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Giannis Antetokounmpo mural in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Here’s your Giannis mural update for Monday, May 9, at 7:41 a.m.

May 9, 2022

If you follow Milwaukee Record, you know that Milwaukee/Chicago artist Mauricio Ramirez is painting a three-story mural of Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo on the east facade of the 600 EAST buil...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (May 1-9)

Matt Wild

May 9, 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...

Celebrate the “414” with new Grace Weber video

Matt Wild

May 9, 2022

In case you missed it, April 14 was Milwaukee Day—a.k.a. 414 Day, a.k.a. the day every business in town cooks up something they can sell for $4.14. In between the annual video love letter from Imagine MKE and o...

8 headlines about VISIT Milwaukee’s new Cheese Curd Pass, ranked

Matt Wild

May 6, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: CHEESE CURD PASS. Earlier this week, VISIT Milwaukee unveiled a so-...

Crusherfest will return to South Milwaukee…in 2023

Matt Wild

May 5, 2022

You read that right, turkeynecks: Crusherfest—the not-quite-annual celebration of South Milwaukee wrestling legend Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski—will take 2022 off. The fest will return on June 3-4, 2023. "Th...

Yep, there’ll be Twinkie Wiener Sandwiches at our ‘UHF’ afterparty at The Vanguard on May 18

Matt Wild

May 5, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); If you haven't picked up your tickets to our screening of the Weird Al classic UHF at Avalon Theater on May 18, do that now. Fewer than 100 remain, and our previous UHF screenings have ...

MCTS apologizes for rushed, incomplete, crappy new bus app

Matt Wild

May 4, 2022

First of all, we love Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS). Taking the bus instead of driving is the best. More people should do it! Still, it's hard to be an MCTS cheerleader these days. First there was the ...

Bastille Days will return (in “slightly downsized” form) July 14-17, 2022

Matt Wild

May 4, 2022

In case you missed it, the Great Milwaukee Summer is (more or less) back! Oodles of summer festivals and music series are currently on the books, many of them returning for the first time since 2019. And you ca...

Jazz In The Park and Cathedral Square Market will return in 2022, too

Matt Wild

May 4, 2022

Remember 20 minutes ago when we told you Bastille Days would be returning to Downtown Milwaukee in 2022? Well, it's not the only East Town Association event scheduled for a reboot this summer. Yes, the ever-...

9 films to see during the final 3 days of the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

May 3, 2022

Counting the single-film Opening Night, the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is a whopping 15 days long. That's a lot of days! Even more alarming: THERE ARE ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT. Yes, MFF2022 is set to wrap this T...

3rd Street Market Hall adds hot dog and sausage vendor Dawg City, open now

Matt Wild

May 2, 2022

And the "3rd Street Market Hall adds..." news just keeps on comin'. Today, downtown food hall 3rd Street Market Hall (a.k.a. the first floor of the old Shops of Grand Avenue, located at 275 W. Wisconsin Ave....

R.I.P. Campbell’s Irish Pub, the last of Milwaukee’s ‘Bar Rescue’ bars

Matt Wild

April 29, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: no more Bar Rescue bars. And then there were none. Somewhere, Jon T...

Coming to Downtown Milwaukee this summer: lunchtime music series, staycations, more

Matt Wild

April 28, 2022

It's been nine long, hot, throbbing years since Downtown Milwaukee released a promotional video scored to a Peaches song about oral sex. "Cause I wanna take you downtown / Show you my thing, show you my thing" ...

This Milwaukee realtor’s Wu-Tang billboard ain’t nuthing ta f’ wit

Matt Wild

April 27, 2022

Take a break from diversifying your bonds and listen up: Milwaukee realtor Jon Frost is the Genius/GZA behind a new billboard that reads: "Low mortgage rates are Temporary. WU-TANG IS FOREVER." A mock-up of the...

Giannis and his family were the subjects of yesterday’s Final Jeopardy

Matt Wild

April 27, 2022

Another day, another Wisconsin-related reference on Jeopardy! Yes, mere days after the Culver's cheese curds popped up on the popular quiz show (we prefer the curds at Cousins' tbh), none other than Milwauke...

Ranking 20 video game systems for the 2022 Midwest Gaming Classic

Matt Wild

April 27, 2022

This article was originally published in 2021. It has been updated for 2022. The author stands by his rankings, though he has been playing more PS4 lately. Beginning Friday, April 29, and running through Sun...

Guess who?

Matt Wild

April 26, 2022

Yep, it's Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, of course. Well, it's a Giannis mural, to be exact. The three-story, 54' by 56' mural is currently being painted on the east facade of the 600 EAST ...

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

Matt Wild

April 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...

Record Store Day: Say goodbye to The Exclusive, help Lilliput, enjoy DJ set from Spoon’s Britt Daniel

Matt Wild

April 22, 2022

Record Store Day hype fluctuates from year to year—It's great! It's awful!—but there's no denying that for at least one Milwaukee record store, Record Store Day 2022 will be special. On Saturday, April 23, t...

Don’t change the channel, don’t touch that dial: We’re screening ‘UHF’ at the Avalon May 18

Matt Wild

April 21, 2022

Put down your remote control. Throw out your TV Guide. Put away your jacket. There's no need to go outside. Well, there is a need to go outside on Wednesday, May 18. Yes, that's the night we're teaching poodles...

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