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Before ‘Late Night With The Devil’ at MFF2024, go “Bowling With The Devil” at Landmark Lanes

April 9, 2024

The 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival kicks off Thursday, April 11, and runs through Thursday, April 25. (Get your tickets and passes HERE.) During that two-week stretch, your friendly neighborhood Milwaukee Record ...

Live the glamorous life of a DIY band with the Socially Suspect card game

Matt Wild

April 9, 2024

Milwaukee band Socially Suspect has been bending the rules since 2022. Take one listen to the group's 2023 single "6 To 2" and you'll understand: Is the song grungy pop punk? Poppy grunge? What's with the jazzy...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Milwaukee Record has been around for 10 years. Here’s to MORE

Matt Wild

April 8, 2024

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: us! Hello. Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. That was 10 years a...

39 photos from the 2024 Midwest Gaming Classic

Matt Wild

April 8, 2024

Remember when the annual Midwest Gaming Classic was held at the Brookfield Sheraton? Remember when that seemed like a big convention? Remember when the annual Midwest Gaming Classic moved to Milwaukee's oft-ren...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2024 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

Matt Wild

April 8, 2024

More than 3,700 hungry Milwaukeeans flocked to the MSOE Kern Center on Sunday for WMSE's 22nd annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. While there, these hearty chili lovers sampled more than 40 chilis from oodles o...

Stuff We Missed: Even MORE Milwaukee food news

Matt Wild

April 5, 2024

Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: even MORE more Milwaukee food news! • It started with a Milwaukee- and Wisconsin-...

Milwaukee game designer Jordan Davis slays with 8-bit swashbuckler ‘The Storied Sword’

Matt Wild

April 4, 2024

Back in February, Microsoft announced that its state-of-the-art (and pricey) PlayStation 5 was entering "the latter stage of its life cycle." This came as something of a shock for PS5 owners, since the console ...

Thistle & Shamrock will close, serve final fish fry May 17

Matt Wild

April 4, 2024

Thistle & Shamrock, a popular restaurant, pub, and fish fry destination on 84th and Lisbon (3430 N. 84th St.), announced Wednesday night that it will close its doors and serve its final fish fry on May 17. ...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (March 20 – April 2)

Matt Wild

April 4, 2024

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...

MPS superintendent on narrow referendum win: “We do not take your decision lightly”

Matt Wild

April 3, 2024

In case you missed it Tuesday night, Milwaukee voters approved a much-talked-about $252 million referendum for Milwaukee Public Schools. But just barely—unofficial totals posted Wednesday show 51% of votes (41,...

“We’ll be spotlighting different albums from night to night.” They Might Be Giants prep “Big Show” tour

Matt Wild

April 1, 2024

"We've always been really lucky with our audience in that they seem up for all the things we do." That's John Flansburgh, over the phone and in the midst of doing his laundry, talking about the long and fasc...

The Black Keys will bring “International Players Tour” to Fiserv Forum on November 9

Matt Wild

April 1, 2024

Hey! The Black Keys are coming back to Milwaukee! The band is set to bring its so-called "International Players Tour"—a tour in support of the new Ohio Players album—to Fiserv Forum on Saturday, November 9! ...

Stuff We Missed: More Milwaukee food coming to a TV near you

Matt Wild

March 29, 2024

Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: more Milwaukee food on TV! • In case you did the impossible and missed it, Milwau...

Ladybird previews new album with bittersweet single, “Audrey’s Garden”

Matt Wild

March 28, 2024

It's been just over a year since Milwaukee alt-country outfit Ladybird released its wonderful self-titled EP. The follow-up to the band's 2021 debut, the record was filled with breezy love songs set on train lo...

Bob Uecker will call Brewers home opener, “take it one day at a time after that”

Matt Wild

March 27, 2024

We're mere days away from the start of the Milwaukee Brewers' 2024 season (Friday, against the New York Mets in New York), and less than a week away from the home opener (April 2, against the Minnesota Twins). ...

Here’s the Cinema Hooligante lineup (and everything else) for the 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

March 27, 2024

Let's dive right in: The 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival will take place April 11-25. A whopping 131 feature films and 169 shorts will screen at the Oriental Theatre, Downer Theatre, Avalon Theater, and Times Cine...

Food/Drink Roundup: Let’s all chip in and buy Victor’s for $1.9 million

Matt Wild

March 27, 2024

Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: Victor's is for sale! • It was last week's real estate listing heard ...

The Demix returns with long-awaited ‘Arrival’

Matt Wild

March 26, 2024

"It's not the destination, it's the journey." This time-honored truism applies to all aspects of life: love, relationships, work, leisure, the ideals of the Knights Radiant, the very act of living itself. It...

Hey! Here’s the 2024 Summerfest lineup!

Matt Wild

March 21, 2024

Well, here it is! The 2024 Summerfest lineup! For the 56th anniversary of the Big Gig! Dig in! Similar to recent years, Summerfest 2024 will take place over three consecutive Thursday-Saturday blocks: June 2...

Hey! Here’s the 2024 Traveling Beer Garden schedule!

Matt Wild

March 21, 2024

Hey! Do you like drinking? Do you like drinking in parks? Then you're in luck, because Milwaukee County Parks' ever-popular Traveling Beer Garden is returning for 2024. YES. The beer/park extravaganza will o...

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