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Women’s Beer And Spirits Collective to host more than 30 Milwaukee-area fundraising events in March

February 20, 2025

For many years, the beer and spirits industries were completely dominated by men. Male distributors sold products made by male brewers and distillers to bars, restaurants, and liquor stores that were typically ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Pull-Tabs!

Tyler Maas

February 19, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some tavern activities come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Pull-Tabs! Wisconsin bars have it all. In addition to being plac...

Milwaukee Record’s guide to Mama Tried events

Tyler Maas

February 18, 2025

This week, throngs of riders and motorcycle enthusiasts who have been cooped up since fall and whose choppers have been in storage for months will enjoy a brief escape from the cold, dark, dull bikelessness of ...

32 things to do in Milwaukee during the 32 remaining days of winter

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2025

Doesn’t it seem like it’s already been a long winter? Believe it or not, there are still 32…yes, THIRTY-TWO, days of Wisconsin winter ahead of us. Knowing that the fact there's still more than a full calendar m...

Listen to some of the best Milwaukee songs of the season (so far) on our “Winter 2025” playlist

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2025

Even though winter isn’t typically a season Milwaukee looks at with much fondness, at least a lot of great Milwaukee music has been released between late December 2024 and now (near the middle of winter and cur...

Bring home the bacon (figuratively) at our Meatless Raffle on March 16

Tyler Maas

February 13, 2025

The Meat Raffle is a tavern tradition that’s been around for decades. In recent years, this protein-packed pastime has become something as synonymous with Wisconsin drinking culture as pull tabs, touchdown shot...

1840 Brewing Company is hosting a winter street party on Saturday

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2025

Man, this year's Mitten Fest was super fun, right? Isn't it too bad that we now have to wait a few more months until the conditions are right for another Bay View block party? Or do we? What if we told you that...

The $1 tacos at Oscar’s Pub & Grill: The Milwaukee Record Review

Tyler Maas

February 11, 2025

If you were to ask me what the best burger in Milwaukee is, I would say something like, "That's entirely subjective and I'm not answering that." However, if you pressed me to tell you my favorite burger in Milw...

Are you ready, kids? I can’t hear you! Enjoy these pictures from Sugar Maple’s SpongeBob-themed “Bar-Kini Bottom” pop-up

Tyler Maas

February 8, 2025

In recent years, The Sugar Maple has hosted weekend pop-ups devoted to shows like Adventure Time, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, I Think You Should Leave, Joe Pera Talks With You, as well as Nintendo proper...

MATTHÚ heads to the farm in “Oxen” music video

Tyler Maas

February 7, 2025

Last year, MATTHÚ—the side project of Kevin Bush from sibling synthwave duo Immortal Girlfriend—released a total of one song. However, that solitary track (a follow-up single to 2022's tremendous Montana called...

Nick Maas looks to the stars in “Around Again” music video

Tyler Maas

February 7, 2025

When we last checked in with Nick Maas—absolutely no relation to the author of this article, by the way!—the talented Milwaukee troubadour was welcoming listeners to his "House For Two," the first single and mu...

Turner Hall Tiki Takedown returns March 29

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2025

Following four successful installments, Turner Hall Tiki Takedown will once again be bringing warm vibes and cool cocktails back to the eponymous downtown ballroom this March. Yes, you can take your taste buds ...

13 standout country music (and country-adjacent) events happening in Milwaukee this winter

Tyler Maas

February 5, 2025

Much of the world blindly hates all country music despite barely dipping a toe into the genre. Just as many people claim to love "country" that's actually awful creations that hamfistedly shove references to do...

Shell yes! Outlaw Oyster to open in Wauwatosa this weekend

Tyler Maas

February 4, 2025

Since Crafty Cow opened in Wauwatosa (its third location overall) in 2021, the locally-owned and locally-operated chain has focused on giving the gorgeously-shaped suburb delicious "Juicy Lucy"-style burgers, i...

I wrote a song about the Milwaukee Boat

Tyler Maas

February 3, 2025

On October 13, 2024, owners of a 33-foot Chris-Craft Roamer called "Deep Thought" got stuck in a storm, ran out of gas, and decided to run the boat ashore between Bradford and McKinley beaches to retrieve at a ...

Golden Gyros still serves up timeless, tasty eats in West Allis

Tyler Maas

January 31, 2025

There's nothing quite like a good old fashioned gyro joint. The Milwaukee area is fortunate to have so great ones in its midst. Between Oakland Gyros, Gyro Palace, Cosmos Cafe, Apollo Cafe, The Gyros Stand, and...

Shapes of Milwaukee County cities and villages, ranked

Tyler Maas

January 30, 2025

Shapes! The world is full of 'em. Triangles! Rectangles! Circles! We could go on, but you probably get the idea. Everything in the universe, from the country you live in, the device you're currently reading thi...

Madison locations of Milwaukee-based restaurant chains: The Milwaukee Record Review

Tyler Maas

January 29, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174512); Let me start this article by saying that I really like Madison. Though I personally love Milwaukee far more, Wisconsin's second-most populous city and its capital is home to some very...

Go “Swimming In The Sun” with VLNTYN

Tyler Maas

January 28, 2025

Last February, Jorge Vallentine released Grace, For Those Who Need It, a four-song EP that chronicles his "journey through the unraveling of a difficult relationship been in for 12 years.” A few months later, ...

Wückfinter will return to Ray’s Wine & Spirits on February 23

Tyler Maas

January 28, 2025

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...

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