The Windy Hill Review: Magazine Release Party
Join us for Refreshments and listen to Fiction & Poetry Readings at the UWM at Waukesha Library April 22nd at Noon. You can pick up a free copy of our campus literary magazine! See you there!
lecture and fine arts
The Art of Connection in a Disconnected Age
Anne Basting, Professor of English and Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies, UWM. Dr. Basting explores how sharing in the creative process opens human beings to meaningful social connection in a time when loneliness and disconnection are at …
Disrupting the Arrow of Time: Gun Violence in Southeastern Wisconsin
Leslie J. Harris, Professor from UWM’s Department of Communication. By analyzing stories shared through the public humanities project, Voices of Gun Violence, this presentation explores how gun violence interrupts the arrow of time, not only disrupting the future but also …
Learning in a Costa Rican Wasp, and Why Wasps Are Our Friends
Teresa Schueller, Associate Professor of Biology, UWM College of General Studies and Director of the UWM at Waukesha Field Station. Wasps serve important ecological roles even though they are often underappreciated and even reviled. Additionally, social wasps exhibit fascinating behavior …
Following the Trails of Elephants
Nigel Rothfels is a Professor in UWM’s Department of History and in his recent book on the history of Western ideas about elephants, Dr. Nigel Rothfels explores how our thoughts about elephants also tell us something about who we are. …
Resharing LGBTQ+ History: Connecting and Centering Multiply Marginalized Communities
Dr. Brice D. Smith, founder and director of lgbt milWALKee, and project director for House of History: Remembering Black LGBTQ+ Milwaukee. The power of history is at our fingertips, connecting us to the past and each other in intimate and …
The Warner Brothers’ America
Drawing from his latest book, Chris Yogerst will discuss how the Warner brothers, with unwavering resolve, soldiered on against the backdrop of an America reeling from the aftereffects of domestic and global conflict. The Great Depression would not sink the …