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July 18, 2026

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Exterior of Hubbard Park Lodge in Shorewood, Wisconsin

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Settle in for polka music, bubbles, fish at Hubbard Park Lodge

Caleb Westphal

July 17, 2026

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures HERE. This week: fish fry #654, at Hubbard Park Lodge in Shorewood, Wisconsin. Signs on each side of the tunnel t...

Only 16 geographic land divisions remain in our Wisconsin County Bracket

July 17, 2026

broadstreet.zone(160542); And then there were 16! A tournament that started with a field of 64 geographic land divisions in the Badger State has quickly dwindled to a batch of just over a dozen Wisconsin cou...

Sara Rodriguez suspends campaign for Wisconsin governor

July 17, 2026

Mere days after firing her campaign manager for "serious mismanagement and inaccuracies in campaign finance filings," Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez announced Friday morning that she is suspending her campaign for Wis...

The Soup Market to close all locations in “another week or week and a half”

July 17, 2026

Soup's off—or at least it will be before the end of the month—at The Soup Market. After 22 years in operation, the beloved Milwaukee soup purveyor has made the difficult decision to close all three of its locat...

We’re writing an article about how we’re screening ‘Adaptation’ at Avalon Theater on August 19

July 16, 2026

To begin.... Coffee would help us think. Coffee and an Egg McMuffin from our favorite McDonald's. The one on 1st and National. We open on the trailer to Adaptation! You know, the fantastic 2002 Spike J...

Here’s the TosaFest 2026 lineup

July 16, 2026

TosaFest, an annual event—which started way back in 1976!—will take place for yet another year when it returns to the streets of the Wauwatosa Village on Friday, September 11 and Saturday, September 12. Now 50 ...

Milwaukee Metal Monthly: Niveous summons black metal sci-fi concept record ‘Cult Of The Void Star’

Steve Lampiris

July 15, 2026

Welcome back to Milwaukee Metal Monthly, the column where I discuss a genre of music that often gets the cold shoulder. This month, we’re gonna do another one of those profile-type dealies, like I did back i...

The Vanguard debuts 7 new menu items

July 15, 2026

The twisted culinary minds at The Vanguard aren’t afraid to shake things up every now and then. Now a few months removed from introducing six new spring/early summer menu offerings, the Bay View bar and sausage...

We’re sad the goat just died today, happy The Frogs’ ‘My Daughter The Broad’ is getting 30th-anniversary reissue

July 15, 2026

It's one thing to wonder if a band like Milwaukee's The Frogs could exist today—they couldn't—but it's another thing to wonder how a band like The Frogs existed at all. Brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion formed ...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Snag (2026)

July 15, 2026

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, July 14, 2026: Snag ...

Lawyers, guns and records: The long-playing story of Record Head

Mike Holloway

July 14, 2026

"I could get rich in the junkyard if I really wanted to because I know a lot about the junkyard business from working at Record Head." These are words spoken by Milwaukee musician Jay Tiller in 1985 during a...

These 22 Milwaukee acts are playing this year’s Mile Of Music festival

July 14, 2026

broadstreet.zone(185613); From July 30 through August 2, a total of 22 Milwaukee bands and solo artists will make the 100-mile trek north on US 41—or I-43, if they want to take the scenic route—to partake th...

Let’s argue about I-794 (because the Mayor and Common Council are)

July 14, 2026

Remember that old Onion point/counterpoint, "This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism" vs. "No It Won't"? That's essentially long been the public ar...

The Catered Quiz: Dan Steffes answers questions about the Milwaukee Brewers and ‘Clue’

Rick Katschke

July 14, 2026

On the All-Star Break edition of The Catered Quiz, nonprofit director Dan Steffes joins the show to answer questions about the Milwaukee Brewers and the movie Clue. We also talk about ticket stubs, pennants, an...

Behold, an angel descended from heaven and said, ‘Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking the Bronze Fonz. He is not here, for he is undergoing routine maintenance. Come and see the place where he stood.’

July 14, 2026

A reading from the Book of Matthew: After Bastille Days, as the second day of the week was dawning, Milwaukee Record came to see the Bronze Fonz. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of ...

Our Wisconsin County Bracket moves on to Round 2

July 13, 2026

broadstreet.zone(160542); And then there were 32! Following an opening Wisconsin County Bracket round that found approximately 10,000 total votes being cast, our hand-selected field of 64 Badger State geogra...

‘SWANS’ will use Veterans Park swan paddle boats as a stage