UW Cinematheque | The Fly (1986)

Vilas Hall, Rm. 4070
@ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
https://cinema.wisc.edu/series/1980s-fan-favorites#3423

The Fly | USA | 1986 | 35mm | 100 min. Director: David Cronenberg Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz Experimenting with teleportation, brilliant inventor and scientist Seth Brundle (Goldblum) accidentally splices his genes with those of a common house fly. Initially …

MOWA | Opening Party: Lon Michels

Museum of Wisconsin Art
@ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Lon Michels: Disrupting Patterns is a mid-career retrospective of the Lodi-based painter. Early works date from Michel’s twenty-something years in New York after he fled a repressive childhood in rural Wisconsin for the freedom—creative and …

UW Cinematheque | Hatching (Pahanhautoja) (2022)

Vilas Hall, Rm. 4070
@ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
https://cinema.wisc.edu/series/2023/fall/finntastic-new-cinema-finland#3421

Hatching (Pahanhautoja) | Finland | 2022 | DCP | 91 min. | Finnish with English subtitles Director: Hanna Bergholm Cast: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen Exploring the horrific side of the maternal instinct, Hatching begins when twelve-year-old gymnast Tinja, brings in a strange egg from the …

Center for the Humanities | Friday Lunch: Allison Powers Useche

Memorial Union | 800 Langdon St. Madison, WI
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
https://humanities.wisc.edu/event/friday-lunch-allison-powers-useche/?fbclid=IwAR2n1h5NUHds6Mp4kNwsodHT9-iD1Vm2Su0jvSiEL_sZ7KRLMFk4ymtXDdQ

Defining Dispossession: Anticolonial Claims-making and the Transformation of Modern International Law This talk identifies a new origin story for key features of contemporary international law in early twentieth century attempts to shield the U.S. government …

CEAS | Chinese Acupressure Techniques for Reducing Stress & Calming the Mind

1515 Tripp Cir., Madison, WI
@ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Chinese Acupressure Techniques for Reducing Stress & Calming the Mind In this hands-on lecture, Dr. Zhou will teach and demonstrate very commonly-used powerful acupressure points for both physical and emotional conditions such as headaches, neck …