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The Breath of Creativity: How Things Come to Be
This event is part of the Wisconsin Science Festival. Where do ideas come from? Are they always there, waiting to be discovered, or does our brain manufacture them? Find out in this installment of SoundWaves. The program presents a common thread in short talks from UW-Milwaukee faculty members in philosophy, architecture and history; a UW–Madison music faculty member; and a jazz pianist. SoundWaves is a series from UW–Madison that combines talks about science, geared to the layman, with music performances.
Find out more »Scheherazade | Angels in the Architecture
Scheherazade’s bewitching Arabian story ignites along the Shaker-inspired purity of Angels in the Architecture. This enchanting double bill pairs sensuality and simplicity, opulence and elegance in a stirring night of entertainment. Mark Godden’s celebratory Angels in the Architecture showcases the beauty and simplicity of the Shaker movement. Set to Copland’s “Appalachian Spring Suite,” this poignant picture of the Shaker lifestyle is moving and uplifting. First conceived and staged in Milwaukee in 2003, Kathryn Posin’s critically-acclaimed Scheherazade is colorful, enchanting and opulent. Evoking the mysterious and exotic nature of “One Thousand and One Nights,” it will captivate audiences young and old with tales of Aladdin, Sinbad, and more.
Find out more »Connected Enterprise: Shaping the Future
This event is part of the Wisconsin Science Festival The number of devices connected to the Internet will increase three-fold in the next four years – to 50 billion. What can be gained by managing all that information? Instead of using a single pool of data on a single device for a single purpose, this workshop will introduce the concept of connecting multiple silos of information to make processes super efficient and productive. It will transform manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture and other industries, as well as our lives. Registration Required
Find out more »Live: Bodies in Sport
This event is part of the Wisconsin Science Festival. Explore the human body in this hands-on experience where you investigate bones and muscles used in common sports. Live models with “painted” muscles will help you recognize opportunities for injury prevention. Then, guided by researchers in the College of Health Sciences, learn a technique used for stress management and maintenance of well-being in all areas of life. With this simple exercise, you can regulate your mind and body to optimize health and performance.
Find out more »The Brilliance of Bioluminescence
This event is part of the Wisconsin Science Festival. In this program, the lights will be turned off so you can see live cultures of bioluminescent bacteria and single-celled organisms that glow, and learn how – and why – they do it. Discover what happens when the professor removes oxygen from the water. And don’t miss the fun tricks he demonstrates with these microbes and a black light.
Find out more »Scheherazade | Angels in the Architecture
Scheherazade’s bewitching Arabian story ignites along the Shaker-inspired purity of Angels in the Architecture. This enchanting double bill pairs sensuality and simplicity, opulence and elegance in a stirring night of entertainment. Mark Godden’s celebratory Angels in the Architecture showcases the beauty and simplicity of the Shaker movement. Set to Copland’s “Appalachian Spring Suite,” this poignant picture of the Shaker lifestyle is moving and uplifting. First conceived and staged in Milwaukee in 2003, Kathryn Posin’s critically-acclaimed Scheherazade is colorful, enchanting and opulent. Evoking the mysterious and exotic nature of “One Thousand and One Nights,” it will captivate audiences young and old with tales of Aladdin, Sinbad, and more.
Find out more »FREE Fall Family Fun Fest
Calling all ghosts and goblins to the annual Fall Family Fun Fest! Art activities indoors and out, a scavenger hunt, mini pumpkin patch and more! Dress in your favorite Halloween costume for the annual Costume Contest. Join Laura Kastelic at 3:30 pm for the NEA BIG READ book discussion about the worlds of the True Grit characters and how what they wore spoke to the nature of their character. Enter the Pumpkin Carving Contest. All pumpkins must be carved before you bring them to the museum and need to be entered by 4:00 pm. There will be a Light Up the Pumpkin Patch at 5:30 pm for all to see!
Find out more »Green Fish, Green Worms, Green Water: A Tour
This event is part of the Wisconsin Science Festival. Dive even deeper into glow-in-the-dark research by touring the laboratories of the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health at UW-Milwaukee. Scientists will show how – and why – “tagging” genes in fish and worms with a green fluorescent protein can help keep you healthy. You can also see what’s so harmful about too much green algae in water.
Find out more »Big Ideas with UWM Doctoral Students
This event is part of the Wisconsin Science Festival. In this, the 50th anniversary of UWM’s first doctoral degree program, we recognize the workhorse-scholars of our research laboratories. UWM doctoral students will present their “big ideas” in a variety of fields – in only 5 minutes, with 5 minutes of follow-up questions. From architecture to astrophysics, who knows what you’ll learn next?
Find out more »Power Drinking in Prehistoric Europe
This event is part of the Wisconsin Science Festival. Archaeological evidence for alcoholic beverages in prehistoric Europe exists – including drinking cups and cauldrons found in the graves. Learn how Iron Age people from what is now Germany produced pre-hopped beer and mead. Participate in a demonstration on the science of malting and fermentation to produce an ale based on evidence from a site dating to 540 B.C. while seeing the evidence for prehistoric brewing. Then taste samples of a beverage based on archaeological evidence for Iron Age braggot brewed by community partner Lakefront Brewery.
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