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Milwaukee Magazine is renowned for its lively exploration of local issues, personalities, and events, earning over 250 national and local accolades, making it one of the most celebrated city magazines in the U.S. However, our main aim is to impact Milwaukee positively. A magazine transcends mere text and images; it serves as a platform for the community's hopes and dreams. When you dive into Milwaukee Magazine, you'll discover narratives that tackle important questions, question the status quo, and pursue insights through thoughtful journalism and captivating storytelling. This approach has truly helped shape and improve the city.

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What Happened to the Kayaker Who Faked His Drowning in Green Lake?

23 hours ago | milwaukeemag.com | Tea Krulos

A globetrotting episode that generated scandalous headlines last fall began with a family trip to church. Ryan Borgwardt, a 45-year-old carpenter from Watertown was reported missing by his wife after failing to return home from an August kayaking trip to Green Lake. At first it appeared that the father of three had drowned in a tragic accident, and for weeks law enforcement and volunteers conducted an extensive search utilizing drones, radar, boats and search parties.
Br!nk New Play Festival Gives Milwaukee Audiences a Voice in the Creative Process

2 days ago | milwaukeemag.com | Carmella D'Acquisto

At the Br!nk New Play Festival, local theatergoers play the role of a good editor. The program, run by Renaissance Theaterworks, is an annual opportunity for Midwestern women playwrights to workshop their plays with insight from directors, actors and dramaturges, followed by a public reading with a talkback. But unlike a traditional talkback where the audience asks questions, this one is about having the playwright’s questions answered by the audience.
‘Deep Thought’ Is Gone, But What Happened to the Boat That Tried to Save the Boat?

2 days ago | milwaukeemag.com | Tea Krulos

“To the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.”– Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The WhaleMilwaukee media darling “Deep Thought,” also referred to as the “S.S. Minnow” or just the “Milwaukee Boat” was recently yanked from our shore by the All City Towing company, ending a seven-month long fiasco.
8 Midwestern Things We Know (and Don’t Know Yet) About Pope Leo XIV

5 days ago | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

Born as Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, the man who on Thursday in Vatican City became known as Pope Leo XIV, was a world traveler long before he was elected to lead the Catholic Church. He went to high school at a seminary in Michigan, studied mathematics at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, returned to Chicago to further his studies and later to teach high school, spent many years as a missionary in Peru, and was even an educator right here in Wisconsin. But just how Midwestern is he?
Film Fest Finds: ‘Green Blah!’ Reveals Green Bay’s Surprising Early Punk Scene

5 days ago | milwaukeemag.com | Rich Rovito

READ OUR 2025 MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGEThe lasting friendship of Chris Pretti and James Baker traces back to their shared love of punk rock as students at Green Bay East High School. Four decades later, and after 12 years of conducting nearly 100 interviews while digging through boxes of memorabilia and tape recordings from the era, their full-length documentary Green Blah! The History of Green Bay Punk Rock … The First Ten Years or So has finally hit the big screen.
Asparagus Season Is Here!

6 days ago | milwaukeemag.com | Ann Christenson

Of all the unexpected revelations about asparagus is the claim that it might cure a hangover – something about the vegetable’s amino acids helping the body break down alcohol. Remedy or not, asparagus does a body good! It’s also one of Wisconsin’s prized spring ingredients (yay, winter’s over!). And lucky us – two local farmers markets kick off the 2025 season this month (West Allis May 3 and Fondy May 10). Look for asparagus with firm spears that have a snap when you break them in half.
Debora O’Donnell Blends Fashion and Fiction on Instagram

6 days ago | milwaukeemag.com | Evan Musil

Debora O’Donnell judges books by their covers. On Instagram as Oh Apostrophe, the Milwaukee-based former copywriter posts her latest reads while wearing matching voluminous skirts, varying from elegant to playful. But she says “the look is the hook” for her erudite book reviews. Her words have prompted thoughtful conversations in the comments and friendships with bookworms local and global.
Film Fest Find: A Look at ‘Brady Street: A Portrait of a Neighborhood’

1 week ago | milwaukeemag.com | Rich Rovito

Milwaukee’s historic Brady Street neighborhood is the focus of a new documentary more than two years in the making and brought to life by more than 80 UW-Milwaukee film students. Brady Street: A Portrait of a Neighborhood serves as a history lesson about the East Side community, from its early days as a haven for Polish, German and later Italian immigrants, then as a counterculture hotbed followed by a troubling decline until a modern-day, ongoing rebirth.
Things to Do in Milwaukee Mother’s Day Weekend 2025

1 week ago | milwaukeemag.com | Stephanie Serrano

1. ALL WEEKEND AT 7:30 P.M. OR 2 P.M. | LAKE COUNTRY PLAYHOUSEThis Friday is opening night of Proof by David Auburn at Lake Country Playhouse. The play, winner of the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama, follows the story of Catherine, a troubled young woman who has always cared for her intelligent, yet unstable father who is a mathematician. Once he passes away, she struggles to explore how much of her father’s madness, or genius, she has inherited.
Meet Michael Cerda, the Painter Behind Milwaukee’s Signs

1 week ago | milwaukeemag.com | Evan Musil

Michael Cerda is a modern-day sign-painter, freshening up facades with a distinct retro-inspired touch through his business Cerda Design Co. (@cerdasignco). You’ve likely seen his work without knowing it – on the windows, doors and walls of 414loral, Lilliput Records and more local spots. He sometimes designs the logos he paints, like that of Ruby’s Bagels. Otherwise, he tailors existing branding by adding drop shadows or using gold leaf on glass – his favorite method.