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Found Footage Festival will return to Milwaukee in November with “Salute to Weirdos”

October 12, 2015

For more than 10 years, Wisconsin natives Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher have been bravely scouring America’s cut-out bins, Goodwills, and dumpsters in order to find some of the most bizarre and delightful VHS od...

Robert Thomas recreates “Dropping A Han Dynasty Urn” by dropping a signed 50 Cent vodka bottle

Matt Wild

September 10, 2015

// Back in July, we made a pilgrimage to the Oak Creak Woodman’s and braved blistering temperatures, an endless line, and a runaway trash can to get a bottle of EFFEN Vodka signed by 50 Cent. We left feeling ...

Funny and flustered, new laureate Matt Cook scribbles loose plans for Milwaukee’s poets

Justin Kern

August 19, 2015

When is a poet not like an HVAC repair guy? When are they definitely, finally, maybe freed from the lacy cuffs of Wordsworth and worthy of serious attention—or at least recognition from the mothers of the neigh...

The story behind Fink’s “Couples Are Boring” sign (and how you can change it)

Matt Wild

August 18, 2015

If you’ve walked, biked, driven, or stumbled past the corner of N. Humboldt Ave. and N. Water St. / E. Kane Pl. this summer, you’ve undoubtedly seen a striking addition to one of the intersection’s main draws, ...

Luke Chappelle has been hiding paintings all over Bay View

Tyler Maas

August 14, 2015

They say art can be found almost anywhere if one looks hard enough. Of course, “they” are probably saying this while tripping balls on mushrooms or while pontificating to classmates in a freshman-level sculptur...

Latino Arts announces fall/winter schedule

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2015

Since 1985, Latino Arts Inc. has been an invaluable means of showcasing Hispanic artists, musicians, dancers, and other beacons of cultural expression. Last fall, Latino Arts brought a reigning Grammy Award win...

Rollout mobilizes Bay View Gallery Night

Tyler Maas

June 5, 2015

During tonight's Bay View Gallery Night festivities, hundreds of Milwaukee area artists and musicians will showcase their work at 47 bars, restaurants, cafes, parks, and retail shops spread throughout the event...

Prince tribute, Greil Marcus talk highlight Alverno Presents Season 56

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 2, 2015

If there’s one constant to Alverno Presents—the long-running performing arts series of Alverno College—it’s a willingness to try anything and everything. The past few years alone have seen local musicians payin...

Penn & Teller will perform at Riverside Theater September 11

Matt Wild

May 8, 2015

Forget for a moment Penn & Teller, outspoken Libertarians and skeptics. Forget for a moment Penn & Teller, reality show staples. Forget for a moment Penn & Teller, creators of the brilliant/insuffer...

Funtown Mountain Wondershow to bring carnival-style insanity to Club Garibaldi

Rob Wieland

April 20, 2015

Wisconsin Dells once boasted dozens of weird roadside attractions before it erected a strange mix of water parks and human Habitrails masquerading as hotels. Many Milwaukeeans have an affinity for such guilty p...

Inaugural Arte Para Todos raises $21,165

Tyler Maas

March 9, 2015

The inaugural Arte Para Todos festival was an unabashed success. An eclectic mix of 70 Milwaukee bands played a combined 15 shows spanning three neighborhoods over the course of an otherwise quiet late-winter w...

The twisted world of David Lynch meets the grade school set in Judy Plays With Fire

Matt Wild

March 9, 2015

It’s a Saturday morning and a local theater group is running through a nightmarish dream sequence torn straight from the (secret diary) pages of seminal ’90s TV series Twin Peaks. A little person in a red suit ...

The Disclaimer: Exploring the land of Piddletractor with Grandma Sparrow

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 5, 2015

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Hyde Park just one example of local tailor shops keeping it in the family

February 25, 2015

Ah, the family business. Generations in the making, and often born out of grandparents who immigrated to the United States to utilize skills they’d learned in their home countries, Milwaukee’s tailor and alt...

Mike Brenner speaks his mind on this week’s episode of The Disclaimer

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 5, 2015

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Latino Arts announces spring schedule

Tyler Maas

January 29, 2015

Last fall, Walker’s Point institution Latino Arts Inc. enjoyed an especially strong season, which was punctuated with a sold-out performance by reigning Grammy winners and one-time NPR “Tiny Desk” concert serie...

Marvel Universe LIVE! coming to Milwaukee…in 2016

Matt Wild

January 22, 2015

If you’re a fan of Marvel Comics, superhero movies, and even more superhero movies, the past few years have been good to you, what with the countless Marvel products movies filling local multiplexes like the Hu...

Midwinter Gaming Convention celebrates 15 years of dressing up as sexy vampires (and other things)

Rob Wieland

January 15, 2015

Time stretches out like a barren graveyard, with the headstones marking the frailty of joy and hiding crypts full of regret. But enough about the shitty weather. There’s only so much time one can spend huddled ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson enlightens Riverside, explains how the universe is trying to kill you

Rob Wieland

December 11, 2014

Of all the unusual acts that have come through Milwaukee, never has their been one stranger than noted astrophysicist and ambassador of science (or perhaps, more correctly, SCIENCE!) Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr...

Var Gallery paints itself into the Walker’s Point landscape

Tyler Maas

December 5, 2014

When we last visited Var in June, the Bay View artistic hub was breaking in the new stage in its Hide House-adjacent gallery and studio with occasional acoustic performances and comedy showcases. As suitable as...