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Bring your old home movies to UWM on October 24 for another Home Movie Day

October 14, 2026

Remember back in 2022, when the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee asked folks to bring in their old home movies for a Home Movie Day? Well, UWM is doing it again! On Saturday, October 24, the public is once ...

What’s the deal with Downer Woods?

Matt Wild

March 21, 2017

Ever come across a mildly interesting thing in Milwaukee and wonder, "What's the deal with that mildly interesting thing?" What's The Deal With explores these local curiosities, and aims to find the stories beh...

Back to school: Milwaukee Record reads a poem about a “giant masturbating machine” at UWM

Matt Wild

September 6, 2016

Let's take a moment to remember Bob Watt: poet, artist, self-styled "dirty old man." After moving to Milwaukee in 1951, Watt established himself as a counterculture poet and outsider artist, focusing on "so bad...

UWM’s Concert Chorale will provide backup vocals for The Rolling Stones

Matt Wild

June 16, 2015

The Rolling Stones’ much-anticipated, much-hyped, and much-priced show at the Marcus Amphitheater is exactly one week away. Yes, on Tuesday, June 23, the Stones will take to the Marcus stage and deliver hit aft...

UWM students can now be known by their preferred names

Matt Wild

June 3, 2015

For students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, being known by their preferred names just got easier. On June 1, UWM enacted a preferred name, or name-in-use system for all registered students. The op...

UWM fitness center has banned sleeveless shirts because they’re “intimidating”

Matt Wild

November 12, 2014

// Is there anything more terrifying than walking into a gym in order to get a gym-toned body, only to find yourself surrounded by people flaunting their own gym-toned bodies? No, no there is not. Happily, ...

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