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Spring has sprung with the artwork for the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival

January 30, 2025

Have you been outside today? It's pretty nice! True, spring is still months away, but at least it kinda-sorta feels like spring today. And here's another taste of spring: the just-released artwork for the 2025 ...

MKE Music Rewind: 1984, ‘Rock Drill’ (2000)

Matt Wild

January 30, 2025

In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: 1984's Rock Drill from 2000. There's a great line from Stephen King n...

Milwaukee made $559K from those darn electric scooters in 2024

Matt Wild

January 29, 2025

The last time we heard from the Milwaukee Department of Public Works on the issue of those darn electric scooters, the city had netted nearly $500,000 from the things. Now, at the beginning of 2025, the DPW has...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (January 15-28, 2025)

Matt Wild

January 29, 2025

broadstreet.zone(154824); 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...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Remembering Bob Uecker (and everything else)

Matt Wild

January 28, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Uecker. On the morning of Thursday, January 16, I was planning on...

SereniTea Lounge will open this week in long-vacant Downer Avenue space

Matt Wild

January 28, 2025

For the first time in nearly two decades, a business will occupy a high-profile spot on the 2500 block of Downer Avenue. Well, a portion of that spot, anyway. SereniTea Lounge, a boba/bubble tea and cocktail...

10 Milwaukee names that are easy to get technically wrong

Matt Wild

January 27, 2025

In our semi-regular Tracklist feature we round up a bunch of Milwaukee things and present them in list form. Do people still enjoy lists? Yes? Well, enjoy! What's in a name? A sense of self, a sense of ident...

The Daniel James Gang plumbs “Darkness Over This Town” in new maxi-single

Matt Wild

January 27, 2025

You know what we could go for right now? A hooky-as-hell glam-punk gem filled with bright and chiming guitars, sneering vocals, plenty of "whoa-whoa-whoa"s, and lyrics about being a kid trapped in a dead-end to...

The Killers will headline Summerfest on June 27

Matt Wild

January 27, 2025

If you weren't exactly thrilled with the George Thorogood & The Destroyers (and Foghat!) Summerfest announcement from a few weeks ago, this one might be more up your (millennial) alley. Las Vegas stalwarts ...

Miss last night’s 3rd District Aldermanic Candidate Forum? Don’t worry, there’ll be more.

Matt Wild

January 24, 2025

Who's excited about politics these days? Um, yeah. Well, how about local politics? That's more like it. Even if you're doing your best to avoid national politics, local politics remain incredibly important, and...

Save the date (February 19) for our screening of ‘50 First Dates’ at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

January 23, 2025

Imagine this: You forgot to buy a present and/or make restaurant reservations for Valentine's Day. Your significant other is...displeased. But a-ha! You did buy tickets ahead of time for our screening of the 20...

Avalon Theater, Marcus Theatres will screen ‘Major League’ in honor of Bob Uecker

Matt Wild

January 18, 2025

The death of Bob Uecker on Thursday has left a baseball-sized hole in the hearts of Milwaukeeans, Wisconsinites, and anyone in the world who appreciates top-shelf play calling and bone-dry humor. Want to pay tr...

Fix your hearts and attend an “emergency ‘Twin Peaks’ memorial screening” at X-Ray Arcade

Matt Wild

January 17, 2025

Yesterday sucked, didn't it? First the loss of Milwaukee legend Bob Uecker, and then the loss of universe legend David Lynch. Woof. If those two icons loomed large in your life and represented two distinct yet ...

R.I.P. Bob Uecker

Matt Wild

January 16, 2025

Bob Uecker has died. The voice of the Milwaukee Brewers, the star of Mr. Belvedere, the highlight of the Major League franchise, the dedicated pitchman of beer, the dry humor king, the go-to Carson guest, th...

Here’s a poster of who’s playing the 2025 Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival, and that’s it

Matt Wild

January 15, 2025

Want more Milwaukee Record? Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter and/or support us on Patreon. RELATED ARTICLES • Here are the 2025 Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival headliners, and that’s it...

Wings, hot sauce, trivia, Bert Lauderdale come together January 22 at Lakefront Brewery

Matt Wild

January 15, 2025

If you're a fan of beer and trivia, you've undoubtedly enjoyed Lakefront Brewery's weekly trivia nights. If you're a fan of wings and hot sauce, you've undoubtedly enjoyed Lakefront Brewery's annual celebration...

Promises is closed

Matt Wild

January 14, 2025

Walker's Point watering hole and live music venue Promises, 538 W. National Ave., is closed. After a few days of uncertainty, the bar made the news official on Tuesday. "We are closed," reads an Instagram po...

Next Paperback Hero faces uncertain future with ‘Better Late Than Never’

Matt Wild

January 14, 2025

"The list of numbers to call from the yearbook is small / Look for something to do, you think the problem is you / SNL on TV, the new Weezer is green / VCR set to tape, rewatch it day after day." So sings Na...

16 things spray-painted on (or stuck to) the frozen Milwaukee Boat

Matt Wild

January 13, 2025

Today, January 13, 2025, marks the three-month anniversary of the Milwaukee Boat. Three months! Yes, on October 13, 2024, owners of the 33-foot Chris-Craft Roamer ran the thing ashore between Bradford and McKin...

Today in extremely Summerfest-y Summerfest announcements: George Thorogood & The Destroyers (and Foghat)

Matt Wild

January 13, 2025

Yep. Today's Summerfest 2025 headliner announcement is super Summerfest-y: George Thorogood & The Destroyers will headline the BMO Pavilion on Friday, June 20. You know, "Bad To The Bone." George and compan...

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