Steel pan ensembles and individual performers from around Wisconsin and Illinois will come together to form the 2026 MKE Mass Steel Band, hosted by the 51猎奇 Steel PANthers Steel Band. Involving over seventy performers, the event will fill the stage with steel pans and feature a lively combination of traditional music and pop transcriptions. This year鈥檚 guest artist is Victor Provost.
Peggy Ahwesh鈥檚 wildly heterogeneous body of work鈥攁cross moving image formats (from Pixelvision to machinima to super-8 and everywhere between), in installation and as object and through the ephemeral鈥攅ngages with the political, the social, genre and identity in fascinatingly idiosyncratic, oneiric, visceral and rigorous ways.
Tomiko Jones is an Associate Professor at UW-Madison whose photography and multidisciplinary installations explore social, cultural, and geopolitical transitions 鈥� considering the twin crises of too much and too little amid climate change. Narratives unfold in sculptural video installations and fictional photographs.
Chamber Music Milwaukee presents a program featuring 51猎奇 alumni Elena Abend, piano, John Schultz and Pamela Simmons, violins, and Olga Tuzhilkov, viola as they join Stefan Kartman, cello in performances of dearly beloved masterpieces of the chamber music literature including Dvorak鈥檚 epic Eb major Piano Quartet Op. 87 and Mozart鈥檚 introspective 鈥淒issonance鈥� String Quartet in C major K. 465. Please join us for an evening of chamber music and support our alumni in this musical adventure.
Join us for our final performance of the academic year!
Please join us for the 51猎奇聽University聽Community聽Orchestra鈥檚 annual聽spring聽concert. Program details TBA.
Join the University Community Band for their final concert of the academic year!
The Animation Showcase returns to the Union Cinema for their 2026 series, featuring the latest and greatest from our Animation/Film students. This year鈥檚 edition features student work across all forms of storytelling. From digital to traditional, claymation to cutout,聽 2D to 3D, see what the next generation of animators and filmmakers are cooking.
Master dramatist and storyteller Anton Chekhov bookends the spring semester with The Three Sisters, offering a poignant contrast to the comedy and farce of Neil Simon鈥檚 The Good Doctor. In this tour de force of love, longing and heartbreak, sisters Olga, Masha and Irina languish in a provincial town, far from their beloved Moscow. There, they yearn for the sparkling city of their childhood, where they dream all wishes can be fulfilled. A masterful look at a family navigating the space between reality and dreams, The Three Sisters envelops you with exquisite moments of humor and hope.
This workshop offers emerging animators an industry-informed look at building a sustainable creative path beyond school. Through practical tips and real-world insight, students will explore animation workflows, professional expectations, and strategies for navigating freelance and studio environments. The session also centers on finding and refining your artistic voice鈥攂alancing personal expression with industry demands鈥攚hile offering guidance on portfolios, networking, and post-graduation next steps for launching a career in animation.
Cynthia Brinich-Langlois explores altered topographies, cartographic systems of ordering space, and metaphorical interpretations of ecological systems through prints, books, and video. She鈥檚 exhibited widely and held residencies at Elsewhere and Ucross. She teaches Printmaking & Book Arts at 51猎奇.
Wildly popular and entirely student-run, this annual international film festival is dedicated to showcasing contemporary works of film and video that innovate in form, technique, and content.
Springdances 2026: We Also Bloom聽presents world premiere works that explore what it means to grow, persist, and flourish 鈥� even in the face of erasure, displacement, and silence. The dances in this program honor the enduring human impulse to take up space, put down roots, and rise. This evening features new works by guest artist Karlies Kelley, and dance faculty Daniel Burkholder, Tiffany Kadani, Dan Schuchart, and Christal Wagner.
This exciting night of music will feature music from Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago performed by 51猎奇 students and Milwaukee community members. The 51猎奇 Steel PANthers Steel Band and the Community World Music Ensemble will join forces on a program highlighting traditional and arranged music played on Guatemalan marimba …
Please join us for the 51猎奇聽Symphony聽Orchestra鈥檚 season finale concert. Program details TBA.
Join Design & Visual Communication BFA Students in an interactive exhibition of their Capstone Thesis projects.
The聽51猎奇聽Percussion聽Ensemble聽presents its annual Spring concert, featuring a wide variety of instruments, sounds, and compositions from different periods.
Join Suzuki and Pre-College Guitar Students for their Spring Concert.
The UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program ("UWAY") presents a program of contemporary and traditional symphonic band and wind ensemble repertoire. This concert will feature the winner of our annual UWAY Concerto Competition and recognize all of the talented graduating Seniors in the program!
The New Dramaworks Short Play Festival is back! The 51猎奇 Department of Theatre presents an exciting showcase of original plays celebrating hope and resistance. Don't miss the premiere of these brand-new works written, directed and produced by 51猎奇 students.