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Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays will surely be in attendance for ‘Airplane!’ screening at Pabst Theater

January 12, 2026

Joey, do you like endlessly quotable and ridiculously absurd movies from 1980 that feature Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? ("Tell your old man to drag Walton ...

Milwaukee Film unveils snazzy new logo, website

Matt Wild

January 9, 2026

Milwaukee Film, the ever-busy nonprofit organization that stages the annual Milwaukee Film Festival and operates the historic Oriental and Downer theaters all year long, has a snazzy new look for 2026. Out with...

Plans for sports bar in former Company Brewing space hit snag with Licenses Committee

Matt Wild

January 9, 2026

Back in September 2025, a six-person ownership group filed license applications with the City of Milwaukee to open a new sports bar, Diaspora Sports Bar and Lounge, in the former Company Brewing space, 735 E. C...

Here’s the 2026 Edelweiss Concert Cruise lineup

Matt Wild

January 9, 2026

It may only be January, but it's never too early for summer concert series announcements. Especially if those summer concert series take place ON A BOAT. Yep, it's already time to get excited for Edelweiss Crui...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (December 24, 2025 – January 6, 2026)

Matt Wild

January 8, 2026

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Milwaukee County Zoo aviary closed due to dead avian influenza-positive goose in parking lot

Matt Wild

January 8, 2026

Milwaukee County Zoo's Herb & Nada Mahler Family Aviary will be closed "for the foreseeable future" due to a "confirmed case of HPAI, commonly known as avian influenza, in the Zoo parking lot," the Zoo said...

Brave You unleashes three-song ‘HYENAS’ EP

Matt Wild

January 8, 2026

Last month we hipped you to "Hyenas," the latest song from Milwaukee synth-flecked indie-punk band Brave You. It's pretty great! Need a refresher? Enjoy the Samer Ghani-directed video below: https://www.yout...

I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about the final year of the Milwaukee Public Museum

Matt Wild

January 8, 2026

In case you missed it, you have exactly one year left to enjoy the Milwaukee Public Museum as you know it. Slightly less than a year, actually. MPM will officially close January 3, 2027. The new Nature & Cu...

Here’s the schedule for Milwaukee Public Market’s “Market Unplugged” acoustic music series

Matt Wild

January 7, 2026

Who doesn't love the Milwaukee Public Market? And who doesn't love Milwaukee music? No one, that's who. So buckle up for Milwaukee Public Market's new acoustic music series, "Market Unplugged"! The FREE four...

In new documentary, Corey Feldman suggests I’m “working for the dark side”

Matt Wild

January 6, 2026

In March 2017, I drove to Green Bay to see Corey Feldman & The Angels play a show at the Green Bay Distillery. I wrote about the show in a subsequent review, "I saw Corey Feldman & The Angels in Green B...

Oh yeah, Bavette La Boucherie is closing, too

Matt Wild

January 6, 2026

The tail end of 2025 was a brutal time for Milwaukee businesses. The National Cafe announced its immediate closure. Pomona Cider Co. announced its near-immediate closure. Beans & Barley announced its impend...

WMSE’s Art & Music will return to Pritzlaff Building February 6

Matt Wild

January 6, 2026

It's nearly that time of year again! What time of year, you ask? That time of year when WMSE's Art & Music takes over the historic Pritzlaff Building, of course! Yes, on Friday, February 6 from 6-10 p.m....

Mexican restaurant possibly coming to former Triple Taproom / Hacienda / BBC on East Side

Matt Wild

January 5, 2026

A vacant anchor business on Milwaukee's East Side may soon see new life. A sign taped to the mailbox of the former Triple Taproom / Hacienda / BBC space at 2018 E. North Avenue indicates Jalisco Cocina &...

French bistro CASSIS will open January 20, not January 5 as previously planned

Matt Wild

January 5, 2026

News dropped in December that husband-and-wife duo Kyle and Meghan Knall—a.k.a. the couple behind nationally celebrated Milwaukee restaurant Birch—planned to open their long-awaited new restaurant CASSIS on Jan...

Milwaukee Public Museum will close exactly one year from today

Matt Wild

January 3, 2026

Just a friendly reminder, folks: As previously announced, the Milwaukee Public Museum will officially close on January 3, 2027. That's exactly one year from today. "We're thrilled to remain open for all of 2...

Milwaukee Film will screen all 18 episodes of ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ January 9-14

Matt Wild

January 2, 2026

Visionary artist and filmmaker David Lynch died on January 20, 2024. (Bob Uecker died the same day. Talk about tough days.) Now, ahead of the one-year anniversary of Lynch's passing to a realm both wonderful an...

Video and photos from the 2026 Polar Bear Plunge

Matt Wild

January 1, 2026

Happy 2026, Milwaukee! Go jump in the lake! Yes, since time immemorial, hearty Milwaukeeans have celebrated New Year's Day by taking part in the Polar Bear Plunge—a.k.a. heading down to Bradford Beach and sp...

I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about Saturday’s N/A Day at The Cooperage

Matt Wild

January 1, 2026

Milwaukee Record's fifth annual N/A Day will take over The Cooperage on Saturday, January 3. Drop by! Enjoy unlimited samples of more than 50 non-alcoholic products from more than two dozen local and national v...

R.I.P. William Bush of Immortal Girlfriend, Black Challenger

Matt Wild

December 30, 2025

The Milwaukee music scene is a lesser place with the passing of William "Will" Bush. Along with his younger brother Kevin, Will performed in the impossibly cool synth-wave project Immortal Girlfriend. As a solo...

Remembering the funniest 30 seconds of 2025

Matt Wild

December 23, 2025

The infamous Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. Deep Thought, the S.S. Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, or just The Boat—magically appeared between Bradford and McKinley beaches on October 13, 2024. (Okay, it didn't "magically a...

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