Brewed City: Vennture Brew Co
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: Buffalo Nichols (Live from Anodyne)
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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North Avenue getting new sports bar, North Sports Bar
After sitting empty for nearly a year, a storied North Avenue bar/restaurant/venue space on the East Side is set to get a new business.
Local restaurant industry veteran Raymond Sanchez plans to open a sport...
A Crafty Cow “Burger Night” cheeseburger with all 20 available toppings on it: The Milwaukee Record Review
Last month, while I was attending the first winter installment of our Midweek Music series at Crafty Cow MKE (2675 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., 414-808-0481), I decided to take advantage of the restaurant's fairly new...
Milwaukee approves temporary moratorium on new vape shops, places selling vape stuff
The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance that will create a temporary moratorium on "the issuance of certificates of occupancy for establishments selling electronic smoking devi...
Long Mama takes to the wilderness in “The Narrows” music video
Last October, Long Mama—a Milwaukee band composed of vocalist and guitarist Kat Wodtke, drummer Nick Lang, guitarist Andrew Koenig, and bassist Samual Odin—released its long-awaited and highly-anticipated debut...
Lake Drive delivers emo, rock, ballads on debut EP, ‘Wordplay’
Milwaukee four-piece Lake Drive calls itself a "modern day hair band." That description may conjure up images of decadent acts like Poison, Ratt, and Skid Row, but Lake Drive is far from '80s cheese. On the ban...
Relive Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2023 with these photos
For the tenth year, Burnhearts curated a winning wintry mix of live music, rare and delicious craft beer, tasty food and barrel-aged cocktails, locally-made wares, and charity that all came together outdoors to...
Milwaukee Record’s Cat Of The Week: Reese
UPDATE: REESE HAS BEEN ADOPTED!
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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 popul...
18 pictures from The Sugar Maple’s Wes Anderson pop-up and art show
Everyone knows themed pop-up events don't fly in the middle of winter in Milwaukee. What The Sugar Maple's weekend-long Wes Anderson pop-up and art show presupposes is...maybe they do?
Yes, Thursday was Day ...
Business To Business: Clover co-owner Sissy Butner feels welcome at Gary’s Pet Jungle
Owning and operating a small business can be very difficult, stressful, and thankless work. The hours can be long, a paycheck isn’t always guaranteed, and the worries tend to pile up. With our new “Business To ...
Barstool Sports founder interrupts Classic Slice’s employee party, demands pizza, insults them
Since opening on a bustling Bay View corner in 2007, Classic Slice (2797 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., 414-238-2406) has offered Milwaukee mindbogglingly massive slices, delicious specialty pizzas with great names like...
Stuff We Missed: Northwestern Mutual doubling down on Milwaukee, Culver’s giving 54 burgers to Giannis
Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.
• Big news dropped on Thursday that Northwestern Mutual plans to double down o...
Milwaukee Public Market’s tiny “Dinky Rink” ice skating rink will return this Friday
Last winter, the Milwaukee Public Market debuted what it called The Dinky Rink, a.k.a. "the area's smallest public ice rink." The wee lil' ice rink—complete with covered seating, outdoor heaters, and access to ...
Astral Hand finally makes “Contact” with heavy psych song/video, upcoming album
Like a signal traveling through the unfathomable vastness of space, hoping to relay instructions on how to build a transportation device so Jodie Foster can visit her dad, it's been a long journey for Astral Ha...
Listen to us talk about new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (January 2023)
Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs.
Listen to the latest installment HE...
20 Milwaukee nicknames, ranked
The world knows Milwaukee for many reasons. Similarly, the world also knows Milwaukee by many names. Some of these nicknames honor the city's rich history, reference some our amenities, or pertain to our proxim...
Welcome to February: Here’s what you’re doing this month
February holds the distinction of being the year’s shortest month, one of Wisconsin’s coldest spans of time, and landing pretty much directly in the middle of winter. However, this particular February finds Mil...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Elephonic
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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We’ve partnered with Cactus Club on a “Record Recommended” beer and shot special
For almost as long as Milwaukee Record has existed, we've worked with Cactus Club in some way, shape or form. Through the years, the venerable Bay View venue has run traditional banner ads on our site, partnere...