Anatomy of a Wisconsin Snack Table
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Wisconsin Birding Challenge 2022: Exploring every county in the state (Chapter 8)
Chapter 8: Fall Turns To Winter As One Last Obstacle Is Created
My efforts in Chapter 7 place me within striking distance of reaching my goal, but I’m not finished yet! There are still 17 counties to go, with ...
Food, finality, and saying goodbye to the Milwaukee you once knew
"Don't look back" they say, as if it were that simple.
These three words of advice are meant to balm the wounds of leaving whatever it is behind that no longer fits into your life. For me, it was the city of...
Leaf collection deadline extended: Rake your leaves into the street through Sunday, November 20, 2022
Leaf Collection Deadline Extended
Rake Your Leaves into the Street through Sunday, November 20, 2022
City of Milwaukee residents now have until end of day Sunday, November 20, 2022 to rake their leaves into...
Order these…nice new Milwaukee Record T-shirts
We're now fully and firmly in the midst of autumn. Soon, winter will make its unkind presence known, temperatures will drop, the snow will pile up, and we'll once again be left to wonder why we decided to live ...
Some Milwaukee-specific stage banter I never knew I’d miss
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It's now been just shy o...
The Bucks lost and Brother Ron got his car towed
"… Babylon is nothing else than an infinite game of chance." –Jorge Luis Borges
The entire sports world stared at Milwaukee, for a while, through a camera's funnel cartography on Sunday afternoon. It felt ri...
It’s Milwaukee Record’s 5-year anniversary! How about that!
On Monday, April 7, 2014, Milwaukee Record became a thing. Following months of planning, fretting, and drinking at the BBC for some reason (R.I.P.), former A.V. Club Milwaukee city editor Matt Wild and former A...
Enjoy Every Fish Fry: The best fish frys in Milwaukee (and beyond)
The following list is taken from a series in which Caleb Westphal—who hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013—seeks out the best fish frys in Milwaukee and beyond. These entries represent his "recommended" a...
The 25 best Milwaukee Record stories of 2018
Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published more than 4,500 stories, reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs, and concocted all sorts of wonderful and ridiculous st...
The 15 best Milwaukee music videos of 2017
As demonstrated in our recent rundown of the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2017 (not to mention our list of 10 standout Milwaukee EPs of 2017), a dizzying amount of great music was made and released in our fair ...
Tucked Away: Moonshine Pub & Grill
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 lo...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Arte Para Todos 2016
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Last year's inaugural Arte Para Todos—or "art for everyone"—set loose approximately 80 Milwaukee bands and artists in 15 venues across three neighborhoods over the course of three nights, ultimately rais...
Tracklist: The 31 most uplifting Danny Gokey song names, ranked
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According to a loose college friend's Facebook status, American Idol's final episode aired last night, following a long and inescapable run that spanned who gives a shit how many seasons and launched the...
The 15 best Milwaukee music videos of 2015
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As our recent rundown of the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2015 showed, a dizzying amount of great music was made and released in our fair city this year. In addition to the continually growing and ever-im...
Welcome to November: Here’s what you’re doing this month
November. Summer is now far in the rear view mirror. Your Halloween costume has been washed, de-vomited, and stored away for later use. The extra hour of sleep you enjoyed over the weekend as a result of daylig...
Watch Tigernite’s lively “Witch” music video
Last year seemed to be a watershed moment for Milwaukee-made music videos, as local artists forged a myriad of visual renderings with incredible innovative concepts and a professional sheen that was rarely, if ...
Messed up: The short, troubled history of Space Heater
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” - Vince Lombardi
December 7
Packers win over Atlanta Falcons, 43-37. Temperature: 34°
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn is packed with approximately...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Mitten Fest 2015
Three years ago, beloved Bay View bar Burnhearts concocted a crazy scheme: stage an outdoor block party in the dead of winter. Even crazier was the fact the from the get-go, Mitten Fest was an instant success, ...
Tracklist: 10 amazingly tolerable Milwaukee-made holiday songs
Along with unending department store lines, wrapping gifts, trying (and inevitably failing) to attend every holiday gathering you’re supposed to, and the threat of receiving an Arby’s gift card, the constant wa...