David Elsmo will lead Outdoor UW as its new director, which includes serving as the primary Hoofer advisor, supervising the current recreational advising staff, and overseeing the lakefront rental operation.
Elsmo has been part of the Outdoor UW team for 10 years, including most recently serving as the sailing program manager and Hoofer club advisor. Elsmo will also bring experiential education knowledge and skills to the Outdoor UW director role.
Free film showings, music performances and art activities as well as a new, limited time dining experience will provide Terrace-goers with experiences for a lifetime at the Memorial Union Terrace.
The Outdoor UW docks are back in Lake Mendota, the outdoor recreation equipment is cleaned and ready, and adventures on water and land await with Outdoor UW.
On Sept. 30, the curtains in Shannon Hall will open to a live audience in the Hall’s seats.
This date will mark the beginning of the Wisconsin Union Theater’s 2021-22 Concert Series, which includes six in-person events. The Theater team anticipates that some performances will include online viewing options.
Beginning May 10, all, including Wisconsin Union members, community members, and visitors, can visit the Wisconsin Union’s Memorial Union Terrace, Memorial Union and Union South.
The return of the yellow, green and orange sunburst Terrace chairs that came back to the Terrace on April 14 marked the annual start of months of experiences at the Terrace, called Terrace season.
The Wisconsin Union’s Terrace chairs will return to the Memorial Union Terrace April 14, marking the start of Terrace season 2021.
Vuong to read from ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ at Wisconsin Book Festival event co-hosted by the Wisconsin Union Theater
Wisconsin Union Theater hosts streaming of new piece from artists David Neumann, Marcella Murray and Tei Blow
The Wisconsin Union Theater will host two virtual streaming performances of “Primer for an Impossible Conversation,” an interdisciplinary arts work centering on dialogue about race, followed by a moderated conversation with theater artists and co-creators Marcella Murray, David Neumann and Tei Blow on April 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. CDT.
Fencer and Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad made history in 2016 when she became the first American to compete for an Olympic medal while wearing a hijab and the first American Muslim woman to win an Olympic medal.
The Wisconsin Union Theater will stream an online Concert Series performance by the Meccore String Quartet on Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. CDT.
The Quartet will perform the String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, String Quartet No. 3 “Leaves from an Unwritten Diary” by Krzysztof Penderecki, and String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
