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Read the latest 4,773-word, Milwaukee-only safer-at-home order here

May 21, 2020

Milwaukee Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik unveiled an updated safer-at-home health order for the City of Milwaukee on Thursday afternoon. The order replaces a previous order that replaced a previous order ...

River Rhythms concert series has been canceled for 2020, too

Matt Wild

May 21, 2020

Yep. Sigh. Here's the press release: 24th season of River Rhythms has been canceled MILWAUKEE – Westown Association has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 season of the River Rhythms concert ser...

Support Pabst Theater Group with new hoodies, masks, human/pet bandanas, more

Matt Wild

May 20, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis may seem frightfully "normal" at this point, but it's still important to support those institutions that are still closed—and may stay closed for quite some time. Take the Pabst Theater Grou...

Great Job, Wisconsin! We have the 2nd fewest pesky, lifesaving COVID-19 restrictions in the U.S.

Matt Wild

May 19, 2020

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

Donate to Street Angels, get a limited-run record from Fudgy

Matt Wild

May 19, 2020

When we last heard from Fudgy—a.k.a. a self-described "consortium of musical buffoons from Milwaukee, Buffalo, Seattle, and Los Angeles who believes in the destruction of enemies real or otherwise by laughing l...

Milwaukee Film Festival: “The likelihood of us holding a 15-day, in-person event” is “exceedingly low”

Matt Wild

May 18, 2020

On Monday, Milwaukee Film CEO/Artistic Director Jonathan Jackson issued a statement on the status of the 2020 Milwaukee Film Festival, tentatively scheduled for October. "The question on everyone's mind has bee...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (May 10-16)

Matt Wild

May 18, 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...

Wisconsin’s positive COVID-19 test rate hits new low, state braces for possible “Do Whatever You Want” impact

Matt Wild

May 18, 2020

According to data from the Department of Health Services, 4,972 COVID-19 tests were processed in the state of Wisconsin in the past 24 hours. Of those tests, 144 came back positive. With 4,828 tests coming back...

Put your cameras up for the new song/video from Lauryl Sulfate & Her Ladies Of Leisure, “Selfie”

Matt Wild

May 15, 2020

When we last heard from Lauryl Sulfate & Her Ladies Of Leisure, they were busy releasing one of the best Milwaukee albums of 2019. Seriously: if you haven't already listened to Dance Music Saves Lives—or if...

Explore the all-too-timely world of conspiracy theories with Tea Krulos’ new book, ‘American Madness’

Matt Wild

May 15, 2020

Ever get the feeling that the world has gone...mad? Of course you have, because it totally has. Now more than ever, wild and dangerous conspiracy theories fester in dark corners of the media (especially social ...

Open or closed? Milwaukee-area bars, restaurants, businesses respond to whatever’s going on now

Matt Wild

May 14, 2020

Ever since the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Gov. Tony Evers' "Safer At Home" order Wednesday afternoon, everything has been confusing and dumb. More than usual! If you'd like a quick rundown of the vario...

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and suburban Milwaukee County have different stay-at-home restrictions

Matt Wild

May 14, 2020

Remember the whole "We're in this together?" thing? You know, the cry of solidarity in the face of the ongoing/not-over COVID-19 crisis? Well, in Wisconsin, if that slogan was ever true at all, it sure ain't tr...

Gov. Evers: “Just because Republicans said it can be a free-for-all,” don’t “throw good judgment out the window”

Matt Wild

May 14, 2020

Gov. Tony Evers spoke at an online media briefing Thursday afternoon about the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision to strike down his "Safer At Home" order and throw the state into some good old fashioned chaos....

Milwaukee has a new safer-at-home order that replaces its old safer-at-home order that was superseded by the state’s safer-at-home order but which went back into effect after the state’s safer-at-home order was struck down

Matt Wild

May 14, 2020

Confused about the various state, county, and city safer-at-home orders? You shouldn't be! We have a quick breakdown of Milwaukee-area orders HERE! But hold on! There's an update! Thursday afternoon, Mayor T...

Reminder: Milwaukee’s stay-at-home order remains in effect

Matt Wild

May 13, 2020

Despite Wednesday's decision from the Wisconsin Supreme Court that kills Gov. Tony Evers' statewide "Safer At Home" order (and possibly you), Milwaukee's own stay-at-home order remains in effect. The separate o...

Wisconsin Supreme Court kills Gov. Evers’ “Safer At Home” order, you

Matt Wild

May 13, 2020

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against Gov. Tony Evers' "Safer At Home" order on Wednesday afternoon, effectively killing the order and, quite possibly, you. The conservative-controlled court ruled against t...

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

Matt Wild

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...

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