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UPDATE: That Marcus Center snow pile is still hanging on

April 23, 2019

On April 9, we took some pictures of that big snow pile on the side of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts parking structure and guessed when the sucker would finally melt. April 20, we predicted. So how ...

Report: Growing hemp at the Mitchell Park Domes ain’t gonna work

Matt Wild

April 22, 2019

Monday afternoon, the Parks, Energy and Environment Committee considered a long-awaited study on the potential for growing and producing industrial hemp in the greenhouses at the Mitchell Park Domes. The long-a...

New concession stand, better sound coming soon to Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild

April 22, 2019

It's been less than a year since Milwaukee Film took over operation of the historic Oriental Theatre. In that time, the ever-busy nonprofit arts organization has made a number of improvements to the 91-year-old...

Here are the Miller Lite Oasis headliners for Summerfest 2019

Matt Wild

April 22, 2019

If you hear a low rumbling coming from Milwaukee's lakefront, don't fret: it's just the sound of Summerfest, which is set to take over Henry Maier Festival Park June 26-30, and July 2-7. Who's playing in 2019? ...

Gov. Evers celebrates Earth Day, new 24-pack of Spotted Cow

Matt Wild

April 22, 2019

Hey! Today is Earth Day! Let's celebrate the Earth! And do our part to not screw it up any more than it already is! What is Wisconsin's new governor, Gov. Tony Evers, doing to commemorate the holiday? (A holida...

Third time’s the charm? Milwaukee may apply for another federal grant for streetcar extension

Matt Wild

April 19, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

Thurston Moore will perform live score to James Nares’ ‘Street’ at Oriental Theatre August 16

Matt Wild

April 19, 2019

Today in Wow, This Sounds Great news, Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore is slated to perform a live score to artist James Nares' Street at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre on Friday, August 16. Wow, this sounds...

There’s a Facebook page for the “KK Can Opener,” a.k.a. that Bay View railroad bridge that eats semis

Matt Wild

April 18, 2019

UPDATE (4/19/19): Hmmm. Something funny is going on here... Earlier this month we hipped you to Bay View Missed Connections, a new Facebook group dedicated to "choice anecdotes of localized lust." Today, in ...

City Lounge is doing another (ahem) “World of Wizards” pop-up bar

Matt Wild

April 18, 2019

Is there a more wonderful, willfully weird Cudahy bar than City Lounge? Okay, X-Ray Arcade is pretty wonderful and weird, but City Lounge has been doing wonderful and weird for years. Remember when Bubba Sparxx...

Remembering the musical legacy of Rocky Rococo

Matt Wild

April 17, 2019

On Saturday, April 20, in the year of our Lord 2019, hungry Wisconsinites can don a white suit, a white fedora, and/or a fake nose and glasses and get a free slice of Rocky Rococo pizza, no questions asked. Yes...

Mess with us as we play ‘Paranoia’ Wednesday night on Twitch, and help raise money for RAINN

Matt Wild

April 16, 2019

Do you like tabletop role-playing games? Good. Do you like to watch people play tabletop role-playing games via Twitch? Good. Do you like to watch people play tabletop role-playing games via Twitch, and have th...

We talked to Steve Martin and Martin Short before their April 19 show at Riverside Theater and it was delightful

Matt Wild

April 16, 2019

Steve Martin and Martin Short need no introductions. So, before Martin and Short bring their latest two-man show, "Now You See Them, Soon You Won't," to Milwaukee's Riverside Theater on Friday, April 19, Mil...

Here’s the lineup for the 2019 Summer Soulstice Music Festival

Matt Wild

April 16, 2019

For nearly two decades, the East Side's annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival has marked the first day of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up carrying a giant lizard. (Actuall...

AJ Bombers will offer its Big Boy burger all summer long

Matt Wild

April 15, 2019

Last week, we embarked on an epic taste test: Who has the best Big Boy-inspired burger—AJ Bombers, Coach's, or McDonald's? The test was inspired by AJ Bombers' limited-time tribute to the classic double-patty, ...

Gov. Evers will speak at Turner Hall, and we still demand he make his own “Welcome to deer season” videos

Matt Wild

April 15, 2019

In case you missed it, Wisconsin has a new governor. Last November, mild-mannered Tony Evers bested future Twitter user Scott Walker to become the 46th governor of our great state. What has Gov. Evers accomplis...

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

Matt Wild

April 15, 2019

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...

Watch the Milwaukee Bucks dye the Milwaukee River green

Matt Wild

April 12, 2019

Friday morning, in advance of Sunday's playoff game, the Milwaukee Bucks dyed the Milwaukee River green. Well, the city and members of Plumbers Local 75 union did the actual dyeing (below the McKinley Avenue br...

A winner is you: Get powered up for this weekend’s Midwest Gaming Classic

Matt Wild

April 11, 2019

This weekend, the 2019 Midwest Gaming Classic will somehow stuff more than 10,000 gamers, pinball pros, tabletop enthusiasts, cosplayers, vendors, and entertainers into the 150,000 square feet of the Wisconsin ...

The Bike Fixers (formerly Cory The Bike Fixer) is closed

Matt Wild

April 11, 2019

The Bike Fixers—formerly known as Cory The Bike Fixer—is closed. A "For Sale" currently graces the front of the East Side building at 2410 N. Murray Ave. Multiple calls to the long-running bike shop have gone u...

Raw Bar is open at Crossroads Collective. Here’s the menu.

Matt Wild

April 10, 2019

Since opening in December 2018, Crossroads Collective—a.k.a. one of the city's first food halls located in the former Oriental Drugs space on the East Side—has been great. And now it's even greater: Today, the ...

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