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“This is the fight of a lifetime”: Pabst Theater Group weathers the storm with #ReviveLiveMKE

May 13, 2020

It's been said that live music venues were the first to close in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, and that they'll be the last to reopen. The economic danger these venues face is very real, and their futu...

Apocalypse Drive-In at Bounce Milwaukee is back on, baby

Matt Wild

May 12, 2020

Back in March, we announced we were partnering with Bounce Milwaukee for their Apocalypse Drive-In, a free weekend movie series of end-of-the-world flicks projected on the side of the Bounce building (2801 S. 5...

8 old promos that make working in TV news look like the most intense, white-knuckle thrill ride ever

Matt Wild

May 12, 2020

When you think of intense, white-knuckle thrill rides, you probably think of skydiving, whitewater rafting, or that one roller coaster at Great America where you had to stand up and your head got knocked around...

Pabst Theater Group launches #ReviveLiveMKE series with Japanese Breakfast livestream

Matt Wild

May 12, 2020

"We're the first to close and very likely the last to open...I don't think we'll be doing a large concert for quite some time." That's Gary Witt, CEO of The Pabst Theater Group, talking about the devastating...

Lowlands Group will reopen all of its restaurants for to-go service on Friday

Matt Wild

May 12, 2020

Yep, Lowlands Group will reopen all of its restaurants for to-go service on Friday, May 15. The reopened restaurants include the five Café Hollander locations, Café Benelux, Centraal Grand Café & Tappery, a...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Black Cat Alley strikes a balance between art gallery and, well, alley

Matt Wild

May 11, 2020

broadstreet.zone(77472); 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 exp...

Gov. Evers reopens most Wisconsin retail stores, limits customers to five at a time

Matt Wild

May 11, 2020

Want to go shopping again? Well, now you—and four other people—can. On Monday afternoon, Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm unveiled Emergency Or...

Wisconsin tops 400 COVID-19 deaths as Milwaukee opens two free testing sites

Matt Wild

May 11, 2020

According to data from the Department of Health Services, the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Wisconsin reached 409 on Monday afternoon. Milwaukee County is home to more than half of those deaths, with t...

Watch last night’s episode of LiveSCREAM Theater…if you dare

Matt Wild

May 8, 2020

Did you miss last night's episode of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater? You know, the one where we watched the 1959 William Castle/public domain classic House On Haunted Hill? The one where we talked about Vi...

Gov. Evers unveils “best practices to reopen” for various types of Wisconsin businesses

Matt Wild

May 8, 2020

Here they are. A common complaint from businesses during the COVID-19 crisis has been that there are few guidelines for reopening safely. That changed Friday afternoon, with Gov. Tony Evers unveiling a serie...

Milwaukee COVID-19 Week In Review (May 4-8)

Matt Wild

May 8, 2020

In lieu of our end-of-week "Stuff We Missed" roundup, we’re rounding up some news and data about the continued COVID-19 crisis. Stay safe, Milwaukee. MONDAY, MAY 4 Wisconsin COVID-19 Test Results Positive: 8...

Sat. Nite Duets play for the sound guy (and the other band) in video for “Attached To The Lamp”

Matt Wild

May 7, 2020

When it comes to live music, we miss everything. Great shows, terrible shows, shows where we stationed a video camera in the back of Cactus Club to record our set and then some guy stole the camera and stumbled...

Tonight! The return of LiveSCREAM Theater! Tune in at 8!

Matt Wild

May 7, 2020

Have you been missing the communal joys of watching films with strangers? Are you not yet sick of Facebook/Instagram/Twitch livestreams? If you giddily answered YES to both of these questions, you're in luck: T...

Center Street Daze, MKE Short Film Fest latest to cancel 2020 events

Matt Wild

May 6, 2020

You know the drill: Two more Milwaukee summer festivals, Center Street Daze Festival and the MKE Short Film Fest, have canceled their 2020 events. Center Street Daze was set for August 8; the MKE Short Film Fes...

2020 Locust Street Festival, Riverwest Beer Run have been canceled

Matt Wild

May 5, 2020

Sigh. The 2020 Locust Street Festival of Music & Art, originally scheduled for Sunday, June 14, has been canceled. So has the event that kicks it off, the Riverwest Beer Run. You know, because of the ongoin...

Help save Pabst Theater Group (and 1,000 other independent music venues)

Matt Wild

May 5, 2020

"Most of us have gone from our best year ever to a dead stop in revenues, but our expenses and overhead are still real, and many will not make it without help. Our employees, the artists, and the fans need us t...

Don’t think twice, it’s all right to watch some Vince Condella “mini-concerts”

Matt Wild

May 5, 2020

We're all dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in our own ways: baking bread, yelling at people for baking bread, drinking, yelling at people for drinking, having an extended nervous breakdown, etc. But wha...

Milwaukee County COVID-19 death toll tops 200 as everyone plans to reopen whenever they want

Matt Wild

May 5, 2020

According to data from the Department of Health Services, the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Milwaukee County reached 201 on Tuesday afternoon, up from 195 on Monday. Milwaukee County is currently home ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (April 26-May 2)

Matt Wild

May 4, 2020

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 Th...

Shout-out to yesterday’s “pneumonia front,” which was pretty cool (literally)

Matt Wild

May 4, 2020

Hey! Milwaukee! Remember yesterday, just after 6 p.m., when a big ol' gust of arctic air blasted through the city, instantly dropping the temperature by nearly 20 degrees? Wasn't that nuts? If you're like us...

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