{"id":22985,"date":"2026-09-28T14:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=22985"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:31:17","slug":"what-happened-was","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened Was&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winner of Sundance&#8217;s Grand Jury Prize, Tom Noonan\u2019s directorial debut is a darkly humorous take on the dread of dating. Featuring powerhouse performances by Noonan and Karen Sillas as two lonely hearts spending one claustrophobic Friday night together, the film exposes with startling clarity the ways in which people struggle to connect, as relevant now as ever.<\/p>\n<p>(Tom Noonan, 1994, USA, 91 mins, DCP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winner of Sundance&#8217;s Grand Jury Prize, Tom Noonan\u2019s directorial debut is a darkly humorous take on the dread of dating. Featuring powerhouse performances by Noonan and Karen Sillas as two lonely hearts spending one claustrophobic Friday night together, the film &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39587,"featured_media":22988,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"tags":[78,84,183,96],"tribe_events_cat":[156,66,71,67,150,153,160,151],"class_list":["post-22985","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-art","tag-fall","tag-find-your-people","tag-studentlife","tribe_events_cat-arts-and-culture","tribe_events_cat-connect","tribe_events_cat-film","tribe_events_cat-prepare","tribe_events_cat-prospective-students","tribe_events_cat-public","tribe_events_cat-student-life","tribe_events_cat-students","cat_arts-and-culture","cat_connect","cat_film","cat_prepare","cat_prospective-students","cat_public","cat_student-life","cat_students"],"uwm_unpublish_requested":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Division of Student Affairs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Happened Was...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Winner of Sundance&#8217;s Grand Jury Prize, Tom Noonan\u2019s directorial debut is a darkly humorous take on the dread of dating. Featuring powerhouse performances by Noonan and Karen Sillas as two lonely hearts spending one claustrophobic Friday night together, the film &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Division of Student Affairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/09\/whathappenedwas.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1038\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/event\\\/what-happened-was\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/event\\\/what-happened-was\\\/\",\"name\":\"What Happened Was... - Division of Student Affairs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/event\\\/what-happened-was\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/event\\\/what-happened-was\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/184\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/whathappenedwas.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-28T19:31:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/event\\\/what-happened-was\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/event\\\/what-happened-was\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/event\\\/what-happened-was\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/184\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/whathappenedwas.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/184\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/whathappenedwas.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1038,\"caption\":\"An overhead, high-angle shot showing a person lying face down on dark green bedsheets with their bare back exposed and dark sheets partially covering their legs.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/event\\\/what-happened-was\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/events\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"What Happened Was&#8230;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/\",\"name\":\"Division of Student Affairs\",\"description\":\"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentaffairs\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Division of Student Affairs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What Happened Was...","og_description":"Winner of Sundance&#8217;s Grand Jury Prize, Tom Noonan\u2019s directorial debut is a darkly humorous take on the dread of dating. Featuring powerhouse performances by Noonan and Karen Sillas as two lonely hearts spending one claustrophobic Friday night together, the film &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/","og_site_name":"Division of Student Affairs","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1038,"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/09\/whathappenedwas.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/","name":"What Happened Was... - Division of Student Affairs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/09\/whathappenedwas.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-28T19:31:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/09\/whathappenedwas.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/09\/whathappenedwas.jpg","width":1920,"height":1038,"caption":"An overhead, high-angle shot showing a person lying face down on dark green bedsheets with their bare back exposed and dark sheets partially covering their legs."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/what-happened-was\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Events","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What Happened Was&#8230;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/","name":"Division of Student Affairs","description":"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/22985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/22985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22987,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/22985\/revisions\/22987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22985"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=22985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}