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August 30, 2024

Milwaukee Record’s long-running "Roast Of Milwaukee" event is back! Like previous years, the event—which is done in association with the Milwaukee Comedy Festival—will feature a stacked cast of local comedians ...

The pigskin playlist is down to 8 tracks as our Packers Song Bracket continues

August 30, 2024

Earlier this week, the Green Bay Packers faced some tough decisions as the team was forced to reduce its roster to 53 players. Now we're the ones making some especially difficult cuts, with our field of 64 foot...

Yoshi does Milwaukee: A recap of the Nommelier’s “Wisconsin Beer Trip”

August 30, 2024

We've said it before and we'll say it again: One of the last/only good things left on the internet these days is Yoshi Beer Nommelier, an affable Japanese man (now based in New York) who reviews beers and malt ...

Historic Mitchell Marketplace brings fun to pedestrian alleyways September 7

August 30, 2024

While it's oftentimes overshadowed by many of Milwaukee's other causeways, thoroughfares, and main drags, Historic Mitchell Street is one of the city's most vibrant, amenity-laden, and historic—it's even in the...

Come to our ‘RoboCop’ screening at Avalon Theater. Thank you for your cooperation

August 29, 2024

Last night, we brought Kindergarten Cop back to the big screen for an extra special screening at Avalon Theater. We'll follow that up in September by screening another "Cop" film with a decidedly darker, gritti...

The City would like someone to redesign Red Arrow Park, please

August 29, 2024

Located at 920 N. Water St. in the heart of Downtown Milwaukee, Red Arrow Park has been a low-key urban gem since 1970. It's a meeting place. It's a public square. It's an ice skating rink. It's a rollerskating...

Let’s watch a Great TV Auction from 1987, when a Waukesha “dream home” went for $131,234

August 29, 2024

One of the great local losses of recent years is the loss of the Milwaukee PBS Great TV Auction. A hypnotically watchable and delightfully homegrown staple since 1969, the Great TV Auction was put out to pastur...

Here’s the lineup for Anodyne Coffee’s “Bean Plant Block Party”

August 28, 2024

Though Milwaukee's centuries-old connection to making beer is the basis of the city's "Brew City" nickname, the exceptional output of the area's wealth of coffee roasters has only helped bolster that reputation...

WMSE’s Local/Live: The Mighty Deerlick

August 28, 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, August 27, 2024: The...

Here’s who’s playing the Rushmor Records Stage at Bay View Bash

August 27, 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...

Rat Bath reinvents itself, asks “Idk Guys…Does This EP Even Pass The Bechdel Test?”

August 27, 2024

It's a question that has stumped scholars for centuries: How do you follow up a "murder country rock opera" concept album about a star-crossed vampire and a time-traveler—itself a follow-up to a previous concep...

Tonight’s Chill On The Hill season finale canceled due to excessive heat warning

August 27, 2024

As summer continues racing to a close, many of Milwaukee's weekly music happenings are on the verge of hosting their last installments of the year. As it turns out, one of the city's biggest, best, and longest-...

Only 16 football-focused tracks remain in our Packers Song Bracket

August 26, 2024

And then there were 16! What started with a field of 64 football-focused songs made by fans of the Green Bay Packers (and organized by Jared Blohm) has quickly dwindled to a batch of just 16 remaining Pack trac...

Milwaukee County Parks announce closing dates for 2024 beer garden season

August 26, 2024

Last call! As folks in and around Milwaukee are getting ready to celebrate Labor Day this weekend, Milwaukee County Parks is preparing to close some of its beer gardens for the season. On Friday, Milwaukee Coun...

New Panera Bread coming to corner of North and Oakland

August 26, 2024

Is there any national eatery that inspires more excitement than Panera Bread? Well... A new Panera Bread is coming to the corner of North and Oakland Avenues on Milwaukee's East Side. At 1800 E. North Ave., ...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: The wait is long at The Station Pub & Grill in Pewaukee, but worth it

Caleb Westphal

August 23, 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 #555: The Station Pub & Grill...

At long last, Akarso gets the vinyl treatment with ‘Leave Quietly: 1997-1999’

August 23, 2024

We're now about two-thirds of the way through 2024 and it's already safe to say it's been an excellent year in Milwaukee music. Adding to the abundance of exceptional new local releases managed by Milwaukee mus...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Veranda

August 23, 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...

Our Packers Song Bracket is back for Round 2