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

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...

Have a doggone good time watching the pooch-packed Vanity Plates video for “Murphy Bunkbed”

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2024

When we last caught up with Vanity Plates back in January, the Milwaukee band that describes itself as "alt-pop for overthinking underachievers" was exploring the Mitchell Park Domes and pondering the idea of i...

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds will play Miller High Life Theatre April 30

Matt Wild

September 6, 2024

It's only been a year since Nick Cave graced Milwaukee with his powerful presence. But that was Nick Cave solo (along with Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood). What about Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds? Good new...

Summerfest parent company selects firms that will create new “Master Use Plan” for Henry Maier Festival Park

Matt Wild

September 6, 2024

Back in April, the parent company of Summerfest, Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. (MWF), announced it was seeking consultant firms to come up with a new "Master Use Plan" for Henry Maier Festival Park. The plan w...

Here’s a bunch of fantastic Milwaukee music that was released today

Matt Wild

September 6, 2024

We've all been there before: It's Friday afternoon, you're exhausted and feeling like you're maybe coming down with something, and you're days behind on writing about all the fantastic Milwaukee music that was ...

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