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Romans’ Pub building to become new bar called Busby’s

February 26, 2024

Last July, Milwaukee lost one of its first and most-respected craft beer figures when Romans' Pub owner and namesake Mike Romans passed away. His bar closed the following month, bringing the future of the build...

Brady Street Futons is closing

Matt Wild

February 26, 2024

Talk about the end of an era: After more than 30 years in business, Brady Street institution Brady Street Futons is closing. Questions about the local futon, mattress, and upholstery shop located at 1200 E. Bra...

Landmark By The Lake Restaurant bolsters Cudahy’s reputation as a breakfast destination

Tyler Maas

February 26, 2024

Opened in 1993, Landmark Family Restaurant has been (and still remains) a bastion of breakfast food and lunch fare on Kinnickinnic Ave. in Milwaukee's Fernwood neighborhood. As many of the diner's contemporarie...

40,000 tear sheets from old Eisner advertising museum going up for auction

Matt Wild

February 26, 2024

For 10 years, between 2000 and 2010, the William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising & Design was a unique destination in Milwaukee's Third Ward neighborhood. The museum and event space housed tens of thousands...

Listen to new Cozy Danger song, buy Cozy Danger pizza cutter

Matt Wild

February 26, 2024

You know that painfully human thing of knowing you shouldn't do something, but doing it anyway? You know that gnawing, festering, erosive guilt that comes with it? Yeah, we all do. And so does Milwaukee indie-r...

Scam Likely teases sophomore album with winning new single, “Winner”

Matt Wild

February 23, 2024

When we last checked in with Scam Likely, the upstart alt/indie-rock band was busy releasing one of the best Milwaukee albums of 2023, Getting Worse. From the woozy goth-romantic vibe of "Domestic Bliss" to the...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Ontario

Tyler Maas

February 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...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Debating what constitutes a “dive bar”

Tyler Maas

February 22, 2024

Some trivial arguments come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Debating what constitutes a dive bar. The internet can be a useful tool. With some click...

Kehr’s Candies leaving Milwaukee Public Market, Freese’s Candy Shoppe moving in

Matt Wild

February 22, 2024

Mere days after it was announced that Kehr's Candies will leave the Milwaukee Public Market at the end of the month—following 18 years in business!—a new candy shop has been announced for the Third Ward hotspot...

Milwaukee indie/synth-pop band Sure Thing rejects modesty, is into “PDA Now”

Matt Wild

February 22, 2024

"You ever just wanna say 'fuck modesty' and make out with someone while the world watches?" That's the intriguing question posed by Milwaukee band Sure Thing (styled "sure thing") and its debut single "PDA N...

Also happening this weekend: ‘The Area’ screening, Waukesha “Winter Blues Party”

Matt Wild

February 22, 2024

Every Monday we publish a "Record Recommended" list of events, shows, and other shindigs coming up that week and weekend. You should check it out! Approximately 95% of the time when we see someone grumbling onl...

Bird City, Milwaukee County: Exploring the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in the Village of Bayside

Kyle Arpke

February 21, 2024

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...

Come to our “High Score” 4/20 Market at X-Ray Arcade

Tyler Maas

February 21, 2024

Milwaukee Record is proud to present the inaugural High Score. This "4/20 Market" will feature a wide variety of local and regional vendors who offer botanical, plant-infused products with "added ingredients" t...

All-ages Vivarium opens on East Side with familiar vibe, local music

Matt Wild

February 21, 2024

The last few years have been filled with announcements about new concert venues coming to Milwaukee. Most of those proposed venues have yet to materialize, but on Tuesday night, a previous announcement became a...

Here are the dates for the 2024 Milwaukee Night Market, and that’s it

Matt Wild

February 21, 2024

Wednesday, June 26 Wednesday, July 24 Wednesday, August 14 Wednesday, September 11 Okay, okay, here's more, via a press release: Milwaukee Night Market, presented by Clover from Fiserv, returns on June...

Before “Inside A Dream: A Music Tribute To David Lynch,” my 10 favorite Lynch moments

Matt Wild

February 20, 2024

It. Is happening. Again. Yes, on Friday, February 23, "Inside A Dream: A Music Tribute To David Lynch" will take over Turner Hall Ballroom and transform it into a Lynchian dream/nightmare. The brainchild of ...

The Milwaukee Admirals are on a heater right now

Tyler Maas

February 20, 2024

For those of you who have been distracted by the exciting/unexpected Packers playoff run, the flurry of Bucks coaching and player acquisitions, Marquette's impressive men's basketball campaign so far (minus las...

Spare a few minutes to watch Allison Mahal perform “18 Moving South” at Falcon Bowl

Tyler Maas

February 20, 2024

Among our favorite aspects of local music videos is their ability to show off Milwaukee landmarks in ways we've rarely (if ever) seen before. While enjoying a song from a local project, it's legitimately fun to...

Company Brewing is bringing our Milwaukee Record Re-Porter beer back March 8

Tyler Maas

February 20, 2024

Since 2016, Milwaukee Record and Company Brewing have joined forces to make a delicious spiced porter called "Milwaukee Record Re-Porter." For the uninformed, Re-Porter is Company’s Night Rye’d Porter that has ...

PrideFest, Center Street Daze Festival announce 2024 dates

Matt Wild

February 20, 2024

Are you keeping up with the sudden release of Milwaukee summer festival dates? To sum up: Festa Italiana is moving to May 31 - June 2; Locust Street Festival is happening June 9; Summer Soulstice is going down ...

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