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47,552 people rode that darn streetcar in August 2023

October 9, 2023

A total of 47,552 people rode that darn streetcar—a.k.a. The Hop—in August 2023. The works out to a daily ridership of about 1,534. August 2023 ridership was down from July 2023 (65,749) and June 2023 (50,29...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (September 24 – October 7)

Matt Wild

October 9, 2023

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...

Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival will return to downtown November 16 – January 1

Matt Wild

October 9, 2023

We've been celebrating Halloween since August, but we're still not ready for, you know, the holidays. But that's not stopping Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 from announcing its annual Holiday Lights Festival (prese...

Stuff We Missed: Big Boy coming to Sussex, leaving Germantown (eventually)

Matt Wild

October 6, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Back in 2021, beloved restaurant Big Boy returned to Wisconsin for the first...

Ravine Road won’t get a pedestrian/bike path, will remain closed for at least a year

Matt Wild

October 6, 2023

Despite public support for reopening Lake Park's long-closed Ravine Road to pedestrians and bicycles only, and despite a cool $500,000 to do something with the road, it looks like...nothing will be done with it...

Here’s the schedule for Sugar Maple’s Nintendo pop-up, October 19-22

Matt Wild

October 5, 2023

Grab your controllers, blow in your cartridges, and dial in the Komani code (Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start), because Milwaukee craft beer bar The Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln Ave.) is...

Diet Lite embarks on DIY tour in feature-length doc ‘Stumble Out The Gate’

Matt Wild

October 5, 2023

Milwaukee indie-rock band Diet Lite never half-asses it. The group's albums, videos, and live shows are all dialed to the max, full of life and energy and occasional crowd surfing. So when the time came to rele...

It’s time to talk about the future of the Mitchell Park Domes. Again!

Matt Wild

October 4, 2023

It's time to talk about the future of the beleaguered Mitchell Park Domes. Again! Yes, a public meeting on the endlessly discussed topic—touched off after a fallen chunk of concrete was discovered in one of ...

New wine bar, Cork MKE, coming soon to Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

October 3, 2023

A new wine bar is coming soon to 1039 S. 5th St. in Walker's Point. The space was formerly home to Green Life Trading Co. and The Glass Pantry. Cork MKE will be owned and operated by Betty and Christopher Ho...

East Side restaurant Tavolino closed “until further notice”

Matt Wild

October 3, 2023

According to a Monday-night social media post, Italian restaurant Tavolino, located at 2315 N. Murray Ave. on Milwaukee's east side, has closed. "It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that Tavolin...

Bond over Breakup Tour’s hilarious “(At Least We Still Hate) The Same Shit!”

Matt Wild

October 2, 2023

Friends, to paraphrase Stephen King, come in and out of our lives like servers in a restaurant. We get old. We change. Careers and marriage and children and everything else send us on different paths. The commo...

Get a haircut, real job, and watch the video for Bunk Bed’s “Bum”

Matt Wild

September 29, 2023

Remember The Guy On The Couch in Half Baked? We've all had a Guy On The Couch in our lives, haven't we? Hell, maybe we've been The Guy On The Couch. A version of The Guy is front and center in the new video for...

Milwaukee Paranormal Conference rises again, October 13-15

Matt Wild

September 28, 2023

The Milwaukee Paranormal Conference has been celebrating ghosts, ghouls, aliens, cryptids, and the folks who love them since 2015. Founded by journalist and author (and Milwaukee Record contributor) Tea Krulos,...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (September 10-23)

Matt Wild

September 26, 2023

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." However you want to define it, it's safe to say tha...

It’s Tuesday, so LUXI released a new album and video game (and recently opened a store)

Matt Wild

September 26, 2023

There are Milwaukee musicians who are "busy," and then there are Milwaukee musicians who are LUXI. The DIY electro artist has been a consistent and relentlessly productive presence in the local scene since 2013...

Look out, here comes Lavish Waste’s cover of “Lookout Weekend”

Matt Wild

September 25, 2023

When we last heard from Lavish Waste, the Milwaukee electro-punk duo (Emily Evans, Steven Look) had just released their debut record Juice Demon. The cover of the record, featuring Evans and Look cosplaying Bee...

R.I.P. Louie’s Char Dogs & Butter Burgers?

Matt Wild

September 23, 2023

Two and a half years after opening in an East Side strip mall at 2336 N. Farwell Ave., sausage and burger joint Louie's Char Dogs & Butter Burgers appears to be closed. A sign informing customers that "we a...

Rose Of The West makes its mark with excellent ‘No Things Permanent’

Matt Wild

September 22, 2023

On "Every Bad Dream," the final track of Rose Of The West's breathtaking sophomore album No Things Permanent, singer-songwriter Gina Barrington rattles off a litany of wounds and secret triumphs. "Every little ...

Wolfman’s got….! We’re screening ‘The Monster Squad’ October 25 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 21, 2023

The 1980s were loaded with "kid adventure" films: The Goonies, Explorers, Flight Of The Navigator, etc. But how many of those "kid adventure" films had the kids squaring off against Dracula, the Wolfman, Franke...

Downer Theatre has closed (for now?)

Matt Wild

September 19, 2023

UPDATE (9/20/23): In a press release, President of the Downer Avenue Business Improvement District Michael DeMichele says, "We have high hopes in finding a solution that continues to respect the tradition and h...

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