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Marquette University Homecoming

October 7, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - October 8, 2016 @ 11:00 am
Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53233 United States

Community members are invited to join us for the Homecoming Block Party and Blue and Gold Color Run. Partake in the fun, enjoy great food, experience some hearty competition and create lifelong memories during Homecoming 2016. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016 Block Party | 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Parking Lot F (across from the Al McGuire Center) Enjoy music, food and friends as we get ready to kick off Marquette Madness. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016 Blue and Gold Color Run | 11 a.m., Marquette Campus Get ready for a burst of blue and gold as the Marquette Nation takes to the streets of campus for a 5k run and walk. Proceeds from this event will support Marquette’s Midnight Run, a volunteer service program focused on the particular needs of the hungry and homeless people living in the community around Marquette.

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In Tandem Theatre presents Dracula vs The Nazis

October 7, 2016 @ 8:00 pm - October 30, 2016 @ 2:00 pm
$30

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.

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10:00 am

12th Annual Panther Prowl 5K

October 8, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Panther Prowl 5K is UW-Milwaukee’s premier race event. All proceeds support UWM student scholarships. We hope you will join us for the 12th Annual event and participate in this long-standing tradition at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Registration fee includes a short-sleeved technical shirt, race bib, and entertainment. Stop by the Sponsor Zone area after the race to sample snacks and beverages from local Milwaukee businesses. We look forward to seeing you at the starting line!

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American Girl Fashion Show

October 8, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
$50

The American Girl Fashion Show celebrates being a girl, both yesterday and today, through a colorful fashion show of historical and contemporary clothing, modeled by both young girls and their dolls. Attendees can enjoy elegant refreshments, bid on auction items, purchase souvenirs and learn how clothing has changed over the years!

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4:00 pm

Blithe Spirit

October 8, 2016 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Evan P. & Marion Helfaer Theatre, 525 N. 13th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233 United States
$6 - $20

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!

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7:30 pm

Fretwork: “In Nomine”

October 8, 2016 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Early Music Now presents Fretwork, celebrating their own 30th anniversary with a program centered on 16th century English works for viol consort by Byrd, Gibbons, Lawes, Purcell, Taverner, and Tye, along with a 1995 work of Gavin Bryars and the North American premiere of a composition by Nico Muhly.

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