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The NBA’s new Michael Jordan Trophy for MVP was made in Milwaukee

December 19, 2022

Last week, the NBA unveiled its six new end-of-season trophies to recognize top performers, each named to honor "the league pioneers who helped define the standards of excellence that these trophies represent."...

Sustainable Milwaukee: The shape of (our) water

Brent Gohde

September 21, 2022

As summer in Wisconsin winds down, we savor a time when water occurs naturally in a liquid state. It's our beautiful reminder that those other nine months of snow and ice are merely an aberration.The days o...

Sustainable Milwaukee: Don’t let good food go bad

Brent Gohde

April 22, 2022

Overall, 30-40% of food in American households ends up in landfills or sewers. Which many of us know for a fact is definitely no biggie because it's all just going to decompose and return to the earth from whic...

Sustainable Milwaukee: Do good with your household goods

Brent Gohde

December 6, 2021

Sitting around our homes more than usual since March 2020 has given us a different if not deteriorating opinion of our personal items. For those of us in the fortunate position to have too much, these pandemic ...

Is Taylor Swift’s ‘evermore’ about Wisconsin’s Dr. Evermor?

Brent Gohde

December 14, 2020

In a year marked by loss, some individual stories didn't get the attention they otherwise might in less pandemicky times. April 2020 began with news of Wisconsin sculpture artist Tom Every's death. Yes, that sa...

Milwaukee creatives make statements with mandatory masks

Brent Gohde

July 29, 2020

Late in the 20th century, masks were mainstream. We went to theaters to find Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Ghostface, and even Jim Carrey relying on non-medical face coverings to function. Kenner even created ...

COVID-19 MKE invites residents to build a living digital archive

Brent Gohde

March 20, 2020

News cycles move faster than ever. Tomorrow's COVID-19 headlines will differ greatly from when this article went live. New data and names of self-quarantined public figures will add to the narrative that grows ...

Mushroom Books literary pop-up brings oddball titles to Blackbird Bar

Brent Gohde

August 3, 2018

It's no easy feat to stand out in the crowded Milwaukee bar scene. You've got establishments catering to discerning tastes of beer-lovers, wine connoisseurs, and craft cocktail aficionados. Then some taverns wi...

Let’s overreact to the Brewers’ first half by erecting some statues

Brent Gohde

July 6, 2018

No matter your age, you remember "The Year"—the year the Milwaukee Brewers almost did it. For some of us, what coulda' been in 1982 was nearly certain to culminate soon thereafter for a team boasting four futur...

Chris Porterfield brings Black Lives Matter message to center court at Bucks opener

Brent Gohde

October 28, 2016

Christopher Porterfield loves America. And he loves the Milwaukee Bucks. So when the organization invited him to perform the national anthem on the season's opening night, Field Report's frontman was excited....

White trash Fabergé: L.CHAPPELLE’s “Expanded Landscapes” highlights Gallery Night & Day

Brent Gohde

April 24, 2014

Spring in Milwaukee. It’s not just for baseball and Sunday Funday patio drinking. John Malan gives us the impression that this is the first time since last July that God Himself will not indiscriminately punish...

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