First Impression: Like Minds MKE
Stop us if you've heard this one before. A small brewing operation begins in Wisconsin and quickly makes a name for itself among local hopheads. The output (which is contract brewed at a brewery in Green Bay)...
There’s a barrel of great brewery events in Milwaukee this fall
Tonight marks the first meeting of the Milwaukee Record Beer Club. Basically, we've partnered with Lakefront Brewery to give away free beer for two hours (or while supplies last) at a bar in or around Milwauk...
Tucked Away: La Casa De Alberto
Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get ...
Ryan Holman looks back on first year of Hear Here Presents
Though there's no longer a channel dedicated to broadcasting them, we're presently living in the golden age of music videos. Not coincidentally, Milwaukee videographers are experiencing something of a renaiss...
Bay View will have “Taco Trucks On Every Corner” on Election Night
Days after a trio of Bay View businesses united to make the inaugural Beet Street Harvest Festival a resounding success, we've learned three more bars in the neighborhood will join forces with Chicago's 5 Rab...
New Bucks player Tony Snell gets free Chipotle burritos for life, you don’t
Yesterday, the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls finalized a trade in which one underperforming fourth-year guard, Michael Carter-Williams, was sent to the Windy City in exchange for another underperforming f...
Join us October 24 for the Local Coverage draft at Company Brewing
After two encouraging, fun, and overwhelmingly positive years of Milwaukee Record's "Local Coverage" benefit, we're thrilled to announce the show that brings a diverse menagerie of Milwaukee acts together to ...
19 Milwaukee Halloween weekend shows
Even though there's still close to two weeks between now and Halloween weekend, there's so much going on in the Milwaukee from October 28 through October 31, you'll probably need time to set your plans. With ...
Urban Garage Sale moves to Mitchell Park Domes, adds second day
Over the course of its first eight years, Urban Garage Sale has served as an invaluable marketplace of Milwaukee artists, crafters, retailers, and makers, while also working its way to becoming part of the ho...
An oral history of The Mistreaters’ Packers van going up in flames on a Texas highway
The Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys rivalry has been raging since 1967's unforgettable Ice Bowl. Things went Green Bay's way in the '60s and Dallas' in the '70s. Both teams kind of sucked ass in the 1980...
There’s a burger beef between two restaurants in Cudahy
Cudahy is a lot of things. It's often reduced to stereotypes (of varying accuracy) directed at its longstanding industrial identity. It's a vibrant and promising place where young families, business owners, and...
Here’s everything you need to know about the inaugural Beet Street Harvest Festival
Last month, we announced the inaugural Beet Street Harvest Festival. The fall fest—taking place on Wentworth and Potter avenues in Bay View from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 15—is an ambitious joint...
First Impression: Bumstead Provisions
It's been a long road there, but Bay View is now home to a restaurant unlike any other in the neighborhood and, arguably, the entire city. In summer 2015, Twelve12 Hospitality Group—which owns and operates Cr...
The Vanguard will become a seafood restaurant called Hook, Line & Sinker for a night
The Vanguard isn't afraid to shake things up. Though the sausages the Bay View restaurant and bar serves up on a daily basis are deserving of the oodles of acclaim from local and national dining sources alike...
Milwaukee drummer Casey Marnocha talks about landing spot in Oozing Wound
While a Milwaukee musician being part of an out-of-town act isn't unheard of, it is something of a rarity. Recently, former Catacombz drummer Casey Marnocha became the latest local musician to get the distinc...
Don’t call me write: NOFX will sign books at Boswell in November
Boswell Book Company can always be counted upon to add a dash of sophistication and charm to Downer Avenue with an impressive selection of literature and engaging discussions with respected authors on a regul...
Milwaukee Admirals 2016-17 promotions include political bobbleheads, pro wrestlers, ‘Slap Shot’ night, bacon hats
The Milwaukee Admirals are set to begin another season this weekend. Along with more than six months of on-ice action also comes a new batch of promotions from the AHL organization that range from strange to ...
Oh great, there’s going to be another Jeffrey Dahmer movie
It seems like Hollywood is plum out of new ideas. Periodically, when they aren't adapting Lethal Weapon into a TV series or harvesting '80s nostalgia to redressed as a Netflix original, television executives ...
The 5 Wisconsin sports vanity plates you’ll meet in the parking lot
With the Milwaukee Brewers ending a rebuilding campaign last weekend, the Green Bay Packers coming off a bye week, and the Milwaukee bucks still a few weeks from regular season action, there isn't much to say...
Dead Horses make leaps and bounds with ‘Cartoon Moon’
What a difference two years can make. Since putting out Space And Time in October 2014, Dead Horses have experienced a world of changes. Within those two years, the Oshkosh-born project saw two members move t...