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Relive the music and mayhem of Milwaukee Record’s Virtual Summer Festival

June 26, 2020

At some point during yesterday's eight-hour Milwaukee Record Virtual Summer Festival, someone (we think it was Lauryl Sulfate) said the whole thing was like MTV—when MTV was new and scrappy and weird. We can't ...

Milwaukee Board of School Directors votes to terminate all contracts with Milwaukee Police Department

Matt Wild

June 18, 2020

The Milwaukee Police Department has been dismissed. Thursday night, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors voted to terminate "all contracts with the Milwaukee Police Department for the services of School R...

An announcement that City Lounge is doing a ‘Tiger King’ pop-up (from someone who hasn’t seen ‘Tiger King’)

Matt Wild

June 18, 2020

Tiger King! It's that true-crime Netflix sensation everyone on planet Earth has seen! Except me (Matt)! And now City Lounge in Cudahy is doing a Tiger King-inspired "pop-up bar experience" from August 14 throug...

Common Council approves “I can’t breathe” resolution, explores 10% cut in police budget

Matt Wild

June 16, 2020

It was a busy day for the Milwaukee Common Council. At a (virtual) meeting on Tuesday, the Council held every mayoral cabinet appointment, demanded systemic change in all city departments, went ahead with the p...

County Executive Crowley, County Board Chairwoman Nicholson declare Juneteenth a holiday for County employees

Matt Wild

June 15, 2020

Days ahead of Juneteenth, a.k.a. "the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of enslavement of Black people by white people in the United States," Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Cou...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (June 7-13)

Matt Wild

June 15, 2020

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Alderman calls for 10 percent decrease in Milwaukee police budget, reinvestment in neighborhoods

Matt Wild

June 15, 2020

Alderman José G. Pérez issued a resolution on Monday calling for a 10 percent decrease in the 2021 Milwaukee Police Department budget. Pérez says the money should be "reinvested to meet the demands of our neigh...

Milwaukee Board of School Directors may cut ties between MPS and Milwaukee Police Department

Matt Wild

June 11, 2020

School's out for summer. Also possibly out: the Milwaukee Police Department. An online agenda reveals that the Milwaukee Board of School Directors has drafted a resolution that "terminates immediately all co...

Appointment of new VISIT Milwaukee board chair accused of “ginning up” voter fraud in 2011 slammed as “tone deaf”

Matt Wild

June 11, 2020

Local convention and visitors bureau VISIT Milwaukee will have a new chairman of the Board of Directors next year, but the identity of that new board chair isn't sitting well with some Milwaukee politicians and...

Onesto, Smoke Shack, AJ Bombers, Blue Bat have reopened for dine-in service

Matt Wild

June 10, 2020

Four Milwaukee restaurants under the Hospitality Democracy banner—Onesto, Smoke Shack, AJ Bombers, and Blue Bat Kitchen & Tequilaria—have reopened to dine-in service. But, like Lakefront Brewery, there are ...

And yes, the 2020 Milwaukee Polka Riot has been canceled, too

Matt Wild

June 10, 2020

It's come to this. Yes, the 2020 Milwaukee Polka Riot has been canceled. Because of COVID-19, of course. It would have been the fourth year for "America's first and (as far as we know) only alternative polka...

Milwaukee will resume all timed and metered parking restrictions on June 15

Matt Wild

June 10, 2020

The free pandemic parking ride is almost over, folks. Per a Wednesday tweet from the Milwaukee Department of Public Works: Effective Monday (6/15) DPW will resume enforcement of ALL timed & metered restric...

Lakefront Brewery will reopen for reservation-based table service this Friday

Matt Wild

June 9, 2020

Lakefront Brewery will reopen for reservation-based table service on Friday, June 12. Just in time for fish fry. Lakefront isn't just throwing its doors open, of course. Along with the reservation system, pa...

Hip-Hop Week MKE 2020 has been canceled

Matt Wild

June 9, 2020

Originally set for August 17-22, Hip-Hop Week MKE 2020 has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. It would have been the event's third annual celebration. The news was announced Tuesday via a pres...

Gov. Evers has called off the National Guard in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

June 9, 2020

Gov. Tony Evers, along with various Milwaukee officials, announced on Tuesday that the Wisconsin National Guard "has concluded its mission to preserve public safety and protect the rights of protesters and the ...

In case you missed it, here’s the revised 4,902-word health order still in effect in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

June 8, 2020

Remember last Thursday, when Mayor Tom Barrett announced that Milwaukee bars and restaurants could open (with capacity capped at 25%) the very next day? Yeah, that went well. The announcement wasn't just a rand...

MPD Chief Alfonso Morales is due for a performance review; share your thoughts by June 12

Matt Wild

June 8, 2020

Last week, while the Milwaukee Police Department was busy firing tear gas at peaceful protesters and taking lemons water bottles and making lemonade Molotov cocktails, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales com...

Watch this 1980 ’60 Minutes’ story about the 1958 murder of Daniel Bell by Milwaukee police

Matt Wild

June 8, 2020

On February 2, 1958, a 22-year old black man named Daniel Bell was pulled over by two white Milwaukee police officers near the corner of 8th and Wright. Bell had a broken taillight. Bell jumped out of his car a...

Are MCTS buses being used as National Guard transports?

Matt Wild

June 5, 2020

Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) announced on Thursday that it would "temporarily suspend all bus service in the overnight hours (approximately 10 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.) on June 4, June 5, June 6, and June 7....

Milwaukee bars and restaurants can reopen on Friday afternoon (with 25% capacity)

Matt Wild

June 4, 2020

Mayor Tom Barrett announced on Thursday that all City of Milwaukee bars and restaurants can reopen for indoor and outdoor business beginning Friday, June 5, at 2 p.m. Indoor capacity will be limited to 25 perce...

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