Nite Owl’s 2024 season begins today
With longer days, a steady wave of festival announcements, and the Brewers season starting in just a few days, it's beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee...even if the weather is crummy. The season t...
4 songs by The Promise Ring remain in our “March Sadness” bracket
Following more than three weeks of March Sadness action, a tournament that started with a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring has now been reduced to a remaining crop of just four songs. At this point, one so...
The Demix returns with long-awaited ‘Arrival’
"It's not the destination, it's the journey."
This time-honored truism applies to all aspects of life: love, relationships, work, leisure, the ideals of the Knights Radiant, the very act of living itself. It...
Marcus Performing Arts Center announces 2024-2025 Broadway season, MPAC Presents Jazz and Dance series
Milwaukee’s famed Marcus Performing Arts Center has it all: A snow pile! Rapidly-spinning advertising cubes! World-class musicals! Though the multi-faceted venue ably wears a lot of different hats, let’s focus ...
PrideFest announces 2024 headliners
Back in February, Milwaukee Pride Inc.—the parent organization of PrideFest—announced Wisconsin’s largest LGBTQIA+ event would return to Henry Mair Festival Park and help kick off the city’s festival season Jun...
Third Ward Beer Garden at Catalano Square announces first half of 2024 live music schedule
If there's something the greater Milwaukee can't have too many of, it's beer gardens. Our abundance of designated places where folks can enjoy a beverage, snacks, and maybe even live entertainment in an outdoor...
Kenosha Kingfish to (temporarily) become Kenosha Kickers for July 6 game
A somewhat recent phenomenon in minor league, semi-professional, and summer league baseball has been the temporary team name transformation. It's a fun and effective way to bring fans out to the ballpark and se...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mikey Mike
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: O’Brien’s Pub in Milwaukee has reliable fish year-round
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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 #533: O'Brien's Pub in Milwaukee,...
Just 8 songs by The Promise Ring are left in our “March Sadness” bracket
Following three rounds of March Sadness action, a tournament that started with a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring has now been reduced to just eight remaining songs. Round 3 included four favored songs mov...
All things Milwaukee in the premiere of ‘Top Chef’ Season 21
If you haven't heard the news—or this news, or that news—Top Chef Season 21 was filmed in Wisconsin. Each season, the popular Bravo cooking show goes to a different city or state to film the competition and lea...
Hey! Here’s the 2024 Summerfest lineup!
Well, here it is! The 2024 Summerfest lineup! For the 56th anniversary of the Big Gig! Dig in!
Similar to recent years, Summerfest 2024 will take place over three consecutive Thursday-Saturday blocks: June 2...
Meet A Brewer: Get to know Ron Hockersmith from Amorphic Beer
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In Milwaukee Record's "Meet A Brewer" series, we aim to introduce you to some of the professionals behind the scenes who are responsible for making some of your favorite local beers. ...
Hey! Here’s the 2024 Traveling Beer Garden schedule!
Hey! Do you like drinking? Do you like drinking in parks? Then you're in luck, because Milwaukee County Parks' ever-popular Traveling Beer Garden is returning for 2024. YES.
The beer/park extravaganza will o...
Bird City, Milwaukee County: Touring the parks of Glendale (and keeping cats indoors)
Bird City, Milwaukee County is a monthly column celebrating the 11 cities, towns, and villages that have achieved Bird City status within Milwaukee County. Citizens of these locations have made bird conservatio...
We’d say Barely Civil’s ‘I’d Say I’m Not Fine’ is downright outstanding
After learning about about Barely Civil embarrassingly late—at least for a publication that specializes in Milwaukee arts and music coverage—by way of the band's excellent 2020 sophomore album I'll Figure This ...
19 photos of Deer District’s new New Fashioned, plus 1 photo of last night’s nice sunset
The first thing to know about The New Fashioned (1122 Vel R. Phillips Ave.) is that it's big. The former Punch Bowl Social space in the Deer District clocks in at two floors and 25,000 square feet. Milwaukee's ...
Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (March 6-19)
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Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...
Milwaukee musician Sigmund Snopek III is the subject of a new 6.5-hour documentary
If you've been around the Milwaukee music scene for a while—and/or have ever attended a Locust Street Fest—you know Sigmund Snopek III. The tireless musician and WAMI Hall of Famer has been beating his own drum...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Best of Local/Live (and more!)
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, March 19, 2024: Best...