Leading the Union: Women at 150
Here at the Wisconsin Union, we are honored to have incredible women among our team, from our student leaders to our full-time staff. In celebrating the 150th year of women receiving degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, we want to recognize some of the many amazing women who make all that we, at the Union, do possible. This year, women will serve in all of the Union student officer positions: Wisconsin Union president,...
Harmonious History: The Wisconsin Union Theater’s Concert Series Celebrates its 100th Year
The curtains will soon open on a historic event in the Wisconsin Union Theater: the 100th Anniversary Concert Series. As it has done every year for a century, the Series will bring world-renowned classical musicians to Madison, Wis., for its 100th season. The centennial anniversary concerts reflect the historic breadth represented throughout the series’ history. The full series lineup is as follows:Oct. 6, 2019 – ChanticleerNov. 2,...
Terrace Through the Decades
For nearly a century, the Wisconsin Union’s Memorial Union Terrace has served as campus’s lakefront backyard. There, we, at the Union, have plentiful food options, activities ranging from music and film to studio art, and the best view in town. Since its very beginning, the Terrace has been a place for everyone to come together and have fun — whether you’re a UW-Madison student, faculty, staff member, Union member or guest. In this...
Madison Artist’s New Mural Celebrates Wisconsin Union Experiences
From gnomes in Der Rathskeller to Paul Bunyan and his Blue Ox, art has been an integral part of the Wisconsin Union’s Memorial Union since it opened in 1928. University of Wisconsin-Madison alumna and artist Emily Balsley recently furthered that tradition of immersive art at the Memorial Union with a new mural on a Memorial Union wall. The vibrant painting in the stairwell near Peet’s Coffee depicts some of the adventures the...
Experience Art Immersion with the Wisconsin Union
Art is all around at the Wisconsin Union’s Union South and Memorial Union. It’s in our three galleries. It’s on our walls. It’s in our theater and arts events. And, in some places, it’s even on our floors and ceilings. From the beginning, the Union team endeavored to incorporate art into the everyday lives of the students, faculty, staff and guests who visit the Wisconsin Union’s facilities. That was the first Wisconsin Union...
Remembering Gold Star Heroes Charles Howard Bixby and Philip Taylor Bixby
During World War I, when a member of a family served in the military, the family would display a blue star in the window of their home. If the service member passed away during active duty, the family replaced the blue star with a gold star, signaling to the community that they had lost their loved one. The family of service members Philip and Charles Howard Bixby is all too familiar with this tradition, having lost both men to World...