Sheriff Clarke has resigned
Multiple sources (including Mark Belling, who broke the story) are reporting that noted internet troll, podcast host, hat-wearer, and occasional sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has resigned from his post as Milwauk...
House On The Rock is a kitschy Wisconsin treasure shrouded in darkness
Wisconsin offers both residents and visitors a wealth of interesting, fun, and dazzling attractions that make the state a truly special place. Between the placid change of pace offered by the state's northwoods...
Sherman Phoenix, and 5 more Milwaukee crowdfunding campaigns that could use a little help
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It's been one year since the uprising in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood. Whether or not there has been any positive change in the neighborhood over the past year is up for debat...
Trailer Park Boys get greasy in crowd-pleasing Riverside Theater performance
With 11 seasons and roughly 100 episodes of their beloved cult television program, five feature films and specials, and a heft of other material released on their Swearnet comedy network to their credit, the Tr...
Milwaukee Film announces opening night film, return of ‘Stop Making Sense,’ more
You know the drill: We're approximately one month away from the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival (September 28 – October 12 at the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill, Times Cin...
Yung Zucchini performed at a zucchini festival in California last weekend and loved every moment of it
When Milwaukee-born (and now Chicago-based) comic Sammy Arechar isn't on stage making audiences laugh, he's on stage making people dance with his DJ alter ego, Yung Zucchini. The DJ project performs somewhat re...
11 ways Milwaukee is getting into the solar eclipse spirit
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In the unlikely case some of you have been living under a rock or this is the first time you're reading something on the internet, allow Milwaukee Record to be the first to alert you t...
We’re showing ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ at Avalon Theater again
In 2015, we said goodbye to the summer with a late September screening of Wet Hot American Summer. The first-ever Milwaukee showing of the cult comedy classic sold out, people dressed up as characters from the ...
Mandatory Milwaukee: Kopp’s and frozen custard go hand in hand
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...
Michael Ian Black eats cheese curds, debates fruit, and delights Turner Hall
The 12th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival was the yearly event's largest and largest-scale iteration to date. Not even including our semi-affiliated Roast Of Milwaukee, the Comedy Fest consisted of a whopping 1...
Spend your Sunday helping Steve Look, a local musician who was electrocuted and almost died
For more than a decade, Steve Look’s voice could be heard bolstering beyond-their-years indie rock projects The Meteah Strike and, later, Fable & The World Flat. Since early 2015, the singer-guitarist has s...
Ron Funches talks stand-up, acting, voiceover, new show with Kesha before Milwaukee tour stop
Even though Ron Funches is one of the most exciting and refreshingly original comedians working today, it's quite possible (if not probable) that the charismatic comic has gone undetected on the collective rada...
Public Domain: Klassik performs “Amazing Grace”
Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been ...
Hernán Pérez and 11 other Brewers position players who took the mound
The Brewers are struggling. Since the All-Star break, the young team has been mired in a 4-9 tailspin, including eight losses over the last 10 games. With the surging Chicago Cubs—who've posted an 11-2 record s...
NXT is a preview of WWE’s not-so-distant future
The last time that NXT hit Milwaukee, the show opened with everyone in the crowd enthusiastically singing/speaking along with every word out of Enzo Amore's mouth. He introduced himself and his partner Big Cass...
Comedian Rita Landis makes up for lost time
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...
5 things the Milwaukee Brewers must do to make the playoffs
The best Milwaukee Brewers baseball team of the Mark Attanasio ownership era is the 2011 team that made it to the NLCS. The most fun and important team, however, is the 2008 team that started it all.
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Milwaukee rock duo form The Crystal Gayles, pen song for down-on-her-luck country star
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...
Restaurateur’s Don Majkowski holiday results in Don Majkowski visit, drinking with Don Majkowski in Sheboygan
Who says dreams don't come true?
Last Friday, Bay View's Crafty Cow threw "A Day Of Majik" event to celebrate late '80s and early '90s Packers Pro Bowl quarterback Don Majkowski, who co-owner Mike Bodow—a Sa...
High Dive will kick off Riverwest 24 with two-year anniversary show
Has it already been two years since High Dive opened in Riverwest? Yes, it has. The summer of 2015 saw the new bar—headed by longtime Riverwest resident Jason McBrady—take over the shuttered Impala Lounge/River...