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Watch Andrew W.K. sing a life-affirming ode to Milwaukee, “I Love Milwaukee, Wisconsin”

October 21, 2017

Friday night's Andrew W.K. show at The Rave was more than a show. It was a party (of course), but it was also a life-affirming celebration of all that is good and positive in the world, a world that too often s...

Herbie Hancock shows no signs of slowing down at Pabst Theater

Cal Roach

October 21, 2017

One of Earth's most influential musicians played Milwaukee for the first time in ages on Friday night. Jazz aficionados may have been expecting merely an opportunity to cross Herbie Hancock off their bucket lis...

198 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Range Line Inn

Caleb Westphal

October 20, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. This past spring I had a fish fry at Chuck's Place, and during the drive home my wandering fish fry...

Man in cowboy hat calls woman in cowboy hat “whacky,” a “buffoon”

Matt Wild

October 20, 2017

In the late hours of Thursday night, where neither the distractions of the day nor the burden of self-awareness could find purchase, a man who wears cowboy hats called a woman who wears cowboy hats a "buffoon."...

Read Before Kickoff, Week 7: Packers vs. Saints

Nik Kovac

October 20, 2017

The four times that Mike McCarthy has faced a Sean Payton offense since they both started head coaching in 2006, the Packers have given up 34, 51, 34, and 44 points. In one of those games, Aaron Rodgers and Ran...

I experienced the magic of the “grown-up” East Side by eating at three ramen places in one night

Matt Wild

October 19, 2017

The strangest thing about the changing face of Milwaukee's East Side is that I should love it. I'm 39 years old, married, a father, and a longtime East Side resident who has long outgrown the beautiful dream of...

On The Record Episode 112: Brian Butch

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 19, 2017

Brian Butch's basketball career started in the Fox Valley. After the Appleton West High School standout was selected as a McDonald's All-American alongside the likes of LeBron James and Chris Paul, he attended ...

Get to know Law/Less, Milwaukee’s newest punk project

Dan Agacki

October 19, 2017

In a time when seemingly all recorded music is readily available, it’s easy to get lost in the flood of sub-genres and micro-genres. Law/Less are a punk band. Call them street punk, UK82, or whatever half-baked...

Get an early look inside the soon-to-be completed Oshkosh Arena

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2017

A new season of Milwaukee Bucks basketball tipped off last night. With a new season comes new players, new promotions, new reasons to be excited, and (at least this year) a new minor league affiliate. The inaug...

Remembering the Gallery Night, six years ago, when Milwaukee officially met Milverine

Matt Wild

October 18, 2017

This Friday and Saturday, Milwaukee will once again be abuzz with its beloved (and Chicago-approved) quarterly art explosion, Gallery Night and Day. Dozens of galleries dotting downtown, the Third Ward, Wa...

17-18 reasons to be excited about the 2017-18 Milwaukee Bucks

Tyler Maas

October 18, 2017

The Milwaukee Bucks are officially back in action tonight, when the team travels to Boston to take on the Celtics in the regular season opener. The Bucks enter the 2017-18 season with a great deal of expectatio...

Joseph Huber, Buffalo Gospel highlight Cedarburg Cultural Center’s “Rebels & Renegades” series

Matt Wild

October 18, 2017

As Wisconsin prepares to ease into late fall and (ugh) winter, it can be tempting to prepare in kind for a four-to-five-month-long hibernation. No concerts, no shows, no fun. But not so fast! Center Stage at th...

Role models and words of wisdom: Engaging Milwaukee girls in STEM

Milwaukee Area Science Advocates

October 18, 2017

broadstreet.zone(61704); The following piece by Lisa Taxier was originally published by Milwaukee Area Science Advocates. In 2014, Todd and Jody Herbert had a conversation with their youngest daughter's be...

My day at the 2017 Milwaukee Paranormal Conference

Maggie Iken

October 17, 2017

Milwaukee got into the Halloween spirit last weekend with its third annual Paranormal Conference. Boasting a busy schedule of ghost tours, spooky film screenings, and live music and dance performances, there wa...

Brewers prospect Cameron Roegner is moonlighting as an Uber driver in Milwaukee this offseason

Kyle Lobner

October 17, 2017

On June 25, over 5,000 fans saw Milwaukee Brewers prospect Cameron Roegner pitch four perfect innings in relief for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, protecting a 3-2 lead and preserving a win over the Kane County...

Every player named Aaron in Green Bay Packers history, ranked

Tyler Maas

October 17, 2017

The injury Aaron Rodgers sustained Sunday afternoon not only left the Packers without their best player for the remainder of the year and put the team's postseason fate in question, it also left Green Bay with ...

Come to a live “On The Record” podcast recording November 9

Tyler Maas

October 17, 2017

Those of you who have somehow missed the first 111 (and counting) episodes might be happy to learn that Milwaukee Record has its very own podcast. Yes, since early 2015, we've been gracing iTunes, Stitcher, and...

Since you probably didn’t go, see what you missed during the rainy Beet Street festivities

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 16, 2017

Over the last few months, the fine folks at Goodkind, Palomino, and Cactus Club pooled resources and put their heads together in an effort to bring food, craft beer and cocktails, live music, and vendors togeth...

20 standout moments from the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 16, 2017

Is it over already? Yep, after 15 days, countless films, and one long weekend to let it all soak in, the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival is officially in the books. It was another terrific year for the fest (maybe...

Queens Of The Stone Age reign supreme at The Rave

Tyler Maas

October 16, 2017

Queens Of The Stone Age don't exactly frequent Milwaukee. Since playing the Cactus Club way back in 1999, bandleader Josh Homme and regularly rotating supporting cast have made just a handful of stops in southe...

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