Arts

Green Gallery celebrates Gallery Night with psychedelic tapestries, Green Gallery IPA in cans

January 20, 2023

The winter edition of Milwaukee's ever-popular Gallery Night kicks off tonight. And while there are approximately 8,000 options for your Gallery Night itinerary, we'd be remiss if we didn't give a shout-out to ...

Miscellaneous Milwaukee: Great Circus Parade poster (1991)

Matt Wild

January 17, 2023

In Miscellaneous Milwaukee, we take a stroll through the aisles of Antiques On Pierce to unearth strange, curious, or valuable Milwaukee artifacts.ITEM: GREAT CIRCUS PARADE POSTER YEAR: 1991 PRICE: $250 ...

That ‘Boy With Goose’ sculpture in Marshall Park: The Milwaukee Record Review

Matt Wild

January 12, 2023

Tucked away on the East Side, near Downtown, is the Lower East Side. Tucked away on the Lower East Side, on the corner of Lyon and Marshall, is Marshall Park. And tucked away in Marshall Park, behind the East P...

Latino Arts announces winter and spring exhibitions, performances

Tyler Maas

January 11, 2023

Despite being around since 1985 (and formally taking root in Walker’s Point in 1997), Latino Arts Inc. is only becoming more relevant with age. Recent seasons have brought noted musicians and the work of respec...

Falcon Bowl finds new operators, announces “Falcon Flea” market on December 18

Matt Wild

December 1, 2022

Back in June 2021, iconic Riverwest bar/hall/bowling alley Falcon Bowl (801 E. Clarke St.) was listed for sale. "Let's all chip in and buy Falcon Bowl for $249,000 and not turn it into something awful," we said...

Milwaukee has a new district: the Milwaukee Theater District

Matt Wild

November 30, 2022

Milwaukee, as we all know, is a City of Neighborhoods. (Seriously: throw a stone in one neighborhood and it'll land in another.) But it soon may be known as something else: a city of Districts.Yes, hot on t...

Join us for a ‘Caverns Below Milwaukee’ conversation with Andy Tyra on November 26

Tyler Maas

November 2, 2022

If you come to this website with any regularity, we can confidently say you’ve stumbled across the work of Andy Tyra. The Michigan (by way of Milwaukee) illustrator and is the artist responsible for our T-shirt...

‘Black Nativity by Langston Hughes’ returns to Marcus Center December 8-11

Matt Wild

October 18, 2022

Milwaukee's holiday season will kick off in grand fashion when Black Arts MKE's annual Christmas musical, Black Nativity by Langston Hughes, lands at the Marcus Performing Arts Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel ...

Black Cat Alley Halloween celebration will include dance party, costume contests, tarot cards

Matt Wild

October 18, 2022

If any place on Milwaukee's East Side should be going all out for Halloween, it should be Black Cat Alley. And what do you know—it is!Yep, on Saturday, October 29, the open-air art gallery—a.k.a. a two-bloc...

When choosing between two competing Krampusnacht celebrations, choose the original

Matt Wild

October 17, 2022

Since 2017, Milwaukee Krampusnacht has celebrated the half-goat/half-demon Krampus—a.k.a. a figure from Alpine folklore who punishes naughty children and acts as a foil to the do-gooding Saint Nicholas—with a f...

Author Luke Geddes talks ‘TV Grime’ zine, the highs and lows of classic Halloween television

Tyler Maas

October 13, 2022

Milwaukee author Luke Geddes is an accomplished scribe whose books have earned praise from trusted voices at respected publications like the New York Times, NPR, and Publishers Weekly. In addition to being an a...

Zack Pieper’s “Ghost-Its” are currently haunting the windows of Lion’s Tooth

Matt Wild

October 12, 2022

Milwaukee writer/musician/poet/artist Zack Pieper has rung in the past eight Halloween seasons with his delightful "Ghost-Its" installations. Armed with thousands of post-it notes and a lot of patience, Pieper ...

Hover Craft announces 2022 vendor lineup

Tyler Maas

October 11, 2022

Since 2009, Hover Craft has brought skilled local artists, crafters, retailers, and others residing beneath the broad "maker" umbrella together to bring Milwaukee-made goods to area consumers during the holiday...

Here’s the schedule for the 2022 Milwaukee Paranormal Conference

Matt Wild

September 27, 2022

The Milwaukee Paranormal Conference has been celebrating ghosts, ghouls, aliens, cryptids, and the folks who love them since 2015. Founded by journalist and author (and Milwaukee Record contributor) Tea Krulos,...

Bay View Gallery Night returns for autumn installment on September 30

Tyler Maas

September 20, 2022

Since 2011, Bay View Gallery Night has organized “Milwaukee’s largest annual celebration of art, local business, music, and community.” The massive neighborhood-wide event brings together talented area artists ...

Awkward Nerd Book Fair brings local literature, drinks, “geekery” to The Cooperage

Tyler Maas

September 5, 2022

Any '80s, '90s, and early 2000s kids reading this article surely recall Scholastic Book Fairs. The pop-up book marketplaces—which, if memory serves, usually took place at elementary schools—were a great place t...

Check out the MILK Comic Fest exhibitor lineup

Tyler Maas

August 30, 2022

As August comes to a close, you might be lamenting the impending conclusion of Milwaukee's summer festival season. Well, cheer up! There are still a bunch of September celebrations on the horizon, including a f...

Check out a new, delightfully detailed illustrated map of Milwaukee

Matt Wild

August 25, 2022

What is it about illustrated maps of Milwaukee that's so fascinating, so captivating, so delightful? We have one from the '70s hanging in our office, and many others have popped up over the years, too. Now, art...

Here’s the four-show, four-neighborhood schedule for Season 14 (!) of Ex Fabula

Matt Wild

August 25, 2022

Is it possible that Milwaukee's homegrown storytelling org, Ex Fabula, has been around for 13 years? It's true! The nonprofit first arrived on the scene back in 2009, and has been staging inclusive and justice-...

Latino Arts announces fall and winter exhibitions, performances

Tyler Maas

July 27, 2022

Despite being around since 1985 (and formally taking root in Walker’s Point in 1997), Latino Arts Inc. is only becoming more relevant with age. Recent seasons have brought Grammy-winning musicians and the work ...