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Soup for you: 6 Milwaukee soup stops to warm your body and soul

February 6, 2018

A hearty bowl of soup can be restorative, comforting, and tasty—and, with a thick slice of bread, a nourishing meal. Milwaukee, with its frigid temperatures and foggy days, is host to many places to enjoy a ste...

Fine, let’s use Google’s “art selfie” thing on some famous Milwaukee faces

Matt Wild

January 18, 2018

Let's just get this out of the way before it disappears from your Facebook feed like so many other "10 bands I've seen live...but 1 is a lie!" time-wasters: Over the weekend, everyone got really into using Goog...

Here’s what Milwaukee needs to accomplish in 2018 (according to 8 Milwaukeeans)

Matt Wild

January 3, 2018

Twenty-seventeen was...well, it was a year. The list of national outrages and horror stories could go on for days, and that's not even taking into account the international outrages and horror stories. Luckily,...

The 15 best Milwaukee music videos of 2017

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 13, 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 ...

Man in cowboy hat calls woman in cowboy hat “whacky,” a “buffoon”

Matt Wild

October 20, 2017

In the late hours of Thursday night, where neither the distractions of the day nor the burden of self-awareness could find purchase, a man who wears cowboy hats called a woman who wears cowboy hats a "buffoon."...

The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page: then and now

Matt Wild

September 13, 2017

On Thursday, August 31, Fox News pundit, podcast host, tired internet troll, hat-wearer, and nominal public servant David A. Clarke Jr. resigned from his post as Milwaukee County Sheriff. And while there was mu...

Reminder: Murals calling attention to mass incarceration aren’t great sites for fashion shoots

Matt Wild

September 8, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Black Cat Alley's controversial "Devontay" mural is back in the news. Depicti...

I saw Corey Feldman play the show of his life, knock his tooth out, and then look for his tooth

Matt Wild

June 29, 2017

A few weeks ago someone asked me if I would have seen Corey Feldman & The Angels in Green Bay back in March (because that was a thing I did) had I known they would play in my hometown of Milwaukee a few mon...

Juiceboxxx wrote a new theme song for ‘Racine & Me’ and almost made the host cry

Matt Wild

May 19, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• It's been a minute since we chatted with world-by-way-of-Milwaukee rapper Jui...

Buckle the f*ck up: The Milwaukee Streetcar cometh (in April)

Matt Wild

February 24, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Buckle the fuck up and prepare to either rejoice or use the word "boondoggl...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): February 12-18

Matt Wild

February 17, 2017

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 Milwaukee Department of City Development Commissioner Rocky Marcou...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (February 5-11)

Matt Wild

February 13, 2017

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of ...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): February 5-11

Matt Wild

February 10, 2017

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 Urban Milwaukee's Bruce Murphy, on Charlie Sykes' latest transform...

Summerfest (presented by American Family Insurance) is getting a new amphitheater

Matt Wild

January 27, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• In case you were hiding under a rock yesterday, and/or hanging out with that ...

Author Adam Michael Krause examines revolution, comedy, “the end” in new book

Tyler Maas

January 26, 2017

In 2013, Milwaukee author, musician, activist, and carpenter Adam Michael Krause wrote an essay entitled The Revolution Will Be Hilarious. The 40-some-page pamphlet detailed society's need to expand its colle...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Riverwest FemFest 2017

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 23, 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 Lion returns, closes a bunch of Milwaukee restaurants

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• If Milwaukee's first week of 2017 could be summed up in one word, it would ...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): January 1-7

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

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 Recently retired conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes, on Mil...

Here’s what Milwaukee needs to accomplish in 2017

Matt Wild

January 3, 2017

Twenty-sixteen was something of a banner year for Milwaukee. Hardly a day went by without some exciting new shit being built, some boring old shit being turned into exciting new shit, and 8,000 Bublr Bike sta...

In case you blinked this week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (December 4-10)

Matt Wild

December 8, 2016

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "development boom" or a "construction boom." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "re...