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Get weird (and get loud) with new music from Calliope

March 16, 2017

It's been a hot, swirling, organ-laden minute since psyched-out Milwaukee outfit Calliope graced fans with a new full-length album. In 2014, the excellent ORBIS found the band, according to our review at the ti...

Gaze upon Milwaukee’s changing skyline in this “Milwaukee’s Changing Skyline” video

Matt Wild

March 16, 2017

Every other Monday, we publish a quick roundup of all the new shit they're building in Milwaukee. These "new shit" posts attempt to keep tabs on the countless new developments, luxury apartments, and luxury apa...

Here’s the Justin Vernon-narrated trailer for Mark Borchardt’s ‘The Dundee Project’

Matt Wild

March 15, 2017

Back in January, we chatted with Milwaukee filmmaking maverick/icon Mark Borchardt about his new flick, The Dundee Project. Shot by Borchardt over several years beginning in the early 2000s, the film chronicles...

Nineties night: A primer to Saturday’s unofficial Globe East reunion show at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

March 14, 2017

On Saturday, March 18, six bands from Milwaukee's past will reunite on the stage of Turner Hall, turning the clock back to a time (the '90s, mostly) and place (the Globe East, mostly) that still live on in many...

Take a look inside Pabst Milwaukee Brewery, a.k.a. the church of Pabst

Matt Wild

March 13, 2017

Back in 2015, following an ill-fated push to "Bring PBR Home," it was announced that Pabst would be coming home. Sort of. A new Pabst brewery would indeed be setting up shop in the shuttered Pabst Brewing site,...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (March 5-11)

Matt Wild

March 13, 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 Th...

So, uh, who’s going to operate the Milwaukee Streetcar?

Matt Wild

March 10, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If it feels like years since anyone got riled up about the impending Milwauke...

Hey now, Smash Mouth’s guitarist gave a one-star Yelp review to a Milwaukee dry cleaner

Matt Wild

March 10, 2017

This article was originally published in 2017. Take yourself back to the summer of 2015. Jurassic World was king of the box office. Mad Men had just finished its seven-season run. A different person was in t...

Tucked Away: Downtown Kitchen

Matt Wild

March 9, 2017

Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...

Trocadero is gonna be a pizza place

Matt Wild

March 8, 2017

Have you ever had the hankering for pizza, but were unable to find a pizza place serving said pizza? Of course not. There are pizza places everywhere. (Even when certain pizza places close.) And now there ar...

Remembering the time County Stadium banned carry-ins and everyone got pissed

Matt Wild

March 8, 2017

Yesterday, the Milwaukee Brewers revealed a slew of local breweries and beers coming to Miller Park's new "Local Brews" bar in 2017. Lakefront's Riverwest Stein, Third Space's Happy Place, and Milwauk...

Watch Jacob Bach explain why UPAF matters

Matt Wild

March 8, 2017

Monday night, the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) kicked off its 50th anniversary campaign at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. In its 50 years, UPAF has raised more than $300 million for a host of Milwaukee-...

Mandatory Milwaukee: WMSE continues to create community for left-of-the-dial listeners

Matt Wild

March 7, 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 figure...

Milwaukee Public Museum will move to a new downtown location in the next decade

Matt Wild

March 7, 2017

Heads up, snake button enthusiasts: According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Milwaukee Public Museum will move to a new, $100 million downtown home sometime in the next decade. MPM is pursuing the optio...

Rosati’s on Farwell and North appears to be closed

Matt Wild

March 6, 2017

After little more than a year in business, it appears that Rosati's Pizza Sports Pub, located on the corner of Farwell and North on Milwaukee's East Side, is closed. As of Monday night, the interior of the rest...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2017 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

Matt Wild

March 6, 2017

This past Sunday, oodles of Milwaukeeans flocked to the MSOE Kern Center for WMSE's 15th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. Several hours later, they all went home and found a nice place to curl up and think a...

Cards Against Humanity is sending a bunch of potatoes to Sen. Ron Johnson

Matt Wild

March 3, 2017

Back in January, the creators of your family's favorite zany/offensive/tiring party game, Cards Against Humanity, hid a bunch of boxes around Milwaukee. Now, approximately two months later, they're urging fans ...

The new Fuel is nothing like the original Fuel, and that’s fine

Matt Wild

March 2, 2017

My first Milwaukee memories are of Fuel Cafe. I moved here in 1996, three years after the now-iconic coffee shop/cafe opened in Riverwest. Like many of my friends, I spent an inordinate amount of time at Fuel. ...

Happy John Malan Day, Wisconsin

Matt Wild

March 1, 2017

If today's weather seems especially weird—Is it raining outside? Wait, is it snowing outside? Now rain again?—there's a reason for that. After 37 years of dedicated service, veteran Milwaukee weatherman John ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (February 19-25)

Matt Wild

March 1, 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 ...

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