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Black Bear is closing, but here are 15 other Wisconsin sodas

September 13, 2017

broadstreet.zone(32806); On Friday, Black Bear Bottling will close permanently. The Oak Creek-based soft drink company has been in business for 90 years, and its closure will put more than 70 people out of a j...

First Impression: Grate Modern Mac & Cheese

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2017

Every franchise starts somewhere. Before McDonald's took over the world in the ruthless hands of Ray Kroc, it was a small burger outfit operated by Maurice and Richard McDonald in San Bernadino, California. The...

‘The 60 Yard Line’ makes ‘Reggie’s Prayer’ look like ‘Citizen Kane’

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2017

Over the weekend, the Green Bay Packers started another regular season with a strong opening performance against the Seahawks at Lambeau Field. Last weekend also marked the Wisconsin opening of another (absolut...

Great Job, Wisconsin! We’re the 9th happiest state in America

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2017

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 deign...

Former Blessed Feathers member Donivan Berube goes it alone on “Love Is A Dog From Hell”

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2017

Donivan Berube's life has been turned upside down. Since the summer of 2016, the nomadic singer-songwriter, who accounted for half of Blessed Feathers, saw his marriage fall apart and, as a direct result, his b...

First Impression: Gathering Place Brewing Company

Tyler Maas

September 7, 2017

Last year was an unprecedented one in Milwaukee craft brewing. In 2016 alone, Third Space, Good City, and Urban Harvest opened in town. Black Husky, MobCraft, and Like Minds opened tap rooms in the city, and En...

Hear the “Sounds Of Bay View” with this late ’50s record

Tyler Maas

September 7, 2017

Bay View, much like anywhere else in Milwaukee, is changing. Many of the dining and nightlife haunts, shops, residents, and even the landscape of the neighborhood itself are virtually unrecognizable compared to...

Tippecanoe Herbs moving from farmers markets to Walker’s Point storefront

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2017

Since 2015, the husband and wife team of Kyle Denton (of Milwaukee-Madison band The Midwest Beat) and Serena Marinelli has been selling teas, tinctures, salves, infused vinegar, syrups, and oils made from local...

Avoid analysis this season with the “Milwaukee Record Halftime Show” concert series

Tyler Maas

September 5, 2017

Football is back! As the green and gold prepare for another season on the field, fans are beginning to formulate their game day viewing plans. It's no secret that Milwaukee has no shortage of great places to ba...

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

Tyler Maas

September 4, 2017

September is a time of transition. This month finds summer officially giving way to fall. This month also signals the end of Milwaukee’s festival season. Though the seasonal shift essentially puts a nine-month ...

Feast your eyes on Hot Head Fried Chicken’s menu

Tyler Maas

September 1, 2017

What a difference a year makes. Last September, Twelve12 Hospitality Group—a restaurant group owned and operated by Mike Bodow, Devin Eichler, and David Eichler—opened Bumstead Provisions in two attached Bay Vi...

Hear Abby Jeanne’s new out of this world single, “Cosmic Beings”

Tyler Maas

September 1, 2017

With exactly four months left, it's safe to say 2017 is Abby Jeanne's year. Between New Year's Day and the end of August, the owner of one of Milwaukee's—if not Wisconsin's—best voices released her debut album,...

Watch a Milwaukee woman save a baby skunk with a cup stuck on its head

Tyler Maas

August 31, 2017

Between natural disasters, a widening political and economic divide, and the innumerable hardships and injustices inhabitants of Earth face every day, it can be a pretty dark time to be alive. However, when lif...

Joe Vella uses improv and puppetry to make a living on Twitch as BizSNES

Tyler Maas

August 31, 2017

As far as career options go, professional video game player sits somewhere in between food tester and sleep study participant. Unthinkable as it is, one Milwaukee man has managed to career out of gaming with th...

Hear Community Centaur’s cover of Radiohead’s “Idioteque”

Tyler Maas

August 31, 2017

Though our monthly music video series and our annual benefit concert might suggest otherwise, we aren't exactly the biggest fans of cover songs. Still, there's something to be said for an artist deconstructing ...

House On The Rock is a kitschy Wisconsin treasure shrouded in darkness

Tyler Maas

August 30, 2017

Wisconsin offers both residents and visitors a wealth of interesting, fun, and dazzling attractions that make the state a truly special place. Between the placid change of pace offered by the state's northwoods...

Rose Of The West puts the petal to the metal after slow, calculated start

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2017

Rose Of The West played its first show as a full band less than five months ago. Though that fact suggests the dream-pop project that features current and former members of GGOOLLDD, Group Of The Altos, Canopie...

Trailer Park Boys get greasy in crowd-pleasing Riverside Theater performance

Tyler Maas

August 28, 2017

With 11 seasons and roughly 100 episodes of their beloved cult television program, five feature films and specials, and a heft of other material released on their Swearnet comedy network to their credit, the Tr...

Join Johnny Mundo and Mondo Lucha for an intimate screening of ‘Boone: The Bounty Hunter’

Tyler Maas

August 27, 2017

Believe it or not, Mondo Lucha is right around the corner. The event has been bringing Milwaukee over-the-top, high-flying, masked lucha libre wrestling since 2008, and it's bigger and better than ever before. ...

Note to self: Go to our ‘Dirty Work’ screening at Avalon Theater on September 21

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2017

Hey, Mildred. Mildred! We didn't forget your name. You never told us, so we figured we'd just guess. Anyway, if you thought last night's Wet Hot American Summer screening was the last film we'd be showing this ...

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