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Mark Borchardt looks to the skies with latest film, ‘The Dundee Project’

January 20, 2017

Ask Mark Borchardt what he's up to these days and you'll get a simple answer: working. The Milwaukee filmmaker may have found unlikely fame way back in 1999 as the subject of the documentary American Movie, but...

Sheriff Clarke jokingly threatens to murder the man who shook his head at him

Matt Wild

January 19, 2017

On Thursday, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke jokingly threatened to murder a man who shook his head at him. A meme posted to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office Facebook page reads: In case you...

Listen to the first new Codebreaker song in 6 years, “When The Lights Go Down”

Matt Wild

January 19, 2017

Milwaukee music is currently awash in gauzy, '80s-tinged synth-pop—think GGOOLLDD, NO/NO, Dashcam, etc. But long before those bands were even blips on the retro radar, the mighty Codebreaker held the distinct...

Sheriff Clarke threatens to “knock out” any “goofs” who shake their head at him

Matt Wild

January 18, 2017

On Tuesday, a 24-year-old Milwaukee man, Dan Black, filed a formal complaint alleging Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke "harassed" him at the airport. Black's crime? Being on the same flight as Clarke, as...

Remembering the time Wendy O. Williams was arrested in Milwaukee for getting freaky with a sledgehammer

Matt Wild

January 18, 2017

Musical provocation might net you some dutiful social media outrage these days, but it likely won't get you arrested. That wasn't always the case: In 1969, Jim Morrison was charged with obscenity and indecent e...

Milwaukee man files complaint alleging Sheriff Clarke harassed him at airport

Matt Wild

January 17, 2017

UPDATE (1/18/17): Sheriff Clarke has responded to the complaint in typical Sheriff Clarke/14-year-old-boy fashion. Last week, before Sunday's playoff game against the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowbo...

Klassik uncovers the story behind Friday’s “Tribe UNCOVERED” show at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

January 17, 2017

Back in early 2016, Alverno College's long-running performing arts series, Alverno Presents, announced its current season would be its last. Among the many casualties of the announcement was Alverno Presents' ...

Protests, music festivals, and 8 other things to do on Inauguration Night

Matt Wild

January 17, 2017

Get this: On Friday, January 20, Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. Huh. The official celebrations surrounding Trump's inauguration will likely be just as "huh"-worthy, what wit...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (January 8-14)

Matt Wild

January 16, 2017

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 ...

Milwaukee is ready to convince the rest of the state to hate it a little less

Matt Wild

January 13, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • There's never any shortage of talk about how Milwaukee can better market it...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): January 8-14

Matt Wild

January 13, 2017

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week's best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, on declaring January 12 "A...

Remembering the Milwaukee Chiefs, the city’s short-lived professional football team

Matt Wild

January 12, 2017

From 1953 until 1994, the Green Bay Packers played two to four games per season at Milwaukee County Stadium. The Packers' final game in Milwaukee—a 21-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on December 18, 1994—...

Which Milwaukee beers would you put up in a bet with Dallas for the Packers-Cowboys game?

Matt Wild

January 11, 2017

Newsflash: On Sunday, January 15, the Green Bay Packers will travel to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas to take on the Dallas Cowboys in the PLAYOFFS, YES, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PLAYOFFS. It will undoubted...

Inaugural “MilMag Live!” discussion tackles two topics, highlights two Milwaukees

Matt Wild

January 11, 2017

Back in 2012, the Pabst Theater Group and Historic Milwaukee joined forces for a series of panel discussions featuring notable Milwaukeeans—developers, artists, someone from NEWaukee—holding forth on notable ...

Exclusive: Stream The Fatty Acids’ “Strangers / In Your House,” from the upcoming ‘Dogs Of Entertainment’

Matt Wild

January 10, 2017

There comes a point in every long-running band's career when listeners (and writers) start tossing around words like "veterans" and "fixtures." Ready or not, The Fatty Acids have arrived at that point. Over the...

What’s the deal with that “This Is Downtown Bay View” sign?

Matt Wild

January 10, 2017

Ever come across a mildly interesting thing in Milwaukee and wonder "What's the deal with that mildly interesting thing?" What's The Deal With explores these local curiosities, and aims to find the stories be...

Veteran TMJ4 meteorologist John Malan is retiring

Matt Wild

January 9, 2017

And the blows to local TV news just keep on coming: Less than a week after senior FOX6 sportscaster Tom Pipines announced his retirement, legendary TMJ4 meteorologist John Malan has announced his impending re...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Koppa’s combines tasty sandwiches, taxidermy, Atari

Matt Wild

January 9, 2017

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 explore how they might figu...

Great Job, Milwaukee! The New York Times shot a 360-degree video of the Polar Plunge

Matt Wild

January 9, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication dei...

Milwaukee Lion returns, closes a bunch of Milwaukee restaurants

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If Milwaukee's first week of 2017 could be summed up in one word, it would ...

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