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Orange two-sided anchor tied to the Milwaukee Boat: The Milwaukee Record Review

February 25, 2025

The beloved Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the S.S. Milwaukee, the S.S. Minnow, the Minnow, Deep Thought, or just "The Boat"—ran ashore on October 13, 2024. But this article isn't about who owns the thing or why it hasn...

UWM’s “Slow Knowing” event series sounds like just the thing right now

Matt Wild

February 18, 2025

Modern life, you know? It's chaotic, it's awful, it's relentless. And it's really, really fast. So wouldn't it be nice to slow things down for a few moments and ponder the power and beauty of, well, slowness? Y...

Here are the dates for the 2025 Milwaukee Night Market, and that’s it

Matt Wild

February 13, 2025

Wednesday, June 11 Wednesday, July 16 Wednesday, August 13 Wednesday, September 10 Okay, okay, here's more, via a press release: Milwaukee Night Market, presented by Clover®, returns on June 11 for 202...

2025 Midwest Gaming Classic will descend on Baird Center April 4-6

Matt Wild

February 12, 2025

Remember when the annual Midwest Gaming Classic was held at the Brookfield Sheraton? Remember when that seemed like a big convention? Remember when MGC moved to Milwaukee's oft-renamed downtown convention cente...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Renaissance Books is a unique destination in Milwaukee’s airport

Matt Wild

February 4, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Renaissance Books! Even in a world rife with digital distractions...

Here’s the Trivia By Milwaukee Record that ran at Vivarium and Turner Hall last month

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 4, 2025

broadstreet.zone(170477); Do you like trivia? Do you like Milwaukee? Then you'll love Trivia By Milwaukee Record! Thanks to our friends at the Pabst Theater Group, our home-brewed trivia questions are part ...

Milwaukee Makers Market releases 2025 schedule

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2025

These days, Milwaukee is home to more marketplaces for local makers, artists, crafters, and creators than ever before. And that’s a great thing! With the hope that trend continues into 2025, we’re excited to le...

Latino Arts announces 2025 winter and spring exhibitions, performances

Tyler Maas

January 10, 2025

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...

Diorama-Rama will return in March with “Myths and Legends” theme

Matt Wild

January 9, 2025

Here's a fun fact: Milwaukee is home to the world's first habitat diorama! In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the "father of modern taxidermy," created a muskrat colony diorama for the then-young Milwaukee Public Mus...

How a curbside dollhouse renovation helped subside holiday loneliness

Emmy Yates

January 7, 2025

From my own experience, "Hail Mary" art projects unfortunately motivate me the most efficiently as an artist and procrastinator. When I found a gutted Victorian dollhouse on the side of the road in Milwaukee's ...

Missed Trivia By Milwaukee Record at Vivarium and Turner Hall? Here are last month’s questions.

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 7, 2025

broadstreet.zone(170477); Another month, another round of Milwaukee trivia! Thanks to our friends at the Pabst Theater Group, our home-brewed Trivia By Milwaukee Record is part of the pre-show entertainment...

Boat still there, now tagged

Matt Wild

December 17, 2024

The beloved Milwaukee Boat™ has been beached and stranded between Bradford and McKinley beaches for a full month now. Owners of the 33-foot Chris-Craft Roamer ran it aground on October 13, after it ran out of g...

The year (2024) in random Milwaukee Record photos

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 15, 2024

broadstreet.zone(172558); Hey! In case you missed it, it's nearly the end of 2024! And we've been in full year-end wrap-up mode! First we gave you our favorite Milwaukee Record stories of the year. Then cam...

Argren Faire—a.k.a. Riverwest ren faire—will return in 2025

Matt Wild

December 13, 2024

Back in September, Riverwest got its own neighborhood renaissance faire in the form of Argren Faire. The daylong event was held at and around Black Husky Brewing, and was based on the mythical land of Argren—a....

Enjoy another round of Trivia By Milwaukee Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 2, 2024

broadstreet.zone(170477); Another month, another round of Milwaukee trivia! Thanks to our friends at the Pabst Theater Group, our home-brewed Trivia By Milwaukee Record is part of the pre-show entertainment...

Here’s the jam-packed schedule for Milwaukee Krampusnacht 2024

Matt Wild

November 13, 2024

Since 2017, Milwaukee Krampusnacht has celebrated the half-goat/half-demon Krampus—a.k.a. a figure from Alpine folklore who punishes naughty children and acts as a foil to the do-gooding Saint Nicholas. The ann...

Gina Cornejo’s “Screwball” enshrines moments, mugs

Annie Raab

November 12, 2024

"Be my time travel companions for these stories that will transport us as ill-fated pilgrims hiking the Camino de Santiago in Portugal and Spain, back to a 2020 pandemic romance in Asheville, North Carolina, a ...

Test your knowledge with another round of Trivia By Milwaukee Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 1, 2024

broadstreet.zone(170477); In case you missed it, we're in the trivia business now! Thanks to our friends at the Pabst Theater Group, our home-brewed Trivia By Milwaukee Record questions are part of the pre-...

Behold that finished mural on Humboldt that used to feature Mrs. Incredible

Matt Wild

October 30, 2024

Last week, approximately 8,000 readers informed us that that mural on the north wall of car stereo installation and window tinting joint Expert Electronics, 2231 N. Humboldt Ave., had changed. You know, that mu...

Watch a short film about a Milwaukee-born street artist, ‘ONGOSF: Derivative Bullshit’

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 29, 2024

Have you seen those stickers and stencils of Ongo Gablogian, the over-the-top "art critic" played by Danny DeVito's Frank Reynolds in that one episode of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia? If you've been out on...