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In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (May 29 – June 4)

June 9, 2022

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...

Black Lens program will celebrate Tupac Shakur with ‘Juice’ screening, career retrospective

Matt Wild

June 9, 2022

Thursday, June 16, 2022 will be / would have been Tupac Shakur's 51st birthday. (Is it mind-boggling to think that Shakur would have been only 51? Yep.) To mark the occasion, Milwaukee Film's Black Lens program...

Here’s the lineup for the 2022 Música del Lago series at Colectivo Lakefront

Matt Wild

June 9, 2022

Is there a day of the week that doesn't feature a free music series this summer? Our ever-growing guide to summer festivals, fairs, music series, and more says NO. Recently added to that guide is Colectivo's...

Demolition work has begun on the future home of the Milwaukee Public Museum

Matt Wild

June 7, 2022

We've said it before and we'll say it again: the Milwaukee Public Museum as you know it is not long for this world. Like, they plan to forever close the old one and open a new (state-of-the-art, much-smaller) o...

Yep, there are even MORE Locust Street Festival alternatives happening Sunday, June 12

Matt Wild

June 7, 2022

Were you disappointed when this year's Locust Street Festival of Music & Arts—set for Sunday, June 12—was abruptly canceled? Were you cheered up when we told you that Black Husky Brewing would be hosting it...

Not everyone is thrilled with the whole “Milwaukee hoping to host the 2024 RNC” thing

Matt Wild

June 6, 2022

Previously on When Milwaukee And Major Political Conventions Mix... Remember when Milwaukee "hosted" the 2020 Democratic National Convention? Except that the thing ended up being 99.9% virtual due to the sti...

Not one, but TWO alternate Locust Street Festivals are set for Sunday, June 12

Matt Wild

June 6, 2022

Were you disappointed when this year's Locust Street Festival of Music & Arts was abruptly canceled? You're not alone. Thankfully, not one, but two Locust Street businesses have taken it upon themselves to ...

Buy some art (and strike a rock pose) at WMSE’s 6th annual Art & Music auction

Matt Wild

June 6, 2022

For the past half-decade, WMSE's Art & Music has combined, well, art and music for a one-of-a-kind event. At the center is an auction of hundreds of album-sized, 12" x 12" pieces of original art from local ...

Summerfest will offer 5 continuously running bus shuttles for 2022 Big Gig

Matt Wild

June 2, 2022

In case you missed it, Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is, um, going through some stuff. Because of that stuff, it will likely not offer direct Freeway Flyer buses to Summerfest this year—similar to last...

Nice Times—a.k.a. the old Snack Boys, Hotel Foster, Globe East—is closed

Matt Wild

May 31, 2022

Approximately six months after opening, plant-based eatery and bar Nice Times—a.k.a. the old Snack Boys/Hotel Foster/Globe East space at 2028 E. North Ave.—has closed. Why the sudden closure? Well... ...

This week at Oriental Theatre: ‘Rise Roar Revolt,’ red carpet premiere of ‘Small Town Wisconsin’

Matt Wild

May 31, 2022

Feeling lost since the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival wrapped earlier this month? Seen Everything Everywhere All At Once three times already and looking for something new at the Oriental Theatre? Then you're in l...

God damn it, you’ve got to heed the words of this new “BE KIND” pop-up on Water Street

Matt Wild

May 31, 2022

"There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind." That's Kurt Vonnegut, in one of those Kurt Vonnegut-y quotes that makes you want to read Kurt Vonnegut again. It's simple, d...

Collections Of Colonies Of Bees get back to nature in flowery “Harms” video

Matt Wild

May 26, 2022

It's been four years since ever-evolving Milwaukee post-rock project Collections Of Colonies Of Bees released its latest album, HAWAII. In that time...well, some stuff has happened. So if you're looking for a r...

Summerfest’s “smallest stage” will feature acoustic performances from Boyz II Men, local acts, more

Matt Wild

May 25, 2022

There are approximately 8,000 stages on the Summerfest grounds, but only one of them can claim to be the festival's "smallest." And no, we're not talking about the JoJo's Martini Bar stage, which needs to be so...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Readers of a travel website like to travel to Milwaukee

Matt Wild

May 25, 2022

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

Black Husky Brewing will host “Milwaukee’s Worst Locust Street Festival” in place of canceled real thing

Matt Wild

May 24, 2022

Were you disappointed when this year's Locust Street Festival of Music & Arts was abruptly canceled? You're not alone. But while most of us were content to simply grouse about this unfortunate news, Locust ...

What I’m hoping to hear at tonight’s “ridiculously self-indulgent, ill-advised” Weird Al show

Matt Wild

May 24, 2022

broadstreet.zone(72091); Welcome to Milwaukee Record's Weird Al Week, sponsored by Lakefront Brewery! Want daily Al-related articles culminating in a recap of Al's May 24 show at the Marcus Performing Arts Cen...

FPC Live is gonna build its two-room music venue on the old Bradley Center site now

Matt Wild

May 23, 2022

It's Monday, which means Milwaukee is getting another new downtown music venue. Madison-based FPC Live, a division of Live Nation subsidiary Frank Productions, plans to build a $50 million two-room music ven...

Gov. Evers announces $2.2 million for Milwaukee violence prevention, including “security fencing”

Matt Wild

May 23, 2022

Gov. Tony Evers announced on Monday $2.2 million in funding "directed towards the city of Milwaukee for violence prevention and to help the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) to take immediate steps to address c...

A Weird Al album ranking that totally betrays the age of the author, and that’s it

Matt Wild

May 22, 2022

broadstreet.zone(72091); Welcome to Milwaukee Record’s Weird Al Week, sponsored by Lakefront Brewery! Want daily Al-related articles culminating in a recap of Al’s May 24 show at the Marcus Performing Arts Cen...

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