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Black Bear is closing, but here are 15 other Wisconsin sodas

September 13, 2017

broadstreet.zone(32806); On Friday, Black Bear Bottling will close permanently. The Oak Creek-based soft drink company has been in business for 90 years, and its closure will put more than 70 people out of a j...

It’s wine o’clock somewhere: Keeping your parents entertained at the Cedarburg Wine & Harvest Festival

Lauren Sieben

September 12, 2017

As summer starts to simmer and Milwaukeeans begin dusting off our light therapy boxes and down jackets, so, too, do our out-of-town parents begin planning their final Milwaukee trips of the year. Or at least mi...

‘The 60 Yard Line’ makes ‘Reggie’s Prayer’ look like ‘Citizen Kane’

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2017

Over the weekend, the Green Bay Packers started another regular season with a strong opening performance against the Seahawks at Lambeau Field. Last weekend also marked the Wisconsin opening of another (absolut...

Avoid analysis this season with the “Milwaukee Record Halftime Show” concert series

Tyler Maas

September 5, 2017

Football is back! As the green and gold prepare for another season on the field, fans are beginning to formulate their game day viewing plans. It's no secret that Milwaukee has no shortage of great places to ba...

Rose Of The West puts the petal to the metal after slow, calculated start

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2017

Rose Of The West played its first show as a full band less than five months ago. Though that fact suggests the dream-pop project that features current and former members of GGOOLLDD, Group Of The Altos, Canopie...

Nothing matters. Here are 18 more Milwaukee area patios

Tyler Maas

August 21, 2017

Over the last two-plus years, we’ve listed seven patios that make you feel like you’re not in Milwaukee, 16 quintessential Milwaukee patios, then 13 more goddamn patios. After that, we rounded up another 15 pat...

Let’s ask the Uecker 8-Ball about the changing face of Milwaukee’s East Side

Matt Wild

August 16, 2017

This past Sunday, all attendees at the Milwaukee Brewers/Cincinnati Reds game at Miller Park were gifted a truly incredible trinket: a Bob Uecker-themed magic 8-ball. Falling on the scale of promotional-item co...

18 gratuitous Milwaukee references in the 1995 Charles Bronson TV movie ‘Family Of Cops’

Matt Wild

August 15, 2017

When one thinks of movies made in Milwaukee, the usual suspects come to mind: Major League, American Movie, maybe that one with Bernie Mac. There are others, of course, but none more Milwaukee-tastic and obscur...

Ron Funches throws cookies and steals hearts at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2017

Ron Funches is in a good place right now. The comic has amassed an impressive (and growing) résumé of acting and voiceover work. He's lost about 140 pounds. He's dating someone new and is having fun raising his...

What’s the (good or bad) deal with Foxconn?

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 10, 2017

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 ...

Great Job, Milwaukee! The Washington Post thinks we’re pretty swell

Matt Wild

August 9, 2017

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 deign...

Reitman and Mueller’s 1983 “Brew Ha Ha” TV special: a minute-by-minute recap

Matt Wild

August 3, 2017

Throughout the 1980s, the 1990s, and into the 2000s, Milwaukee's early morning airwaves were ruled by two names: Reitman and Mueller. Bob Reitman was already a radio veteran when he was paired with relative new...

Returning to Warped Tour after 15 years away

Tyler Maas

July 25, 2017

On July 27, 2002, I attended the first and only Van's Warped Tour of my life. The show, which took place at the Tweeter Center in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, boasted dozens of popular punk, ska, and hard...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Oakland Gyros serves the city’s best Greek food, day or night

Matt Wild

July 25, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places 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 how they might figure...

Guns N’ Fucking Roses will play BMO Harris Bradley Center November 7

Matt Wild

July 21, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • You know where Guns N' Fucking Roses are going to be Tuesday, November 7? The...

Comedian Rita Landis makes up for lost time

Tyler Maas

July 21, 2017

In 1984, Rita Landis went to a ComedySportz show and vowed she'd one day be on stage. Thirty years later, she did. Now 54, the longtime comedy fan has taken the steps to make her improv aspirations a reality. S...

20 Milwaukee Brewers-inspired beers we’d totally drink

Tyler Maas

July 19, 2017

Last week, the Milwaukee Brewers officially announced a beer brewed in collaboration with MillerCoors would be (temporarily) hitting Miller Park tap lines during the August 10 game against the Minnesota Twins. ...

Milwaukee rock duo form The Crystal Gayles, pen song for down-on-her-luck country star

Matt Wild

July 18, 2017

It's the middle of the afternoon at an East Side hair salon and a member of Pet Engine, Stephen Ziel, is getting his hair cut by a former member of The Lovelies, Liv Mueller. Moments ago, Violent Femmes bassist...

Now there’s an Aaron Rodgers to Randall Cobb Hail Mary bobblehead

Matt Wild

July 14, 2017

Take yourself back to January 8, 2017. Five seconds remain in the first half of the 2017 NFL Wild Card Playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants. The Packers have the ball. It's 4th and...

Midwives singer discusses origin, aspirations of Holy Family Players Theatre label

Dan Agacki

July 13, 2017

Industry insiders will tell you that the music industry is as good as dead. Physical media: Dead. Record labels: Bordering on obsolete. It’s in this climate that Midwives vocalist Shaun Stacey decided to start ...

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