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Nick Cave, GloRilla, Paul Simon and 25 more standout spring shows

March 17, 2025

Between the gradual increase of daylight, the return of baseball, rising temps (between sporadic instances of snowfall), and a steady stream of festival announcements, it’s starting to feel a lot like spring in...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Condé Nast Traveler names Lakeshore State Park one of “best weekend getaways” in U.S.

Matt Wild

March 17, 2025

Here at Milwaukee Record we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot. It keeps track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists and studies, as well as any time a national publ...

I dropped by ‘The Morning Blend’ to talk about you-know-what

Matt Wild

March 17, 2025

It's been a minute since I (Matt) dropped by TMJ4 morning show The Morning Blend to shoot the breeze about some random Milwaukee topic. In fact, it's been five years! And my first appearance on the show was 1...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Finn

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 15, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Coach’s Pub ‘N’ Grill is a reliable neighborhood go-to

Caleb Westphal

March 14, 2025

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 #584 at Coach's Pub 'N' Grill in ...

5 months of the Milwaukee Boat

Matt Wild

March 14, 2025

The Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the S.S. Milwaukee, the S.S. Minnow, the Minnow, Deep Thought, or just The Boat—has been stranded between McKinley and Bradford beaches for five months. Incredible. What's new with ...

Fuzzysurf’s “Never Fell In Love” video is a case of whodunit

Tyler Maas

March 14, 2025

On January 31, Fuzzysurf sidestepped expectations with the release of Chameleons. The long-awaited follow-up to 2020’s super poppy Sweet Tooth is a 20-track, genre-jumping double LP that proves the band—which w...

Locust Street Festival, Beer Run/Walk moving to June 1

Matt Wild

March 14, 2025

Last month, in the dead of winter, we gave you two summertime events to look forward to: Locust Street Festival and Center Street Daze. Well, the date of one of those events has changed, so update your calendar...

Get ready for The Sugar Maple’s “Snakehole Lounge: A ‘Parks And Rec’ Pop-Up” with these photos

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2025

In case you somehow missed the news, allow us to let you know Sugar Maple is hosting a pop-up devoted to Parks And Recreation this weekend. The ambitious and unconventional "Snakehole Lounge: A 'Parks And Rec' ...

Join us at Boswell March 20 when we talk to Christine Wenc, author of new book about The Onion

Matt Wild

March 13, 2025

The Onion. You know it, you love it, you probably have a favorite headline. (Ours: "37 Record-Store Clerks Feared Dead In Yo La Tengo Concert Disaster.") But how much do you really know about The Onion? Yes, it...

T-Pain to bring “Back To Wiscansin Fest” to The Rave on June 14

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2025

In 2022, singer, rapper, and producer T-Pain embarked on an 18-show jaunt he called his "Road To Wiscansin" tour. That run of shows culminated with a show at The Rave/Eagles Club, which was dubbed "Wiscansin Fe...

Here’s the schedule for Oriental Theatre’s David Lynch retrospective

Matt Wild

March 13, 2025

If you're a David Lynch obsessive like we are, you've been mainlining Lynch movies, Lynch TV, Lynch documentaries, Lynch music, and Lynch clips ever since the director's death in January. Ugh. Just typing that ...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (February 26 – March 11, 2025)

Matt Wild

March 12, 2025

broadstreet.zone(154824); 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...

Everything you need to know about Sunday’s inaugural Meatless Raffle

Tyler Maas

March 12, 2025

The Meat Raffle is a tavern tradition that’s been around for decades. In recent years, this protein-packed pastime has become something as synonymous with Wisconsin drinking culture as pull tabs, touchdown shot...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Cryptual

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 12, 2025

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 11, 2025: Cryp...

Drinking a beer in the Domes: The Milwaukee Record Review

Matt Wild

March 11, 2025

In 2024, following nearly a decade of endless campaigns and task forces, Milwaukee County finally embraced an ambitious plan to "reimagine" the Mitchell Park Domes. The $134 million multi-year plan will not onl...

We invented 6 cocktails that are made with Milwaukee Record Brandy

Tyler Maas

March 11, 2025

In case you missed the news when we announced it last fall, Milwaukee Record has its very own brandy! Yes, the fine folks at Great Lakes Distillery produced a batch of "Milwaukee Record Brandy" for us that is l...

The Catered Quiz: Emily Sexton answers questions about ‘Gilmore Girls’ and ‘Sex & The City’

Rick Katschke

March 11, 2025

This week’s episode of The Catered Quiz features improviser and attorney Emily Sexton answering questions about the TV shows Gilmore Girls and Sex & The City. She also talks about growing up in Alaska, taki...

Party like it’s 1999 at Lost Whale’s upcoming MTV Spring Break cocktail menu release event

Tyler Maas

March 11, 2025

First thing's first: from Thursday, March 13 through Monday, March 17, Lost Whale (2151 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) will host its annual "It's Always Sunny @ Lost Whale" pop-up in which the business will pay tribute ...

Milwaukee Horror Con slashes into town March 14-16

Tyler Maas

March 10, 2025

Milwaukee has long been known as the "City Of Festivals," but we've also become something of a hub for conventions in recent years. Last week, downtown was abuzz with folks partaking in Anime Milwaukee festivit...

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