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  • Five people sitting in a row at a restaurant counter simultaneously hold up large ramen bowls, completely covering their faces as they drink the broth.

    Tampopo

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

    Arthouse Classics The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle-shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe, this rapturous “ramen western” by Japanese director Juzo Itami is an entertaining, genre-bending adventure …

  • A wide, distant shot of two figures—one riding a horse and one walking beside it—traveling across vast, rolling desert sand dunes under a clear sky.

    El Topo

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

    Midnight Classics! 35mm print! Alejandro Jodorowsky’s legendary, notorious cult hit arguably created the genre of the midnight movie — a spectacle so stunning and bizarre that normal hours couldn’t contain it. Melding influences from tarot reading to the Bible to …

  • A group of young men wearing matching white tank tops and numbers pinned to their chests crowd behind a glass window labeled "SHOW WINDOW" under a glowing "Adonis" sign.

    Macho Dancer

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

    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 …

  • Chancellor's Inauguration Celebration 2026

    Sleep Better, Dream Bigger

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

    Getting quality sleep is a critical key to academic performance and well-being. Drop in to explore the benefits of sleep! Learn about effective sleep strategies Complete a sleep assessment Practice calming breathing techniques Make an essential oil roller Decorate a …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • A white cat sitting inside an open window of a white brick building.

    An Evening With Dick Blau | Experimental Tuesdays at The Union Cinema

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

    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 …

  • Stylized, colorful pop-art illustration featuring a collage of diverse women's faces.

    Juntas

    Lubar Entrepreneurship Center & UWM Welcome Center (LECWC) 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Juntas, or "together," offers a brave space for Latine women, femme, and nonbinary woman-identified students to share unique cultural experiences with other members of the UWM and greater Milwaukee community. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

  • A wide-angle, black-and-white photograph capturing a vast expanse of land and a distant city spreading out toward a prominent, double-peaked mountain on the horizon. The sky is filled with a dramatic, heavy blanket of clouds, with distinct rays of sunlight breaking through on the far left, illuminating the edge of the landscape. The foreground features darker, elevated terrain looking down over the sprawling, densely patterned plains below.

    Pompei: Below the Clouds

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

    New Release! International Documentary! From Oscar-nominated documentarian Gianfranco Rosi comes Below the Clouds — a monumental meditation on life lived on the edge of catastrophe. In Naples, beneath the looming threat of Vesuvius and the simmering Campi Flegrei caldera, Rosi …

  • A silhouette of a person stand-up paddleboarding on shimmering, sunlit water at sunset.

    Evening Stand Up Paddle Boarding

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

    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, …

  • A dark, atmospheric film still of Johnny (David Thewlis) standing alone at night in a desolate, misty urban courtyard in front of a gritty brick building.

    Naked

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

    David Thewlis depicts philosopher Johnny, the ultimate antihero of our time, an unemployed Mancunian who vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey. Preceded by The Black Tower (John Smith, 1985-87, 23 mins). Situating …

  • An anime still from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind showing Nausicaä, a young woman with short reddish-brown hair wearing a blue tunic and pants, flying her white, bird-like glider (the Mehve) through a lush green valley. She stands upright on the glider, holding onto its control bars, with a small, fox-squirrel creature perched on her shoulder. In the background, green cliffs and distant towers rise under a partly cloudy sky.

    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

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

    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 …