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Here’s UWM Union Cinema’s fall 2016 lineup

August 30, 2016

The UWM Union Cinema has been a hidden-not-really-hidden gem of Milwaukee's East Side since 1972. Located inside the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Union, the unassuming theater has long served a...

Here’s what $1,000 in rent gets you in Milwaukee (and 8 other U.S. cities)

Matt Wild

August 29, 2016

Back in July, Madison-based apartment listings site Abodo.com revealed that Milwaukee was home to the fastest increasing rent in the entire country. Milwaukee! An Abodo infographic put Milwaukee's average 1...

11 wonderfully weird classes in the fall Milwaukee Recreation guide

Matt Wild

August 29, 2016

broadstreet.zone(32806); With summer on its way out and fall slowly creeping in, "back to school" fever is in the increasingly chilly air. But you don't have to be a kid, a teen, or a college-age student to ...

Watch B-Free’s self-directed, domestic-violence-addressing “No More” video

Matt Wild

August 29, 2016

If you've been paying attention to Milwaukee music as of late, you've been paying attention to B-Free. As singer for the ever-busy, genre-defying Foreign Goods, B-Free (a.k.a. Britney Freeman-Farr) has play...

Here’s a statement from Milwaukee County “Exeggutor” Chris Abele on the whole Pokemon Go thing

Matt Wild

August 25, 2016

In case you need a refresher: On Tuesday, it was revealed that Milwaukee County Parks had written a letter to the developer of Pokemon Go, Niantic, Inc., asking for the removal of PokeStops from Lake Park. ...

Take a peek at the construction of Nine Below, the “mini-golf tavern” coming to the East Side

Matt Wild

August 25, 2016

On a list of businesses likely to open in the vacant basement space below Beans & Barley, "mini-golf tavern" would land somewhere between "artisanal Lunchables bar" and "High Dive East." And yet a mini-...

Here’s an email from the Milwaukee County Exec office to concerned Pokemon Go fans

Matt Wild

August 24, 2016

UPDATE (8/25/16): Here's a statement from the Milwaukee County "Exeggutor" himself, Chris Abele. Yesterday we brought you the story of how Milwaukee County Parks had contacted the makers of Pokemon GO, a...

Milwaukee County Parks are trying to remove Pokemon Go from Lake Park

Matt Wild

August 23, 2016

UPDATE (8/25/16): Here's a statement from the Milwaukee County "Exeggutor" himself, Chris Abele. UPDATE (8/24/16): Here's an email from the Milwaukee County Exec office to concerned Pokemon Go fans. L...

Here are the 58 Milwaukee-made films coming to the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 23, 2016

With less than a month to go before the start of the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival, lineup announcements have been coming at a furious clip. From September 22 through October 6, the screens of the Landmark O...

For what it’s worth, there’s a petition to restore old Journal Sentinel issues to Google News Archive

Matt Wild

August 23, 2016

On Tuesday, August 16, old issues of the Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Sentinel, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel vanished from Google News Archive. According to Urban Milwaukee, new JS owner Gannett Co. Inc. ...

7 more (mostly) dead websites from Milwaukee’s past

Matt Wild

August 22, 2016

broadstreet.zone(32806); Late last week, Urban Milwaukee ran an alarming story that revealed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel—now fully owned by Gannett Co. Inc. and USA Today'd out—had pulled decades of scann...

Remembering the Bronze Fonz controversy of 2008

Matt Wild

August 19, 2016

Take yourself back to August 19, 2008: The Obama/McCain race for the White House was in full swing, The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2 was packing multiplexes, and the New Kids On The Block were dominating...

‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ top Milwaukee Film Fest’s 2016 Cinema Hooligante program

Matt Wild

August 16, 2016

// Are we roughly one month away from the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival? Yes, yes we are. From September 22 through October 6, the screens of the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay C...

Best Pakistani Restaurant In The Basement Of A Downtown Office Building: Shah Jee’s

Matt Wild

August 12, 2016

// Every Friday, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away with pesky voting and feigned attempts at impartiality. Who will ...

Get angst-y and stream Bright Black’s blistering self-titled EP

Matt Wild

August 12, 2016

// For those keeping score at home, emo is currently enjoying a so-called "fourth wave" revival, with bands as disparate as The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and Title Fight ...

Girls Rock alums, Negative/Positive, make a statement on debut EP

Matt Wild

August 11, 2016

// Since 2013, Girls Rock Milwaukee has given girls age 8-16 a chance to learn the ins and outs of starting their very own rock bands. More importantly, the summer-camp-style crash course has aimed to empow...

Strange Fruit music fest to explore race relations in Milwaukee and beyond

Matt Wild

August 10, 2016

// Socially conscious protest music reaches back to the beginning of music itself, yet modern musicians have struggled with the form in the 21st century. Things have been changing, however, with music's emb...

Take a trip up north and stream The Blue Mooners’ funny, affectionate ‘Wildwood’

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

// It's easy to forget that just outside the bustling megalopolis of Milwaukee exists a grand and beautiful state, full of pristine nature, gorgeous sunsets, and a good ol' fishin' hole or two. The Blue Moo...

All three Mitchell Park Domes will reopen by October

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

// Milwaukee's long, dark, largely Dome-less night of the soul will soon be over: According to BizTimes, the two remaining Mitchell Park Domes are scheduled to reopen by the fall. The Tropical Dome is set f...

Milwaukee County is finally—finally!—considering a parking fee along the lakefront

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

// Milwaukee is a city on the move. Every day brings new luxury apartments you can't afford, new increases in rent you can't afford, and other new developments you can't afford (though being white helps). L...

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