City Life

November 6, 2014

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 ...

UberDork Cafe brings family-friendly geekiness to Menomonee Falls

Rob Wieland

November 6, 2014

Not so long ago, nerd culture incubated in small, dimly lit shops featuring surly customers and even surlier help behind the counter. Many of these nerds grew up, found partners with similar interests, and star...

A-side/B-side: Should there be stricter audience “rules” at shows?

November 5, 2014

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Matt Wild: I...

Awesome Con Milwaukee has been canceled

November 5, 2014

The state of Wisconsin has been dealt a huge blow today, with news that evil has triumphed and good has been vanquished. We’re talking, of course, about the cancelation of Awesome Con Milwaukee. The inaugural c...

Welcome to November: Here’s what you’re doing this month

November 3, 2014

By the time the novelty of the leaves changing colors wears off, your Halloween costume is put away, and you reach the annual realization that you don’t actually like pumpkin beers, it’s already November. Once ...

That Wisconsin Ebola thing is a hoax (but here are a bunch of alarmist local stories anyway)

October 22, 2014

Staying true to its motto of “Leading the way with important local coverage of stuff we saw on Facebook,” WISN 12 assured viewers yesterday that a series of social media posts claiming Ebola had broken out in W...

Spocktoberfest: Fantasticon to bring geeks, nerds, dorks together this weekend

Rob Wieland

October 21, 2014

Milwaukee is flush with celebrations during the summer, ranging from big lakefront ordeals to neighborhood events full of carny food. That leaves a lot of time to fill the rest of the year, with recent summers ...

Tracklist: 15 random “best of Milwaukee” awards we’d like to see

October 20, 2014

Along with cooler weather and a never-ending parade of people who can’t stop talking about how much they love this time of year, autumn in Milwaukee means one thing: awards season. Yes, October and November are...

Tracklist: 8 questionable local rebrandings

October 13, 2014

Within the last two weeks, a pair of Milwaukee bars—Y-Not III and Packy’s Pub—have experienced extensive renovations and thematic overhauls as a result of Bar Rescue coming to town. Now known as Nick’s House an...

2015 Midwest Gaming Classic announces dates

October 10, 2014

Since 2001, gamers, pinball nuts, tabletop competitors, and cosplayers alike have had an electronic oasis near Milwaukee each spring, as the Midwest Gaming Classic has taken root in a suburban hotel and become ...

The Disclaimer: Film fest highs, Bay View “Art Stop” lows

October 9, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

According to this map, Nicolet National Forest is Milwaukee’s “zombie safe zone”

October 6, 2014

There exists a type of person who spends an inordinate amount of time thinking about, dreaming about, and worrying about zombies—an undead brain-eating creature that, last time we checked, does not exist. How w...

Let’s move Paul’s Video Arcade to Milwaukee

October 3, 2014

For approximately every 2,000 Kickstarter campaigns soliciting donations for things like launching a business specializing in artisan doilies or gloves with fucking can koozies velcroed to them, one or two camp...

The Disclaimer: Bad downtown ads, Milwaukee’s hip-hop scene, Dave Chappelle

September 25, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

The drinking dead: A movie and drink guide to the Bay View Zombie Apocalypse

Rob Wieland

September 23, 2014

The Bay View Zombie Apocalypse features a string of Bay View pubs mixing the sweets of a pub crawl with the bitters of shambling through the streets dressed as zombies. $25 gets access to a celebratory t-shirt,...

Milwaukee’s once-mighty “Bring PBR Home” campaign defeated by Russia

September 19, 2014

It seems like only last April when local and national media outlets were crapping themselves over a story of a group of Milwaukeeans determined to bring Pabst Brewing Company back to the Brew City. The incredib...

The Disclaimer: Miller Park upkeep, Bucks arena promises, Journal Sentinel troubles

September 18, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Bay View Bash 2014: A minute-by-minute recap

September 15, 2014

And then there were none. After yet another Milwaukee summer rife with festivals and block parties, Saturday’s Bay View Bash unofficially brought the celebration of the season in the City of Festivals to a clos...

Brewers put the “fun” in “extra security measures” with Bob Uecker video