UWM Korean Professors Association and Korean American Association of Milwaukee are hosting the 2016 KOREA DAY Celebration on Friday, October 7, 2016, 4:30-9:30pm at the Helen Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts. The event includes various Korean cultural events such as Taekwondo demonstration, K-Pop Dance, Traditional Korean Percussion performance, and Korean traditional painting exhibition. These performances will expose the rich Korean cultures and traditions to the UWM community and the area residents. You will also have a chance to taste Korean food. The highlight of the 2016 Korea Day celebration is the classical music concert. The UWM Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Jun Kim, will present its season opener featuring award winning violinist Clara-Jumi Kang (Gold Medalist of the 2010 Indianapolis Violin Competition & Laureate of the 2015 Tchaikovsky Violin Competition), who will be performing the dazzling Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major.

Current Contours featuring new works by gallery artists, Tony Conrad, Dale Knaak, Rob Neilson, Melissa Dorn Richards, Stefani Quam, Sara Willadsen, and William Zuback at Arts Mills in Grafton, Wisconsin. Since the closing of the Frank Juarez Gallery in December 2015, this exhibition brings them back together and celebrates the works of these talented artists. Works on exhibit will range from sculpture to photography, drawings to installation, and projection to mixed media.

Noël Coward’s spirited, fast-paced comedy returns to the Helfaer Stage to open our 2016-2017 season! When cynical author Charles Condomine invites “happy medium” Madame Arcati into his home, a séance-gone-wrong summons the ghost of his first wife, Elvira, and leaves Charles torn between his past and his present. Audiences of all ages will adore the haunting hijinks conjured up in Blithe Spirit!

Count Dracula is dragged out of retirement to stop Hitler from using a magical device that can make him and his army immortal. Actors Chris Flieller and Doug Jarecki play over 20 characters in this madcap comedy that catapults you around the world, to and from an alternative universe and back home again! More information about the show and tickets can be found at www.InTandemTheatre.org or by calling the box office at 414-271-1371.