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Old world crafts and otherworldly creatures converge in ‘Caverns Below Milwaukee’

April 14, 2022

If you come to this website with any regularity, we can confidently say you've stumbled across the work of Andy Tyra. The Michigan (by way of Milwaukee) illustrator and is the artist responsible for our T-shirt...

MKE.WTF offers limited-run shirts for “locals who have a complicated relationship with their city”

Matt Wild

April 14, 2022

There are approximately 8 billion ways to show your Milwaukee pride via T-shirt. Hell, you can do it right here on this very website. But if you're looking for ultra-specific, if-you-know-you-know Milwaukee T-s...

The Glass Cannon brings live action role-playing (but not LARP) to Turner Hall

Rob Wieland

April 12, 2022

Dungeons & Dragons is having a moment. There are three main factors to this: a recent edition that's very accessible to new players, a boost into the pop culture consciousness thanks to being part of the St...

Milwaukee author Rob Wieland talks cons, Kickstarter, new comic ‘Girls’ Heist Out’

Matt Wild

March 30, 2022

Rob Wieland is a self-described professional nerd. He writes about tabletop role-playing games for media outlets like Forbes; runs his own gaming group, Theatre Of The Mind Players, on YouTube; and has covered ...

Marcus Performing Arts Center piles 7 great shows into 2022-2023 Broadway season

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2022

Milwaukee's famed Marcus Performing Arts Center has it all: A snow pile! Two rapidly-spinning advertising cubes! An upcoming "Weird Al" Yankovic concert! World-class musicals! Though the multi-faceted venue abl...

Spring Gallery Night MKE returns April 22-23

Tyler Maas

March 24, 2022

Despite the streak of cold and dreariness in Milwaukee lately, spring has officially arrived. And while summer festival season still seems like it's a lifetime away, there are few great spring arts staples happ...

Highland Community Players cook up controversy in super-slice spoof, ‘Pizza Party!’

Matt Wild

March 8, 2022

A school wins a pizza party. What could go wrong? Oh, where to begin. In Pizza Party! the latest production from Milwaukee's Highland Community Players, it may be easier to list the things that don't go wron...

On display at Green Gallery: Kambel Smith shrinks city down to size in “Milwaukee Recycled”

Matt Wild

March 3, 2022

Sometimes it takes a fresh set of eyes—and a fresh approach—to see something for what it truly is. Take self-taught artist Kambel Smith. He may live and work in Philadelphia, but his scaled versions of vario...

Undercover publication: Quirky 1981 Milwaukee history book is a rare gem

Tea Krulos

March 2, 2022

Many books have delved into Milwaukee's history—John Gurda's The Making Of Milwaukee (and his entire output), for example—but none is as quirky as 1981's Undercover: A Collection Of Little Known And Unrelated F...

5 reasons missing ‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’ at Marcus Performing Arts Center would be a big mistake. Big. Huge!

Tyler Maas

March 2, 2022

Following an extended pandemic-prompted pause, musical theater was finally able to safely return to stages all across the country in recent months. Marcus Performing Arts Center is among the variety of venues b...

Here are the dates for the 2022 Milwaukee Night Market, and that’s it

Matt Wild

February 16, 2022

Wednesday, June 15 Wednesday, July 13 Wednesday, August 17 Wednesday, September 21 Okay, okay, here's more, via a press release: Milwaukee Night Market returns for a full season in 2022, first Market...

Sculpture Milwaukee 2022, “Nature Doesn’t Know About Us,” will be guest-curated by Ugo Rondinone

Matt Wild

February 1, 2022

We love Sculpture Milwaukee. Since 2017, the nonprofit organization has been filling Downtown Milwaukee (and nearby neighborhoods) with outdoor art pieces from artists both world-renowned and locally celebrated...

5 fetch takeaways from the ‘Mean Girls’ Milwaukee premiere at Marcus Performing Arts Center

Tyler Maas

January 26, 2022

After an extended pandemic-prompted pause, musical theater was finally able to safely return to stages all across the country in recent months. Marcus Performing Arts Center is among the variety of venues bring...

Mural Watch 2022: Two new murals coming to skywalks of The Avenue

Matt Wild

January 26, 2022

Do you like murals? Of course you do. And so does Milwaukee. Yes, the city is currently in the throes of a great mural renaissance. A Muralssance? Muraissance? Whatever. All you need to know is that there are 8...

Latino Arts announces winter and spring exhibitions, performances

Tyler Maas

January 13, 2022

Despite being around since 1985 (and formally taking root in Walker’s Point in 1997), Latino Arts Inc. is only becoming more relevant with age. Recent seasons have brought noted musicians and the work of respec...

Check out these “Milwaukee Museum Days” deals and events

Tyler Maas

January 11, 2022

January in Wisconsin. It's cold. It's boring. We're still in the thick of a pandemic that makes large in-person gatherings unappealing to some. If you're feeling the winter blues like we are right now, perhaps ...

Mike Crivello’s employee plans to run an in-store 5k to save YOU money

Matt Wild

November 18, 2021

Mike Crivello's Cameras. The longtime Brookfield business is, as its delightfully catchy jingle reminds us, home to a little "extra something" (a.k.a. service and quality). But on Wednesday, November 24, beginn...

Krampus is coming to town: Milwaukee Krampusnacht returns to Bavarian Bierhaus December 5

Matt Wild

November 12, 2021

If you’re looking to spice up your holiday season with a little something off the beaten Hallmark Christmas movie path, look no further: On Sunday, December 5, after a COVID year off, the annual Milwaukee Kramp...

Note to self: See Zack Pieper’s “Ghost-Its” in the windows of Real Tinsel Gallery

Matt Wild

November 1, 2021

Halloween is over, but that doesn't mean the spooky fun has to end. For evidence—a lot of evidence—look no further than the annual "Ghost-Its" installation from Milwaukee writer, poet, and musician Zack Pieper....

Help poet Kavon Cortez-Jones reprint his ‘Club Noir’ book, set up a release show

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 27, 2021

Back in 2016, Milwaukee poet Kavon Cortez-Jones released a 52-page book of poetry called Club Noir. Described as a "poetry novella," the book was steeped in Milwaukee references (the old Fuel Cafe got its own p...