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Bay View’s Gather Bakehouse will close April 12

April 6, 2026

After roughly two years in business, Bay View bakery Gather Bakehouse, 1100 E. Oklahoma Ave., is closing its doors for good. As first reported by OnMilwaukee and later announced on Gather's social media acco...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Let’s vote on when the Marcus Center snow pile(s) will melt THIS year

Matt Wild

April 6, 2026

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: the Marcus Center snow pile! UPDATE (4/6/26): Here's the Water St...

Project to redesign East Side’s Ivanhoe Plaza moving forward

Matt Wild

April 3, 2026

It's been three years since a chunk of Ivanhoe Place between Hooligan's and the former Crossroads Collective on the city's East Side was closed to vehicular traffic and designated as a pedestrian plaza. Today, ...

I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about the state’s most important questions

Matt Wild

April 3, 2026

Where does "up north" actually begin? What makes a "dive bar" a dive bar? Who has better cheese curds: Culver's or Cousins? We've investigated these important questions in the pages of Milwaukee Record before; ...

Milwaukee Film Festival Cinema Hooligante films

I dropped by Radio Milwaukee’s Cinebuds podcast to talk about MFF26 and Cinema Hooligante

Matt Wild

April 2, 2026

The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to take over the screens of the Oriental and Downer theaters April 16-30. You can purchase advance ticket packages and passes NOW. You can catch up on our MFF26 coverage ...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (March 18-31, 2026)

Matt Wild

April 2, 2026

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...

Enjoy these mini-Milwaukee Public Museum dioramas from last night’s Diorama-Rama

Matt Wild

April 1, 2026

Back in 2016, Milwaukee treasure Danelle "D" Kirschling hosted the inaugural Diorama-Rama. The friendly competition—part of Kirschling's self-created National Diorama Month—featured local dioramists creating sh...

Guess the popcorn flavors (and listen to me blab) on Milwaukee Film’s ‘Popped Ones’

Matt Wild

April 1, 2026

The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to take over the screens of the Oriental and Downer theaters April 16-30. You can purchase advance ticket packages and passes NOW. You can catch up on our MFF26 coverage ...

Milwaukee’s 1033 Omakase is a James Beard Awards finalist for Best New Restaurant

Matt Wild

March 31, 2026

Back in January, the prestigious food-celebratin' James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its annual James Beard Awards. A number of Milwaukee restaurants, bars, and chefs made the cut. Now, the ...

Reminder: Never, ever count out the Milwaukee Brewers

Matt Wild

March 30, 2026

On Sunday morning, my family and I drove to Cedarburg to get breakfast at PJ Piper Pancake House. We had a lovely time, filling ourselves with pancakes and bacon and biscuits and gravy. (Fun fact: Because I'm 6...

Dig into the full program for the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

March 27, 2026

Two weeks. One-hundred-six feature films. One-hundred-thirty-eight short films. Two-hundred-eighty-two public screenings on five screens at two theaters. That's the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival, folks, set to t...

Out today: Offend Your Friends LP, Known Moons EP, Bicentennial Drug Lord single

Matt Wild

March 27, 2026

It's Friday, which means it's time to enjoy some new music! And even better: some new MILWAUKEE music! First up is Almost Didn't Make It, the first new LP from Milwaukee/Fox Valley party-rock group Offend Yo...

‘We hear you guys, we want to be open, too’: East Side gaming bar The Familiar Place coming soon

Matt Wild

March 26, 2026

The past year has been a busy one for Sheenna Kleveno and Michael Taylor. For starters, the couple got married. On top of that, they've been hard at work on their new tabletop gaming bar, The Familiar Place, lo...

I dropped by ‘The Morning Blend’ to talk about Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

Matt Wild

March 25, 2026

Back in August, I dropped by TMJ4 afternoon show What's Brewing Wisconsin to talk about the wonderful, quirky world of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. The MKE Meditation Room! Renaissance Books! The M...

Out today: Rosenau & Sanborn LP, Vacancy Chain EP, Offend Your Friends video

Matt Wild

March 20, 2026

It's Friday, that magical day of the week when magical new music is magically released into the magic/awful world. In Milwaukee, we have three new releases from groups that aren't strictly Milwaukee groups, but...

Bob Uecker documentary will open 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

March 19, 2026

The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival will take over the screens of the Oriental and Downer theaters April 16-30. You already know the Cinema Hooligante films. You already know the Cream City Cinema films. You alrea...

Hey! Here’s the 2026 Traveling Beer Garden schedule!

Matt Wild

March 18, 2026

Hey! Do you like drinking? Do you like drinking in parks? Then you're in luck, because Milwaukee County Parks' ever-popular Traveling Beer Garden is returning in 2026. YES. The beer/park extravaganza will on...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (March 4-17, 2026)

Matt Wild

March 18, 2026

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...

Here’s the Cream City Cinema program for the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

March 17, 2026

When the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival takes over the screens of the Oriental and Downer theaters April 16-30, audiences will thrill to nearly 250 short and feature-length films from around the world. And "the w...

Ratboys search for answers, sing to packed Vivarium

Matt Wild

March 16, 2026

The title of Ratboys' instant-classic 2026 album Singin' To An Empty Chair refers to a therapeutic exercise in which a patient talks to an imagined person. "So this empty chair that I was singing to is meant to...

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