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  • Red umbrellas above framed black-and-white photos of rainy city streets.

    Spring Opera: Later the Same Evening

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    What happens when ordinary lives quietly intersect over the course of a single evening? Drawn from the evocative paintings of Edward Hopper, Later the Same Evening transforms still images into intimate, overlapping human stories set in mid-century New York. Composed by John Musto with a libretto by Mark Campbell, this American chamber opera has earned national and international recognition for its cinematic structure, lyrical score, and deeply human storytelling.

  • An expansive shot featuring steel drums and percussion instruments with the large stained glass windows of 51猎奇 Bader Hall in the background.

    MKE Mass Steel Band

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    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.

  • 3D scene of green figures with guns in a store aisle beside a large Santa decoration.

    Experimental Tuesdays: Vision Machines – An Evening with Peggy Ahwesh

    51猎奇 Union Cinema 2200 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    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.

  • Artist Tomiko Jones' artwork featuring a woman on a beach with triangular shapes overlaid including colorful motifs and patterns.

    Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Tomiko Jones

    Virtual Event

    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.

  • A geometric painting in the style Pablo Picaso with reds, blues and blacks depicting a string instrument.

    Chamber Music Milwaukee – 51猎奇 Master Alumni Perform Masterworks

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    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.

  • 51猎奇 Music Wind Ensemble Band CAL PLACEHOLDER

    51猎奇 Wind Ensemble Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Virtual Event

    Join us for our final performance of the academic year!

  • The University Community Orchestra stand and receive applause from the audience at the 51猎奇 Zelazo Center.

    University Community Orchestra Spring Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Please join us for the 51猎奇聽University聽Community聽Orchestra鈥檚 annual聽spring聽concert. Program details TBA.

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    University Community Band Spring Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Join the University Community Band for their final concert of the academic year!

  • An animation of a small white mouse standing in a forest clearing facing a large brown animal鈥檚 snout.

    Animation Showcase 2026: Get Cooking

    51猎奇 Union Cinema 2200 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    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.

  • Charcoal collage artwork of fragmented faces with the title 鈥淭he Three Sisters鈥�

    The Three Sisters

    Theatre Building, Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    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.

  • Rodney Lambright II drawing animated characters on a digital tablet at a workspace.

    Special Features | Chalk Zone

    Mitchell Hall, Fine Arts Cinema Room B91 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    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.

  • Artist Cynthia Brinich Langlois printmaking of a collection of rock-like materials.

    Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Cynthia Brinich-Langlois

    Virtual Event

    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.

  • A parade of whimsical animals, including a unicorn, celebrating with banners and hats.

    Milwaukee Underground Film Festival (MUFF)

    51猎奇 Union Cinema 2200 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    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.

  • Dancers in a line with sunflowers and text for Springdances 2026 鈥淲e Also Bloom.鈥�

    Springdances 2026

    Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    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.

  • A diverse group of percussionists energetically playing steel pans in the expansive yet intimate 51猎奇 Jan Serr Studio.

    51猎奇 Steel PANthers Steel Band & Community World Music Ensemble

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Room 250 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    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 …

  • 51猎奇 Symphony Orchestra performs in Zelazo's grand concert hall under a domed ceiling.

    51猎奇聽Symphony聽Orchestra Season Finale

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    Please join us for the 51猎奇聽Symphony聽Orchestra鈥檚 season finale concert. Program details TBA.

  • 51猎奇 Percussion Logo in black, white and gold featuring a snare drum and pair of drum sticks

    51猎奇 Percussion Ensemble

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    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.

  • Suzuki and Pre-College Guitar

    Suzuki & Pre-College Guitar Concert

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    Join Suzuki and Pre-College Guitar Students for their Spring Concert.

  • Director Scott Corley stands on a podium with his baton in front of the 51猎奇 Youth Wind Ensemble (UWAY) at the spacious Bader Hall.

    Youth Wind Ensemble (UWAY) Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    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!