Brewed City: Dryhootch Coffeehouse
Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs boast a wealth of great independent coffee shops, award-winning roasters, and other excellent area establishments where you can get a caffeine fix. We plan to celebrate som...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Delicious Monsters
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE. Beginning in 2023, we're also collecting episodes on a handy Soundcloud playlist.
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Drake, Paramore, Sparks and 25 more standout (non-festival) summer shows
What’s this? A list of shows? A list of summer shows? Yep! After what seemed to be an endless winter that never truly gave way to spring, summer is finally on the horizon. The season officially starts June 21 t...
I created a tiny version of Fuel Cafe’s “Buttafuoco” sandwich for some reason
Back in the fall of 2020, I—no doubt hankering for a Fuel Cafe fix I hadn't been able to get for months—developed a copycat recipe for the renowned coffee shop/restaurant's beloved "Buttafuoco" sandwich. Even i...
25 pictures (and 1 video) of Locust Street Festival 2023
On Sunday, the beloved and long-running Locust Street Festival of Music and Art returned for its first official installment since 2019. The weather was...well, it was pretty crappy. Cold, wet, and windy, the da...
Gibraltar to have grand reopening in new Third Ward location June 22
June 22 marks the opening day of Summerfest. That same night will also mark the grand opening of a cocktail lounge and venue that's located just beyond the Summerfest parking lot. Well, it's technically the gra...
Miller High Life and Planters are opening “The Nuttiest Dive Bar” (for a limited time)
Have you ever wanted to drink while sitting inside an enormous peanut shell? If you answered yes to that extremely specific/strange question and you'll be around Milwaukee between July 9 and July 12, the fine f...
Famous Racing Sausages, ranked
They're the first (and the best) of their kind. They've been repeatedly imitated by mid-inning promotions at other ballparks, but never successfully replicated. Though they were only created 30 years ago, they'...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Dusty
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...
11 more Milwaukee restaurants we wish were still open
This article is from 2023.
Way back in 2014, we rounded up 11 Milwaukee restaurants we wished were still open. Bella's Fat Cat! Brady Street Pharmacy! Grecian Delight! More! Now, nearly a decade a later, we'...
Just a reminder that Wisconsin has a Big Boy and its fish fry is good
Almost two years ago, Big Boy came back to Wisconsin. Following a 26-year absence in the region, a restaurant group called Wisconsin Big Boy LLC officially brought the Michigan-based chain back to the state by ...
Here’s the 2023 South Shore Farmers Market entertainment lineup
Between the pristine lake-adjacent setting, the wide selection of local goods, and its proximity to a beer garden, the South Shore Farmers Market is one of the best parts of summer in Milwaukee. Adding to the a...
See ‘Southland Tales’ at Oriental Theatre, complete with director Q&A, Rebekah Del Rio performance
In 2006, director Richard Kelly followed up his beloved cult classic Donnie Darko with the wildly ambitious, wildly bizarre, and just plain wild Southland Tales. The film...well...it was about...um, er...we'll ...
Let’s talk about the album Hamm’s released in 1965
In case you weren't aware, we're in the middle of "Food/Drink Week" here at Milwaukee Record. This theme week, which started June 5 and runs through June 12, gives us an excuse to tackle some ambitious, expensi...
Here’s the full musical lineup for Harley-Davidson Homecoming, July 13-16
In a summer packed with 8,000 things to do, the big Harley-Davidson Homecoming stands out as a single event with 8,000 things to do. From July 13-16, Harley will celebrate its 120th birthday with a dizzying arr...
The Show on Riverwest Radio: Matt Wild
Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
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T-Pain is coming to Milwaukee’s Urban Outfitters tomorrow
As you probably know, world-renowned singer, rapper, and producer T-Pain will be coming to The Rave/Eagles Club on Saturday, June 10 to headline a stacked bill—also featuring Chance The Rapper, Afroman, Three 6...
Ahead of Brady Street pedestrianization study, city and citizens discuss pedestrianizing Brady Street
In the wake of yet another hit-and-run accident on Brady Street, talk continues of closing the ever-busy street to vehicular traffic—or, at the very least, of doing something. On Wednesday, the city's Public Wo...
Here’s the 2023 Mayfair Collection Music Spotlight lineup
If there’s such a thing as too much free outdoor live music happening in and around Milwaukee, we haven’t seen it yet. Today, Wisconsin Music Ventures announced an eclectic crop of area musicians taking part in...
Here’s who (and what) you’ll see at next weekend’s Brady Street Art Walk
Saturday, June 17 is one of those wildly busy days that seem to be happening a lot in Milwaukee where, like, 700 great things are all going on at the same time. In addition to things like Lakefront Festival Of ...