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Mandatory Milwaukee: Despite displacement, Downtown Books remains a downtown treasure

February 20, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places 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 how they might figu...

A Milwaukee artist made a functioning “Thump A Trump” game

Tyler Maas

February 20, 2017

In just one month, the Trump administration has illustrated its aversion to the arts. Despite the President's efforts to take funding away from artistic organizations, creatives aren't only continuing to work...

Just a flesh wound: 9 fun facts about that time Theodore Roosevelt was shot in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

February 20, 2017

Do you like fun facts? Here are nine fun facts about that time (October 14, 1912) former U.S. President and then-presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt was totally shot outside the old Gilpatrick Hotel (now ...

Big hairy deal: Wisconsin couple featured on tonight’s episode of ‘Finding Bigfoot’

Tea Krulos

February 19, 2017

By all appearance, Jen and Larry Dopke are a normal couple that lives out near Eagle, Wisconsin. Jen works in the legal department for a corporation and Larry works in technology for their local school distri...

Zima is coming back, motherfuckers

Matt Wild

February 17, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Put your diapers on and buckle the fuck up, Milwaukee (and the world): Zima...

Abby Jeanne goes back to basics in “Baby Roll ‘N Stone” video

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2017

Though Abby Jeanne says "2016 gave gray hair," the incomparable Cream City crooner, songwriter, and producer is poised for bigger and better things in 2017. So far in this young year, she's turned in an unfo...

What a mess: A history of All Messed Up

Corey Baumann

February 16, 2017

Milwaukee has long been coined the “City of Festivals.” While Summerfest is easily the most popular and has been a tradition for going on 50 years, Wisconsin State Fair, PrideFest, and Bastille Days also domina...

Remembering the first (and still the only) NBA All-Star Game to be played in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

February 16, 2017

When one thinks of professional all-star games and Milwaukee, one likely closes one's eyes, begins to twitch, and flashes back to the disastrous Major League Baseball All-Star Game held at Miller Park in 2002...

14 name submissions for Oshkosh’s new Milwaukee Bucks affiliate

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2017

Last week, the Milwaukee Bucks announced that Oshkosh, Wisconsin would be the home of the organization's new NBA D-League affiliate. The (approximately) 70,000-resident college town beat out Grand Chute, Raci...

Report: Milwaukee is home to a housing gender gap

Matt Wild

February 15, 2017

If you've been following our ongoing "here's all the new shit they're building in Milwaukee" series, you know that not only are they indeed building a lot of new shit in Milwaukee, but that most of that new s...

Here’s who’s playing every Mama Tried Motorcycle Show event

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2017

Starting Friday evening, throngs of local riders and motorcycle enthusiasts who have been cooped up since fall and whose choppers have been in storage for months will enjoy a brief escape from the cold, dark,...

Sheriff Clarke will greet you with a “surprise attack” if you try to hug him

Matt Wild

February 15, 2017

Yesterday was Valentine's Day, a day for love, peace, and endless "What to do if you don't like Valentine's Day" posts. It was also a day that inspired Urban Milwaukee's Jeramey Jannene to pen a cute lil' pie...

First Impression: The Explorium Brewpub

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2017

Speculate at will about exactly when the steady stream of new microbreweries pouring into town will reach a head, and when the brewery bubble will finally burst, but the best byproduct of this sudden influx—b...

Let The Blue Mooners break your heart with lovelorn covers album, ‘Deal The Hits’

Matt Wild

February 14, 2017

On one hand, Valentine's Day is a day for love. On the other hand, it's a day for heartache, unrequited longing, and wallowing in one's misery. (A puzzling third hand helpfully points to the Wikipedia page of...

We make dead things deader: Gearing up with Zombie Squad: Milwaukee

Tea Krulos

February 14, 2017

Zombie Squad, a national organization with chapters in over 50 cities (though many are currently inactive), had a simple origin: a couple of guys from St. Louis sitting around drinking beers and laughing at t...

Here’s the Milwaukee Psych Fest V lineup

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2017

Since 2013, Moss Folk's Andrew Shelp has organized an undertaking of all things psychedelic. In its first four years, Milwaukee Psych Fest has evolved into a multi-day, multi-venue celebration of the reverb-y, ...

Stream the new Midnight Reruns single, “Scorpion”

Tyler Maas

February 13, 2017

At the tail end of 2015, Midnight Reruns continued to show listeners they were a force to be reckoned with by releasing Force Of Nurture. Within months of putting out the outstanding sophomore record (which w...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (February 5-11)

Matt Wild

February 13, 2017

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 ...

What’s replacing the Bucks’ February 26 Miles Plumlee toothbrush holder giveaway?

Tyler Maas

February 13, 2017

Back on February 2, the Milwaukee Bucks traded underperforming center Miles Plumlee to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Roy Hibbert and Spencer Hawes. For a Bucks squad whose playoff hopes were in questi...

Cloud Nothings bring life and sound to Turner Hall

Sahan Jayasuriya

February 13, 2017

Beginning as little more than a home recording project for singer-songwriter Dylan Baldi, Cleveland Ohio's Cloud Nothings have grown into something far bigger. In the last five years, the band has continued t...

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