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The 2025 Midwest Gaming Classic was BIG

April 7, 2025

Walking through the buzzing exhibit halls and stuffed ballrooms of the Baird Center on Saturday, it was common to hear murmurs of the number "40,000." That's how many pre-sale tickets, it was rumored, had been ...

Check out the full lineup and program guide for the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

April 4, 2025

We're mere weeks away from the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival. The 17th annual fest will take over the Oriental and Downer theatres—along with other swaths of the East Side—April 24 through May 8. It's gonna be g...

Milwaukee Public Museum will begin first round of “deinstallation” next week

Matt Wild

April 4, 2025

Throughout the long, winding, and oft-contentious saga of the new (and as-yet-unnamed) Milwaukee Public Museum, MPM staff has said that the current museum will remain open more or less until the new location op...

West Allis is getting an indoor, 10-court pickleball facility

Matt Wild

April 3, 2025

It was just yesterday that we brought you the news that West Allis is getting a slingshot bar. (Yes, a slingshot bar.) And now, perhaps inevitably, we're here to report that the city is set to get an indoor pic...

Everything you need to know about the 2025 Milwaukee Pride Parade

Matt Wild

April 3, 2025

The busy Milwaukee summer is just around the corner, but it's not just festivals and music and block parties—there are parades, too! So let's talk about one right now: the Milwaukee Pride Parade, set for Sunday...

A slingshot bar—yes, a slingshot bar—is coming to West Allis

Matt Wild

April 2, 2025

Milwaukee bar business Bars & Recreation has spent the last decade bringing all sorts of "activity bars" to the city and beyond. Think indoor mini golf (Nine Below), axe throwing (AXE MKE), shuffleboard and...

Enjoy boxing, beer, music, more at Michelada Fest, April 26 at Zócalo Food Park

Matt Wild

April 2, 2025

Milwaukee summers are known for being absolutely loaded, but Milwaukee springs are no slouches, either. Need proof? Check out our recent list of 16 spring festivals. Need further proof? Read up on another sprin...

Watch Bert Lauderdale report from Brewers Opening Day 2025

Matt Wild

April 2, 2025

Two words: Bert Lauderdale. Two more words: Milwaukee Brewers. Two more words: Opening Day. Put 'em all together and you get this stellar report from Milwaukee's top weather influencer. ENJOY! https://www.yo...

Milwaukee hybrid cocktail bar Agency is a James Beard Awards finalist for Best New Bar

Matt Wild

April 2, 2025

Back in February, a handful of Milwaukee restaurants, chefs, and bars were announced as semifinalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards. Dan Jacobs and Dan Van Rite of EsterEv made the list for Best Chef Midwest,...

Bucks win, Brewers win, Crawford wins

Matt Wild

April 1, 2025

Tuesday night, the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns 133-123 at Fiserv Forum. So long, four-game losing streak! Also Tuesday night, the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-0 at Americ...

A super-simple voting guide to today’s 2025 Spring Election

Matt Wild

April 1, 2025

On Tuesday, April 1, Wisconsin will vote in the 2025 Spring Election. It's super important and individual votes matter. Here's the super-simple deal: • Everyone in Wisconsin will vote for Justice Of The Supr...

SAGE is closed; former space available for lease, White House still for sale

Matt Wild

March 31, 2025

In October 2024, news dropped that the historic White House building at 2900 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. in Bay View was for sale. The restaurant occupying the first floor of the three-story building, SAGE, would rema...

“Who Dares?” Conan Neutron dares, that’s who

Matt Wild

March 28, 2025

There's a moment in the making-of documentary of 1999's Magnolia when director Paul Thomas Anderson, on the cusp of the film's first shot, says to his cast and crew: "I think we should all unashamedly try and m...

Behold Crafty Cow’s “April Fast Foods Day” menu

Matt Wild

March 20, 2025

We love Crafty Cow. We love the Bay View Crafty Cow, the Wauwatosa Crafty Cow, and the Oconomowoc Crafty Cow. We also love fast food. We love Taco Bell, we love McDonald's, and we love Arby's. (Hey, we're only ...

MKE Music Rewind: Farms In Trouble, “Like A Needle In Heaven” (2008)

Matt Wild

March 20, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Farms In Trouble's "Like A Needle In Heaven."...

Milwaukee Film reveals more MFF25 selections, Opening Night film and party

Matt Wild

March 19, 2025

The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival is just around the corner—April 24 - May 8, to be exact. It will feature approximately 200 short and feature-length documentary and fiction films from around the world (and Milw...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Admirals hockey is a hard-hitting good time

Matt Wild

March 18, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: the Milwaukee Admirals! When was the last time you went to a Milw...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Condé Nast Traveler names Lakeshore State Park one of “best weekend getaways” in U.S.

Matt Wild

March 17, 2025

Here at Milwaukee Record we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot. It keeps track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists and studies, as well as any time a national publ...

I dropped by ‘The Morning Blend’ to talk about you-know-what

Matt Wild

March 17, 2025

It's been a minute since I (Matt) dropped by TMJ4 morning show The Morning Blend to shoot the breeze about some random Milwaukee topic. In fact, it's been five years! And my first appearance on the show was 1...

5 months of the Milwaukee Boat

Matt Wild

March 14, 2025

The Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the S.S. Milwaukee, the S.S. Minnow, the Minnow, Deep Thought, or just The Boat—has been stranded between McKinley and Bradford beaches for five months. Incredible. What's new with ...

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