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      Kevin Mueller
      May 10, 2017
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      Tyler Maas
      January 22, 2021

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      Matt Wild
      January 21, 2021

    • Let’s listen to the new Lil Wayne and Victor DeLorenzo Packers hype songs

      Matt Wild
      January 16, 2021

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      Matt Wild
      January 13, 2021

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      Matt Wild
      January 8, 2021

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      Matt Wild
      January 8, 2021
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      Tyler Maas
      February 13, 2019
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      Matt Wild
      January 22, 2021

    • Milwaukee to consider renaming Old World Third Street to MLK Drive

      Matt Wild
      January 22, 2021

    • Why does Milwaukee call Nike Air Force 1s “Dookies”?

      Juan Miguel Martinez
      January 19, 2021

    • Gov. Evers extends statewide mask mandate for another 60 days

      Matt Wild
      January 19, 2021

    • 8 (mostly virtual) ways Milwaukee is celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

      Matt Wild
      January 18, 2021

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      Matt Wild
      January 18, 2021
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      Matt Wild
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    • Carryout Chronicles: Iron Grate BBQ Co.

      Tyler Maas
      January 21, 2021

    • Egg & Flour Pasta Bar to open Wauwatosa location in March

      Tyler Maas
      January 21, 2021

    • Mandatory Milwaukee: Bay View Packing Co. has made pickled delicacies for discriminating palates since 1923

      Tyler Maas
      January 19, 2021

    • Prospect Avenue Colectivo closed “until further notice”

      Matt Wild
      January 18, 2021

    • Snack Boys makes pandemic pivot to “Plant Boys”

      Matt Wild
      January 14, 2021

    • Milwaukee health order limiting bars and restaurants with previously approved full-capacity safety plans to 50% capacity will expire Friday, thus allowing bars and restaurants with previously approved full-capacity safety plans to return to full capacity

      Matt Wild
      January 14, 2021
  • Comedy
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      Matt Wild
      April 8, 2020
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    • Interchange Theater Co-op moves into former Ampersand Theater Company space

      Tyler Maas
      January 15, 2021

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      Tyler Maas
      December 30, 2020

    • A comprehensive guide to the 2020 Milwaukee Comedy Festival

      Tyler Maas
      October 7, 2020

    • Here’s the 2020 Milwaukee Comedy Festival lineup

      Tyler Maas
      September 15, 2020

    • Franklin native takes baked comedians to fast food drive-thrus in ‘Munchie Run’

      Tyler Maas
      July 22, 2020

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      Tyler Maas
      June 17, 2020
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      Matt Wild
      July 8, 2015
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    • Milwaukee PBS reveals 2021 production plans (with no new John McGivern shows)

      Matt Wild
      January 14, 2021

    • Milwaukee PBS releases statement on future of ‘Around The Corner With John McGivern’

      Matt Wild
      December 15, 2020

    • The last straw: ‘Around The Corner With John McGivern’ reportedly won’t return for another season

      Matt Wild
      December 14, 2020

    • The 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival will be held in May, will still be virtual

      Matt Wild
      November 30, 2020

    • 14 times ‘Supernatural’ came to Wisconsin

      Vince Morales
      November 25, 2020

    • Multiple Milwaukee movie theaters awarded funds through COVID-19 Movie Theater Grant Program

      Matt Wild
      November 17, 2020
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    • Var Gallery paints itself into the Walker’s Point landscape

      Tyler Maas
      December 5, 2014
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    • 12 pictures of the “Massimals MKE” art installation in Cathedral Square Park, plus 2 pictures of some tracks I saw in the snow and need help identifying

      Matt Wild
      January 20, 2021

    • John Riepenhoff asks David Robbins a few questions about the mysterious Utah monolith

      John Riepenhoff
      December 9, 2020

    • Help Niche Book Bar reach its fundraising goal and open the only Black-owned bookstore in Wisconsin

      Matt Wild
      December 2, 2020

    • Lion’s Tooth is opening a brick-and-mortar bookstore on Kinnickinnic Ave. in Bay View

      Matt Wild
      November 20, 2020
    • Milwaukee Art Museum

      Milwaukee Art Museum is closed, will remain closed until at least January

      Matt Wild
      November 19, 2020

    • Milwaukee Mural Of The Week: “Mural Of Peace”

      Matt Wild
      November 9, 2020
  • Sports
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      Tyler Maas
      January 27, 2020
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      Tyler Maas
      January 21, 2021

    • Start your NFC Championship week by watching Allen Lazard’s juice review videos

      Tyler Maas
      January 18, 2021

    • Max McGee and Chi-Chi’s: The role a Packers great played in creating a Mexican restaurant chain

      Tyler Maas
      January 14, 2021

    • Get ready for Packers playoffs by watching AJ Dillon compare household items to the size of his legs

      Tyler Maas
      January 12, 2021

    • Aaron Rodgers will guest host an upcoming episode of ‘Jeopardy!’

      Matt Wild
      January 12, 2021

    • Allen Witkowski keeps the Milwaukee Bucks poster series alive for 2020-21 season

      Tyler Maas
      January 5, 2021
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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      May 19, 2016
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      January 22, 2021

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      January 15, 2021

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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      January 8, 2021

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      January 1, 2021

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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      December 24, 2020

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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      December 18, 2020
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Emily Johnson is a copywriter/editor based in Shorewood. Originally from Minneapolis, Emily ended up in Milwaukee for college and decided to stay forever. She lives in a 112-year-old (possibly haunted) house with her husband, toddler, and Blue Heeler, Ripley.

The night an MCTS driver saved my life (maybe)

Emily Johnson
January 13, 2021
The other day I was video chatting with my mom about, of all things, the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS). If you read my Pulitzer-winning piece about cheese-filled burgers and depression, you might remem...

A Milwaukee transplant finds comfort in a Crafty Cow “Jucy Lucy”

Emily Johnson
December 22, 2020
To me, Milwaukee has always seemed like the city equivalent of that terrible trope where the "ugly" girl in the movie takes off her glasses, and you realize she was beautiful all along. I moved here from Minnea...
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