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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: There’s a place, somewhere deep in the woods of Muskego, where a group of mysterious little people have created their own pint-sized mini-u...
Bay View Bash 2015: A minute-by-minute recap
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And just like that, another Milwaukee festival season is officially in the books. Though summer is on its waning days, the season's final weekend was a far-from-quiet one. On Saturday alone, Country In The...
I climbed to the top of City Hall and it was awesome and kind of terrifying
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I’m climbing to the top of Milwaukee City Hall and there’s only one thing on my mind: death. Death, death, death. Not “lose-my-balance-and-plummet-to-Earth” death, though there’s that, too. Measuring 353 f...
Mayor Barrett dropped an unfortunate ‘Predator’ quote at a luncheon on Tuesday
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On Tuesday, the Milwaukee Business Journal held a “Downtown Milwaukee Renaissance” luncheon at the Pfister Hotel. It was the kind of event where a bunch of people who have more money than you—Milwaukee Buc...
There will be a ‘Legend Of Zelda’ scavenger hunt at Saturday’s Doors Open Milwaukee
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On Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, more than 150 Milwaukee-area buildings will open their doors for the fifth annual Doors Open Milwaukee. Historic Milwaukee’s massive, free-to-the-public ...
Hover Craft 2015 announces vendor lineup
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Attention, shoppers! Though it’s still technically summer, we’re pretty much nanoseconds from the oncoming onslaught of holiday advertisements, yuletide music re-entering radio rotation, and the intense pr...
Riverside Theater is getting a sweet new marquee and a 40-foot vertical sign
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The Riverside Theater has seen a plethora of changes in its 87-year history. Originally opened in 1928 as an RKO vaudeville house (hosting everyone from The Three Stooges to Glenn Miller), the Wisconsin Av...
Yes we can: An afternoon at an international beer “CANvention”
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It's been said that one man's trash is another man's treasure. Apparently the same holds true for one man's recyclables. Last Thursday through Saturday, hundreds of collectors and vendors hailing from mo...
Common Ground triumphs, anti-streetcar crowd fizzles
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...
Someone (briefly) changed Fink’s “COUPLES ARE BORING” sign
Last month, we told you the story of Fink’s “COUPLES ARE BORING AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT” sign, painted by Filthy Freehand artist Sarah Linkus. Loved by some and hated by others, the piece got people talking and i...
I floated in a sensory deprivation tank at Float Milwaukee and, well, it was something
The first thing to know about Float Milwaukee—the city’s newest and only sensory deprivation flotation tank business—is that the folks who run it have heard all the Altered States jokes before. The 1980 sci-fi ...
Welcome To September: Here’s what you’re doing this month
September is a time of transition. This month finds summer officially giving way to fall. Moreover, this September 19—which boasts Bay View Bash, Global Union, and Country In The City—spells the conclusion of M...
Mythinformation Conference to bring secularism, Wu-Tang associate Killah Priest to Milwaukee
A recent study by the Pew Research Center found that the percentage of Americans who identify as atheist or agnostic has risen in the last seven years from 16 to 23 percent. And while a staggering 71 percent of...
Aaron Rodgers ads, Milwaukee’s “fashion district,” and more
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...
Help put the finishing touches on MPM’s revamped Streets of Old Milwaukee exhibit
If your appetite for turn-of-the-century cobblestone roads and vaguely creepy, not-quite-life-sized storefronts has gone curiously unfilled this summer, there’s a reason for that. Milwaukee Public Museum’s icon...
Help a local photographer, men’s health by supporting MKE Beard Project Kickstarter
Milwaukee is great and all, but there doesn't seem to be enough dudes with beards. Oh wait, they're fucking everywhere. This post was being written by a dude with a beard. As commonplace as the beard has become...
State Fair vs. Summerfest, and mindless Mindset Lists
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...
For this year’s entering college class, the Beloit College Mindset List is hilariously bad
Since 1998, Beloit College’s annual Mindset List has given college professors and administrators a peek inside the minds of incoming college freshmen by rounding up a series of “fun facts” about the world they’...
Tracklist: The Milwaukee Lion, and 16 other local social media accounts dedicated to animals
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Remember back in July, when Milwaukee was captivated by the rumor/maybe-not-a-rumor of a wild lion roaming the streets? Of course you do. The initial sighting of a “lion-ish” creature milling about the 2...
Who Said It Best (And Worst): August 10-14
Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week’s best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town.
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Edge Advisors principal Mike Bark, on the endless obsession with “at...