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Summerfest on low attendance: “It’s not my fault!”

July 8, 2015

There were a lot of weird things (including “Weird Al”) about the recently wrapped Summerfest, but one thing we welcomed was the absence of crushing crowds. Even on the fest’s biggest days, it was possible to m...

Regal definition: An audience with the queen of the Bristol Renaissance Faire, Jenny Higgins

Rob Wieland

July 7, 2015

By the time July rolls around, the itch to cram in as much summer fun as humanly possible usually means one thing: a road trip. For many Milwaukeeans, scratching that itch involves heading down to the Illinois ...

Tracklist: 11 weird moments from Summerfest 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 6, 2015

And with that, another Summerfest is in the books. The 11-day (or was it a 12-day?) lakeside festival wrapped things up Sunday evening, leaving a giant smiley-face hole in Milwaukee’s heart. The bands were grea...

Wisconsin indoor smoking ban: 5 years later

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 3, 2015

On July 5, 2010, Wisconsin effectively went smoke-free. The long-in-the-works and at-times contentious indoor smoking ban put an end to smoking inside bars, restaurants, and other workplaces. Advocates of the b...

MCTS goes on “strike,” Apple Music goes live

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 2, 2015

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

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

Tyler Maas

July 1, 2015

Where has the summer gone? It seems like the season only started yesterday, when in all actuality, it started 11 days ago. Okay, okay, so there's still a shit-ton of summer left, but with the abundance of festi...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): June 22-26

Matt Wild

June 26, 2015

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week’s best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST Journal Sentinel columnist James Causey, on the push to remove the C...

Dustin Diamond sentenced to appear in Saved By The Bell: The Prison Years

Matt Wild

June 25, 2015

When you wake up in the morning for your sentencing hearing and the alarm gives out a warning that yes, today is the day you will learn your fate after being convicted of stabbing some dude in a Wisconsin bar o...

Celebrate the first day of Summerfest with 6 videos of people screwing around on the Sky Glider

Matt Wild

June 24, 2015

If there was a website called “Is it Summerfest yet?” today it would read “Yes.” The 48th annual Big Gig kicks off today at noon, and brings with it all the sights, sounds, smells, and jorts Milwaukee has come ...

Is the Bucks arena deal on “life support”?

Matt Wild

June 19, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Hot off pondering the great teenage-Redditor question of why a woman can hit ...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): June 15-19

Matt Wild

June 19, 2015

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the best and worst quotes of the week from notable Milwaukee figures, pundits, and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST WISPIRG Director Peter Skopec, on the Wisconsin Depar...

So much drama in the P-B-R: Snoop Dogg is suing Pabst Brewing Co.

Matt Wild

June 8, 2015

File this one under “G’s up, breaches of contract down”: The Associated Press is reporting that legendary rapper Snoop Dogg is suing legendary beer manufacturer Pabst Brewing Co. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Lo...

I went to the motherfucking Bead & Button Show

Tyler Maas

June 8, 2015

What the fuck did you do last weekend? Milwaukee’s nightlife was vibrant as hell by the time June’s first Friday rolled around. Close to 50 bars, restaurants, cafes, and retail shops in one neighborhood tran...

Do octopuses have souls? Have a drink at Milwaukee Public Museum and find out

Matt Wild

June 8, 2015

Go figure that on the day we round up 12 weird Milwaukee drinking locations, the Milwaukee Public Museum announces an event that combines the simple joys of alcohol with the not-so-simple joys of lectures about...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): June 1-5

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 5, 2015

Who Said It Best (And Worst) is a new feature that rounds up the best and worst quotes of the week from notable Milwaukee figures, pundits, and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST Ald. Nik Kovac, on lowering th...

Save the Milwaukee flag!

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 4, 2015

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

UWM students can now be known by their preferred names

Matt Wild

June 3, 2015

For students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, being known by their preferred names just got easier. On June 1, UWM enacted a preferred name, or name-in-use system for all registered students. The op...

I hung out with the mayor of West Allis

Tyler Maas

June 2, 2015

Way back in March, we posted a video—once again, a video we had absolutely NO role in producing—that displayed a rough, unflattering, and altogether bleak view of West Allis that alleged it was “the worst city ...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 1, 2015

Though July comes close to matching it, there’s simply no month in Milwaukee that’s more jam-packed with entertainment than June. Festival season officially kicks off with PrideFest, which gives way to Polish F...

Urban Milwaukee’s Jeramey Jannene talks development, empty storefronts, more

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 21, 2015

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

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