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Stories from the Violins of Hope
Free for Everyone! These stringed survivors were brought back to life – and to the world – by a family of violin restorers spanning three generations. Luthier Amnon Weinstein took what might have become an exhibit of ruined instruments, restored …
The Union Cinema Presents: The Films & Performances of Luis Macias
Special Event! Join us at the Union Cinema for an evening of films and performances by Luis Macias. His pieces deal with the formal and spectral properties of the moving image, through the exploration of the cinematographic device itself and …
Milwaukee Independent Film Awards
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFilm Festival!! Join us at the Union Cinema for the 2nd annual Milwaukee Independent Film Awards, a vibrant celebration dedicated to the indomitable spirit of independent filmmakers. Nestled in the heart of Wisconsin, this festival is more than an event; …
Milwaukee Independent Film Awards
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFilm Festival!! Join us at the Union Cinema for the 2nd annual Milwaukee Independent Film Awards, a vibrant celebration dedicated to the indomitable spirit of independent filmmakers. Nestled in the heart of Wisconsin, this festival is more than an event; …
Winter Welcome Films: Napoleon Dynamite
FREE FOR EVERYONE! In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico, shows up to keep an …
Winter Welcome Films: Lilo & Stitch
FREE FOR EVERYONE! A tale of a young girl's close encounter with the galaxy's most wanted extraterrestrial. Lilo is a lonely Hawaiian girl who adopts a small ugly "dog," whom she names Stitch. Stitch would be the perfect pet if …
Family Movie Night: Lilo & Stitch
A tale of a young girl’s close encounter with the galaxy’s most wanted extraterrestrial. Lilo is a lonely Hawaiian girl who adopts a small ugly “dog,” whom she names Stitch. Stitch would be the perfect pet if he weren’t in …
Experimental Tuesdays Presents: Weather, or Not
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe weather moves around as the clouds imagine their own nephology: wondering what these people see when they see what they see. Fluttering by, attention pulls focus from the movement of the cloud, to the movement of the wind, to the movement of the eye, to the movement of the mind, without ever moving an inch. All the while, we’re watching seeing, or observing looking, or something like that. A program of short works that explore place, space and the weather, in all its sublime, mundane and chaotic glory.
The Fever
Staff Picks! Justino, a 45-year-old Desana native, is a security guard at the Manaus harbour. As his daughter prepares to study medicine in Brasilia, Justino is taken over by a mysterious fever.
Sound Exchange
Special Event Sound Exchange is a collaborative effort that gives the audience a look into the process of performance. Each show features a cast of local artists from various mediums to highlight their creativity and the value of the spaces …
Jimmy
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Releases! In November 1948, James Baldwin left New York and, thanks to a fellowship grant, relocated to Paris. The 24-year-old writer would spend most of the next decade there, escaping American racism and his own social alienation, ensconcing himself …
6 To 8 AM
Experimental Classics A story of a young and upwardly mobile black man who despite his success, is very unhappy as he has begun to realize that he has been living his life as others felt he should...