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Let’s remember Scott Walker’s ineptitude with some updates on Foxconn and trains

February 4, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: past, present, and future doofus Scott Walker. • Scott Walker. Reme...

Beginning today: Vote early in Milwaukee’s 2022 mayoral primary

Matt Wild

February 1, 2022

On Tuesday, February 15, Milwaukee will take one step closer to electing a new mayor when the city votes in the 2022 Spring Primary. Don't want to wait until the 15th to vote? Good news: you can vote early, fro...

Tori Amos will play Milwaukee’s Bradley Symphony Center May 29

Matt Wild

February 1, 2022

Unless we're mistaken (and someone will surely tell us if we're mistaken), Tori Amos hasn't played a show in Milwaukee since 2009. That's set to change Sunday, May 29, when the music icon makes a stop at the Br...

Skate with superheroes February 12 at Red Arrow Park’s “Downtown Ice CAPE-ade”

Matt Wild

February 1, 2022

Last week we rounded up 7 Milwaukee outdoor ice skating rinks for all your outdoor ice skating needs. This week, we're here to tell you that one of the rinks—Red Arrow Park's "Slice of Ice"–will host a superher...

Sculpture Milwaukee 2022, “Nature Doesn’t Know About Us,” will be guest-curated by Ugo Rondinone

Matt Wild

February 1, 2022

We love Sculpture Milwaukee. Since 2017, the nonprofit organization has been filling Downtown Milwaukee (and nearby neighborhoods) with outdoor art pieces from artists both world-renowned and locally celebrated...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 23-29)

Matt Wild

January 31, 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...

Please enjoy Appleton, Wisconsin native Willem Dafoe saying “bubbler” on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Matt Wild

January 29, 2022

Forever awesome actor Willem Dafoe is originally from Appleton, Wisconsin. (Dafoe also attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and was a part of Theatre X.) Forever awesome actor Willem Dafoe hosted Sat...

Only 3 days remain to see Twiggy the Water-Skiing Squirrel at the Milwaukee Boat Show

Matt Wild

January 28, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: TWIGGY THE WATER-SKIING SQUIRREL. • The Milwaukee Boat Show is curr...

Canela Cafe brings breakfast back to Downer Avenue breakfast spot

Matt Wild

January 27, 2022

When The Original Pancake House closed its Downer Avenue location in January 2021, the East Side street lost a 16-year breakfast staple. Sure, The Original Pancake House was a national chain, but it was a good ...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Milwaukee is the best coffee city in America, neither dirty nor clean

Matt Wild

January 27, 2022

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the state’s many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication ackn...

Rufioooooo! We’re screening ‘Hook’ at Avalon Theater February 23

Matt Wild

January 27, 2022

What if...Peter Pan...grew up? That's the, er, hook of Steven Spielberg's 1991 fantasy adventure film Hook. You know it, you love it: Robin Williams plays the adult Peter. Dustin Hoffman plays the titular pi...

Miscellaneous Milwaukee: Uecker’s Ride For The Arts poster (1988)

Matt Wild

January 26, 2022

In Miscellaneous Milwaukee, we take a stroll through the aisles of Antiques On Pierce and unearth curious, strange, or valuable Milwaukee artifacts. TEM: UECKER'S RIDE FOR THE ARTS POSTER (with 1963 baseball...

Mural Watch 2022: Two new murals coming to skywalks of The Avenue

Matt Wild

January 26, 2022

Do you like murals? Of course you do. And so does Milwaukee. Yes, the city is currently in the throes of a great mural renaissance. A Muralssance? Muraissance? Whatever. All you need to know is that there are 8...

ANDII adds a tropical touch to “Winter Blues II”

Matt Wild

January 26, 2022

"Often dogged by the seasonal melancholy of Midwestern winters, ANDII understands how it feels to be isolated and set out to drift on the open seas of depression." So begins the description for "Winter Blues II...

7 Milwaukee outdoor ice skating rinks for all your outdoor ice skating needs

Matt Wild

January 25, 2022

Do you like ice skating? Yes, yes you do. Do you like ice skating outdoors? Yes, yes you do. Well then, be sure to check out these seven Milwaukee outdoor ice skating rinks! Oh, and be sure to check ahead for i...

Reminder: Milwaukee’s mask mandate is back in effect, so save the comments and just wear a mask

Matt Wild

January 24, 2022

What's funnier: the City of Milwaukee's latest indoor mask mandate that comes along ridiculously late in the game and that won't be enforced in any real way and that lasts a whole month, or people who are someh...

All 7 Milwaukee mayoral candidates will be on hand for a firkin tapping at Black Husky Jan. 29

Matt Wild

January 24, 2022

In case you missed it, Milwaukee is set to elect a new mayor—it's first new mayor in nearly two decades! On February 15, seven candidates will compete in a primary; on April 5, the top two vote-getters will squ...

Sun Silo teases new album with unnerving found-footage “Rung” video

Matt Wild

January 24, 2022

The last time we checked in with Andy Warren Jepson (back in March 2021, to be exact), the Wisconsin musician had released a solo album titled Main St. It was, appropriately, recorded in his apartment on Main S...

There will be riffs: Wisconsin-made cinema gets roasted with Laughing Tap’s “Movies On Tap”

Matt Wild

January 21, 2022

The premise of the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 was simple: in the not-too-distant future, a man trapped on a space station is forced to watch and endlessly riff cheesy movies (with the help of his rob...

MKE Music Rewind: Compound Red, ‘Mr. Microcosm’ (1993)

Matt Wild

January 20, 2022

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. My introduction to live, local music came courtesy of a place called...

Author Matt Wild