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

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...

Watch longtime ‘Simpsons’ writer and fast food connoisseur Bill Oakley rave about Culver’s

Tyler Maas

August 24, 2022

If you read Milwaukee Record with any regularity, you're probably already aware of this, but we'll just repeat it again: We like Culver's! And if you frequent this publication, you've possibly also stumbled on ...

Celebrate Landmark Lanes’ 95th anniversary with games, comedy, ‘Lebowski,’ more

Matt Wild

August 23, 2022

In an era of flashy "activity bars," it's funny to think that Landmark Lanes (2220 N. Farwell Ave.) has been doing the "activity" thing for decades upon decades. The East Side "Underground City" isn't just a ba...

Here’s the TosaFest lineup

Tyler Maas

August 23, 2022

Excuse us for missing this until this late in the summer and, well, missing this entire event in general for the entirety of Milwaukee Record's existence, but we just learned the following information: 1. There...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Some website says we’re the 9th most polite city in the U.S.

Tyler Maas

August 23, 2022

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city’s many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication ackno...

Here’s who’s playing the WMSE Stage at Bay View Bash

Tyler Maas

August 22, 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 ...

Want Red Arrow Park to be a roller rink in summer? Attend a free skate party, rally this Saturday

Matt Wild

August 22, 2022

In case you missed it, there's been a lot of chatter lately about turning Red Arrow Park (920 N. Water St.) into a roller skating rink during the summer. The park is an ice skating rink in the winter, after all...

East Side residents concerned about losing good restaurant seats object to proposed apartments

Matt Wild

August 21, 2022

An apartment building proposed for a site near Downer Avenue on Milwaukee's east side is getting some pushback from nearby residents. And that pushback is hilarious.Several condominium owners and homeowners...

My First Band: Matt Allen (Nur-D, Black Genesis)

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 19, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); This week's guest is Matt Allen, who you might know better as Nur-D. And if you don't know Nur-D yet, you will soon. The Minneapolis-based rapper, singer, dancer, and all-around entert...

Here’s the 2022 Milwaukee Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

August 19, 2022

Originating long before the city had anything resembling a sustainable comedy community, Milwaukee Comedy Festival has grown and evolved along with Milwaukee’s stand-up scene. In fact, the annual comedic undert...

New video from The Beat Index puts you on hold, and it “Feels Like A Lifetime”

Matt Wild

August 19, 2022

Concept albums are a dime a dozen, but how many concept albums are '70s-soft-rock homages to on-hold music for automated phone systems? That's the delightful hook for the upcoming album from The Beat Index, Vol...

Gold Steps interrogate, invigorate in “Petty” music video

Tyler Maas

August 19, 2022

These days, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Milwaukee band that's busier than Gold Steps. The local pop-punk outfit routinely plays out locally—they had two shows in Riverwest on the same day last weekend!—betw...