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Let’s visit Regency Mall in Racine, half of which might be demolished for redevelopment

August 30, 2022

UPDATE (4/22/23): The $39.4 million plan to redevelop Regency Mall—and demolish 400,000 of its 800,000 square feet—was approved by the Racine Common Council. Work is expected to begin in June 2023, and be compl...

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...

Summerfest: People like going on weekends, so we’re doing the 3-weekend format again in 2023

Matt Wild

August 30, 2022

Summerfest announced its 2023 dates today: June 22-24, June 29 - July 1, and July 6-8. So yeah, the 2023 Big Gig (the festival's 55th anniversary!) will do the three-"Thursday-Friday-Saturday"-weekend thing aga...

Polka, polka, polka! Milwaukee Polka Riot will return for 5th year September 10 at Last Rites

Matt Wild

August 30, 2022

Attention polkaholics, polkanewbies, and stans for the Kenosha Kickers: the Milwaukee Polka Riot ("America's first and only alternative polka festival!") is set to return on Saturday, September 10. The festival...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Brewers day games

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2022

Some summer traditions come and go, while some summer traditions become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore...

Here’s who’s playing the Rushmor Records Stage at Bay View Bash

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2022

Even though most of Milwaukee’s major festivals are now in the rear view mirror, one of the city’s biggest and best undertakings is still on the horizon. Yes, Bay View Bash will make its long-awaited return to ...

Let’s all chip in and buy Koz’s Mini Bowl for $499,000 and not turn it into something awful

Matt Wild

August 29, 2022

Back in 2021, we implored Milwaukee to chip in and buy Falcon Bowl for $249,000 and not turn it into something awful. It...worked?! Now, another Milwaukee (mini) bowling staple is up for sale: Koz's Mini Bowl (...

Having trouble with the living? Lavish Waste is here to help with electro-punk ‘Juice Demon’

Matt Wild

August 29, 2022

Certain corners of the internet went batty earlier this summer over the trailer for Rob Zombie's The Munsters. Beyond the fact that Rob Zombie was directing a PG-rated Munsters movie, the trailer looked wonderf...

Wisconsin Birding Challenge 2022: Exploring every county in the state (Chapter 4)

Kyle Arpke

August 26, 2022

Chapter 4: Cranes and Lifers During the Dog Days of Summer When I last wrote, I briefly mentioned summer can be a difficult time of year for birding. Increased temperatures and humidity paired with molting sea...

My First Band: Josh Modell

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 26, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); Though Josh Modell isn't a musician, the veteran entertainment writer has been covering music for decades. Over the course of his career, he's held prominent positions at The Onion, Th...

Gear up for Zach Pietrini’s new album and watch the “What Are We Now” music video

Tyler Maas

August 26, 2022

When we last caught up with Zach Pietrini, the Milwaukee singer-songwriter was following his Denver Sessions collection of B-sides up with a potent pair of tracks in the form of The Nashville EP. Since that lat...

City attorney: Northridge unsecured, unsafe. Countless YouTube videos shot inside Northridge: Yep.

Matt Wild

August 26, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Milwaukee's once-mighty, now-infamous Northridge Mall has been closed since ...

Hot Coffin comes back swinging with new single, “Circle Game”

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2022

It's been quite some time since we've heard anything new from Hot Coffin. Since the Milwaukee rock and roll outfit—which features past members of Red Knife Lottery, Disguised As Birds, Sincebyman, and The Respo...

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...

American Legion emblem at Kilbourn Reservoir Park has been restored, will be dedicated Friday

Matt Wild

August 25, 2022

If you've been to Kilbourn Reservoir Park lately—or if you've driven west on North Avenue, headed towards Riverwest, lately—you've undoubtedly seen restoration work being performed on that big American Legion e...

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-...

Times Cinema to screen five Steven Spielberg classics during “Spielberg September”

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2022

Steven Spielberg needs no introduction, so we won't give him one. Instead, we'll keep this short and just let you know Times Cinema will be celebrating the iconic filmmaker throughout the month of September by ...

“It was my hobby”: After 9 years of calling it home, Cudahy man says goodbye to historic Lake School

Matt Wild

August 24, 2022

By his own estimation, Greg Gryskiewicz has put more than 12,000 hours of work into his home. "I've averaged 30 hours a week, every week for nine years," Gryskiewicz says. "The weeks that I didn't work 30 ho...

A guide to the ogre-whelming number of September ‘Shrek’ events in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

August 24, 2022

Shrekfest is coming to Milwaukee this year! If you’ve been living alone in a bog and you’re unfamiliar with Shrekfest, the event was founded by an online comedy company called 3GI way back in 2014 and hosted at...

Listen to The Dollop discuss the Milwaukee Police Station Bombing of 1917 in live Turner Hall episode

Tyler Maas

August 24, 2022

Back in early June, The Dollop—a popular American history podcast—came to Wisconsin. More specifically, hosts/comedians Dave Anthony and Brown Deer native/diehard Packers fan Gareth Reynolds came to Turner Hall...

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