WMSE’s Local/Live: Modern Tigers
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist.
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Milwaukee Record’s 66 Days of Halloween (Part I)
Welcome to Milwaukee Record's 66 Days of Halloween countdown! You can find Part II, which covers Days 23-44, HERE. You can find Part III, which covers days 45-66, HERE.
DAY 22: ONE-THIRD OF THE WAY THERE
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FM 102/1 makes tearful on-air announcement after news of sale to Christian radio network
News broke on Monday, via Radio Insight and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, that Milwaukee radio stations FM 102/1 (WLUM-FM) and B93.3FM (WLDB-FM) had been sold to Tennessee-based Christian radio network K-Love...
Some thoughts on Sunday’s Bob Uecker Celebration of Life (and official video of the whole thing)
A few days before Sunday's Bob Uecker Celebration of Life at American Family Field, a friend said something about Uecker's death I hadn't considered. "I think we've all accepted that he's gone, that his voice i...
New burger and ice cream joint, Bebe Zito, will open in 3rd St. Market Hall August 29; drip chocolate, candy shops coming soon
Some big new additions are coming to downtown food hall 3rd St. Market Hall. If you're a fan of burgers, chicken sandwiches, and ice cream, you're in luck! (Oh, and drip chocolate and candy, too.)
First up i...
New bar and restaurant, Vick’s On Van Buren, planned for former Victor’s
The former site of Victor's Nightclub, 1230 N. Van Buren St., may see some new life this fall. And that new life sounds a lot like the old life.
License applications filed with the city indicate a new bar an...
Summer music series that are ending this week (and some that still have a little summer left in them)
Summer doesn't technically end until September 22, but you know the deal: Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer. And Labor Day weekend...is this coming weekend. Sigh.
Seasons end. Time moves on w...
5pm To Nowhere aims high on arena-ready ‘City Of Light, Act II’
How do you follow up a six-track EP of moody, emotional, heart-on-its-sleeve, polished-to-a-sheen indie-rock called City Of Light, Act I? If you're Milwaukee band 5pm To Nowhere, you release a four-track EP of ...
Overheard in line for a free George Webb burger in downtown Milwaukee: A minute-by-minute report
On Wednesday, August 20, in the Year of Our Lord 2025, Wisconsin burger chain George Webb handed out free burgers at all of its 23 locations. Why? To celebrate the Milwaukee Brewers' recent 12-game winning stre...
Here’s the (tentative) schedule for Riverwest’s second annual Argren Faire
Last September, Riverwest got its own neighborhood renaissance faire in the form of Argren Faire. The daylong event was held at and around Black Husky Brewing, and was based on the mythical land of Argren—a.k.a...
Milwaukee Film unveils six films coming to 2025 Dialogues Documentary Festival
If you think Milwaukee Film is just about the annual Milwaukee Film Festival (and, um, running the Oriental and Downer theaters all year round), think again!
Milwaukee Film's second annual Dialogues Document...
We’re in the midst of Hip-Hop Week MKE 2025. Here’s the schedule.
Fun Fact #1: Milwaukee is the first city in America to create its own Hip-Hop Week. Fun Fact #2: Hip-Hop Week MKE is celebrating its 7th year in 2025. Fun Fact #3: Hip-Hop Week MKE 2025 is already underway.
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Milwaukee Public Museum will “deinstall” more objects next week, some taxidermy next month
Back in April, Milwaukee Public Museum began its first round of "deinstallation." This involved packing up items and closing off (small) sections of the museum in preparation for the big move to the new Nature ...
Free George Webb burgers. Wednesday, August 20. Go Brewers!
We'll cut to the chase and reveal the information we've all been waiting for:
To celebrate the Milwaukee Brewers' recent 12-game winning streak, George Webb will hand out free hamburgers on Wednesday, August...
Here’s the latest schedule for the Lion’s Tooth + Milwaukee Record Music Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like music? Do you like books about music? Then you're in luck, because we've partnered with beloved Bay View bookstore Lion's Tooth (2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) for another five-month ...
Help make Frankie Latina’s ‘Skinny Dip’ (starring Mark Borchardt) a horror-film reality
Back in 2023, Milwaukee enfant terrible filmmaker Frankie Latina launched a GoFundMe for his third feature film, Skinny Dip. The horror flick was only in pre-production at that point, but its classic "campers b...
Birch owners reveal details of new restaurant, Cassis, due to open this fall
Late last year, husband-and-wife duo Kyle and Meghan Knall—a.k.a. the couple behind nationally celebrated Milwaukee restaurant Birch—announced plans to open a new restaurant, Cassis. Now, as the anticipated fal...
Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (July 30 – August 12, 2025)
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Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...
If a certain something happens today, here’s when George Webb will announce the date/time of its free burger giveaway, and that’s it
According to a George Webb press release: Thursday, August 14 at noon.
(Again, this is NOT when the free burger giveaway will take place if a certain something happens today. This is when they'll announce th...
Violent Femmes add second Riverside Theater show to self-titled, ‘Hallowed Ground’ tour
One of the most unassailable facts in all of music is that the Violent Femmes' eponymous 1983 debut absolutely rules. "Blister In The Sun"! "Add It Up"! "Gone Daddy Gone"! There's not a bad tune in the 10-song ...