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

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...

Links to everyone else’s articles about Milwaukee Public Market’s new ice skating rink, a story I missed yesterday because I wasn’t feeling well (don’t worry, it’s not COVID!) and I was taking a nap

Matt Wild

January 20, 2022

Usually I'd begin an article like this with "In case you missed it...", but since there's absolutely no way you missed this story, let's get right to it. Milwaukee Public Market is opening a new outdoor ice ska...

Discourse, an “experimental coffee bar,” will open in Crossroads Collective February 5

Matt Wild

January 20, 2022

We love Crossroads Collective (2238 N. Farwell Ave.). We love coffee. And while you can totally get coffee at Crossroads' bar, the East Side food hall has never had a dedicated coffee stand. UNTIL NOW. On Fe...

Help your dog dream with Milwaukee-made ‘Ambient Music For Sleeping Dogs’

Matt Wild

January 19, 2022

Is your dog troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Does your pooch experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family ever considered cueing up a 40-minute album of ...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 9-15)

Matt Wild

January 18, 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...

Milwaukee Common Council approves return of indoor mask mandate (through March 1)

Matt Wild

January 18, 2022

At a meeting Tuesday morning, the Milwaukee Common Council voted 12-1, with 1 abstention, to reinstate a citywide indoor mask mandate. If signed by Mayor Cavalier Johnson, the mandate will be in effect through ...

Go ahead and cry while listening to Brat Sounds cover Mister Rogers’ “It’s You I Like”

Matt Wild

January 18, 2022

Oh, Mister Rogers. So kind, so decent, so unlike the ghouls that pass for humans today. No jokes can be made, no snark can be employed. Mister Rogers was the best. Just writing about him now... Yep, there we...

Author Matt Wild