Author Tyler Maas

Take a look inside Swanky’s, a Wisconsin bar in Downtown Denver

September 7, 2022

This afternoon, the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies will wrap up their season series with a game at Coors Field. Approximately two blocks away from the ballpark, there's a long-running Downtown Denver ba...

Awkward Nerd Book Fair brings local literature, drinks, “geekery” to The Cooperage

Tyler Maas

September 5, 2022

Any '80s, '90s, and early 2000s kids reading this article surely recall Scholastic Book Fairs. The pop-up book marketplaces—which, if memory serves, usually took place at elementary schools—were a great place t...

We’re screening ‘The Wedding Singer’ at Avalon Theater on September 28 and you’re reaping all the benefits

Tyler Maas

September 1, 2022

September is a month that's synonymous with weddings. The month—which straddles the end of summer and the start of autumn—is among the most popular times for people to tie the knot. With that in mind...and beca...

Check out the MILK Comic Fest exhibitor lineup

Tyler Maas

August 30, 2022

As August comes to a close, you might be lamenting the impending conclusion of Milwaukee's summer festival season. Well, cheer up! There are still a bunch of September celebrations on the horizon, including a f...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Brewers day games

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2022

Some summer traditions come and go, while some summer traditions become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore...

Here’s who’s playing the Rushmor Records Stage at Bay View Bash

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2022

Even though most of Milwaukee’s major festivals are now in the rear view mirror, one of the city’s biggest and best undertakings is still on the horizon. Yes, Bay View Bash will make its long-awaited return to ...

Gear up for Zach Pietrini’s new album and watch the “What Are We Now” music video

Tyler Maas

August 26, 2022

When we last caught up with Zach Pietrini, the Milwaukee singer-songwriter was following his Denver Sessions collection of B-sides up with a potent pair of tracks in the form of The Nashville EP. Since that lat...

Hot Coffin comes back swinging with new single, “Circle Game”

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2022

It's been quite some time since we've heard anything new from Hot Coffin. Since the Milwaukee rock and roll outfit—which features past members of Red Knife Lottery, Disguised As Birds, Sincebyman, and The Respo...

Times Cinema to screen five Steven Spielberg classics during “Spielberg September”

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2022

Steven Spielberg needs no introduction, so we won't give him one. Instead, we'll keep this short and just let you know Times Cinema will be celebrating the iconic filmmaker throughout the month of September by ...

A guide to the ogre-whelming number of September ‘Shrek’ events in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

August 24, 2022

Shrekfest is coming to Milwaukee this year! If you’ve been living alone in a bog and you’re unfamiliar with Shrekfest, the event was founded by an online comedy company called 3GI way back in 2014 and hosted at...

Listen to The Dollop discuss the Milwaukee Police Station Bombing of 1917 in live Turner Hall episode

Tyler Maas

August 24, 2022

Back in early June, The Dollop—a popular American history podcast—came to Wisconsin. More specifically, hosts/comedians Dave Anthony and Brown Deer native/diehard Packers fan Gareth Reynolds came to Turner Hall...

Watch longtime ‘Simpsons’ writer and fast food connoisseur Bill Oakley rave about Culver’s

Tyler Maas

August 24, 2022

If you read Milwaukee Record with any regularity, you're probably already aware of this, but we'll just repeat it again: We like Culver's! And if you frequent this publication, you've possibly also stumbled on ...

Here’s the TosaFest lineup

Tyler Maas

August 23, 2022

Excuse us for missing this until this late in the summer and, well, missing this entire event in general for the entirety of Milwaukee Record's existence, but we just learned the following information: 1. There...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Some website says we’re the 9th most polite city in the U.S.

Tyler Maas

August 23, 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...

Here’s who’s playing the WMSE Stage at Bay View Bash

Tyler Maas

August 22, 2022

Here’s the 2022 Milwaukee Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

August 19, 2022

Originating long before the city had anything resembling a sustainable comedy community, Milwaukee Comedy Festival has grown and evolved along with Milwaukee’s stand-up scene. In fact, the annual comedic undert...

Gold Steps interrogate, invigorate in “Petty” music video

Tyler Maas

August 19, 2022

These days, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Milwaukee band that's busier than Gold Steps. The local pop-punk outfit routinely plays out locally—they had two shows in Riverwest on the same day last weekend!—betw...

Gathering Place Brewing to host 5th Anniversary Block Party on August 27

Tyler Maas

August 18, 2022

Since opening its taproom in a relatively secluded section of Riverwest in the summer of 2017, Gathering Place Brewing Company has quietly established itself as one of Milwaukee's best craft breweries. Along th...

Hear Doughboys discuss Kopp’s, Sprecher, Cream Puffs and Lakefront in Milwaukee episode

Tyler Maas

August 18, 2022

On August 5, Doughboys—a popular chain restaurant podcast—came to Milwaukee for a long-awaited live show at Turner Hall and to review Kopp's Frozen Custard for the first time in the show's history. Joined by wr...

Central Waters announces Milwaukee 1-Year Anniversary Party, releases Joe Pera-inspired beer

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2022

Last October, the city's craft brewing reputation got a noticeable boost with the opening of Central Waters Brewing's Milwaukee Tap Room. In the 10 months the nationally-regarded, award-winning Amherset, Wiscon...