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Liz Ziner resolves to keep the comedy coming in 2015

January 7, 2015

What's your New Year's resolution? In 2013, ex-improvisor and then-workaholic Liz Ziner decided she was finally going to throw caution to the wind and give stand-up comedy a try. Sure, it took her 10 months of ...

Elijah Holbrook makes the most of opportunities in Milwaukee comedy

Tyler Maas

August 14, 2019

Elijah Holbrook is trying to make the most of his opportunities as a comedian because, up until recently, there weren't many on his plate. About five years ago, Holbrook was living in the Fox Cities and struggl...

Here’s the 2018 Cream City Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

April 23, 2018

In its first two years, Cream City Comedy Festival staged a total of 25 shows with more than 100 comedians from Milwaukee, Chicago, Madison, and New York for a few days each May. Even more impressive than the i...

Here’s the 2017 Cream City Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

May 9, 2017

In its inaugural year, Cream City Comedy Festival brought 11 stand-up, improv, and variety shows to venues in four Milwaukee neighborhoods over the course of four days. Better yet, all the shows were free. Best...

Welcome to May: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Tyler Maas

May 1, 2017

May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By this time next month, we’ll be gearing up for block parties, weekly concerts, and a massive wave of occurrences be...

Cream City Comedy Festival is returning, taking submissions

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2017

Just days removed from Arte Para Todos announcing the astounding lineup for its four-day, five-neighborhood, 25-venue festival to benefit Milwaukee school art programs, another grassroots philanthropic artist u...

David Louis strives to bring his comedy to new territory

Tyler Maas

November 8, 2016

Though the Milwaukee and its abundance of stage time and stand-up showcases is never hurting for quality performers, the allure and opportunities of more comically-equipped locales like Los Angeles, New York ...

Marisa Lange celebrates a year of Sorry Not Sorry showcase

Tyler Maas

August 5, 2016

// Technically speaking, Marisa Lange has been doing comedy since the mid-'90s. Though her teenage flirtation with stand-up didn't last long, Lange eventually made her way back to the stage roughly two year...

A guide to PrideFest’s Milwaukee Record Stage

Tyler Maas

June 6, 2016

// Excuse us if this post comes off as a bit self-serving, but holy shit! Milwaukee Record has its own fucking stage at PrideFest this year and we're really excited about it! Given the wide breadth of local...

Here’s the PrideFest Milwaukee 2016 entertainment lineup (including the Milwaukee Record Stage!)

Tyler Maas

May 24, 2016

// With all due respect to earlier-occuring newcomers Riverwest FemFest, Arte Para Todos, Gloss Weekend, and Tasty Fest, Milwaukee's festival season truly and officially begins with PrideFest. The first fes...

Here’s everything you need to know about the Cream City Comedy Festival

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2016

// On Thursday night, the inaugural Cream City Comedy Festival will begin and, in the process, will usher in four days worth of laughs during a total of 11 shows featuring more than 70 comedians performing ...

Milwaukee Record’s 2016 summer festival guide

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 10, 2016

// Is there anything better than summer in Milwaukee? No, no there is not. For four months out of the year, Milwaukee becomes a warm and joyous place stocked with an improbable number of summer festivals, s...

Record Recommended: May 9-15

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 9, 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 honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here ar...

Welcome to May: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 2, 2016

// May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By this time next month, we'll be gearing up for block parties, weekly concerts, and a massive wave of occurre...

Here’s the Cream City Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

April 28, 2016

// Last month, Milwaukee Record (a proud event sponsor) announced the existence of Cream City Comedy Festival. Founded by up-and-coming Chicago comics, Milwaukee comedy scene expats Sammy Arechar and Liz Zi...

Cream City Comedy Festival puts no price on premium stand-up

Tyler Maas

March 29, 2016

// Though they both relocated to Chicago last summer, up-and-coming comedians Sammy Arechar and Liz Ziner haven't forgotten where they got their start in stand-up. Aiming to "celebrate and raise awareness o...

Comedian Dylan Payne making good on early opportunities

Tyler Maas

March 9, 2016

// With a little more than a year of true stage time to his credit, comedian Dylan Payne is part of an encouraging young crop of comics pushing Milwaukee stand-up onward after the city said goodbye to a han...

Liza Marie aims to finish 2015 strong

Tyler Maas

December 3, 2015

// In a year that has seen an unprecedented exodus of talented comedians leaving Milwaukee in search of increased opportunities in more established comedy communities, it's refreshing to see a stand-up come...

Welcome to December: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Tyler Maas

December 1, 2015

// After 11 months of fun, it's almost time for Milwaukee's events calendar to flip to a new year. Not even counting the city's six-month run of festival and block parties, it's been a hell of a year for mu...

Ozmi Osbourne talks comedy, honesty, Palestine

Tyler Maas

October 30, 2015

With about a year to his credit, Azmi Abdel-Hamid (better known as "Ozmi Osbourne") has no problem admitting he's new to doing stand-up. However, he's no stranger to the Milwaukee comedy scene. Before he steppe...

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