In Defense Of: The East Side
In a city as relatively small as Milwaukee, certain people, places, or things can get saddled with bad reputations. Even if these reputations are somewhat deserved, Milwaukee Record strives to look past the neg...
Father of Church of Scientology leader spoke at Greenfield Library Monday night
As a parent, one can only hope that their children will follow their lessons and find a path to success. But as most parents will find, there comes a time when you must release the child to make their own way. ...
Mandatory Milwaukee: Puddler’s Hall is a Bay View treasure that will outlive us all
Though bar turnover isn't at all uncommon in Milwaukee, the city actually boasts a respectable number of watering holes that have stood the test of time. Even if the city has seen thousands of drinking establis...
Goodbye, Jay Cutler: Remembering Green Bay’s greatest villain
The writing was on the wall when Chicago released him back in March. The picture became even clearer when the Bears foolishly signed veteran backup quarterback Mike Glennon to a three-year, $45M contract days l...
Why Todd Rundgren’s “Bang The Drum All Day” matters in Wisconsin (and almost nowhere else)
Tonight, Todd Rundgren will drop by the Pabst Theater to perform his catalog that spans more than 50 years, includes hundreds of songs, and boasts numerous hits. Of the songs the venerable soft rocker is to pla...
Milwaukee native Gareth Reynolds makes history (funny) on The Dollop
The Dollop is a popular American history podcast. At least once a week (usually more), comedian Dave Anthony reads a story to his friend, comedian Gareth Reynolds, who has no idea what the topic is going to be ...
11 Milwaukee businesses located inside other businesses
On March 17, Milwaukee welcomed a new downtown restaurant called Oak & Oyster. With bars and restaurants opening in and around the city at an incredible rate, a new Milwaukee seafood purveyor coming into th...
Remembering The Bomb Shelter (and Greg Landig)
Last night, Junior's Hook—a nice neighborhood bar with a more-than-respectable beer list and an inviting atmosphere—celebrated two years in business in its cozy digs at 1517 S. 2nd Street. It's unlikely many pe...
Here’s The Vanguard’s new and improved menu
Since opening in October 2014, The Vanguard has been a boon to Milwaukee dining, while also doubling as a prime place to watch the Packers and pro wrestling, and serving host for a single-day Chinese restaura...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Riverwest FemFest 2017
Following five nights, more than 70 performances, and a bunch of new elements added to the mix, another Riverwest FemFest is officially in the books. The third annual benefit just so happened to overlap with a ...
Milwaukee man files complaint alleging Sheriff Clarke harassed him at airport
UPDATE (1/18/17): Sheriff Clarke has responded to the complaint in typical Sheriff Clarke/14-year-old-boy fashion.
Last week, before Sunday's playoff game against the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowbo...
Remembering the Milwaukee Chiefs, the city’s short-lived professional football team
From 1953 until 1994, the Green Bay Packers played two to four games per season at Milwaukee County Stadium. The Packers' final game in Milwaukee—a 21-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on December 18, 1994—...
Inaugural “MilMag Live!” discussion tackles two topics, highlights two Milwaukees
Back in 2012, the Pabst Theater Group and Historic Milwaukee joined forces for a series of panel discussions featuring notable Milwaukeeans—developers, artists, someone from NEWaukee—holding forth on notable ...
Welcome to January: Here’s what you’re doing this month
It wasn’t too long ago that January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra of Milwaukee entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding, and the post-holid...
The Randoms 2016: Best Milwaukee smoothie cafe endorsement by a professional athlete (who caught a Hail Mary touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers)
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With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary “best of” awards that do away...
The Randoms 2016: Best Milwaukee radio station playing stuff you won’t hear anywhere else (Riverwest storefront)
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With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...
A-side/B-side: Who carries the torch in Wisconsin sports?
In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.
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I hung out with the mayor of St. Francis
A few months ago, I met up with the mayor of Cudahy and left with some new perspective on the south shore scapegoat and industrial city. A year earlier, I hung out with the mayor of West Allis, another much-m...
Cafe Hollander Downer will undergo renovations to celebrate 10th anniversary
For the past decade, Cafe Hollander on Downer Avenue has served as a reliable standby of the East Side's dining scene. Now, the longtime restaurant is planning to celebrate its 10th anniversary with some fres...
I watched ‘American Movie’ for the first time: A minute-by-minute recap
Living in Milwaukee for the past six years, being a member of the arts community, and having a general interest in weird-ass shit, it's astounding that I've never seen Chris Smith's 1999 documentary American ...