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Sculpture Milwaukee ’23 includes piece based on body cast of Michael Jackson, “Michael In White”

June 29, 2023

This week, when Sculpture Milwaukee opens its 2023 season, the outdoor public art exhibition will sprinkle Wisconsin Avenue with its usual mix of whimsical, thoughtful, and bold pieces. Titled Actual Fractals, ...

Happy Sculpture Milwaukee Celebration Week, Milwaukee!

Matt Wild

June 26, 2023

In case you missed it, Sculpture Milwaukee—a.k.a. downtown's annual outdoor public sculpture exhibit—will begin its 2023 season on Friday, June 30. Titled Actual Fractals, Act I and curated by John Riepenhoff, ...

Here’s who (and what) you’ll see at next weekend’s Brady Street Art Walk

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 7, 2023

Saturday, June 17 is one of those wildly busy days that seem to be happening a lot in Milwaukee where, like, 700 great things are all going on at the same time. In addition to things like Lakefront Festival Of ...

Welcome to the summer Domes show, “DinoDomes”

Matt Wild

June 5, 2023

As Milwaukee County officials continue being preoccupied with whether they could save the Mitchell Park Domes—or if they should—the Domes themselves are prepping their summer show. Beginning June 10 and running...

20 Years Later: Lion’s Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Megan Kelso

Cris Siqueira

June 2, 2023

It has actually been 26 years since I first met cartoonist Megan Kelso in Seattle while touring the U.S. to interview my comics heroes for a Brazilian newspaper. The title "20 Years Later" refers to when I star...

Behold! Pabst Theater has a new blade sign!

Matt Wild

May 18, 2023

Wondering what all the hubbub was about outside the Pabst Theater this week? The cranes? The crowds? The drones? Well, heed these instructions... ...and behold the Pabst Theater's new blade sign! The ...

Sculpture Milwaukee’s 2023-24 season will begin June 30. Here are the exhibiting artists

Matt Wild

May 18, 2023

Sculpture Milwaukee is the best. The nonprofit organization has been filling Downtown Milwaukee (and nearby neighborhoods) with outdoor (and sometimes indoor) art pieces from artists both world-renowned and loc...

Hunt and peck your way to typewriter-tastic QWERTYFEST MKE, June 23-25

Matt Wild

May 9, 2023

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A guide to Bay View Gallery Night 2023

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2023

Since 2011, Bay View Gallery Night has organized “Milwaukee’s largest annual celebration of art, local business, music, and community.” The massive neighborhood-wide event brings together talented area artists ...

After 3-year pause, Lakefront Festival of Art will return to Milwaukee Art Museum in June

Matt Wild

April 20, 2023

It's going to be the summer of "After a three-year pause..." As we previously reported, Locust Street Festival will (officially) return after a three-year pause on June 11. Also returning after a three-year pau...

“Never lose your identity behind the opinions of others.” Happy Milwaukee Day, Milwaukee

Matt Wild

April 14, 2023

Happy Milwaukee Day, Milwaukee. Or MKE Day. Or 414 Day. Or 414 Milwaukee Day. Or 414MKEDay. Or Milwaukee Cyber Monday. It's all the same. It's all about Milwaukee. In that spirit, please enjoy this year's "l...

Murder meets Jiu Jitsu in new novel from Milwaukee’s Zhanna Slor, ‘Breakfall’

Matt Wild

April 6, 2023

Murder, countless true crime podcasts and episodes of Dateline tell us, can happen anywhere. Big cities, small towns, where you least expect it. But in Breakfall, a new novel from Milwaukee author Zhanna Slor, ...

Help Scout renovate its gallery space by buying art, drinks

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2023

Originally based on Historic Mitchell Street, Scout Gallery relocated to a space in the Hide House during the pandemic, where it has been an ardent supporter of area artists throughout its Bay View existence. T...

My Saturday at the 2023 Midwest Gaming Classic: A minute-by-minute report

Matt Wild

April 3, 2023

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes—or, more accurately, like Phoenix being summoned by Cloud in Final Fantasy VII—the Midwest Gaming Classic returned to its full glory this past weekend. A few years of COVID-...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Everyday Drew

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 2, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Drew ...

8 weirdly specific things I’m looking forward to at this weekend’s Midwest Gaming Classic

Matt Wild

March 29, 2023

This weekend, March 31 - April 2, the 2023 Midwest Gaming Classic will take over all three floors of the downtown Wisconsin Center. Once again, MGC will deliver a jaw-dropping, near-overwhelming amount of gamin...

Marcus Performing Arts Center announces 2023-2024 Broadway season, MPAC Presents Jazz and Dance series

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2023

Milwaukee’s famed Marcus Performing Arts Center has it all: A snow pile! Rapidly-spinning advertising cubes! World-class musicals! Though the multi-faceted venue ably wears a lot of different hats, let’s focus ...

Break out those shoe boxes! 2023 Diorama-Rama is coming to Amorphic Beer April 25

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 20, 2023

Among its many oddities—beer, the Bronze Fonz, Bob Uecker—Milwaukee is home to the world’s first museum diorama. In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the “father of modern taxidermy,” created a muskrat colony diorama f...

Lion’s Tooth 2-year birthday bash will feature art, music, raffles, grimoire cookbooks, more

Matt Wild

March 15, 2023

Look up the term "Milwaukee gem" in a dictionary and you'll find an impeccably illustrated picture of Lion's Tooth. Cris Siqueira and Shelly McClone-Carriere launched the local company in late 2019 as a graphic...

Highland Community Players tackle groupthink, shadow puppets in ‘Don’t Wake The Dragon’

Matt Wild

March 3, 2023

"This play briefly uses a fog machine, and will occasionally play loud music and sound effects. Audiences are encouraged to sing along and make the 'metal sign' where applicable." It's a program note that co...