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May 13, 2023

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...

Stuff We Missed: Both sides of Hoan Bridge will be lined with 6-foot-tall safety fence

May 12, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. Nearly three years after the west side of Milwaukee's Hoan Bridge was covered ...

HOSTS contemplate life’s big questions, start West Allis bar brawl in “Marginal Man” music video

May 12, 2023

They say that life is too short to hold grudges. In fact, life is too short in general. If you really stop to think about how old this planet—not to mention our galaxy and the universe as a whole—is, your "long...

Business To Business: Enlightened Brewing Company loves OnTime Promo & Apparel

May 12, 2023

With our “Business To Business” series, we’re offering business owners in and around Milwaukee a platform to acknowledge other local establishments and area entrepreneurs they appreciate. This week: Enlightened...

Piles is back and better than ever on ‘5:53’

May 11, 2023

If you've looked at this website with any regularity these past few weeks, you've likely stumbled upon articles pertaining to the unexpected reemergence of Piles, an exceptional Milwaukee post-punk project we m...

Juneau Park’s new seasonal beer garden will open May 24

May 11, 2023

Dedicated followers/drinkers of Milwaukee County Parks beer gardens may have noticed that Juneau Park, 900 N. Prospect Ave., is missing from this year's Traveling Beer Garden schedule. That's because the downto...

Kind Oasis is hosting a “Three-Year Anniversary Festival” on June 17

May 11, 2023

Yesterday, we released a list of close to 150 summer festivals, block parties, and other events taking place in and around Milwaukee between now and the end of September. While extensive, we knew the list would...

Milwaukee Record’s 2023 guide to summer festivals, fairs, music series, more

May 10, 2023

The Great Milwaukee Summer is back! For real this time! Summer festivals big and small are solidifying their dates and lineups. State and county fairs are getting back in the saddle. Summer music series are cle...

The 12 types of koozies you’ll meet at The Great Milwaukee Can Koozie Swap

May 10, 2023

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you have a junk drawer that’s overflowing with can coolers. There’s an inexplicable-yet-undeniable human compulsion to collect can koozies and hold onto them for ye...

Hey! Here are the Summerfest 2023 admission promotions!

May 10, 2023

Summerfest! You know it, you love it, and you want to get in for free! And thanks to the bevy of admission promotions listed below, you can totally do that last part! Summerfest 2023 runs for three consecuti...

WMSE’s Local/Live: The Incorruptibles

May 10, 2023

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. milwaukeereco...

Here are two more future Milwaukee Public Museum galleries, complete with snake button

May 9, 2023

How's everyone feeling so far about the new permanent galleries coming to the future Milwaukee Public Museum? We've seen sketches of the dino-tastic "Time Travel," the state-focused "Wisconsin Journey," and the...

Here’s pretty much everything you need to know about Crusherfest’s 2023 installment

May 9, 2023

Next month, Crusherfest—the not-quite-annual celebration of wrestling legend Reggie “Da Crusher” Lisowski—will return to the wrestler’s native South Milwaukee for two days of late spring fun. On Saturday June 3...

Hunt and peck your way to typewriter-tastic QWERTYFEST MKE, June 23-25

May 9, 2023

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“Shea Day” brings awesome local lineup to Cactus Club on June 6

May 8, 2023

If you've been to enough concerts in Milwaukee, you've almost certainly seen Shea Frevele. You'd have a tough time finding a bigger supporter of the local music scene. Through the years, she's sold merch for a ...

A character in new ‘Jury Duty’ series shares name with Milwaukee music legend

May 8, 2023

Have you seen Jury Duty yet? If you haven't watched the hybrid documentary series/reality show about a real guy who unknowingly finds himself on a fake jury in a courtroom full of actors, you should probably ch...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (April 23 – May 6)

May 8, 2023

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining." However you want to define it, it's safe to say tha...

The Nile Club sets sail with eclectic, excellent ‘Wake Up With A Sense Of Pride’

May 8, 2023

Somewhere on Highway 33, between the bustling Wisconsin towns of Horicon and Beaver Dam, stands a 40-foot pyramid. Well, it's a long-vacant supper club in the shape of a pyramid, but close enough. Sometimes kno...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Tommy G & Wave Chapelle