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UWM Student Union (UN)

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2200 East Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI 53211 United States Get Directions
Phone 414-229–4825
Website https://uwm.edu/union/
The UWM Student Union is the center of campus life, with over 27,000 visitors each day during the academic terms. The union is designed to help students find community, build relationships, and make memories.

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  • Still from the film ""Terrorists” in Retirement". A man sits in a chair with a director's megaphone in his hand. He wears a suit and spectacles. He appears unamused

    Des “terroristes” à la retraite (“Terrorists” in Retirement)

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

    Too controversial to be shown on French TV when first released, the film follows seven surviving comrades of the executed members, found guilty of “terrorism”, from the immigrant section of the French Resistance during World War II. The documentary provoked …

  • Still from the movie "Ghost Trail". A man, his name is Hamid, is wearing headphones, wearing a green long sleeved shirt and is looking in the cameras direction. A wall with black ink drawings is behind him. It is not apparent what the drawings depict.

    Les fantômes (Ghost Trail)

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

    Justice knows no borders for Hamid, who has taken refuge in France after being detained and tortured by the Assad regime in Syria. Exiled and undercover, the mild-mannered literature professor now works as part of a secret group pursuing Assad’s …

  • Photo from the movie "Princess Mandane". The photo is black and white, Princess Mandane sits at a table, and she lightly rests her head in her hands she has folded upon her shoulder.

    La princesse Mandane (Princess Mandane)

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

    Étienne is engaged to Annette, a secretary in the factory where he works. Fantasizing about daring adventures, he decides to leave everything behind to go to a foreign land, Mingrelia. The country is governed by Princess Mandane who has been …

  • Still from "Colors of Time". Two women dressed in early 20th century wear sit on a park bench. They are seated forward with their legs turned towards each other. They are both smiling, appearing to be both be happy in conversation.

    La venue de l’avenir (Colors of Time)

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

    Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of a house in Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle had left her hometown for Paris and discovered a city in the midst of an …

  • The 29th Annual Festival of Films in French

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

    Film Festival // Free For Everyone! The Festival of Films in French returns this February with an array of contemporary and classic fiction, animation and documentary films that attend to their very form and explore notions of care, restoration and …

  • movie poster "Sinners"

    Sinners

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

    Join us in exploring the intricacies of the film Sinners alongside a dynamic panel discussion with professors Marquise Mays, Paulina Bugembe-Kuwahara, & Tiera Hammond-Trammell.

  • Image of small triangles filled with stained glass. The glass patterns make it look like the triangles are mountains.

    Intro to Stained Glass Session 1

    Intro to Stained Glass Session 1
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    In this workshop, you will learn how to score, cut, foil, solder, and assemble your own stained-glass motif. Class participants will choose their own colors for a sunrise pattern, which they will be able to then assemble to make a …

  • A linocut work surrounded by tools, a tube of ink, a roller, and shavings.

    Linocut Relief

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

    In this workshop, participants will explore relief printmaking through carving small linoleum blocks, printing by press and by hand, and onto fabric and paper. This workshop is great for those who enjoy printmaking, drawing, and/or sewing. No printmaking experience is necessary!

  • still from the movie "sinners"

    Sinners

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

    New Release // Free For Everyone! Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their Mississippi hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Co-sponsored by Military …

  • Banner image of the movie "Sinners". The movie title is depicted in white with a orange colored moon behind it. On the right and left side of the image is MIchael B Jordan in character as "Smoke" and "Stack" looking at the viewer of the image. Their faces are partly blocked by shadow.

    Sinners Movie Viewing

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

    Join Sociocultural Programming and MAVRC in exploring the intricacies of the film Sinners alongside a dynamic panel discussion with professors Marquise Mays, Paulina Bugember-Kuwahara, & Tiera Hammond-Trammell. Participation in the post-film discussion enters you for a chance to win a …

  • Depiction of the "The Garden of Sensitivity Where Everything is Felt At Once" A triptych depicting a serene black woman in the middle, the right a small anthropomorphic cub, and on the left the same type of cub

    Too Much to Hold Artist Talk

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

    Please join us for an artist talk by Brianna Cole, the featured artist in ‘Too Much to Hold’ at the Union art Gallery! Too Much To Hold is an exhibition that features the work of Milwaukee based interdisciplinary artist Brianna …