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New bar and restaurant, Allure, planned for Bad Genie space

October 5, 2020

Downtown club Bad Genie has been closed since the early days of COVID-19; when the space eventually reopens, it may not be Bad Genie anymore. License applications filed with the city indicate a new business,...

The 197-film lineup for the all-virtual 2020 Milwaukee Film Festival has been unveiled, looks great

Matt Wild

October 5, 2020

Big screens, small screens, it doesn't matter: The Milwaukee Film Festival is the best. Okay, fine—big screens would be great, but that ain't happening this year. Instead, the 2020 Milwaukee Film Festival wi...

GoFundMe Alert: Mad Planet needs help, too

Matt Wild

October 2, 2020

Remember the early days of the COVID-19 crisis? When we all came to the aid of dozens of Milwaukee businesses (including Milwaukee Record—THANK YOU) and donated to dozens of GoFundMe campaigns? Seems like a lif...

This week’s most shocking news: Vitucci’s will reopen for one night only (tonight)

Matt Wild

October 2, 2020

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Every week is worse than the last. Every day is worse than the last. Hell, e...

Returning this October to an internet near you: Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater!

Matt Wild

October 1, 2020

Have you been missing the communal joys of watching films with strangers? Are you not yet sick of livestreams? If you giddily answered YES to both of these questions, you're in luck: For the first four Friday's...

Watch Brett Newski annoy/delight people (again) in video for “What Are You Smoking?”

Matt Wild

October 1, 2020

"I know it's a terrible time for many, but the virus is going to get people off the hamster wheel and have a healthy new perspective. It will give people much more clarity as to what's a priority in their lives...

Gov. Evers: Cancel the dinner parties, “grab a six-pack to drink at home”

Matt Wild

October 1, 2020

Well folks, Gov. Tony Evers isn't messing around when it comes to the ever-worsening COVID-19 crisis here in Wisconsin. Just today, he followed up a Tuesday press briefing with another press briefing, highlight...

Riverwest Public House will remain open through October

Matt Wild

October 1, 2020

Last week, when we talked to Michael Rebers of the Riverwest Public House (815 E. Locust St.), he said it would take a "small miracle" to keep the longtime cooperative venue/bar/gathering place open past the en...

Milwaukee Christkindlmarket has been canceled, will go virtual

Matt Wild

October 1, 2020

Remember back in March and April, when people were like, "Whoa! You're canceling stuff all the way into August! Let's not get crazy here!" Yeah. Anyway, the 2020 Milwaukee Christkindlmarket has been canceled. O...

Scooter pilot study from 2019 deemed a success, new pilot study recommended for 2021

Matt Wild

September 30, 2020

Remember those scooters? Remember how Milwaukee got really, really worked up about them in 2018 and 2019? Remember how Milwaukee really, really forgot about them in 2020 (when they failed to return because of C...

Murals on historic properties may need to be removable, facing away from streets and sidewalks

Matt Wild

September 30, 2020

Want to paint or install a mural on the side of a historic Milwaukee property? There may be some new guidelines for that—including a few that ask you to please keep your mural tucked away in a back alley or som...

Please enjoy this picture of Miller Park, handwritten with the names of every Brewer in Brewers history

Matt Wild

September 30, 2020

In three short months, Miller Park will be Miller Park no longer. It'll be American Family Field, which is fine, and it'll have a new logo, which is definitely a logo. So how to pay tribute to the soon-to-be...

Voting in this election: the good, the bad, and the dicey

Matt Wild

September 29, 2020

You know the drill: There's an election on November 3. Please vote! Here are some good things, some bad things, and some dicey things related to doing just that. THE GOOD 1. MyVote Wisconsin A metric ton of ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: City Hall, like Milwaukee itself, has always been under construction

Matt Wild

September 28, 2020

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and exp...

Doors Open Milwaukee kicks off this weekend (virtually, of course)

Matt Wild

September 25, 2020

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Opening your doors to thousands of strangers isn't the greatest idea these d...

Contribute to a fundraiser for Koz’s Mini Bowl owner, who’s recovering from a hit and run accident

Matt Wild

September 24, 2020

Koz's Mini Bowl is a decades-spanning Milwaukee institution. Some (us) might even say it's a Mandatory Milwaukee destination. "Unlike a typical bowling alley," we wrote back in 2018, "Koz's has four half-sized ...

Official Hoan Bridge lighting ceremony set to take place October 22

Matt Wild

September 23, 2020

Have you seen the tests for the Light the Hoan thing? The thing that raised millions of (private) dollars to line the west-facing side of the Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge with programmable LED lights? The tests ...

Bar owner refuses to show “political” Packers games, backtracks due to “conflicting interest” with wife

Matt Wild

September 23, 2020

It's a tale as old as a few years ago: A bar owner decides to use their establishment to make a dumb and/or awful political point, the bar owner gets some press and a ton of online grief, the bar owner backs do...

Barring a “small miracle,” Riverwest Public House will close at the end of the month

Matt Wild

September 22, 2020

The Riverwest Public House Cooperative (815 E. Locust St.) is currently open. But, barring a "small miracle," the longtime cooperative venue/bar/gathering place will close at the end of September. "We'd like...

“We need folks to start taking this seriously, and young people especially.” Evers extends mask mandate until November 21

Matt Wild

September 22, 2020

In a press release Tuesday morning, Gov. Tony Evers extended Wisconsin's statewide mask mandate through November 21. The original mandate was set to expire September 28. "We continue to learn more about this...

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