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  • Button style image that reads "Latin American Film Series" The first letter in each word is highlighted, it alternates in colors. The "L" and "F" are both colored red and the "A" and "S" are yellow colored. Around the centered image in smaller letters reads "Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies. UWM student involvement & Union Cinema"

    The 47th Annual Latin American Film Series

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

    Special Event // March 31st - April 4th UWM’s Latin American Film Series returns this April for its 47th year, showcasing recent feature-length films from across Latin America and the Caribbean. This year’s lineup includes a variety of dramatic, comedic, …

  • Photo of three small 'polaroid' style photos. Top photo depicts a silhouette of a female presenting person, with stars dotting the bounds of their head. A caption on the picture reads "Photography as you don't know it". Below this photo is a photo of someone holding the pin of a camera and says "hello, photography"

    Photo Social Night

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

    Interested in photography and our darkroom space? Meet up with other patrons each month to work on photo-related projects. Each session will have a follow-along photo activity available, but personal projects are encouraged! Stop by, ask questions, and try out …

  • Black and white photo from "The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet". A figure stands to the right of the photo in a long barren but plowed field. The appears to be daytime in the fall, winter, or early spring because there are no leaves in the trees that mark the perimeter of the land.

    The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet (El perro que no calla)

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

    Director: Ana Katz 2020 Argentina | 73 minutes *Join us after the film for a short discussion with UWM film studies professor Tami Williams! In a story both tender and absurd, Sebastián drifts through a life shaped by work, chance, …

  • Photography studio photo of a spool of black string, a pin cushion shaped like a tomato, and a large ball of green yarn.

    Knitting and Crochet Help Desk

    Knitting and Crochet Help Desk
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Are you stuck in the middle of a knitting or crochet project and need some help with stitches or pattern reading? SACC is giving you the opportunity to consult our knitting and crochet teacher, Jeannie Baker (an actual old lady …

  • Black and white Photo from the film "We Shall Not Be Moved" an adult man and old woman stand a floor above the camera looking from over the side of the railing. The building has at least 4 floors above the two people, there is a bright light at the top

    We Shall Not Be Moved (No nos moverán)

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

    Director: Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos 2024 Mexico | 94 minutes Socorro is a retired lawyer consumed by her obsession to find the soldier who killed her brother nearly 60 years ago, during the student protests of October 2, 1968 in Mexico …

  • Photo of the UWM art gallery. Two walls are in the forefront with two portrait framed pieces. A wall at the back has a much larger piece of work

    First Year Exhibition Opening Reception

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

    Please join us for the opening reception of the First Year Exhibition! The First Year Program in Art and Design at UWM’s Peck School of the Arts has a long history of helping students develop as creative thinkers and prepare …

  • Photo from the movie "Gardenia Perfume". An old woman dressed in white sits in the middle of a grand garden full of greenery. She is smiling and holds a small flower in her hand.

    Gardenia Perfume (Perfume de gardenias)

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

    Director: Gisela Rosario Ramos (Macha Colón) 2021 Puerto Rico, Colombia | 97 minutes *Join us after the film for a short discussion with UWM film studies professor Gilberto Blasini! Isabel, an elderly woman in Puerto Rico, is adrift after the …

  • Photo from a Sabine Gruffat computer animated feature. A woman in a orange shirt stands on what appears to be a sandy bank. Mountains peek behind her and above is a blue, cloudy sky. The woman's expression is pretty blank and sort of comical

    Experimental Tuesdays Presents: Beyond Resolution: Films By Sabine Gruffat

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

    Free For Everyone! This series of films favors ambiguity and resists resolution. The nearer the gaze, the more obscure the view. Illegibility here is not an escape from politics, but a way of inhabiting it differently: as a site of …

  • Photo from "Stop Making Sense". The singer, David Byrne, is located in the middle of the shot, both of his arms extended to the side. A microphone stand with a microphone is in front of him and he is in the middle of a song. The lighting is dark and the drummer can be seen behind David but he is cast in shadow

    Stop Making Sense

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

    Concert Film | Free For Everyone! Filmmaker Jonathan Demme captures the frantic energy and artsy groove of Talking Heads as they perform hits such as 'Psycho Killer' and 'Take Me to the River' at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in 1983. …

  • Photo from the film "Didi". The title character is on a bus with his head laying against the glass. He has a tired and irritated expression

    Didi

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

    New Releases | Free For Everyone! In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to …

  • Movie poster for "Didi". The title character is standing in front with the hood on his greysweatshirt up. Behind him are three more young men out of focus

    Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Screening: Didi

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

    Join us for a special Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month screening of Dìdi (弟弟), directed by Sean Wang. Hosted in collaboration with Sociocultural Programming, Chi Sigma Tau, and Union Cinema, this coming-of-age story explores family, friendship, and the …

  • Photo from the film "The Social Network". Jesse Eisenberg, the actor who portrays Mark Zuckerberg, is looking at a computer screen with a colleague. He is holding a green colored dart in his mouth

    The Social Network

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

    Special Event In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but …