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Mandatory Milwaukee: Eating frozen custard even though it’s winter

January 13, 2026

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Going to get frozen custard even though it's winter. Adulthood is ...

The City of West Allis wants YOU to vote on names for its snowplows

Tyler Maas

January 13, 2026

UPDATE (1/20/26): After a week of voting and more than 3,400 submissions, the winning plow names have been picked. Drum roll please... Ctrl-Salt-Delete Chicken Plow Mein Plowie McPlowface *** In the past m...

Enjoy these photos from this year’s N/A Day Madison event

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2026

The "Dry January" fun continues! On Saturday, January 10, Milwaukee Record traveled to Wisconsin’s capital city for the third annual N/A Day Madison. The event—which took place exactly one week after our fifth ...

7 reasons you should go to this weekend’s N/A Day event in Madison

Tyler Maas

January 8, 2026

You might be reading this and thinking to yourself, "Wait, didn’t Milwaukee Record already do an N/A Day event this month?" Yes, we hosted our fifth annual Milwaukee N/A Day "Dry January" beverage festival at T...

MKEpunk adds “Make Me A Mixtape” feature

Tyler Maas

January 7, 2026

When we last checked in with MKEpunk in 2021, the invaluable musical resource and sprawling online archive of Wisconsin-made punk, hardcore, ska, and emo was saved from the brink of extinction by getting some m...

Diet Lite will play Saturday’s installment of our Milwaukee Record Halftime Show

Tyler Maas

January 7, 2026

The Green Bay Football Team™ is in the playoffs! Not only does that mean "The Pack" lives on for another week, it also means our Milwaukee Record Halftime Show series will continue on at Cactus Club unti...

‘PortisWu’ is the Milwaukee-made Portishead and Wu-Tang Clan mashup you didn’t know you need

Tyler Maas

January 6, 2026

One of life's great pleasures is when two seemingly disparate things come together to form something unexpectedly enjoyable. Just a few examples of clashing combos that come to mind are things like bacon and pe...

Here’s the Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2026 lineup

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2026

Over its 12-year run, Mitten Fest has earned the undisputed distinction of being Milwaukee’s favorite wintertime celebration. We’re pleased to report the sprawling block party and one-day escape from the season...

Here’s Lakefront Brewery’s 2026 “Curd Of The Month” flavor forecast and that’s it

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2026

"These delicious delights can be bought in person at the Beer Hall, or online via TAKEOUT during all open hours (not available Fridays)!" January | Dill Pickle February | Cajun March | Blueberry Danish Ap...

Wückfinter will return to Ray’s Wine & Spirits on February 22

Tyler Maas

January 3, 2026

In early 2019, Wauwatosa beverage bastion Ray’s Wine & Spirits and Indiana's 3 Floyds Brewing joined forces to help metro Milwaukee battle the winter blues with an outdoor celebration of beer done in defian...

Milwaukee Record’s 2025 by the numbers

Tyler Maas

January 2, 2026

Now that a new year is upon us, we wanted to take one last opportunity to look back at 2025. Though last year was a particularly bad one for this city, country, and for much of the world (very much including th...

Welcome to January: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Tyler Maas

January 1, 2026

broadstreet.zone(159870); Not too long ago, Milwaukee in January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra that was devoid of entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers p...

Looking back on Josh Hoppert’s Milwaukee Record tenure (and revisiting his best article)

Tyler Maas

December 31, 2025

Today marks Josh Hoppert's last day with Milwaukee Record. After 10 years (!!!) with us and roughly another decade split between A.V. Club Milwaukee and an agency before that, he's moving on to another—far less...

Help Black Husky Brewing “Legalize Marinara” at its inaugural red sauce competition

Tyler Maas

December 31, 2025

Winter is a time for comfort food. While much of the Midwest bundles up and hunkers down for an extended period of darkness and cold, hearty and rib-sticking standbys like casserole, chili, and soup enter our c...

Bacon Fest, Mama Tried, and 14 other Milwaukee winter festivals

Tyler Maas

December 30, 2025

Even though autumn technically ended less than two weeks ago, it’s finally beginning to set in: winter is actually here. Christmas over and it’s already snowed a bunch. And there’s still, like, 11 more weeks of...

6 reasons you should go to Saturday’s N/A Day “Dry January” Beverage Festival

Tyler Maas

December 29, 2025

In case you haven’t been made aware of it from our various mentions of the event, a growing swell of local press, and promotion from participating vendors, the fifth annual Milwaukee edition of our N/A Day "Dry...

The 13 Baltimore Ravens starting quarterbacks of the last 20 years, ranked

Tyler Maas

December 26, 2025

What’s there to say at this point? On Saturday night, the Packers are hosting the Baltimore Ravens, who have started three different quarterbacks this season. At the time this article is being written, Baltimor...

Celebrate a “Blue Collar Christmas” with HOSTS

Tyler Maas

December 24, 2025

After finally popping up on our radar in 2023—almost a decade removed from the band's formation—and winding up earning inclusion on our favorite Milwaukee music list that same year, we've made sure to do a bett...

Nine Inch Nails, John Mulaney, Bridget Everett and 20 other standout winter shows

Tyler Maas

December 23, 2025

Even though it has already snowed a bunch, it's been getting dark before 4:30 lately, and the Packers regular season is almost over, winter technically began Sunday. Yes, we're only on day three of the season m...

Save the date! Burnhearts Mitten Fest to return February 7

Tyler Maas

December 22, 2025

Over its 12-year run, Mitten Fest has earned the undisputed distinction of being Milwaukee’s favorite wintertime celebration. We’re pleased to report the sprawling block party and one-day escape from the season...

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