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  • 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 …

  • 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 …