orange, patterned parasol. She is holding a small, delicate yellow flower in her right hand while looking down at it through a magnifying glass held in her left hand.

    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    35mm Print! Arthouse Classics At the turn of the twentieth century, a small group of students from an all-female college vanish during a Valentine’s Day outing to a strange geological formation in the Australian outback in this sensual and striking …

  • A grainy, high-contrast, black-and-white medium shot from Jim Jennings's film Silk Ties features a person standing outdoors on a city sidewalk next to a street. The person is wearing a large sandwich board sign that reads "SILK TIES" in bold, vertical, capital letters. In the background, the front of a dark car and the wheel of a passing vehicle are partially visible.

    Being Where | Experimental Tuesdays at The Union Cinema

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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 …

  • A wide-angle, medium shot from The Motorcycle Diaries shows two men riding a vintage motorcycle across a vast green field. The man driving wears a dark jacket, while the passenger behind him is dressed in brown and holds a camera up to his face. A woman in a light-colored sweater and dark green pants stands nearby on the right, looking toward them. A dense line of green trees spans the background under an overcast sky.

    The Motorcycle Diaries | Latine Heritage Month

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Free For Everyone! In 1952, two Argentinean students took off on a sputtering Norton 500 motorcycle to discover their magnificent continent. Traveling northward through Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, and finally ending in Venezuela, the two discover not only the complex …