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Angela Davis Reading Group
Join us to read and discuss select Angela Davis texts to prepare for her visit to campus. Women’s and Gender Studies faculty will lead the discussion in the Women’s Resource Center. Texts will be provided, no need to read in advance.
Intro to Wheel Throwing Session 1
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesAre you curious to try out the pottery wheel? Discover the craft of wheel throwing in this beginner-level course. We will learn and explore the foundational throwing techniques centering and opening the clay, pulling walls to make functional forms, decoration …
Lyrical Sanctuary Featuring Derrick Harriell
Derrick Harriell is the Interim Director of the Black Student Cultural Center and Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His previous collections of poems include Stripper in Wonderland, Come Kingdom, Cotton, and Ropes, winner of the 2014 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Poetry Book Award. His short story, “There’s a Riot Goin’ On,” was the recipient of the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award. He holds an MFA from Chicago State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His forthcoming coauthored book with celebrated rapper 2 Chainz, The Voice in My Head is God, will be published in March 2026.
Tea Time with the Bridgertons: A Valentine’s Soiree
Dearest Gentle Reader, You are cordially invited to step into the romantic world of the Ton for an afternoon brimming with elegance, sweet indulgence, and charm. This Valentine’s Day Soiree promises a most delightful gathering—where hearts flutter like lace fans …
Too Much to Hold Artist Talk
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 …
Sinners
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 …
Linocut Relief
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIn 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!
Intro to Stained Glass Session 1
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIn 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 …
The 29th Annual Festival of Films in French
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 …
La venue de l’avenir (Colors of Time)
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 …
Des “terroristes” à la retraite (“Terrorists” in Retirement)
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 …
Valentine’s Day Artist Fair
Please join us in the Student Union Concourse for our Valentine’s Day Artist Fair. Individual students, Student Orgs, and local artists will be showing their wares like pottery, jewelry, prints, greeting cards, and so much more Please contact us at …