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Milwaukee Recreation’s family-friendly Halloween Glen returns October 7-8

September 22, 2022

It's officially fall, so it's time to get your Halloween, pumpkin-patch, and general spooky-season plans in order. But what if you're looking for a family-friendly autumn activity that isn't that spooky? Look n...

Brady Street Pet Parade (and Brady Street Art Walk) set for Sunday, October 2

Matt Wild

September 20, 2022

What's better than the beloved Brady Street Pet Parade? How about the beloved Brady Street Pet Parade and the previously postponed Brady Street Art Walk happening on the same day—Sunday, October 2? Yep, from...

Watch the Mark Borchardt-directed video for Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends’ “The Commuter”

Matt Wild

September 20, 2022

One of the most relentlessly catchy Milwaukee songs of 2022 has got to be "The Commuter," a three-minute ditty by post-rock/power-pop outfit Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends. The song was part of a split ...

Paper Holland channels British Invasion in cheeky new song/video, “What To Wear”

Matt Wild

September 19, 2022

It's been four years since sunny Milwaukee indie-pop band Paper Holland released the equally sunny Galápagos. Why the long new-music drought? "Our goal has never been to be an attention machine, churning ou...

Family-friendly Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee coming to Downtown Milwaukee October 29

Matt Wild

September 19, 2022

As we all know, each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. And this fall, he'll have a doozy in the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee. The inaugural family-friendly Hal...

Yum Yum Cult careens across musical map in eclectic debut, ‘It Kills Me It Really Does’

Matt Wild

September 16, 2022

The debut album from Milwaukee indie-rock band Yum Yum Cult, It Kills Me It Really Does, opens with a waking dream. "Oh, sleepless me whose deficits fight consistently / Opposed to war, I was drafted at birth" ...

Fox Face will play its final show Saturday at Bay View Bash

Matt Wild

September 15, 2022

After more than a decade of shows, albums, and even more shows, blistering Milwaukee femme-led garage-punk band Fox Face is calling it quits. The band's 6 p.m. show on the WMSE stage at Saturday's Bay View Bash...

Following recent tragedies, Brady Street BID will “look at options for pedestrianizing Brady Street”

Matt Wild

September 15, 2022

The Brady Street Business Improvement District (BID) announced Thursday that, following the recent hit-and-run death of Milwaukee man Arne Bast on Brady Street, along with recent Brady Street shootings, it has ...

Bring your old home movies to “Home Movie Day” at UWM on October 15

Matt Wild

September 15, 2022

Folks of a certain age with oodles of fond and/or cringe-y memories recorded on old VHS tapes or DV tapes or even film reels take note: On Saturday, October 15, the UWM Archives and the UWM Film Studies Departm...

Sylvan Esso goes back to the beginning with surprise, sold-out show at Cactus Club

Matt Wild

September 14, 2022

On Sunday, critically acclaimed and fan-beloved electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso—a.k.a. Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn—threw out a dual first pitch before the Brewers-Reds game at American Family Field. On Monday,...

Milwaukee Public Museum wants YOUR input on new museum exhibits, events, more

Matt Wild

September 13, 2022

In case you missed it, the Milwaukee Public Museum is not long for this world. The current museum will close in 2026, and it will be replaced by a new (state-of-the-art, smaller) museum just north of the Deer D...

Benefit concert for Assembly candidate LuAnn Bird landing at The Cooperage on October 20

Matt Wild

September 13, 2022

Back in August, Christopher Porterfield of Field Report launched "Bird Songs," a concert series designed to raise awareness for LuAnn Bird. Bird is the Democratic candidate for State Assembly in the 84th Distri...

2022 Cultures & Communities Festival opens Wednesday, closes Sunday with ‘Butterfly In The Sky’

Matt Wild

September 13, 2022

If you need an occasional reminder that Milwaukee Film is more than just the Milwaukee Film Festival, here you go: From September 14-18, Milwaukee Film will host the second annual Cultures & Communities Fes...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Sharing something about Wisconsin having a bunch of the “drunkest cities/counties in America”

Matt Wild

September 12, 2022

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...

Sugar Maple will transform into a Studio Ghibli “immersive experience” October 20-23

Matt Wild

September 9, 2022

To name just a few of the films from Japanese animation film studio Studio Ghibli is to name some of the greatest animated films of all time: Grave Of The Fireflies, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spiri...

Brewers stuff to talk about other than the postseason: restaurant renovations and golf!

Matt Wild

September 9, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Your Milwaukee Brewers pulled off a nice two-win doubleheader against the Sa...

Ahead of 95th anniversary week, Landmark Lanes gets new marquee

Matt Wild

September 8, 2022

East Side staple and if-these-walls-could-talk "underground city" Landmark Lanes (2220 N. Farwell Ave.) is currently preparing for its big 95th anniversary week, September 26-30. The celebrations will include a...

East Side Bar And Grill planned for former Seoul space on Prospect Avenue

Matt Wild

September 8, 2022

A new bar and grill is planned for the East Side. It's called, appropriately enough, East Side Bar And Grill. The business is located in the former Seoul Korean Restaurant space at 2178 N. Prospect Ave. Lice...

Watch Trapper Schoepp (and Leroy the dog) take a tour of Milwaukee in “I Am A Rider” video

Matt Wild

September 7, 2022

Some Milwaukee songs and videos practically bleed Milwaukee. Others are literally called "Milwaukee." Back in 2019, tireless Milwaukee troubadour Trapper Schoepp delivered a Milwaukee-heavy video for his Bob Dy...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (August 21 – September 3)

Matt Wild

September 6, 2022

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...

Author Matt Wild