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      Tyler Maas
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      Tyler Maas
      June 15, 2025
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Milwaukee Record Staff
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      Tyler Maas
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      Tyler Maas
      June 13, 2025
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      Matt Wild
      June 12, 2025
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      Matt Wild
      June 11, 2025
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      Caleb Westphal
      June 6, 2025
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      Tyler Maas
      June 6, 2025
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      Matt Wild
      June 4, 2025
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      Josh Hoppert
      November 26, 2018
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      Tyler Maas
      April 23, 2025
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      March 24, 2025
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      Matt Wild
      December 2, 2024
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      November 4, 2024
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      Tyler Maas
      September 16, 2024
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      Matt Wild
      May 22, 2025
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      Tyler Maas
      May 20, 2025
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      Matt Wild
      May 14, 2025
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      May 9, 2025
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      May 7, 2025
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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      June 5, 2025
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      Matt Wild
      May 22, 2025
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      May 12, 2025
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      April 28, 2025
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      Abbey Osborn
      April 22, 2025
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      August 31, 2016
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Josh Hoppert

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Director of Advertising, Milwaukee Record. 10x Member, Sheboygan Polar Bear Club. 2x Winner, ORLS Spelling Bee.

Buy Packers, Bucks, Brewers cards to support Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin

Josh Hoppert
July 12, 2024
If you love paying way too much for rare and valuable Jordan Love rookie cards or common and badly damaged Bob Uecker cards, then you have come to the right place! A team of local collectors (my two beagles ...

Are you cool, man? We’re screening ‘Dazed And Confused’ at Avalon Theater on April 20

Josh Hoppert
March 31, 2022
If you missed last night’s screening of Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping at Avalon Theater, we hope you did something equally constructive elsewhere, but you also missed out on the announcement of our April 2...

Six degrees of separation between Bob Uecker and the most followed celebrities on Instagram

Josh Hoppert
December 28, 2021
Are you famous? No way. Like, zero chance. From what we understand, though, it's just the best: stretch limousines, fancy cocktail parties, hanging out with Steven Seagal, etc. But it can also be very taxing...

Sit! ‘Clue’ is coming to Avalon Theater on December 15

Josh Hoppert
November 18, 2021
If you missed last night’s Milwaukee Record screening of Bridesmaids at Avalon Theater, we hope you had fun marrying Maya Rudolph or whatever you did instead. To catch you up on some exciting news we announced ...

Blue Ox Music Festival returns beautifully in 2021

Josh Hoppert
August 24, 2021
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. While Blue Ox Music Festival managed to put together some impressive remote and socially distanced programming in 2020, we really missed the usual festival experience last y...

Don’t be afraid of BBQ: A conversation with Mike Luce of Barbeque Supply Company

Josh Hoppert
August 5, 2021
Here in the land of the grill, taking the extra steps or time to get into full-blown barbeque (or barbecue, if you prefer) is a journey many leave untraveled. Some might say that it’s not worth all the effort w...

20 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (“Help one another” edition)

Josh Hoppert
December 29, 2020
The person who said "laughter is the best medicine" is neither laughing nor alive today. Thanks anyway, Dr. Not-A-Doctor. Maybe you should've opted for a less zany prescription. Fun is a great way to mask the p...

We translated the Mader’s “Schnitzelbank” poster

Josh Hoppert
October 7, 2020
If you have uncles who speak German or if you saw that one Animaniacs episode, then you may already be familiar with "The Schnitzelbank Song." It makes the occasional appearance in modern pop culture, but poste...

Dream 13: A baker’s dozen Grebe’s donuts we’d like to share with professional disc golfers, ranked

Josh Hoppert
August 19, 2020
Donuts are nature’s candy. They look great and taste amazing and they never yell at you if you haven’t started watching Schitt’s Creek yet. Unlike most of you youngsters who have done nothing but bake for the p...

14 Not-That-Interesting Facts About Milwaukee (414 Edition)

Josh Hoppert
April 14, 2020
The “25 Facts” series features people, places, and stuff that make Milwaukee great. These articles are meant just for fun and we have nothing but love for everyone included. Hooray! Today’s the day you’ve a...

The 50 most recent Milwaukee Brewers cards on Baseball Card Vandals, ranked

Josh Hoppert
April 1, 2020
As hard as it might be to believe, historians say that baseball has existed in one form or another since the 1970s, or possibly even sooner. It's a game that has inspired so much enthusiasm in America that 19th...

Remnants of 1920 Milwaukee still on display in the city today

Josh Hoppert
February 20, 2020
The following article originally appeared in the January 2020 edition of Colectivo Coffee’s “Off The Record” print-only periodical/crossword puzzle. You can pick up “Off The Record” free of charge at all 13 Mil...

Mandolin Orange pay a lovely first visit to Pabst Theater

Josh Hoppert
January 30, 2020
Mandolin Orange first hopped onto our radar at Eau Claire’s Blue Ox Music Festival in 2018. The Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based duo of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz played sweet-but-transfixing American root...

25 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (‘Saturday Night Live’ edition)

Josh Hoppert
January 29, 2020
The "25 Facts" series features people, places, and stuff that make Milwaukee (and Wisconsin) great. These articles are meant just for fun and we have nothing but love for everyone included. Saturday Night Live...

25 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (twins edition)

Josh Hoppert
December 26, 2019
broadstreet.zone(72206); The "25 Facts" series features people, places, and stuff that make Milwaukee great. These articles are meant just for fun and we have nothing but love for everyone included. Brought to...

25 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (Hall of Fame edition)

Josh Hoppert
November 27, 2019
broadstreet.zone(72206); The "25 Facts" series features people, places, and stuff that make Milwaukee great. These articles are meant just for fun and we have nothing but love for everyone included. Brought to...

The action-packed life of Milwaukee’s Ray “Crash” Corrigan

Josh Hoppert
November 21, 2019
The following article originally appeared in the October edition of Colectivo Coffee's "Off The Record" print-only periodical/crossword puzzle. You can pick up "Off The Record" free of charge at all 13 Milwauke...

25 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (“Welcome Milwaukee Visitors” edition)

Josh Hoppert
October 30, 2019
broadstreet.zone(72206); The "25 Facts" series features people, places, and stuff that make Milwaukee great. These articles are meant just for fun and we have nothing but love for everyone included. Brought to...

25 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (now with more Yeli!)

Josh Hoppert
September 30, 2019
broadstreet.zone(72206); The “25 Facts” series features people, places, and stuff that make Milwaukee great. These articles are meant just for fun and we have nothing but love for everyone included. Brought to...

25 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (and a few about Nashville)

Josh Hoppert
August 29, 2019
broadstreet.zone(72206); The "25 Facts" series features people, places, and stuff that make Milwaukee great. These articles are meant just for fun and we have nothing but love for everyone included. Brought to...
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