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I dropped by ‘The Morning Blend’ to talk about fall festivals

October 6, 2025

Milwaukee's packed summer festival season is over, which means it's time to relax and enjoy Milwaukee's quiet, relaxing, and festival-free fall season. Except that second part isn't true at all: Milwaukee falls...

AJ Bombers’ final day of service will be November 20

Matt Wild

October 2, 2025

Back in June, downtown burger joint AJ Bombers (1247 N. Water St.) announced that after 16 years of service, it would be closing its doors later this year. Now, we have actual date. On Thursday, AJ Bombers anno...

Nine Inch Nails will play Fiserv Forum February 23

Matt Wild

October 1, 2025

Like the man said, "Bow down before the one you serve / You're going to get what you deserve." And what you deserve is to see Nine Inch Nails live at Fiserv Forum on Monday, February 23, 2026. It's been a minut...

“A role of a lifetime”: Jeffrey Combs talks Herbert West, ‘Re-Animator’ ahead of 40th-anniversary screening

Matt Wild

September 30, 2025

There's no film quite like 1985's Re-Animator. Is it a horror film? A comedy? A Frankenstein/"mad scientist" spoof? A horror-comedy-Frankenstein/"mad scientist"-spoof? Whatever it is, it's an absolute hoot, and...

Outgoing FM 102/1 honored with official county proclamation

Matt Wild

September 29, 2025

In case you missed it, long-running Milwaukee rock radio station FM 102/1 (WLUM-FM) will cease its programming at the end of the month. Tennessee-based Christian radio network K-Love Inc. purchased the station,...

The Onion’s Jeffrey Epstein mockumentary will screen at X-Ray Arcade October 17

Matt Wild

September 29, 2025

Satirical warhorse The Onion made news last week when it unveiled the existence of Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile, a 20-minute "yes, this is real" doc/mockumentary created by The Onion. "Forget everything yo...

New MKE-made retro video games coming soon: ‘Mega Kaiju Boom Ball,’ ‘Gumshoe Detective Agency’

Matt Wild

September 26, 2025

The world of homebrew retro video games has exploded in the past decade, and Milwaukee has been a part of the pixelated action. Local developer/musician Jordan Davis unveiled Space Raft: The Game in 2020, and T...

Here are more details on āya, an upscale Mediterranean restaurant coming to Ascent MKE

Matt Wild

September 26, 2025

Back in May, New Land Enterprises announced that an "upscale, elevated Mediterranean restaurant" called āya was coming to the ground floor of its mass timber Ascent MKE apartment building at 700 E. Kilbourn Ave...

MKE Music Rewind: Short Stuff, “Manic Recession #2” / “Wise Up” (1983)

Matt Wild

September 25, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Short Stuff's "Manic Recession #2" and "Wise ...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (September 10-23, 2025)

Matt Wild

September 24, 2025

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...

Thanks to Cactus Club, it will be cheaper for businesses to make entrances more accessible

Matt Wild

September 23, 2025

The Milwaukee Common Council gave an unanimous thumbs-up on Tuesday to a substitute ordinance that would waive various city fees for businesses planning to make accessibility improvements to their entrances. Th...

Jungle-themed Slingshot Bar will open in West Allis in October

Matt Wild

September 23, 2025

Back in April, ever-busy "experiential entertainment" group Bars & Recreation announced the impending opening of a slingshot bar called, well, Slingshot Bar, at 6325 W. National Ave. in West Allis. Now, the...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Savoring the last days of summer

Matt Wild

September 19, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: savoring the last days of summer! By the time you read this, summe...

Live forever at our screening of ‘Death Becomes Her,’ October 15 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 18, 2025

The spooky season is upon us, which means oodles and oodles of spooky movies! Or, in the case of our screening of Death Becomes Her, set for Wednesday, October 15 at the Avalon Atmospheric Theater, darkly funny...

Ed Sheeran will headline Summerfest June 25, 2026

Matt Wild

September 18, 2025

Hot on the heels of the announcement of a two-night Garth Brooks kickoff bonanza, Summerfest announced Thursday morning that Ed Sheeran will headline the fest on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Sheeran will play the A...

Milwaukee Record’s 66 Days of Halloween (Part II)

Matt Wild

September 18, 2025

Welcome to Milwaukee Record's 66 Days of Halloween countdown! You can find Part I, which covers Days 0-22, HERE. You can find Part III, which covers Days 45-66, HERE. DAY 44: DINOSAUR DRACULA As we wrap up Pa...

Food/Drink Roundup: Central Standard opening in airport, Twisted Plants closing in Cudahy

Matt Wild

September 17, 2025

In this installment of our bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup: Central Standard Craft Distillery is opening soon in Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, and Twisted Plants is closing soon in Cudahy. • In case...

Shontrail gets dreamy, gritty on genre-bending ‘Sonata’

Matt Wild

September 16, 2025

At some point in recent-ish music history, the concept of "genre" was put out to pasture. Why constrain yourself to just one musical style, many emerging artists asked, when you could embrace all of them? Like ...

Get Pumpkin Spice and Apple Crisp Cream Puffs at Harvest Fair (or order them for drive-thru pickup)

Matt Wild

September 15, 2025

The 2025 edition of the fall-tastic Harvest Fair is set to take over Wisconsin State Fair Park September 26-28. Music! Food! Drinks! Lumberjack shows! Hay bales! Oh, and Deluxe Speciality flavor Cream Puffs! ...

Turns out that emotional letter from Bob Uecker wasn’t REALLY from Bob Uecker

Matt Wild

September 15, 2025

By now you've read, watched video of, and bawled your eyes out over that emotional letter from the late Bob Uecker to the current Milwaukee Brewers. Brewers manager Pat Murphy read the letter out loud to the pl...

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