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Celebrate the first day of the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair with 9 years of ride-inspection videos

August 4, 2022

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair. From August 4-14, hundreds of thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the sights, ...

Watch Collections Of Colonies Of Bees play some new songs on WMSE’s “Local/Live”

Matt Wild

August 3, 2022

After a few years of hibernation, Milwaukee's Collections Of Colonies Of Bees have begun to make some noise. The celebrated and long-running post-rock group led by guitarist Chris Rosenau recently played the Se...

A down and dirty guide to voting in Wisconsin’s 2022 Partisan Primary on August 9

Matt Wild

August 2, 2022

On Tuesday, August 9, you can vote—nay, MUST vote—in the 2022 Partisan Primary. This is one of those elections where you'll vote within one—and only one—political party. If you vote for Democratic candidates, y...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Experiencing the Bristol Renaissance Faire for the first time

Matt Wild

August 1, 2022

Some places renaissance festivals come and go, while some places renaissance festivals become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples renais...

Here’s the local lineup for the Lakefront Brewery Beer Garden at the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair

Matt Wild

August 1, 2022

One doesn't hit up the Wisconsin State Fair (August 4-14) to eat organic small plate cuisine and witness evocative performance art. People go to the fair to eat cream puffs and weird stuff on a stick, watch pig...

Lilliput Records will officially open in the former Milwaukee Exclusive Company on Saturday

Matt Wild

July 29, 2022

More than four months after news broke that a new independent record store, Lilliput Records, would replace the Exclusive Company on Farwell Avenue, it's official: Lilliput will celebrate its first day of busin...

Stuff We Missed: You can go to a festival NINE TIMES this weekend, Milwaukee

Matt Wild

July 29, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Earlier this week, we counted seven (7) festivals happening in Milwaukee thi...

Let’s unbox a “Naughty Mystery Box” from American Science & Surplus

Matt Wild

July 28, 2022

Everyone knows that American Science & Surplus is a wonderland of weird and wacky stuff, a place for novelty items, bins of ball bearings, and random strips of velcro in case you need random strips of velcr...

We’re screening ‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch’ at Avalon Theater on August 31

Matt Wild

July 28, 2022

Director Joe Dante injected plenty of dark and subversive humor into 1984's Gremlins (look no further than the infamous "Santa Claus" story), but when it came time to direct the sequel six years later, Dante we...

Culver’s will serve free cheese curds and custard from a food truck in the Deer District on August 3 and you just KNOW the line will stretch to Bay View

Matt Wild

July 27, 2022

We're sure every red-blooded American enjoys free stuff, but Milwaukee really enjoys free stuff. Seriously, walk past any tent handing out free brats at Summerfest and tell us we're wrong. Or, head to the Deer ...

Oriental Theatre will screen 4K restorations of David Lynch’s ‘Lost Highway,’ ‘Inland Empire’

Matt Wild

July 26, 2022

Don't you love it when Milwaukee movie palace Oriental Theatre screens David Lynch films? WE DO. Now, a few years after that screening of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the Oriental is set to screen A.) one of ...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (July 17-23)

Matt Wild

July 25, 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...

Bow to the ’70s classic rock vibe of Lords Of Apricity

Matt Wild

July 22, 2022

Looking to add a little musical swagger to your step? Maybe drift off and think about the environment? Have you, or has someone you know, been known to wear a lot of denim? If you answered YES to any of these q...

Stuff We Missed: Oh god, the Air & Water Show is this weekend [VROOOOOOM]

Matt Wild

July 22, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Can something really be considered "missed" when it's screeching through the...

Milwaukee Minute Arcade will power up July 28 at The Cooperage, highlight local game development

Matt Wild

July 21, 2022

Back in 2020, Milwaukee musician Jordan Davis added "Milwaukee game developer" to his resume when he released Space Raft: The Game. The NES-style video game was inspired by Davis's band, Space Raft, and was an ...

2022 Cultures & Communities Festival will feature Rosa Parks doc, Prince concert film, more

Matt Wild

July 21, 2022

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

Milwaukee Public Museum would like to address some rumors about new Milwaukee Public Museum

Matt Wild

July 20, 2022

It was "Everyone Is An Architect" day on Monday when the Milwaukee Public Museum unveiled new renderings of the new Milwaukee Public Museum. "Cool!" said some people. "Awful!" cried others. Us? We think the new...

Celebrate Dr. Destruction’s induction into Worldwide Television and Radio Horror Host Hall of Fame

Matt Wild

July 19, 2022

It's weirdly comforting to know that, despite massive changes in the entertainment industry in the last 70 years, the institution of the TV horror movie host survives to this day. Svengoolie, Elvira, and Joe Bo...

Twisted Dreams Film Festival will return with Lloyd Kaufman, live-scored ‘Nosferatu,’ more

Matt Wild

July 19, 2022

Has it really been more than two years since we physically attended Milwaukee's Twisted Dreams Film Festival? Back in 2019, we saw the legendary Joe Bob Briggs give his excellent "How Rednecks Saved Hollywood" ...

Check out new, wild renderings of new Milwaukee Public Museum

Matt Wild

July 18, 2022

We've said it before and we’ll say it again: the Milwaukee Public Museum as you know it is not long for this world. Like, they plan to forever close the old one and open a new (state-of-the-art, much-smaller) o...

Author Matt Wild