Tag: Feature

Dessa talks intention, persona, lyricism, cake ahead of Vivarium show

September 12, 2024

My name is Jon, and I'm a music nerd. I get really passionate about artists that put their hearts into their work and create music as art and expression, and not just a commercial product. I love to talk about ...

Bizhiki defies genres, maybe creates new one at life-affirming Vivarium show

Cal Roach

September 12, 2024

Way back in the before-times, there was a festival called Eaux Claires, an outdoor music fest that did away with most of the annoyances and hype of your typical festival and focused on music and spontaneous col...

Please enjoy this “midtempo industrial mutant pop” song featuring a bunch of Bob Uecker samples

Matt Wild

September 12, 2024

What can you say about Bob Uecker? The broadcasting/entertainment/Milwaukee legend is in the midst of his 54th season as the voice of your Milwaukee Brewers. He's 90 years old. He remains as sharp, witty, and l...

Mandatory Milwaukee/Wisconsin: Basement Bars!

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2024

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some unique regional home amenities come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Basement Bars! There are some foods, drinks, an...

Here’s the Beet Street lineup (and everything else you need to know)

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2024

Even though summer’s days are numbered, Milwaukee has no plans to stop the festival fun anytime soon. A bunch of large-scale autumn undertakings await, and one of the best among them just announced its lineup. ...

Streetcar update: 63,383 trips in July; ridership down during RNC

Matt Wild

September 11, 2024

Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, recorded 63,383 trips in July 2024. Streetcar System Manager Andrew Davis-Lockward revealed the number Wednesday morning at a meeting of the Public Works Committee. The...

People rode those dockless electric scooters a LOT this year; Milwaukee nets $436K

Matt Wild

September 11, 2024

If it seems that folks have been zipping around on those darn dockless electric scooters a LOT this year, that's because, well, they have. At a Public Works Committee meeting on Wednesday, representatives fr...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Graham Hunt (Live from Anodyne)

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 11, 2024

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, September 10, 2024: ...

City plans to transform closed “Swing Park” into “The Landing at Tannery Row”

Matt Wild

September 10, 2024

The currently closed and oft-controversial "Swing Park"—located beneath the Holton Street Bridge and next to the pedestrian Marsupial Bridge—may be transformed into a new community park known as "The Landing at...

Here’s the full Bay View Bash entertainment lineup, vendor list, and everything else you need to know

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2024

While many of Milwaukee’s summer festivals, block parties, and other large scale happenings have already come and gone, one of the city’s best fests is still on the horizon. Bay View Bash will return to Kinnick...

Joe Vella talks BizSnes in advance of first Milwaukee Streamer Meet-Up

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2024

In 2017, we introduced you to Joe Vella. The Milwaukee improvisor-turned-streamer has built and sustained a following as one of Twitch's longest-running character streamers with BizSnes, a charismatic puppet he...

Caley Conway meets (dreams?) a time-traveling robot in “Heart Of Liquid” video

Matt Wild

September 10, 2024

Like billowing clouds or wisps of smoke, dreams often drift into the songs of Caley Conway. Take 2022's Only A Dark Cocoon, for instance, a Joni Mitchell-inspired EP that includes the lovely "All Good Dreamers....

Chris Porterfield honors words and experiences of others in adaptive EP, ‘Trust In Movements Made’

Tyler Maas

September 9, 2024

In the title track of Field Report's new EP, Trust In Movements Made, bandleader Chris Porterfield sings, "Trust in movements made. They'll be better days. Don't always see a way, but I'm holding on." While the...

Sabrosa Cafe & Gallery has closed

Matt Wild

September 9, 2024

After nearly a decade in business, Bay View brunch spot Sabrosa Cafe & Gallery (3216 S. Howell Ave.) has closed. The news was first reported late last week by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A message po...

Committee votes in favor of adopting “People’s Flag of Milwaukee” as official City flag

Matt Wild

September 9, 2024

On Monday, following a lengthy discussion and some testy exchanges, the Milwaukee Common Council's Steering and Rules Committee voted 5-3 in favor of adopting the so-called "People's Flag of Milwaukee" as the o...

Chill On The Hill extends season with pared-down September 10 installment

Tyler Maas

September 9, 2024

Remember way back on August 27 when we told you that evening's scheduled season finale of the ever-popular Chill On The Hill summer concert series was canceled due to excessive heat warnings? Remember how a bun...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Lottie

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 7, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Fly to the Duck Inn in Delavan and eat all the fish you can

Caleb Westphal

September 6, 2024

broadstreet.zone(156201); Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures—sponsored by Miller High Life—HERE. This week, fish fry #557: The Duck Inn Supper Club in...

“O Ya O Ya Hey Green Bay Packers Polka” wins our Packers Song Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 6, 2024

We have a winner! Following a nearly month-long competition that found a field of 64 songs about the Green Bay Packers—which were carefully selected and categorized by Milwaukee Record contributor and Packers n...

Hot Dish Pantry is closing

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2024

Truly terrible news, Milwaukee. Hot Dish Pantry will be closing its doors before the end of the month. Friday morning, owners announced the difficult decision to close the restaurant on its Facebook page, along...

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