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  • A black-and-white shot of a woman sitting down, surrounded by four men wearing hats and jackets, all looking toward a man on the right who is leaning forward and holding a hat.

    Only Angels Have Wings | Pirates vs. Pilots

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

    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, …

  • A close-up side view of a bright orange bicycle frame parked outdoors next to other bicycles.

    Doors Open Bike Ride

    Klotsche Center (KC) 3409 North Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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 …

  • A black-and-white film still featuring Errol Flynn as Captain Blood on the deck of a ship, pointing dramatically forward with one hand while holding a sword or steering toward action. He wears a dark jacket, white ruffled cuffs, and a large, wide-brimmed pirate hat. In the background, rigging and other crew members are visible in soft focus.

    Captain Blood | Pirates vs. Pilots at The Union Cinema

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

    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 …

  • An animated red seaplane flies through a blue sky with white clouds, its exposed engine smoking and spitting debris as pieces of its wings break apart.

    Porco Rosso | Pirates vs. Pilots at The Union Cinema

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

    35mm Print! 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!  From the legendary Studio Ghibli comes a dazzling aerial adventure set in and above …

  • An overhead, long shot of a person sitting on the edge of a high, concrete embankment or retaining wall next to a grassy slope. The individual, dressed in a long beige coat and dark trousers, is looking down at a small object or device in their hands. The scene is captured in bright, natural sunlight, casting distinct shadows along the structured concrete lines.

    By the Stream | Hong Sang-soo Double-Bill

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

    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 …

  • A black and white film still capturing a moment between two people in a parking lot. In the center, a woman sits on the curb in the narrow space between the rear bumpers of two parked cars—an SUV on the left and a sedan on the right. She is wearing a light-colored dress, looking up and slightly toward the camera with a subtle expression. Standing just behind her and slightly to the right, a man in a dark shirt and a light jacket looks off-frame to his right, away from the woman. The background features a manicured hedge and a line of trees under bright, natural daylight.

    The Day She Returns | Hong Sang-soo Double-Bill

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

    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 …

  • A view from the bow of a yellow kayak paddling across open water toward a large tied-arch bridge under a clear blue sky.

    Kayaking Lake Michigan

    Kayaking Lake Michigan
    Klotsche Center (KC) 3409 North Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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 …

  • A narrow blue waterway winding through a vast, flat expanse of green wetlands under a bright blue sky with a large, fluffy white cloud.

    River of Grass

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

    Experimental Documentary New Release! River of Grass is a present-day reimagining of environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s celebrated book, The Everglades: River of Grass (1947), which forever changed the public understanding of the region from a worthless swamp to an essential …