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November 23, 2016

Thanksgiving is a time for taking stock of the year gone by, for stuffing your face with family and friends, and for praying you'll get out of this thing alive without said family and friends saying anything ...

It’s Election Day, so f*ck it, let’s just watch the City of Festivals Parade from 1987

November 8, 2016

Let's be honest: short of Bob Uecker running shirtless down Wisconsin Avenue, or Sheriff Clarke declaring himself Emperor and issuing Order 66 (a distinct possibility, depending on how things pan out), nothin...

Cheering for the Cubs, new Twin Peaks, and more rapid-fire hot takes

October 27, 2016

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 th...

11 wonderfully weird classes in the fall Milwaukee Recreation guide

August 29, 2016

broadstreet.zone(32806); With summer on its way out and fall slowly creeping in, "back to school" fever is in the increasingly chilly air. But you don't have to be a kid, a teen, or a college-age student to ...

Pondering (and calling) the Miller Park Roof Hotline

May 19, 2016

// It's happened to all of us: You're staring off into space, alone, tired, afraid, wondering if the Miller Park roof will be open for the day's big game. A quick peek outside tells you the weather is certa...

Revisiting 4th Base, the West Milwaukee bar from the end of ‘Major League’

April 1, 2016

// The semi-raunchy 1989 baseball flick Major League is known for a lot of things: star turns from Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes, Renee Russo, and Corbin Bernsen; a glorious and endlessly quota...

Record Recommended: March 28-April 3

March 29, 2016

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events contained therein are worthy of the lofty "Record Recommended" (patent pending) honor. Here are our...

We’re showing ‘Major League’ at the Avalon

March 22, 2016

// Making no secret that 2016 will be a rebuilding campaign, the Milwaukee Brewers will begin the season April 4 with a team composed of unknown youngsters, unproven prospects, stopgap veterans, a star play...

Milwaukee’s National Diorama Month goes big by going small

March 15, 2016

// Among its many oddities—beer, the Bronze Fonz, Bob Uecker—Milwaukee is home to the world's first museum diorama. In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the "father of modern taxidermy," created a muskrat colony di...

Off Base: The best, worst, and weirdest Milwaukee Brewers 2016 giveaways

February 12, 2016

// We've already come to terms with the overwhelming likelihood the Milwaukee Brewers are going to be very, very (and maybe historically) bad in 2016. Between everything new GM David Stearns has said, the v...

Comparing the 2002 and 2016 Milwaukee Brewers, the worst teams in franchise history

February 5, 2016

// With the team's On Deck event having come and gone, pitchers and catchers preparing to report to spring training in a matter of days, and last weekend's Jean Segura trade essentially signaling the end of...

Reviewing Kato Kaelin’s review of ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’

January 29, 2016

// Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • When the Green Bay Packers were knocked out of the playoffs a few week...

The 25 best Milwaukee Record stories of 2015

December 17, 2015

// Milwaukee Record launched way, way back in April of 2014. That’s notable for two reasons: 1. Holy shit, we’ve made it 20 months! and 2. Twenty-fifteen was our first full calendar year of being a living, ...

Kevin Nealon and Norm Macdonald bring SNL cachet to Northern Lights Theater

August 24, 2015

Though neither Kevin Nealon nor Norm Macdonald presently boast the status of internationally quoted body builder, network sitcom namesake, and edgy ESPY Awards host that, between them, they once did, the twin b...

Pondering Milwaukee music videos and experiencing the “Selig Experience”

August 13, 2015

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 ...

Welcome To August: Here’s what you’re doing this month

August 3, 2015

It can't be here already. Though it feels like summer just started, we've now entered the last full month of the season. Summer isn't going out with a whimper, though. Quite the opposite, actually. Though the v...

I tented out inside Miller Park and it was fun and weird

July 28, 2015

I have a shameful confession to make: I haven’t been to a single Brewers game this year. Yes, the team is mostly a mess and the season is a lost cause, but Miller Park is one of my favorite Milwaukee destinatio...

Tracklist: 62 things to do in the 62 remaining days of summer

July 23, 2015

As we slowly crawl into the dog days of summer, it’s tempting to simply stay inside, crank the AC, and watch Richie Rich on Netflix or whatever. But no! This is Milwaukee! Home of the insanely long winters and ...

Off Base: Milwaukee Brewers mid-season awards