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  • A frame of a 35mm film strip against a dark background, showing a blue abstract textured pattern between white sprocket holes.

    Julie Murray | Virtual director Q&A!

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

    Drawing on a background in painting and the fine arts, Julie Murray has made more than twenty-five beguiling and beautiful films, equally invested in metaphysics as in material. Murray will be present to share a program of her recent moving-image …

  • An Indigenous man with red facial paint and arm bands stands with arms outstretched in the foreground, leading a group of Indigenous people gathering outdoors amidst trees.

    The Falling Sky | Milwaukee Premiere

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

    The Yanomami people, relatively isolated in the Brazilian Amazon until the 1970s dictatorship opened their lands to extraction, hold a time-worn funeral rite said to hold up the sky against those who would tear it down, and to galvanize themselves …

  • A young woman sleeping comfortably in bed, wearing a smooth, light-gold silk eye mask and tucked under a white blanket.

    Sleep On It

    Sleep On It
    Northwest Quadrant Building (NWQ) 2025 E Newport Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Sleep is essential to academic performance, physical, and emotional health. In this workshop, you can expect to discuss the benefits of sleep, assess your own quality of sleep, learn effective sleep strategies, and design your sleep routine. You’ll be on …

  • **Alt Text:** A close-up shot of a hand holding a wooden paddle dipped in water next to the side of a red canoe.

    Canoeing the Milwaukee River

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

    Experience the joy of canoeing on the Milwaukee River with Outdoor Pursuits, perfect for beginners. We'll provide everything you need – transportation, canoes, and friendly guidance – to make your first canoeing adventure in downtown Milwaukee memorable and fun. No …

  • A man with dark, wet hair and dirt on his face stands in front of a tiled wall wearing a patterned zip-up hoodie.

    Obsession | New Release!

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

    After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic learns that desire’s fulfillment comes at the highest price. (Curry Barker, 2026, USA, 108 mins, Blu-ray)

  • A view looking out from inside the dark opening of a cave toward a bright green, lush forest framed by the rocky archway.

    Exploring & Camping Maquoketa Caves

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

    Maquoketa Caves State Park in Iowa is a caving gem! About 13 caves can be found in the park, some of which can be explored by walking, while others are better suited for serious spelunkers who enjoy crawling in tight …

  • A high-angle shot from the movie Trainspotting showing Renton seated cross-legged on a mattress on the floor in a light-blue shirt and jeans with a tourniquet on his arm, framed between the dark silhouette legs of two figures standing over him.

    Trainspotting | 30th Anniversary Restoration

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

    An adrenaline shot to the heart of British cinema, Danny Boyle’s darkly comic breakthrough relates the life and times of live-wire Scottish heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) and his misfit mates, who get high, get in trouble, get clean, …

  • A vintage 1960 Topps Hank Aaron Milwaukee Braves baseball card displayed against a dark background, with white handwritten cursive text visible beneath the card reading, "...is a hard job weren't going".

    American Dreams (lost and found)

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

    16mm print! Milwaukee-born filmmaker James Benning's austere personal history of the USA from 1954 to 1976, told through an amalgamation of his Hank Aaron card collection with the scrolling scrawl of would-be Nixon assassin Arthur Bremer's diaries. Benning describes the …

  • A concrete bridge with arched supports stretches far across open water into the distance toward a horizon filled with white, fluffy clouds and a pale blue sky.

    Eight Bridges | Milwaukee Premiere

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

    “It seems to be the time to consider bridges.” James Benning’s latest exercise in looking and listening centers on meeting points between built and natural worlds, ranging from the cinematic (San Francisco’s Golden Gate) to the historical (Selma’s Edmund Pettus) …

  • A silhouetted surfer crouching low on a surfboard as they ride along the face of a large, breaking ocean wave.

    Learn to Surf Lake Michigan

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

    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 …

  • **Alt Text:** A person wearing a striped shirt and pearl bracelet holds a woven basket lined with a red-and-white checkered cloth, filled with fresh red and green apples in an orchard.

    Apple Picking

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

    We're headed to Barthel Farms in Mequon to pick apples and get lost in their corn maze! The cost of this trip covers transportation and admission for the corn maze. Apples are priced by their weight. The more apples you …

  • An animated movie scene from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs showing the characters Flint Lockwood and Sam Sparks standing together under a bright blue sky. They are looking upward in awe and surprise as a downpour of giant, cooked meatballs falls from the sky around them.

    Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs: An Interactive Movie Experience

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

    Spaghetti storms, cheesburger showers and ice cream skies, step into Swallow Falls where food falls from the sky! Join us for an interactive movie night featuring Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs! Experience the film like never before with themed …